Queen – The Works
(EMI Records 1984 WORK1)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners with a couple of small scuffs
Round Cornered Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970. Their classic line-up was Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (lead guitar, vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), and John Deacon (bass guitar). Queen’s earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works by incorporating further styles, such as arena rock and pop rock, into their music.
The Works is the eleventh studio album by British rock band Queen, released in February 1984. After the synth-heavy Hot Space, the album saw the re-emergence of Brian May and Roger Taylor‘s rock sound, while still incorporating the early 80s retro futuristic electro pop of the German electronic underground (Freddie Mercury) and New York (John Deacon) funk scenes.
Track listing
| Side one | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | “Radio Ga Ga” | Roger Taylor | 5:44 | |||||||
| 2. | “Tear It Up” | Brian May | 3:28 | |||||||
| 3. | “It’s a Hard Life” | Freddie Mercury | 4:08 | |||||||
| 4. | “Man on the Prowl” | Mercury | 3:28 | |||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 5. | “Machines (Or ‘Back to Humans’)” | May, Taylor | 5:10 | |||||||
| 6. | “I Want to Break Free” | John Deacon | 3:20 | |||||||
| 7. | “Keep Passing the Open Windows” | Mercury | 5:21 | |||||||
| 8. | “Hammer to Fall” | May | 4:28 | |||||||
| 9. | “Is This the World We Created…?” | Mercury, May | 2:13 | |||||||
Personnel
- Freddie Mercury: lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, programming
- Brian May: lead and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, lead vocals on bridge of “I Go Crazy”, programming
- Roger Taylor: drums, electronic drums, backing vocals, keyboards, Vocoder, programming
- John Deacon: bass guitar, rhythm and acoustic guitars, keyboards, programming
- Additional personnel
- Fred Mandel: keyboards, piano, programming, keyboard solo on “I Want to Break Free”
- Mack: Fairlight CMI programming on “Machines”, engineering
- Mike Beiriger: additional engineering
- Stefan Wissnet: additional engineering
- Ed Delena: additional engineering
- Bill Smith: sleeve design
- George Hurrell: photography
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