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Tracklists
| Vinyl version | UK/European CD version | 1991 Hollywood Records CD |
| Side 1:
01. One Vision (Queen) - 5:10 02. A Kind Of Magic (Taylor) - 4:24 03. One Year Of Love (Deacon) - 4:28 04. Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (Mercury/Deacon) - 4:23 05. Friends Will Be Friends (Mercury/Deacon) - 4:04 Side 2: 01. Who Wants To Live Forever (May) - 5:16 02. Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme) (May) - 4:34 03. Don't Lose Your Head (Taylor) - 4:38 04. Princes Of The Universe (Mercury) - 3:37 |
01. One Vision (Queen) - 5:10 02. A Kind Of Magic (Taylor) - 4:24 03. One Year Of Love (Deacon) - 4:28 04. Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (Mercury/Deacon) - 4:23 05. Friends Will Be Friends (Mercury/Deacon) - 4:04 06. Who Wants To Live Forever (May) - 5:16 07. Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme) (May) - 4:34 08. Don't Lose Your Head (Taylor) - 4:38 09. Princes Of The Universe (Mercury) - 3:37 10. A Kind Of 'A Kind Of Magic' (Taylor) - 3:37 11. Friends Will Be Friends Will Be Friends... (Mercury/Deacon) - 5:58 12. Forever (May) - 3:20 |
01. One Vision (Queen) - 5:10 02. A Kind Of Magic (Taylor) - 4:24 03. One Year Of Love (Deacon) - 4:28 04. Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (Mercury/Deacon) - 4:23 05. Friends Will Be Friends (Mercury/Deacon) - 4:04 06. Who Wants To Live Forever (May) - 5:16 07. Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme) (May) - 4:34 08. Don't Lose Your Head (Taylor) - 4:38 09. Princes Of The Universe (Mercury) - 3:37 10. Forever (May) - 3:20 11. One Vision (Extended Vision) (Queen) - 6:23 |
History
History of this album.
Credits
- Musicians:
- Freddie Mercury - vocals, keyboards
- John Deacon - bass guitar, keyboards, occasional guitar
- Roger Taylor - drums, occasional vocals, keyboards
- Brian May - guitars, occasional vocals, keyboards, orchestral arrangements on Who Wants To Live Forever
- Spike Edney - extra keyboards
- UMI & BBC B - computer keyboards
- Lynton Naiff - string arrangement on One Year Of Love
- Steve Gregory - saxophone on One Year Of Love
- Michael Kamen - orchestral arrangements on Who Wants To Live Forever
- National Philharmonic Orchestra - strings on Who Wants To Live Forever
- Joan Armatrading - incidental vocals on Don't Lose Your Head
- Produced by: Queen and Mack (One Vision, One Year Of Love, Pain Is So Close To Pleasure, Friends Will Be Friends, Princes Of The Universe, Friends Will Be Friends Will Be Friends..., and One Vision (Extended Vision); Queen and David Richards (all other tracks).
- Recorded: September 1985 - March 1986 at The Townhouse, London, Musicland Studios, Munich, and Mountain Studios, Montreux. Orchestra recorded by Eric Tomlinson at Abbey Road Studios, St. John's Wood.
Charts
- #1 (UK), #46 (US).
Liner notes
- Liner notes.
Additional info
- Info
Reviews
The Times, 1986
Queen's 14th album, A Kind of Magic, sold 100,000 copies in the seven days after its release, and entered the British chart at number one. A week later Invisible Touch by Genesis replaced it at the top of the chart.
Clearly, these are two of the most spectacularly successful releases this year, yet hardly a good word has been said about either in the press. What is their appeal, and why does it not extend to those of us who are given the records to review?
Both groups employ musicianship and production values of the very highest standard to create albums of an unvarying and predictable quality, giving good value for money but providing no new insights.
Queen's album already contains three hit singles, 'One Vision', 'Friends Will Be Friends' and the title track. Freddie Mercury does a fine camp imitation of Diana Ross on 'Pain Is So Close To Pleasure', and elsewhere there are baroque metal anthems, like 'Princes of the Universe' with its Aryan sentiments, that have as much chic as a set of flying ducks on the wall.
While Queen flaunt their lack of concern for the fashionable mores, Genesis try a bit harder to gain the credible vote. Having divested themselves of their earlier penchant for long, rambling 'conceptual' arrangements, they now go for a lighter, soul-tinged pop rock approach and end up sounding like the Phil Collins Band. 'Anything She Does' has a swift, crisp beat and synthesizer horn sounds while 'The Last Domino' romps along to a Seventies neo-disco beat.
Additional Reviews
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