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A Kind Of Magic, 1986

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 of this album.

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

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.