The Works (Queen album)
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| The Works | |||||
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| Studio album by Queen | |||||
| Released | 27 February 1984 | ||||
| Recorded | August 1983 – January 1984 at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California and Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 37:11 | ||||
| Label | EMI/Parlophone; Capitol, Hollywood Records (US) | ||||
| Producer | Queen and Mack | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| People | (favourable)[2] |
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| Sounds | |
The Works is a 1984 pop/rock album by English band Queen. It was the band's eleventh studio album.
Track listing[change]
| Side one | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
| Bonus tracks (1991 Hollywood Records CD reissue) | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 10. | "I Go Crazy" (Original B-side) | May | 3:42 | ||||||
| 11. | "Radio Ga Ga" (Extended Version) | Taylor | 6:50 | ||||||
| 12. | "I Want to Break Free" (Extended Mix) | Deacon | 7:12 | ||||||
| 2011 Bonus EP | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "I Go Crazy (B-Side)" | ||||||||
| 2. | "I Want To Break Free (Single Remix)" | ||||||||
| 3. | "Hammer To Fall (Headbanger’s Mix)" | ||||||||
| 4. | "Is This The World We Created…? (Live in Rio, January 1985)" | ||||||||
| 5. | "It's A Hard Life (Live in Rio, January 1985)" | ||||||||
| 6. | "Thank God It's Christmas (Non-Album Single)" | ||||||||
| 2011 iTunes Deluxe Edition bonus videos | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Tear It Up (Live @ Wembley Stadium, London – 7/11/1986)" | ||||||||
| 2. | "I Want to Break Free (Live @ Rock in Rio – January 1985)" | ||||||||
| 3. | "Radio Ga Ga (Promo Video, 1984)" | ||||||||
Sources=[change]
- ↑ The Works (Queen album) at Allmusic
- ↑ "Queen - 05-14-1984 - The Works - People Weekly". Queen Archives. 14 May 1984. http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Queen_-_05-14-1984_-_The_Works_-_People_Weekly. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ↑ Puterbaugh, Parke (12 April 1984). "The Works". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-works-19840412. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ↑ "Queen – 02-25-1984 – The Works – Sounds". Queen Archives. 25 February 1984. http://www.queenarchives.com/archivesnew/index.php?title=Queen_-_02-25-1984_-_The_Works_-_Sounds. Retrieved 12 August 2011.