The Works
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The Works is the eleventh studio album by Queen. It's mostly hard rock and pop rock with a bit of experimental sounds as is typical of the band. The album's title comes from a comment Roger Taylor made as recording began, "Let's give them the works!". It was produced by Reinhold Mack and the band and published on 1984-02-27.
Contents
Personal
Own? | Yes, CD. |
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This was one of the later Queen albums I bought, I think because I already knew about half of the songs on the album from compilations and live albums I owned. When I did buy the album, I bought the Hollywood Records CD version, which was a good choice because the the additional bonus tracks make up for this being one of Queen's shortest albums. I really like the album, and it's in my top 40 favorite albums ever, but none of the songs ever made a serious emotional connection with me, so it's one of my least favorite Queen albums. Of course, that's like saying it's my least favorite diamond.
Track Listing
Track | Title | Writer(s) | Vocals | Rank | Rating |
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A1 | Radio Ga Ga | Roger Taylor | Freddie Mercury | 3 | |
A2 | Tear It Up | Brian May | Freddie Mercury | 6 | |
A3 | It's a Hard Life | Freddie Mercury | Freddie Mercury | 5 | |
A4 | Man on the Prowl | Freddie Mercury | Freddie Mercury | 7 | |
B1 | Machines (or 'Back to Humans') | Brian May, Roger Taylor | Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor | 8 | |
B2 | I Want to Break Free | John Deacon | Freddie Mercury | 2 | |
B3 | Keep Passing the Open Windows | Freddie Mercury | Freddie Mercury | 4 | |
B4 | Hammer to Fall | Brian May | Freddie Mercury | 1 | |
B5 | Is This the World We Created...? | Brian May, Freddie Mercury | Freddie Mercury | 9 |
The album's total score is 592.
Media
Album Art
The back uses a still from Metropolis.