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| Title            = The Works
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| SortTitle        = Works, The
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| Image           = Queen - Works, The.jpg
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| ImageDescription = Vinyl - USA - 1st edition.
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| Artist          = {{AlbumArtist|Queen}}
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| PublishedYear    = 1984
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| PublishedMonth  = 02
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| PublishedDay    = 27
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| Type            = {{AlbumType|Studio}}
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| Genre            = {{MusicGenre|Hard rock}}, {{MusicGenre|Pop rock}}
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| Themes          = Relationships, music, dating, politics
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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.
 
'''''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.
  
 
==Personal==
 
==Personal==
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. Although I like all of the tracks on the album, none of them ever made a serious 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.
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==Status==
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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.
I own the album on CD.
 
  
 
==Track Listing==
 
==Track Listing==
{| class="wikitable" |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
 
! Track
 
! Track
 
! Title
 
! Title
 
! Writer(s)
 
! Writer(s)
 
! Vocals
 
! Vocals
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! Rank
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! Rating
 
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|-
 
| A1
 
| A1
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| [[Roger Taylor]]
 
| [[Roger Taylor]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
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| 3
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| {{Rating|8}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| A2
 
| A2
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| [[Brian May]]
 
| [[Brian May]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
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| 6
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| {{Rating|6}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| A3
 
| A3
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| [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
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| 5
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| {{Rating|7}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| A4
 
| A4
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| [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
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| 7
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| {{Rating|5}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| B1
 
| B1
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| [[Brian May]], [[Roger Taylor]]
 
| [[Brian May]], [[Roger Taylor]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]], [[Roger Taylor]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]], [[Roger Taylor]]
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| 8
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| {{Rating|5}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| B2
 
| B2
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| [[John Deacon]]
 
| [[John Deacon]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
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| 2
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| {{Rating|8}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| B3
 
| B3
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| [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
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| 4
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| {{Rating|7}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| B4
 
| B4
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| [[Brian May]]
 
| [[Brian May]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
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| 1
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| {{Rating|8}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
| B5
 
| B5
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| [[Brian May]], [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Brian May]], [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
 
| [[Freddie Mercury]]
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| 9
 
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| {{Rating|5}}
==Song Rank==
 
This is the order in which I enjoy the songs from this album, and their individual song ratings.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable" |
 
! Order !! Title !! Stars
 
|-
 
| 1 || [[Hammer to Fall]] || 8
 
|-
 
| 2 || [[I Want to Break Free]] || 8
 
|-
 
| 3 || [[Radio Ga Ga]] || 8
 
|-
 
| 4 || [[Keep Passing the Open Windows]] || 7
 
|-
 
| 5 || [[It's a Hard Life]] || 7
 
|-
 
| 6 || [[Tear It Up]] || 6
 
|-
 
| 7 || [[Man on the Prowl]] || 5
 
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| 8 || [[Machines (or 'Back to Humans')]] || 5
 
|-
 
| 9 || [[Is This the World We Created...?]] || 5
 
 
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Latest revision as of 11:00, 18 March 2024

The Works

Queen - Works, The.jpg

Vinyl - USA - 1st edition.

Artist Queen
Published 1984-02-27
Type Studio
Genre Hard rock, Pop rock
Themes Relationships, music, dating, politics

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.

Personal

Own?Yes, CD.

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
A1 Radio Ga Ga Roger Taylor Freddie Mercury 3 Rating-8.svg
A2 Tear It Up Brian May Freddie Mercury 6 Rating-6.svg
A3 It's a Hard Life Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury 5 Rating-7.svg
A4 Man on the Prowl Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury 7 Rating-5.svg
B1 Machines (or 'Back to Humans') Brian May, Roger Taylor Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor 8 Rating-5.svg
B2 I Want to Break Free John Deacon Freddie Mercury 2 Rating-8.svg
B3 Keep Passing the Open Windows Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury 4 Rating-7.svg
B4 Hammer to Fall Brian May Freddie Mercury 1 Rating-8.svg
B5 Is This the World We Created...? Brian May, Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury 9 Rating-5.svg

The album's total score is 592.

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