The Works (Queen album)
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| Released | 27 February 1984 | |||
| Recorded | August 1983 – January 1984 | |||
| Studio | Record Plant, Los Angeles, California and Musicland, Munich, Germany | |||
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| Length | 37:15 (LP and remastered 2011 CD) 54:19 (1991 Hollywood Records reissue CD) | |||
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| Singles from The Works | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [3] |
| People | (favourable)[4] |
| Rolling Stone | [5] |
| Sounds | [6] |
The Works is a 1984 pop/rock album by English band Queen. It was the band's eleventh studio album.
Track listing
[change | change source]| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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)" |
| 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)" |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "The Works by Queen". Classic Rock Review.
Here the group fused May and Taylor's rock sound with some of the German-influenced electro pop...
- ↑ "The Works". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
The Works is a royal feast of hard rock...
- ↑ The Works at AllMusic
- ↑ "Queen - 05-14-1984 - The Works - People Weekly". Queen Archives. 14 May 1984. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ↑ Puterbaugh, Parke (12 April 1984). "The Works". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ↑ "Queen – 02-25-1984 – The Works – Sounds". Queen Archives. 25 February 1984. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
