A Kind Of Magic is a Rock album by Queen, originally released in 1986. On Gatefold: 340 pressings tracked, owned by 34 collectors.
About
Queen’s shift to playing all-stadium tours in the mid-1980s wasn’t just a business decision. It was an artistic one. Rock ’n’ roll had once been a weird, rebellious youth culture; now, it was the sound of pro sport, political rallie, ad campaign, and general communal uplift—a transition no band navigated more seamlessly, or profitably, as Queen. Like an infrastructure architect, or a product designer for a new-and-improved dishwasher, Queen was working on a scale of millions now, and making the music to match. At the risk of sounding old-fashioned, there remains something astonishing about a performance as huge but as stripped-down as the group’s Live Aid set from 1985, with paper Pepsi cups littering the top of Freddie Mercury’s piano, and no special effects or prerecorded assistance to be found. As far as pure rock spectacle goe, it’s pretty much the beginning of the end. .
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Tracklist
- 1One Vision5:10
- 2A Kind of Magic4:24
- 3One Year of Love4:27
- 4Pain Is So Close to Pleasure4:22
- 5Friends Will Be Friends4:12
- 6Who Wants to Live Forever5:16
- 7Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme)4:34
- 8Don't Lose Your Head4:38
- 9Princes of the Universe3:31
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Hard Rock
- polished
- anthemic
- cinematic
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Brian MayBAND , GUITAR, VOCALS , KEYBOARDS BASS, KEYBOARDS, GUITAR GUITAR
- Freddie MercuryBAND , VOCALS, KEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS LEAD VOCALS, KEYBOARDS
- John DeaconBAND , BASS GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, GUITAR BASS GUITAR BASS GUITAR, KEYBOARDS
- Roger TaylorBAND , DRUMS, VOCALS , KEYBOARDS DRUMS DRUMS, KEYBOARDS
- Spike EdneyGUEST , KEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS
- Eric TomlinsonRECORDER
- Joan ArmatradingBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Lynton NaiffARRANGED BY STRINGS
- Michael KamenARRANGED BY ORCHESTRA
- National Philharmonic OrchestraORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA , PERFORMER ORCHESTRA, PERFORMER
- Steve GregorySAXOPHONE
34 collectors on Gatefold own this · 340 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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