A Kind of Magic

A Kind of Magic

CD - USA - 1st edition.

Artist Queen Published 1986-06-03 Type Studio Genre Hard rock, Rock, Symphony rock Themes Profundity, love, relationships

A Kind of Magic is the twelfth studio album by Queen. It was released on 1986-06-03 on vinyl, cassette, and CD and produced by Queen, Reinhold Mack, and David Richards. The album contains songs that range from arena rock to symphony rock to soul and doubles as a soundtrack for the movie Highlander, containing most of Queen's songs used in the film. This was also the first Queen album to be released on compact disc.

Personal

Own?	Yes. Hollywood Records CD.

This is one of the first Queen albums I bought after becoming a fan of the movie Highlander, which I learned about initially from the television show. Though I bought the album initially for the heavy Highlander anthems, the more I listened to the album, the more I became enamored with the blue-eyed soul songs. I even chose the song One Year of Love for my bride and groom first dance song at my wedding. I don't like the superhero style of the cover art.

Track Listing

Track	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Rank	Rating
1	One Vision	Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon	Freddie Mercury	5
2	A Kind of Magic	Roger Taylor	Freddie Mercury	4
3	One Year of Love	John Deacon	Roger Taylor	3
4	Pain Is So Close to Pleasure	Freddie Mercury, John Deacon	Freddie Mercury	6
5	Friends Will Be Friends	Freddie Mercury, John Deacon	Freddie Mercury	1
6	Who Wants to Live Forever	Brian May	Freddie Mercury, Brian May	2
7	Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme)	Brian May	Freddie Mercury	8
8	Don't Lose Your Head	Roger Taylor	Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor	9
9	Princes of the Universe	Freddie Mercury	Freddie Mercury	7

The album's total score is 1,468.

On vinyl releases, Who Wants to Live Forever is the first song on the B side.

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