Back to the Light
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Back to the Light is the first solo album by Brian May. It was published on 1992-09-28 and produced by May and Justin Shirley-Smith. The songs on the album are all variations of rock including hard rock, blues rock, and soft rock. The overall theme of the album is examining the problems of your life, seeing where you went wrong, and overcoming the depression to get back to happiness.
Brian May originally wrote the songs Headlong and I Can't Live with You for this album, but, after hearing Freddie Mercury sing them, he decided they should be Queen songs, and they were released on Innuendo. Similarly, May's song, Too Much Love Will Kill You, was also recorded by Mercury, but not released until 1995, after Mercury died, on the album Made in Heaven.
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Personal
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After I had amassed the bulk of the Queen catalog, I started buying the band member's solo albums. I started with some of Freddie Mercury's albums, and, after being a little unimpressed with them, I moved on to this one. Although I remember noticing that it lacked the pomp of Queen's music, I still really love it, and it has become my favorite solo album of any member of Queen, it's even surpassed some Queen albums. However, I often think of how several of the songs would have benefited from input from the other members of Queen. A couple of the songs are pretty lame, and Freddie Mercury would never let that stand. They would either have to be jazzed up or cut.
Track Listing
| Track | Title | Writer(s) | Vocals | Rank | Rating |
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| 1 | The Dark | Brian May | Brian May | 12 | 
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| 2 | Back to the Light | Brian May | Brian May | 1 | 
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| 3 | Love Token | Brian May | Brian May | 10 | 
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| 4 | Resurrection | Brian May, Cozy Powell, Jamie Page | Brian May | 2 |
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| 5 | Too Much Love Will Kill You | Brian May, Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers | Brian May | 3 |
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| 6 | Driven by You | Brian May | Brian May | 4 | 
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| 7 | Nothin' But Blue | Brian May, Cozy Powell | Brian May | 6 | 
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| 8 | I'm Scared | Brian May | Brian May | 11 | 
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| 9 | Last Horizon | Brian May | Instrumental | 7 | 
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| 10 | Let Your Heart Rule Your Head | Brian May | Brian May | 8 | 
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| 11 | Just One Life | Brian May | Brian May | 5 |
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| 12 | Rollin' Over | Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott | Brian May | 9 |
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The album's total score is 547.
Media
Album Art
Original UK cover. I don't care much for the logo, it's too primitive.
US cover based off the Back to the Light single. I prefer this cover.
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