Artist: QUEEN
Album: A KIND OF MAGIC REMASTERED (CD)

Release date: 1986/ 2011
EAN/UPS: 0602527799711
Media type: CD

A Kind of Magic is a 1986 album by English rock band Queen. It was the band's twelfth studio album, and is based on the soundtrack to the film Highlander, the first in a series directed by Russell Mulcahy. Though the album stalled at #46 in the United States, it rocketed to #1 in the United Kingdom, remaining in the charts for sixty-three weeks and spawning 3 hit singles. The single "A Kind of Magic" only reached #42 in the US despite being featured in Highlander. The album eventually went Gold in the US in 2002. It is Queen's first album with a title track, and every album released thereafter also contained one.

TRACKLIST:

"One Vision" (Queen) – 5:10
"A Kind of Magic" (Taylor) – 4:24
"One Year of Love" (Deacon) – 4:26
"Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" (Deacon/Mercury) – 4:21
"Friends Will Be Friends" (Mercury/Deacon) – 4:07
"Who Wants to Live Forever" (May) – 5:15
"Gimme the Prize" (May) – 4:34
"Don't Lose Your Head" (Taylor) – 4:38
"Princes of the Universe" (Mercury) – 3:32

LINE-UP:

Freddie Mercury: Lead Vocals, Piano, Backing Vocals, Synthesisers, Programming
Brian May: Electric Guitars, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Synthesisers, Programming
Roger Taylor: Drums, Electronic Drums, Backing Vocals, Synthesisers, Programming
John Deacon: Bass, Electric Guitars, Synthesisers, Programming


Additional musicians:
Spike Edney: Keyboards
Joan Armatrading: Vocals
Steve Gregory: Alto Sax
String Section arranged and conducted by Lynton Naiff
National Philharmonic Orchestra arranged and conducted by Michael Kamen