Artist: QUEEN
Album: THE MIRACLE REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1989/ 2011
EAN/UPS: 0602527799841
Media type: CD

The Miracle is a 1989 album by English rock band Queen. It was the band's thirteenth studio album, recorded as the band recovered from guitarist Brian May's marital problems, vocalist Freddie Mercury's HIV diagnosis (which was not confessed to the band nor publicised at the time), and subsequent near-breakup of the band.

The album was originally going to be called "The Invisible Men", but three weeks before the release, according to Roger Taylor, they decided to change the name to The Miracle. The striking cover art utilised then cutting-edge image-manipulation technology to combine photographs of the familiar faces of the four band members into one morphed gestalt image, in line with their decision to dispense with individual credits and simply present their music as the product of Queen the entity; the back cover went a step further with a seamless regiment of the bands' eyes. The album reached #1 in the UK, in Austria, Germany, in the Netherlands and Switzerland, and 24 on the American Billboard 200 chart.

TRACKLIST:

"Party" (Queen) – 2:24
"Khashoggi's Ship" (Queen) – 2:47
"The Miracle" (Queen) – 5:02
"I Want It All" (Queen) – 4:40
"The Invisible Man" (Queen) – 3:55
"Breakthru" (Queen) – 4:07
"Rain Must Fall" (Queen) – 4:20
"Scandal" (Queen) – 4:42
"My Baby Does Me" (Queen) – 3:22
"Was It All Worth It" (Queen) – 5:45

Bonus tracks (CD reissue):
"Hang on in There" (Queen) – 3:46
"Chinese Torture" (Queen) – 1:46
"The Invisible Man (12" Version)" (Queen) – 5:29

LINE-UP:

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

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Additional synths by David Richards
Additional programming by Brian Zellis