The Works (Queen album)

The Works
Studio album by
Queen
Released27 February 1984
RecordedAugust 1983 – January 1984
StudioRecord Plant, Los Angeles, California and Musicland, Munich, Germany
Genre
Length37:15 (LP and remastered 2011 CD)
54:19 (1991 Hollywood Records reissue CD)
Label
Producer
Queen chronology
Hot Space
(1982) 		The Works
(1984) 		The Complete Works
(1985)
Singles from The Works
  1. "Radio Ga Ga"
    Released: 23 January 1984
  2. "I Want to Break Free"
    Released: 2 April 1984
  3. "It's a Hard Life"
    Released: 16 July 1984
  4. "Hammer to Fall"
    Released: 10 September 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic2.5/5 stars[3]
People(favourable)[4]
Rolling Stone3/5 stars[5]
Sounds3/4 stars[6]

The Works is a 1984 pop/rock album by English band Queen. It was the band's eleventh studio album.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Radio Ga Ga"  Roger Taylor 5:44
2. "Tear It Up"  Brian May 3:28
3. "It's a Hard Life"  Freddie Mercury 4:08
4. "Man on the Prowl"  Mercury 3:28
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
5. "Machines (Or 'Back to Humans')"  May, Taylor 5:10
6. "I Want to Break Free"  John Deacon 3:20
7. "Keep Passing the Open Windows"  Mercury 5:21
8. "Hammer to Fall"  May 4:28
9. "Is This the World We Created...?"  Mercury, May 2:13
Bonus tracks (1991 Hollywood Records CD reissue)
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
10. "I Go Crazy" (Original B-side)May 3:42
11. "Radio Ga Ga" (Extended Version)Taylor 6:50
12. "I Want to Break Free" (Extended Mix)Deacon 7:12

References

  1. ↑ "The Works by Queen". Classic Rock Review. Here the group fused May and Taylor's rock sound with some of the German-influenced electro pop...
  2. ↑ "The Works". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2017-08-31. The Works is a royal feast of hard rock...
  3. ↑ The Works at AllMusic
  4. ↑ "Queen - 05-14-1984 - The Works - People Weekly". Queen Archives. 14 May 1984. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Puterbaugh, Parke (12 April 1984). "The Works". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Queen – 02-25-1984 – The Works – Sounds". Queen Archives. 25 February 1984. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2011.