11/10/2020

Queen "The Works" (1984) -Pop Rock / SynthPop / Melodic Rock-



Label : EMI Records

 
Royaume-Uni Side 1

01 - Radio Ga Ga (Roger Taylor)
02 - Tear It Up (Brian May)
03 - It's A Hard Life (Freddie Mercury)
04 - Man On The Prowl (Freddie Mercury)

Side 2

01 - Machines (Or Back To Humans) (Brian May & Roger Taylor)
02 - I Want To Break Free (John Deacon)
03 - Keep Passing The Open Windows (Freddie Mercury)
04 - Hammer To Fall (Brian May)
05 - Is This The World We Created...? (Brian May & Freddie Mercury)


Produced by Queen/Mack
Engineered by Mack
Additional Engineering in L.A. by Mike Beiriger
Assistance by Stefan Wissnet & Ed Delena

Thanks to Fred Mandel for rip-roaring Piano finale on "Prowl", Synthesizer Arrangement & Programming on "Radio Ga Ga"
Also Synth on "I Want To Break Free" & Candy-floss on "Hammer To Fall"
Demolition Fairlight Programming on "Machines (Or Back To Humans)" by Mack

Recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California, USA & Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany, August 83-January 84
Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC, USA

Queen are :
Freddie Mercury : Lead & Background vocals, Piano, Synthesizer, Sampler
Brian May : Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer, Background vocals
Roger Taylor : Acoustic & Electronic Drums, Percussion, Drum Machine, Vocoder, Background vocals, Sampler, Synthesizer
John Deacon : Bass Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer