Track Listing

1. Radio Ga Ga
2. Tear It Up
3. It's A Hard Life
4. Man On The Prowl
5. Machines (Or Back To Humans)
6. I Want To Break Free
7. Keep Passing The Open Windows
8. Hammer To Fall
9. Is This The World We Created

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4205 in Music
• Released on: 1994-02-07
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

This really is THE WORKS!
A highly successful collection of songs and the album that introduced me to Queen as a 12 year old many years ago!

When I first heard "Radio Ga Ga" I was amazed and it is STILL as good today. Every song on the album was released as either an 'a' or 'b' side which alone suggests that Queen had produced the ultimate commercial rock album.

The democratic process surrounding the production of the album brings out the best in Queen and the four singles especially so (each written by a different member of the band). But even if you've got them already on Hits II buy this album for "Is this the World We Created" - a beautiful track sung by Freddie with Brian on guitar. "Keep Passing the Open Windows" is another Queen classic and "Tear it Up" allows Brian to re-create some of that early Queen feel, as does Freddie's tongue-in-cheek "Man on the Prowl" with just a slight nod to "Good old fashioned loverboy". "Machines" is possibly the weakest track which has not aged well, but that is a minor niggle.

Buy this album - you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to get out the hoover and clean the house!

The Best Queen Album Of the 80's
If you are new to the band Queen then this is where you should start because it offers the most classic Queen tracks (all of the singles which were released from this album).But there are no fillers, as the remaining tracks show. Aparently the concept of this album is the battle between humans and machines, this is reflected upon in the way that Queen's vocal and musical presence is in conflict with the synthesizers on the album. This gives the album a further boost to its credability

1. Radio Ga Ga - A classic pop/rock song of the eighties,complete with synthesizers and hand clapping in mind.
2. Tear it up - A impressive hard rock song from the mind and pen of Brian May.
3. Its a Hard Life - A fine slice of operatic brilliance.
4. Man on the prowl - Another fun song influenced by 50's rock and roll.
5. Machines (or back to humans) - The very song which brings out the theme of the album in a delicious cocktail of synthesizers, computer voice and mind bending guitar from Brian.
6. I want to Break Free - Another Queen classic, an incredible pop song.
7. Keep passing the open windows - A rock/ballad which has a feel good factor to it which is so typical of Freddie's writing.
8. Hammer to Fall - Another high powered rock song by Brian, a real explosion of sound.
9. Is this the world we created? - Probably the weakest song on the album, however its acoustic softness should win you over.

All in all its legendary, but it may not be legendary in terms of an album, but more so because it contains 9 great songs.

The Reference Point for 80s Queen
There have been some mixed reviews of this album on amazon, but without doubt this was THE album that took Queen to dizzy heights in the 80s. A short and to-the-point album: 4 smash hits, plus the great Live Aid ballad 'Is this the world we created' (see a recent version of this performed by Andrea Corr and Biran May on the 46664 live album), and two album tracks that were among their best studio tracks of the 80s - 'Back to Humans' and 'Keep Passing the Open Windows'

The album that followed this - Akind of Magic - is one of their worst studio albums, but 86 was the year dominated by their infamous stadium tour.

Like The Game, The Works is a must have album for anyone that wants to see Queen beyond the greatest hits packages. The true test of these two albums is that 20 years on they sound as good and fresh and contemporary today as they did when they were released.