A Kind of Magic is Queen’s last fantastic album in my opinion. The unofficial “Highlander” soundtrack gives us some amazing tracks such as the titular “A Kind of Magic”, “Who Wants to Live Forever” and “One Vision”, with “Friends Will Be Friends” and “One Year of Love” being some underrated favourites of mine
A Kind of Magic
Album by Queen
Released 2 June 1986
Tracklist
- 1One Vision5:103.4 ★
- 2A Kind of Magic4:243.9 ★
- 3One Year of Love4:283.1 ★
- 4Pain Is So Close to Pleasure4:233.4 ★
- 5Friends Will Be Friends4:043.7 ★
- 6Who Wants to Live Forever5:164.1 ★
- 7Gimme the Prize (Kurgan’s Theme)4:343.8 ★
- 8Don’t Lose Your Head4:373.6 ★
- 9Princes of the Universe3:375.0 ★
- 10Forever3:223.5 ★
- 11One Vision (extended Vision)6:285.0 ★
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Release credits
- background vocals [5-6], drum machine [6], electric guitar [1-2, 4-8], keyboard [10], lead vocals [6], orchestrator [6], piano [10], sampler [1], synthesizer [1, 6]
- assistant [1-8, 10]
- engineer [2, 6-8, 10], producer [2, 5-8, 10]
- recording [6]
- background vocals [1-6], lead vocals [1-8], piano [4-5], sampler [1, 4-5], synthesizer [2, 4-5]
- additional [8], guest [8], other vocals [8]
- bass guitar [1-5, 7-8], drum machine [3], drums (drum set) [4], guitar [4-5, 8], sampler [3-4], synthesizer [3-4]
- strings [3]
- engineer [1, 3-5], producer [1, 3-5]
- conductor [6], orchestrator [6]
- performing orchestra [6]
- photography
- producer [1-8, 10]
- design
- illustration
- background vocals [2, 5-6], drum machine [2, 8], drums (drum set) [1-2, 4-5, 7-8], electronic drum set [1-2], lead vocals [8], synthesizer [2]
- guest [5, 8], keyboard [5, 8]
- guest [3], saxophone [3]
Issues
ACD (made in Holland)2 June 1986
A12" Vinyl2 June 1986
ACD (made in UK)2 June 1986
ACD (made in Japan)2 June 1986
A12" Vinyl25 June 1986
ACD (made in West Germany)June 1986
A3 September 1986- A12" Vinyl1986
A12" Vinyl1986- ACassette1986
- ACassette1986
ACD (made in Japan)1986- A1986
ACD (made in Holland)1986
ACD (made in Holland)1986
AVinyl1986- ACD (made in Italy)1986
A17 June 1991
ACD (long box)17 June 1991
A25 February 2004
A10 February 2008
A2x CD (2011 remaster deluxe edition)5 September 2011
ACD (2011 remaster)5 September 2011
ADigital Media (2011 remaster)5 September 2011- A2x SHM-CD (2011 remaster)21 September 2011
A2x SHM-CD (2011 remaster, first press)21 September 2011
A2x CD7 February 2012
ASHM-SACD (2 channels) (2011 remaster)28 March 2012
ADigital Media27 October 2014
A2x Digital Media (deluxe edition)4 November 2014
A2x Digital Media (deluxe edition)2014
ADigital Media2014
A12" Vinyl25 September 2015
AHQCD (limited edition)2019
ACD (made in UK)
ADigital Media