A Kind of MagicA Kind of Magic
A Kind of Magic
2x SHM-CD (2011 remaster, first press)

A Kind of Magic

Album by Queen

Released 2 June 1986
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Tracklist

  • SHM-CD 1
  • 1
    One Vision
    3.4 ★
  • 2
    A Kind of Magic
    3.9 ★
  • 3
    One Year of Love
    3.1 ★
  • 4
    Pain Is So Close to Pleasure
    3.3 ★
  • 5
    Friends Will Be Friends
    3.7 ★
  • 6
    Who Wants to Live Forever
    4.1 ★
  • 7
    Gimme the Prize (Kurgan’s Theme)
    3.8 ★
  • 8
    Don’t Lose Your Head
    3.5 ★
  • 9
    Princes of the Universe
    3.9 ★
  • SHM-CD 2: Bonus EP
  • 1
    A Kind of Magic (Highlander version)
    4.0 ★
  • 2
    One Vision (single version)
    3.3 ★
  • 3
    Pain Is So Close to Pleasure (single remix)
    3.0 ★
  • 4
    Forever (piano version)
    4.0 ★
  • 5
    A Kind of Vision (demo 1985/8)
    3.5 ★
  • 6
    One Vision (live at Wembley Stadium 1986/07/11)
    2.6 ★
  • 7
    Friends Will Be Friends Will Be Friends
    3.5 ★

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JHSuth184313 Oct 2025
★★★½
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
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Release credits

  • background vocals [1.5-6, 1.9, 2.2], drum machine [6], electric guitar [1.1-2, 1.4-9, 2.1-7], guitar [2], lead vocals [6], orchestrator [6], sampler [1.1, 2.2], synthesizer [2.2, 1.1, 1.6]
  • assistant [1-9]
  • engineer [1.2, 1.6-8, 2.4], producer [1.2, 1.5-8, 2.4]
  • recording [6]
  • background vocals [1.1-6, 1.9, 2.2], lead vocals [1.1-9, 2.1-3, 2.5-7], piano [4-5, 9], sampler [1.1, 1.4-5, 2.2], synthesizer [2, 4-5, 9]
  • additional [8], guest [8], other vocals [8]
  • background vocals [2], bass guitar [1.1-5, 1.7-9, 2.1-7], drum machine [3], drums (drum set) [4], guitar [4-5, 8], sampler [3-4], synthesizer [3-4]
  • strings [3]
  • engineer [2.2, 1.1, 1.3-5, 1.9], producer [2.2, 1.1, 1.3-5, 1.9]
  • conductor [6], orchestrator [6]
  • performing orchestra [6]
  • producer [2.2, 2.4, 1.1-9]
  • background vocals [2.2, 1.2, 1.5-6, 1.9], drum machine [2, 8], drums (drum set) [1.1-2, 1.4-5, 1.7-9, 2.1-7], electronic drum set [2.2, 1.1-2], lead vocals [8], synthesizer [2]
  • guest [5, 8], keyboard [5, 8]
  • guest [3], saxophone [3]

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