A refreshing return to normality for Queen, The Works is 80s Queen done right. It has it’s flaws, but not many. Hits include “I Want To Break Free”, “Hammer to Fall” and “Radio Gaga”, with hidden gems being “Tear It Up”, “Man On the Prowl” and “Is This The World We Created?”
Digital Media
The Works
Album by Queen
Released 27 February 1984
Tracklist
- 1Radio Ga Ga (remastered 2011)5:483.9 ★
- 2Tear It Up (remastered 2011)3:243.2 ★
- 3It’s a Hard Life (remastered 2011)4:063.5 ★
- 4Man on the Prowl (remastered 2011)3:253.5 ★
- 5Machines (or ‘Back to Humans’) (remastered 2011)5:073.6 ★
- 6I Want to Break Free (remastered 2011)3:184.4 ★
- 7Keep Passing the Open Windows (remastered 2011)5:213.4 ★
- 8Hammer to Fall (remastered 2011)4:253.6 ★
- 9Is This the World We Created…? (remastered 2011)2:143.6 ★
- 10I Go Crazy3:423.8 ★
- 11Radio Ga Ga (extended remix)6:513.0 ★
- 12I Want to Break Free (extended mix)7:114.0 ★
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Release credits
- acoustic guitar [9], background vocals [2-3, 5, 7-8], electric guitar [6, 10], guitar [1-5, 7-8]
- assistant [1-9]
- guest [1, 4, 6, 8], other instruments [8], piano [4], sampler [1], solo [4, 6], synthesizer [1, 6]
- background vocals [3-8], lead vocals [1-9], piano [3-4, 7], sampler [1], synthesizer [5-7], vocal [10]
- acoustic guitar [6], bass guitar [1-8, 10], synthesizer [6]
- engineer [1-10], guest [5], other instruments [8], producer [1-10], programming [1-9], recording [1-9], sampler [5]
- additional [1-9]
- additional [10]
- producer [1-10]
- analog synthesizer [5], background vocals [1-3, 7-8], drum machine [1, 5], drums (drum set) [1-8, 10], electronic drum set [5], sampler [1], tambourine [2], vocoder [1, 5]
- assistant [1-9]
Issues
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TCD (price code F: PM 520)27 February 1984
T12" Vinyl27 February 1984
T27 February 1984
TCD (made in Japan)1984
T1984
T12" Vinyl1984- T12" Vinyl1984
T12" Vinyl1984
T12" Vinyl1984
TCD (made in Holland)1986
T1987
T26 November 1991
T1994
TCD (Queen Digital Master Series; Made in Holland)1994- TCD ("Made in Italy" on disc front)1994
T25 February 2004
T30 December 2008
T2x CD (2011 remaster deluxe edition)5 September 2011
TCD (2011 remaster)5 September 2011
TDigital Media5 September 2011
TDigital Media (2011 remaster)5 September 2011- T2x SHM-CD (2011 remaster)21 September 2011
T2x SHM-CD (2011 remaster, first press)21 September 2011
T2x CD2011- T2x CD (2011 Digital Remaster)2011
T2x Digital Media (deluxe edition 2011 remaster)2011
T2x CD7 February 2012
T2x Digital Media (deluxe remastered version)7 February 2012
TSHM-SACD (2 channels) (2011 remaster)28 March 2012
T2x Digital Media (deluxe edition)17 October 2014
TDigital Media2014
T2x Digital Media (deluxe edition)2014
TDigital Media2014
TVinyl25 September 2015
THQCD (limited edition)20 March 2019- TDigital Media29 September 2023
T2x CD (2011 remaster, reprint)- TCD (Made in Holland, no LC code on disc)
- TVinyl1984