The Works
LP by Queen
Released	27 February 1984
Recorded	month year
Genre	Rock
Length	37 min 11 sec
Record label	EMI (UK), Hollywood Records (US)
Producer	Queen and Mack
Professional reviews
AMG	2 stars out of 5	link
Queen Chronology
Hot Space (1982)	The Works (1984)	A Kind of Magic (1986)

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After a two year break, Queen returned to the studio. Much had changed in the music world since their previous album "Hot Space", which was something of a commercial failure and a poorly received album by many fans. In the two years following, Mercury, May and Taylor indugled in solo projects, taking the chance to stretch in individual directions.

The album's title comes from a comment Roger Taylor made as recording began for the new album, "Let's give them the works!" And the band did just that, with a fusion of synth and hard rock, hailing back to the early days of their career. All of Queen's trademarks are present, from rich arrangements, powerhouse vocals and catchy guitar riffs, and the band pull no punches.

"Keep Passing The Open Windows" was written originally for a proposed film of the novel "The Hotel New Hampshire". Queen were to write songs for film, but the project fell through. This song was already completed and band liked it so much, they included it on the album. When the film was eventually made, Queen had already moved on and this song was not used.

For the first and only time in their career, all the songs (and two non-album tracks, "I Go Crazy" and "Thank God It's Christmas") from the album are used as either A-Sides or B-Sides on singles.

Track listing

1. "Radio Ga Ga" (Taylor) *
2. "Tear It Up" (May) -
3. "It's A Hard Life" (Mercury) *
4. "Man On The Prowl" (Mercury) -
5. "Machines (or Back to Humans)" (Taylor/May)
6. "I Want To Break Free" (Deacon) *
7. "Keep Passing The Open Windows" (Mercury)
8. "Hammer To Fall" (May) *
9. "Is This The World We Created?" (May/Mercury)
10. "I Go Crazy" (May) (Bonus Track on 1991 Hollywood Records reissue)
11. "Radio Ga Ga (Extended Mix)" (Taylor) (Bonus Track on 1991 Hollywood Records reissue)
12. "I Want To Break Free (Extended Mix)" (Deacon) (Bonus Track on 1991 Hollywood Records reissue)

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Personnel

All lead vocals by Freddie Mercury

All backing vocals by Queen except:

- It's A Hard Life: Freddie

- Man On The Prowl: Freddie

- I Want To Break Free: Freddie

All drums, drum-machines and electronic drums by Roger Taylor

All bass guitars by John Deacon

Acoustic guitars by John Deacon & Brian May

Electric guitars by Brian May & John Deacon

All pianos by Freddie Mercury, except the finale in 'Man On The Prowl' (Fred Mandel)

All synths by Fred Mandel, except:

- Radio Ga Ga: Fred, Freddie & Roger

- I Want To Break Free: Fred, Freddie & John

- Machines: Mack

- Keep Passing The Open Windows: Freddie