- Audio CD (7 July 1986)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Parlophone
- ASIN: B00002507N
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 7,826 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. One Vision |
| 2. A Kind Of Magic |
| 3. One Year Of Love |
| 4. Pain Is So Close To Pleasure |
| 5. Friends Will Be Friends |
| 6. Who Wants To Live Forever |
| 7. Gimme The Prize |
| 8. Don't Lose Your Head |
| 9. Princes Of The Universe |
| 10. A Kind Of 'A Kind Of Magic' |
| 11. Friends Will Be Friends Will Be Friends... |
| 12. Forever |
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The album starts well with Highlander theme Princes Of The Universe, then gets going with a terrific bass line from John Deacon on A Kind Of Magic. Pain Is So Close To Pleasure almost sounds like Diana Ross, with Mercury excelling at falsetto while the guys ham it up in a tribute to Motown. Friends Will Be Ffriends is an anthem which now seems to rival We Will Rock You; Queen said this was written to thank fans for being their friends. Who Wants To Live Forever was premiered as being Mercury & May rather than Queen at their 1986 concerts, and featured Brian at the organ. It starts as a melancholy song then soars into the stratosphere thanks to Freddie's powerful vocals. Gimme The Prize and Don't Lose Your Head are more Highlander tracks, rockier than most on this album, which ends with the Live Aid inspired One Vision. The only criticism I have of this album is that there isn't enough of it! Nine tracks just isn't enough! Nevertheless I saw Queen's last concert at Knebworth in 1986 and these songs were the flavour of that concert. This album will always remind me of a truly memorable experience in which I saw the world's greatest showman hold 200,000 people spellbound for two hours!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
One Vision is the perfect beginning to this album. A great rock song, though a little slow on this recording. A Kind of Magic is one of Queen's finest, and definitely Taylor's best. The poignant One Year Of Love is beautifully handled by Mercury, and though Pain is so Close to Pleasure isn't very strong, it's by no means a poor song. Friends will be friends, despite being a great singalong track doesn't really conform to Queen's image, and will probably be forgotten quickly. Who wants to live forever is great until the ending, which goes on too long. Gimmee the Prize is a great prelude to the hard rock and majesty of a typical mercury effort, Princes of the Universe. Talyor's don't lose your head, is a weak track, on an otherwise good album. Freddie only contributes once this time, and it shows, as he was recording for "Mr Bad Guy" just a few monnths previously, and the album suffers from it. Still, a good CD
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Whilst most of Queen's early fans would have given up all hope by the time they listened to "The Works", for those that remained and the new followers "A Kind of Magic" was probably the peak of Queen's studio-based highly-polished era and blew me away when I picked up a copy upon its release in 1986.
'Classic' may be an over-used word these days, but just listen to the album over and over again and songs such as "A Kind of Magic", "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "Princes of the Universe" will still sound fresh and such is the skill in the production of the album and its multi-layers that I STILL hear something different in each track even today!
Gone is the diversity, pomp and tempo change of yesteryear, but here is a rock group at the peak of their output again out-classing the music of the moment (having seen out glam and punk, Queen were now taking on the new romantics).
No excuses - you must own this.
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Just as I remember it.
For a second hand DVD, this was in excellent condition, and arrived quickly. It's the original recording so I'm very pleased.
Published 11 months ago by anniewood
A Kind Of Torpor
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Queen fans are a rum lot. The more the press disliked an album, the more the fans use silly words like classic, genius, unique, etc. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Kid A
A Kind of Classic
I love Queen and have done for yonks. I originally bought this on cassette in th 80s and at the time (i was really young) thought it was the best thing to ever happen. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Nanny Greggy-Pooh
A Missed Opportunity
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Published 19 months ago by Mr Fahrenheit
excellent buy
this was for my daughter who is a huge Queen fan. This buy certainly did the trick, excellent music tracks, very good sound. Read more
Published 21 months ago by kingston
A Kind of Magic
Released as an album in it's own right, `A Kind of Magic' is also the soundtrack album for the `Highlander' movie and has excerpts from that film peppered throughout. Read more
Published on 5 May 2010 by Spider Monkey
Not their finest hour...
Following hot on the heals of their Live Aid triumph 'A Kind Of Magic' could be viewed as a missed opportunity to re cement Queens position as the best act in the world. Read more
Published on 11 April 2010 by I. P. J. Brayshaw
A kind of magic
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Published on 1 April 2010 by Ben Nicholson
The worst Queen album released when Freddie was alive
I'm writing this to balance out some of the crazy praise written by other Amazonians. I'm a massive Queen fan and have a fondness for all the albums - there's something worth... Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2009 by Fingerbar Fiddleston
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zoverstocks seller, this copy is unplayable, marked and stratched. Returned it unbelievable they have readvertised it. Got a copy from some one else and that is fine.
Published on 28 Oct 2009 by Happy Robot
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