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Track Listings
| 1. Radio Ga Ga |
| 2. Tear It Up |
| 3. It's A Hard Life |
| 4. Man On The Prowl |
| 5. Machines (Or Back To Humans) |
| 6. I Want To Break Free |
| 7. Keep Passing The Open Windows |
| 8. Hammer To Fall |
| 9. Is This The World We Created? |
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album came immediately after the disastrous Hot Space, and although it only reached number two in the charts, it re-established Queen as one of the great rock bands.
The album is literally full of classics, such as Radio Gaga, I Want To Break Free, It's a Hard Life and Is this the world we created?, and the others are forgotten gems.
In my opinion, The Works marked the beginning of a new era for Queen - one in which they practically re-invented their sound and went on to conquer heights equal to their late seventies successes.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A highly successful collection of songs and the album that introduced me to Queen as a 12 year old many years ago!
When I first heard "Radio Ga Ga" I was amazed and it is STILL as good today. Every song on the album was released as either an 'a' or 'b' side which alone suggests that Queen had produced the ultimate commercial rock album.
The democratic process surrounding the production of the album brings out the best in Queen and the four singles especially so (each written by a different member of the band). But even if you've got them already on Hits II buy this album for "Is this the World We Created" - a beautiful track sung by Freddie with Brian on guitar. "Keep Passing the Open Windows" is another Queen classic and "Tear it Up" allows Brian to re-create some of that early Queen feel, as does Freddie's tongue-in-cheek "Man on the Prowl" with just a slight nod to "Good old fashioned loverboy". "Machines" is possibly the weakest track which has not aged well, but that is a minor niggle.
Buy this album - you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to get out the hoover and clean the house!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you are new to the band Queen then this is where you should start because it offers the most classic Queen tracks (all of the singles which were released from this album).But there are no fillers, as the remaining tracks show. Aparently the concept of this album is the battle between humans and machines, this is reflected upon in the way that Queen's vocal and musical presence is in conflict with the synthesizers on the album. This gives the album a further boost to its credability
1. Radio Ga Ga - A classic pop/rock song of the eighties,complete with synthesizers and hand clapping in mind.
2. Tear it up - A impressive hard rock song from the mind and pen of Brian May.
3. Its a Hard Life - A fine slice of operatic brilliance.
4. Man on the prowl - Another fun song influenced by 50's rock and roll.
5. Machines (or back to humans) - The very song which brings out the theme of the album in a delicious cocktail of synthesizers, computer voice and mind bending guitar from Brian.
6. I want to Break Free - Another Queen classic, an incredible pop song.
7. Keep passing the open windows - A rock/ballad which has a feel good factor to it which is so typical of Freddie's writing.
8. Hammer to Fall - Another high powered rock song by Brian, a real explosion of sound.
9. Is this the world we created? - Probably the weakest song on the album, however its acoustic softness should win you over.
All in all its legendary, but it may not be legendary in terms of an album, but more so because it contains 9 great songs.
1. Radio Ga Ga - A classic pop/rock song of the eighties,complete with synthesizers and hand clapping in mind.
2. Tear it up - A impressive hard rock song from the mind and pen of Brian May.
3. Its a Hard Life - A fine slice of operatic brilliance.
4. Man on the prowl - Another fun song influenced by 50's rock and roll.
5. Machines (or back to humans) - The very song which brings out the theme of the album in a delicious cocktail of synthesizers, computer voice and mind bending guitar from Brian.
6. I want to Break Free - Another Queen classic, an incredible pop song.
7. Keep passing the open windows - A rock/ballad which has a feel good factor to it which is so typical of Freddie's writing.
8. Hammer to Fall - Another high powered rock song by Brian, a real explosion of sound.
9. Is this the world we created? - Probably the weakest song on the album, however its acoustic softness should win you over.
All in all its legendary, but it may not be legendary in terms of an album, but more so because it contains 9 great songs.
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the works by queen
the vinyl album The Works by Queen was in excellent order,the cover was very clean and tidy,and when i played the album i was very pleased as there were no glitches or scratches. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. R. G. Ball
The Works - A fine effort
`The Works' is the album that got Queen back on track after the commercial disappointment of the (underrated) `Hot Space' and largely restored their fortunes around the world... Read more
Published 10 months ago by R Turner
Great Singles, Average Album
The Works saw Queen recapture their commercial appeal everywhere apart from the U.S. after the comparative failure of "Hot Space". Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2010 by Mr Fahrenheit
Probably Queen's best album of the 80's
At the time of release, The Works was regarded as a return to form. Listening to the album now, it's very much of its time (the subject matter of the track Machines is a wee bit... Read more
Published on 25 April 2008 by Mr. Jonathan Robin Oxley
Safe ground
In late '83, Queen regrouped to salvage their reputation after the flacid Hot Space album.
Out went the white-disco and gay anthems, and back came the ROCK. Read more
Out went the white-disco and gay anthems, and back came the ROCK. Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2007 by JJ
Is this really The Works?!
This is the weakest of all the Queen albums. Even its predecessor Hot Space had fun and humour, despite its lack of commercial success. Read more
Published on 8 Dec 2006 by paleandy
The Hit Factory
Following the surprise flop of the more experimental funk/dance 'Hot Space' album Queen pulled out all the stops to ensure their follow-up album was stuffed full of hit singles. Read more
Published on 6 May 2006 by Jane Aland
The Works
Like many of the other reviewers here mention, this is an incredibly short album, only 9 songs and none of them a 6 or 7 minute epic. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2005 by Rich Milligan
The Reference Point for 80s Queen
There have been some mixed reviews of this album on amazon, but without doubt this was THE album that took Queen to dizzy heights in the 80s. Read more
Published on 17 July 2004
Some great tracks plus filler
If this album was judged on the singles from it alone, then it would certainly deserve 5 stars, but there are other tracks here that just make me think that they didn't have enough... Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2004 by michael_m
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