- rock, pop, hard rock, pop rock
- 37 min
- 9 tracks
- EMI
The Works is the eleventh studio album by the British rock band Queen. It was released on 20 February 1984 in the US and on 27 February 1984 in the UK by EMI Records just shortly after recording for the album had been completed in the United Kingdom and it is the band's first studio album to be released by Capitol Records in the United States.
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Spare, classical in form, grave and warm.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune2/4 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock3.5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 ★
- Sounds3/4 ★
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Tracks
- A1Radio Ga Ga5:47
- A2Tear It Up3:26
- A3It’s a Hard Life4:07
- A4Man on the Prowl3:25
- B1Machines (or ‘Back to Humans’)5:09
- B2I Want to Break Free3:20
- B3Keep Passing the Open Windows5:21
- B4Hammer to Fall4:26
- B5Is This the World We Created…?2:13
9 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Queen
- Label
- EMI
- Released
- 1984
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- FR
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