- rock, pop rock, hard rock, album rock
- 54 min
- 12 tracks
- EMI
A Kind of Magic is the twelfth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 2 June 1986 by EMI Records in the UK and on 27 June 1986 by Capitol Records in the US. It is based on the soundtrack to the film Highlander (1986), directed by Russell Mulcahy.
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Classical in form, spare, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune1/4 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- Kerrang!3/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock2.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 ★
- Sounds2.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1One Vision5:11
- 2A Kind of Magic4:25
- 3One Year of Love4:27
- 4Pain Is So Close to Pleasure4:22
- 5Friends Will Be Friends4:08
- 6Who Wants to Live Forever5:17
- 7Gimme the Prize4:35
- 8Don’t Lose Your Head4:38
- 9Princes of the Universe3:33
- 10A Kind of ‘A Kind of Magic’3:38
- 11Friends Will Be Friends Will Be Friends…5:58
- 12Forever3:21
12 tracks, 54 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Queen
- Label
- EMI
- Released
- 1986
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- IT
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