Queen:
- Freddie Mercury (vocals keyboards);
- John Deacon (guitar keyboards bass);
- Brian May (guitar keyboards background vocals);
- Roger Taylor (keyboards drums background vocals).
Additional personnel:
- Steve Gregory (saxophone);
- Spike Edney (keyboards).
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios and Town House Studios London; Musicland Studios Munich; Mountain Studios Montreux Switzerland.
Some songs on this album appear in different form in the film HIGHLANDER. A KIND OF MAGIC primarily functioned as a musical backdrop for the movie HIGHLANDER but unlike Queen's other motion picture soundtrack (1980 s FLASH GORDON) the album doesn t contain a single instrumental, they're all fully realized songs. Although it s not quite on par with their time-honored offerings from the 70s and didn't chart well in the States, A KIND OF MAGIC still contains more than a few classic Queen tracks. For those who doubted Queen could still compose rip-roaring heavy metal the lead-off track One Vision silenced such concerns on
Tracklist:
- Side A:
- One Vision (5:10)
- A Kind Of Magic (4:25)
- One Year Of Love (4:27)
- Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (4:22)
- Friends Will Be Friends (4:08)
- Side B:
- Who Wants To Live Forever (5:14)
- Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme) (4:33)
- Don't Lose Your Head (4:38)
- Princes Of The Universe (3:32)