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Kind of Magic
Queen
Kind of Magic
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal
 
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Queen revisited the cinema in the mid-80s, recording a suite of songs for the enduring action-fantasy thriller Highlander. Adding the Live-Aid inspired anthem One Vision plus several more tracks, they came up with A Kind O...  more »

     
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All Artists: Queen
Title: Kind of Magic
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Toshiba EMI Japan
Release Date: 3/8/2004
Album Type: Import, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal
Styles: Progressive, Progressive Rock, Album-Oriented Rock (AOR), Supergroups, Glam, Arena Rock, Hard Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

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Queen revisited the cinema in the mid-80s, recording a suite of songs for the enduring action-fantasy thriller Highlander. Adding the Live-Aid inspired anthem One Vision plus several more tracks, they came up with A Kind Of Magic. The biggest Queen album yet when it was originally released. A Kind Of Magic lingered on the British charts for 63 weeks as the band embarked on their biggest stadium tour to date.A platinum smash in its original and CD releases, now restored to glorious analog 180 gram jet-black vinyl lp. Yes it's Phase II of Queen on Vinyl Collector's Edition re-issue program - every Queen studio album is to be released on vinyl lps over the next two years. The original albums are being re-issued correct in every detail to the original releases, including inner sleeves, packaging and bonuses.

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CD Reviews

Pseudo-Highlander Soundtrack But with Some Great Tunes!
Frederick Baptist | Singapore | 10/09/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)

"This album could be very loosely described as the "soundtrack" for the "Highlander" movie because it contains much of the music from the film itself but it's not quite what has in mind when one thinks about a soundtrack. There are no scores here like in the "Flash Gordon" album and there are other songs that do not appear in the movie. The first track, "One Vision" actually comes from another movie, "Iron Eagle" and the title track is not connected to either movie. Still, the tracks are quite strong on their own merits and there are bonus tracks here, remix versions of the title track and "Friends Will Be Friends" and "Forever" which is a keyboard instrumental version of "Who Wants to Live Forever". Not Queen's best work but then to be honest, Queen's work had been erratic ever since "The Game" but still a decent offering and worth a listen. This Japanese lp mini-replica version has been remastered but the bass levels seem a little too heavy but it's very well packaged. The album has never sounded or looked better. Recommended if you liked the movies or if you liked the singles."
Magical
John Sposato | Syracuse, NY, USA | 12/12/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have the original UK LP release. I had the 1991 U.S. CD, but once I found the import, I sold off the other. Under-rated in North America, but another triumph everywhere else. Queen crossed the Iron-Red Curtain to then-communist Hungary for a historical concert in the Olympic colleseum in Budapest, a highlight of what sadly ended up being their final tour together, as Freddie Mercury was secretly diagnosed with AIDS the following year."
A Valliant Effort!
J. Collins | Dallas | 03/11/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Once again, Queen has given us another album that doesn't sound like the last one. That's one thing I've always enjoyed about them, all the way down the line through Innuendo (Made In Heaven wasn't an album in my book, but an EP). There's a different flavor on each.(See the rest of my review on the Hollywood issue page)This is a re-issue of the 1986 Capitol Records issue, which is superior to the Hollywood Records US release.The Hollywood issue only contains an extended One Vision. It would be nice to put all 4 extra tracks together on one CD."