A Kind of Magic
Occupation
- Freddie Mercury: Vocals, Keyboards
- John Deacon: bass guitar, keyboards, guitar
- Roger Taylor: drums, vocals, keyboards
- Brian May: guitars, vocals, keyboards
In addition:
- Spike Edney: Keyboards.
- Lynton Naiff: string arrangement in One Year of Love.
- Steve Gregory: Sax in One Year of Love.
- Michael Kamen: orchestral arrangement in Who Wants to Live Forever (with Brian May ).
- National Philharmonic Orchestra: Orchestra in Who Wants to Live Forever.
- Joan Armatrading: Voice ( " Incidental vocals " ) in Do not Lose Your Head.
A Kind of Magic is the book published in 1986, twelfth studio album by British rock band Queen. Many songs on the album can be heard in other versions of the film Highlander. The title refers to a scene in which the shot down Connor McLeod resurrected and is from a child who watched the scene, asked how that was possible. He replies: "It's a kind of magic. "
The highest popularity and most cover versions, however, did not reach the title song, but Who Wants to Live Forever.
Title list
LP Side 1:
LP- page 2:
CD bonus tracks ( "Extra Magical Ingredients" ):
The album was produced by Queen and Mack (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 11 ) or by Queen and David Richards (tracks 2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12). The engineers were each Mack and David Richards and Croydon. The performances by the National Philharmonic Orchestra for Who Wants to Live Forever recorded by Eric Tomlinson at Abbey Road Studios.
Chart positions
Albums
In the charts, the album A Kind of Magic reached the following placements:
- # 1 - Great Britain ( 2x platinum).
- # 2 - Netherlands / Spain (2x platinum).
- # 3 - Austria (Platinum) / Portugal (silver).
- # 4 - Germany (platinum ) / Switzerland (2x platinum).
- # 5 - Norway.
- # 8 - Italy.
- # 9 - Sweden.
- # 25 - Japan.
- # 46 - U.S. ( gold).
Singles
One Vision (4 November 1985)
A Kind of Magic (17 March 1986)
Princes of the Universe ( March 1986: including Australia, Japan, United States)
Friends Will Be Friends (9 June 1986)
Who Wants to Live Forever (September 15, 1986)
Pain Is So Close to Pleasure (1986/1987)
One Year of Love (1986: France, Spain)