The Miracle (album)

Occupation

• Freddie Mercury: Vocals, Piano, Keyboards
• Brian May: guitars, vocals, keyboards
• John Deacon: bass guitar, keyboards
• Roger Taylor: drums, vocals, keyboards

The Miracle is the book published in May 1989, the 13th studio album by British rock band Queen.

The album

On the album cover the heads of the band members with a photo editing software are merged into a single head. This iconic image of togetherness is continued in the details of the song writers. All titles are first described by the term "Queen" as a song writer. This can be explained by the circumstances under which the album was created. Brian May was after his divorce from his wife in a difficult emotional state and Freddie Mercury the first signs of his AIDS illness became noticeable. After the Magic tour in 1986, Queen had lodged their hitherto longest break; in this period, the band members devoted their respective solo projects. So ultimately it took three years of the release of their latest album A Kind of Magic to The Miracle. Due to the state of health of the penultimate Mercury published during his lifetime studio album was also not supported by a concert tour.

The album was supposed the title The Invisible Man received. However, three weeks before the scheduled release they decided to change the title in The Miracle.

The Miracle combines both pop music and rock music on an album. The typical Queen sound is clearly identified. As rock Title particular Khashoggi 's Ship, I Want It All, Breakthru, Scandal and What are It All Worth It to name. Here is a clear emphasis on the rock guitar riffs, a largely acoustic drums and the possibility of Mercury's voice is also set to sound aggressive. Not only for the pop songs Party, The Miracle and Rain Must Fall take synthesizers and effects a central role. A common synthetic drum kit supports the pop nature of this title, which are clearly influenced by the currents of the 1980s.

Title list

In the production notes on the album are - as the successor from 1991 Innuendo - for all the pieces "Queen " as the composer. The actual main authors can be found in brackets.

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CD "Extra Tracks":

Single B-sides

The CD bonus track Hang On in There had already been previously released as a B- side of the single I Want It All. Three pieces are published exclusively on the B-side of singles. Also with them is the official composer words " Queen":

• Stealin ' (Single Breakthru ).
• Hijack My Heart ( Single The Invisible Man), de facto, by Roger Taylor written and sung by him.
• My Life Has Been Saved (Single Scandal ): The original version of this song, which is included in a revised version on the 1995 released album Made in Heaven; written by John Deacon.

The single The Miracle contains live versions of Stone Cold Crazy ( Rainbow, London, 1974), and My Melancholy Blues ( Houston, 1977); The latter is on the 12 " - to find and CD editions of the single.

Detailed information is not listed on the album. The lead vocals in I Want It All share Mercury singing the majority, and May

The album was produced by Queen and David Richards. It was taken from Richards. Assistive engineers were Andrew Bradfield, John Brough, Angelique Cooper, Claude Frider, Andy Mason and Justin Shirley - Smith. The recordings took place from January 1988 to January 1989 at Olympic Studios, and in the Town House Studios, both in London, and in the Mountain Studios in Montreux instead. The album was mastered at the Town House Studios by Kevin Metcalf and Gordon Vickary. For the computer programming Brian Zellis was responsible.

Chart positions

Album

The album The Miracle achieved the following chart positions:

• # 1 - Germany (platinum ) / Finland / UK (37 weeks in the charts, platinum ) / Netherlands (Platinum) / Austria (Gold) / Switzerland ( platinum).
• # 2 - Norway.
• # 3 - Italy / Portugal ( gold).
• # 4 - Spain ( platinum).
• # 6 - Sweden.
• # 23 - Japan.
• # 24 - U.S. ( gold).

Singles

I Want It All ( May 2, 1989 )

Breakthru (19 June 1989)

The Invisible Man (7 August 1989)

Scandal (9 October 1989)

The Miracle (27 November 1989)

Alternative versions

The published as a single version of I Want It All is different from the album version by a significantly different beginning and a shortened instrumental interlude before the last chorus. This single version is also included on the 1991 released album Greatest Hits II. A hybrid version of I Want It All, which is composed of album and single version was released in 1997 on the compilation Queen Rocks.

Longer 12 "versions, there is next to The Invisible Man by Breakthru and Scandal.