A Kind of Magic is the twelfth studio album by Queen. It was released on 2 June 1986 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Capitol Records in the United States.
Although Queen would release another four albums with Freddie Mercury (including the posthumous Made in Heaven and Queen Forever), A Kind of Magic would turn out to be the band's last album promoted with a concert tour, because of Mercury's diagnosis with AIDS the following year, which subsequently caused his death in 1991. For the first time in their career, the band allowed filming of them while they were in the recording studio. The video for "One Vision" shows them in various stages of writing and recording the song.
Track listing[]
- "One Vision"
- "A Kind of Magic (song)"
- "One Year of Love"
- "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure"
- "Friends Will Be Friends"
- "Who Wants to Live Forever"
- "Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme)"
- "Don't Lose Your Head"
- "Princes of the Universe"
2011 Bonus tracks[]
- "A Kind of Magic (Highlander version)"
- "One Vision (Single version)"
- "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure (Single remix)"
- "Forever (Piano version)"
- "A Kind of Vision (Demo, August 1985)"
- "One Vision (Live at Wembley Stadium, 11 July 1986)"
- "Friends Will Be Friends Will Be Friends"
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Argentina (CAPIF) | 1 |
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 12 |
| Austria (Ö3 Top 40) | 3 |
| Canada (RPM) | 50 |
| France (SNEP) | 6 |
| Italy (Musica e dischi) | 13 |
| Japan (Oricon) | 25 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) | 9 |
| Norway (VG-lista) | 5 |
| Sweden (Topplistan) | 9 |
| Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade) | 4 |
| United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) | 1 |
| United States (Billboard) | 46 |
| West Germany (Media Control Charts) | 4 |
Trivia[]
- It is the second time that Bink Knowles (now known as Binksternet) helped the band produce an album
- It is the only album to have 9 songs and 7 singles.
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