The Works (Queen album)

The Works is a 1984 pop/rock album by English band Queen. It was the band's eleventh studio album.

The Works
Studio album by Queen
Released	27 February 1984
Recorded	August 1983 – January 1984
Studio	Record Plant, Los Angeles, California and Musicland, Munich, Germany
Genre	Pop rock[1] hard rock[2]
Length	37:15 (LP and remastered 2011 CD) 54:19 (1991 Hollywood Records reissue CD)
Label	EMI Capitol
Producer	Queen Reinhold Mack
Queen chronology
Hot Space (1982) The Works (1984) The Complete Works (1985)
Singles from The Works
"Radio Ga Ga" Released: 23 January 1984 "I Want to Break Free" Released: 2 April 1984 "It's a Hard Life" Released: 16 July 1984 "Hammer to Fall" Released: 10 September 1984

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
People	(favourable)[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
Sounds	[6]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Radio Ga Ga"	Roger Taylor	5:44
2.	"Tear It Up"	Brian May	3:28
3.	"It's a Hard Life"	Freddie Mercury	4:08
4.	"Man on the Prowl"	Mercury	3:28

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Machines (Or 'Back to Humans')"	May, Taylor	5:10
6.	"I Want to Break Free"	John Deacon	3:20
7.	"Keep Passing the Open Windows"	Mercury	5:21
8.	"Hammer to Fall"	May	4:28
9.	"Is This the World We Created...?"	Mercury, May	2:13

Bonus tracks (1991 Hollywood Records CD reissue)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"I Go Crazy" (Original B-side)	May	3:42
11.	"Radio Ga Ga" (Extended Version)	Taylor	6:50
12.	"I Want to Break Free" (Extended Mix)	Deacon	7:12

2011 Bonus EP
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Go Crazy (B-Side)"
2.	"I Want To Break Free (Single Remix)"
3.	"Hammer To Fall (Headbanger’s Mix)"
4.	"Is This The World We Created…? (Live in Rio, January 1985)"
5.	"It's A Hard Life (Live in Rio, January 1985)"
6.	"Thank God It's Christmas (Non-Album Single)"

2011 iTunes Deluxe Edition bonus videos
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tear It Up (Live @ Wembley Stadium, London – 7/11/1986)"
2.	"I Want to Break Free (Live @ Rock in Rio – January 1985)"
3.	"Radio Ga Ga (Promo Video, 1984)"

References

1. "The Works by Queen". Classic Rock Review. Here the group fused May and Taylor's rock sound with some of the German-influenced electro pop...
2. "The Works". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2017-08-31. The Works is a royal feast of hard rock...
3. The Works at AllMusic
4. "Queen - 05-14-1984 - The Works - People Weekly". Queen Archives. 14 May 1984. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
5. Puterbaugh, Parke (12 April 1984). "The Works". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
6. "Queen – 02-25-1984 – The Works – Sounds". Queen Archives. 25 February 1984. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2011.