Album dossier / 1986
A Kind of Magic
Queen · Rock/Pop
Written largely as music for the film Highlander and recorded at Musicland, Mountain, and Townhouse Studios in the wake of Queen's triumphant Live Aid set, A Kind of Magic returned the band to #1 on the UK Albums Chart for 63 weeks and launched what would become their final tour with Freddie Mercury.
Record facts
- Label
- EMI (UK) / Capitol (US)
- Producer
- Queen, Mack, and David Richards
- Chart peak
- N/A
- Notable tracks
- ★ A Kind of Magic
- ★ Who Wants to Live Forever
- ★ Friends Will Be Friends
Artist & discography
Complete 1980s Studio Discography
6 studio albums released from 1980–1989 by Queen. Archived records link directly to full dossiers; remaining releases are queued for harvesting. MusicBrainz source.
Complete track listing · 9 tracks
- One Vision
- A Kind of Magic
- 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
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en.wikipedia.org, discogs.com, queenvault.com · track listing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Kind_of_Magic · cover art: coverartarchive.org
Last enriched: 2026-08-31