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Queen
Released 1984

I Want to Break Free
03:20
6,090 plays

Radio Ga Ga
05:49
3,740 plays

Is This the World We Created...?
02:13
2,767 plays

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- 1
- Radio Ga Ga
- 05:49
- 3,740 plays

- 2
- Tear It Up
- 03:28
- 2,066 plays

- 3
- It's a Hard Life
- 04:08
- 2,238 plays

- 4
- Man on the Prowl
- 03:28
- 1,985 plays

- 5
- Machines (Back to Humans)
- 05:10
- 1,943 plays

- 6
- I Want to Break Free
- 03:20
- 6,090 plays

- 7
- Keep Passing the Open Windows
- 05:21
- 2,019 plays

- 8
- Hammer to Fall
- 04:28
- 2,560 plays

- 9
- Is This the World We Created...?
- 02:13
- 2,767 plays

album review

Following the disappointing commercial performance of the dance-oriented Hot Space in 1982, Queen took 1983 off to get refocused and work on a follow-up that would put the band back on track. While the songwriting had definitely improved on the resulting The Works in 1984, the album sonically lacked the punch of such earlier releases as News of the World and The Game (strangely, Hot Space even had a better overall sound). Although the album only peaked at number 23 on the U.S. album charts, it was a Top Ten hit in just about every other area of the world, producing the huge single "Radio Ga Ga." Three other tracks were hits in Queen's native England -- the uplifting "I Want to Break Free," the love song "It's a Hard Life," and the politically conscious rocker "Hammer to Fall," which dealt with the danger of nuclear weapons. Other highlights included the '50s-sounding "Man on the Prowl," the electronic experiment "Machines," the thunderous "Tear It Up," and a touching acoustic ballad, "Is This the World We Created...?" Perhaps with a more straight-ahead production (and a U.S. tour), The Works would have landed Queen back on the top of the charts stateside. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide