A Kind of Magic [Vinyl] [Collector's Edition]

Queen | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (August 31, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Collector's Edition
• Label: FONTANA HOLLYWOOD
• ASIN: B002E2M3L6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,672 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Queen revisited the cinema in the mid-80s, recording a suite of songs for the enduring action-fantasy thriller Highlander. Adding the Live-Aid inspired anthem One Vision plus several more tracks, they came up with A Kind Of Magic. The biggest Queen album yet when it was originally released. A Kind Of Magic lingered on the British charts for 63 weeks as the band embarked on their biggest stadium tour to date.A platinum smash in its original and CD releases, now restored to glorious analog 180 gram jet-black vinyl lp. Yes it's Phase II of Queen on Vinyl Collector's Edition re-issue program - every Queen studio album is to be released on vinyl lps over the next two years. The original albums are being re-issued correct in every detail to the original releases, including inner sleeves, packaging and bonuses.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pseudo-Highlander Soundtrack But with Some Great Tunes!, October 9, 2005

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Frederick Baptist (Singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kind of Magic (Audio CD)

This album could be very loosely described as the "soundtrack" for the "Highlander" movie because it contains much of the music from the film itself but it's not quite what has in mind when one thinks about a soundtrack. There are no scores here like in the "Flash Gordon" album and there are other songs that do not appear in the movie. The first track, "One Vision" actually comes from another movie, "Iron Eagle" and the title track is not connected to either movie. Still, the tracks are quite strong on their own merits and there are bonus tracks here, remix versions of the title track and "Friends Will Be Friends" and "Forever" which is a keyboard instrumental version of "Who Wants to Live Forever". Not Queen's best work but then to be honest, Queen's work had been erratic ever since "The Game" but still a decent offering and worth a listen. This Japanese lp mini-replica version has been remastered but the bass levels seem a little too heavy but it's very well packaged. The album has never sounded or looked better. Recommended if you liked the movies or if you liked the singles.

1.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly poor quality of the vynil record., April 25, 2011

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Usve The Suomi "Usve" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Kind of Magic [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

Title says it all.

I also have a CD and it sounds much better. It's alsmost as if the vynil is recorded from MP3

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing analog sound!!!, April 15, 2011

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Chileno - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Kind of Magic [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

I've listening this albums since the 80s, first on cassette tape, later on CD and just now, on vinyl. And I gotta say, this is it! This is the way we all should listen music, it really "alive". Songs like Who Wants to Live Forever and One Year of Love are something completely different to the CD version in terms of sound. I recommend this release 101%.