Happiness?

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Happiness?
Happiness? cover
Studio album by Roger Taylor
Released 1994
Recorded 1993-94
Genre Rock
Label Parlophone, EMI
Producer Roger Taylor
Joshua J MacRae (co-producer)
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 2/5 stars2/5 stars2/5 stars2/5 stars2/5 stars
Roger Taylor chronology
Strange Frontier
(1984)		 Happiness?
(1994)		 Electric Fire
(1998)

Happiness? is the third album by the English musician Roger Taylor.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Nazis 1994" (Taylor) 2:35
  2. "Happiness" (Taylor) 3:17
  3. "Revelations" (Taylor) 3:44
  4. "Touch The Sky" (Taylor) 5:04
  5. "Foreign Sand" (Taylor/Yoshiki) 6:53
  6. "Freedom Train" (Taylor) 6:12
  7. "You Had To Be There" (Taylor) 2:55
  8. "The Key" (Taylor) 4:25
  9. "Everybody Hurts Sometimes" (Taylor) 2:52
  10. "Lonliness..." (Taylor) 2:25
  11. "Dear Mr Murdoch" (Taylor) 4:19
  12. "Old Friends" (Taylor) 3:33

[edit] Controversy

Although released as a single, the lyrics of the track Nazis 1994 were deemed so controversial that it was banned by UK commercial radio stations. Additionally, it was banned from being advertised and many record stores refused to stock the single. [1]


[edit] Personnel

All tracks except Foreign Sand:

  • Roger Taylor: Drums, Vocals, Guitars and stuff
  • Jason Falloon: Guitar
  • Phil Spalding: Bass
  • Mike Crossley: Piano and keyboards
  • Catherine Porter: Backing Vocals
  • Joshua J. Macrae: Programming

Foreign Sand:

  • Yoshiki: Arrangement, drums, piano and synthesizer.
  • Roger Taylor: Vocals
  • Jim Cregan: Guitars
  • Phil Chen: Bass
  • Dick Marx: Strings arrangement
  • Brad Buxer and Geoff Grace: Programming
  • Mastered by Chris Blair at Abbey Road
  • Album Design by Roger Taylor and Richard Gray

[edit] References

Happiness Liner Notes@ http://www.queenpicturehall.com/albums/r03h.shtml

  1. ^ Roger Taylor Biography on Yahoo! Music