Strange Frontier

Strange Frontier
Studio album by Roger Taylor
Released	25 June 1984
Recorded	1983-84 at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany and Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre	Rock
Label	Parlophone, EMI, Capitol
Producer	Roger Taylor, David Richards, Mack
Roger Taylor chronology
Fun in Space (1981) Strange Frontier (1984) Happiness? (1994)

Strange Frontier is the second album by English musician Roger Taylor. This album includes two covers as well as a heavier sound than the previous album. Although Taylor again played most of the instruments himself (drums, guitars, bass and keyboards) and did most of the vocals, there were some occasional cameos by producer David Richards (on synths and piano), Status Quo member Rick Parfitt (on rhythm guitar) and Queen's John Deacon (on bass and mixing), Brian May (rhythm guitar on "Man on Fire") and Freddie Mercury (additional keyboards, and it is rumoured Mercury did backing vocals on "Killing Time", although this is speculative). The US edition has the track order rearranged.

Multiple musical elements from the song "I Cry for You (Love, Hope and Confusion)" (the drum machine, harmonies, chord progressions and overall arrangement) would be reused for the Queen hit song "Radio Ga Ga", released later the same year.

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Track listing

Side 1

1. "Strange Frontier" (Taylor) – 4:16
2. "Beautiful Dreams" (Taylor) – 4:23
3. "Man on Fire" (Taylor) – 4:05
4. "Racing in the Street" (Bruce Springsteen) – 4:28
5. "Masters of War" (Bob Dylan) – 3:51

Side 2

1. "Killing Time" (Taylor) – 4:58
2. "Abandonfire" (Taylor, David Richards) – 4:12
3. "Young Love" (Taylor) – 3:22
4. "It's an Illusion" (Taylor, Rick Parfitt) – 4:03
5. "I Cry for You (Love, Hope and Confusion)" (Taylor, David Richards) – 4:16

Personnel

• Roger Taylor - vocals, drums, keyboards, bass guitar, guitars
• David Richards - keyboards
• Rick Parfitt - guitar on "It's an Illusion"
• John Deacon - bass guitar on "It's an Illusion"

Singles

• "Man on Fire"
• "Strange Frontier"
• "Beautiful Dreams"