Live Magic

Live Magic
Live album by Queen
Released 1 December 1986
(See release history)
Recorded 11–12 July 1986 Wembley Stadium, London, UK
27 July 1986 Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary
9 August 1986 Knebworth Park, Stevenage, UK
Genre Rock
Length 47:10 (LP)
49:22 (CD)
Label EMI, Hollywood (US)
Producer Queen, Trip Khalaf
Queen chronology

Live Killers
(1979)		 Live Magic
(1986)		 At the Beeb
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Kerrang! [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [3]

Live Magic is a live compilation album by British rock band Queen. It was recorded at various live shows during The Magic Tour (1986) and was released on 1 December 1986. However, it was not released in the United States until August 1996. It received strong criticism from fans, due to the heavy editing of many songs. For example, the opera section was removed from "Bohemian Rhapsody", the second verse was removed from "Tie Your Mother Down", and both "Is This the World We Created...?" and "We Are the Champions" were reduced to one verse and chorus. In July 2004, Q magazine listed Live Magic as one of the top five disappointing live albums from usually great acts.[4]

Most of the performances were recorded at Knebworth Park on 9 August 1986, which marks the band's final ever concert with its original line-up.

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "One Vision" (Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England, UK 09/08/86) - (Queen) – 5:09
  2. "Tie Your Mother Down" (Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England, UK - 09/08/86) (May) – 2:59
  3. "Seven Seas of Rhye" (Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England, UK - 09/08/86) (Mercury) – 1:21
  4. "A Kind of Magic (Edit)" (Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary) - 27/07/86 (Taylor) – 4:47
  5. "Under Pressure" (Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary) - 27/07/86) (Queen, Bowie) – 3:49
  6. "Another One Bites the Dust (Edit)" (Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England, UK - 09/08/86) (Deacon) – 5:51
Side 2
  1. "I Want to Break Free" (Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England, UK - 09/08/86) (Deacon) – 2:40
  2. "Is This the World We Created...?" (Wembley Stadium, London, England, UK) - 11/07/86 (Mercury/May) – 1:30
  3. "Bohemian Rhapsody (Edit)" (Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England, UK - 09/08/86) (Mercury) – 4:42
  4. "Hammer to Fall (Edit)" (Wembley Stadium, London, England, UK) - 12/07/86 (May) – 4:22
  5. "Radio Ga Ga" (Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England, UK - 09/08/86) (Edit) (Taylor) – 4:27
  6. "We Will Rock You" (Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England, UK - 09/08/86) (May) – 1:33
  7. "Friends Will Be Friends" (Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England, UK - 09/08/86) (Mercury/Deacon) – 1:09
  8. "We Are the Champions" (Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England, UK - 09/08/86)) (Mercury) – 2:01
  9. "God Save the Queen" (Knebworth Park, Stevenage, England, UK - 09/08/86) (Trad. arr. May) – 1:19

Release history

Country Release Date
Worldwide 1 December 1986
United States August 1996

Chart positions and sales

CountryChartsSales
Peak positionWeeksCertificationSales
United Kingdom3[5]44[5]Platinum[6]1.000.000
Austria136Gold100.000
Germany15 Gold300.000
Netherlands17 100.000
Italy22 100.000
Switzerland26 Platinum100.000
Japan49 100.000
Sweden50
Argentina Gold[7] 40.000
United States– –500.000

Personnel

Additional Musicians

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Queen Live Magic review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
  2. ↑ Wall, Mick (11 December 1986). "Queen 'Live Magic'". Kerrang! 135. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. p. 18.
  3. ↑ "Queen: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  4. ↑ "5 Disappointing Live Albums from Usually Great Acts". Q magazine. July 2004. Archived at rocklistmusic.co.uk
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Queenonline.com. Live Magic.
  6. ↑ BPI Certified Awards.
  7. ↑ "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

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