The Miracle

The Miracle
LP by Queen
Released	June 6, 1989
Recorded
Genre	Classic Rock
Length	58 min 40 sec
Record label	Capitol (UK) / Elektra (US)
Producer	Queen and Dave Richards
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	2 of 5 stars
Rolling Stone	2 of 5 stars
Queen Chronology
Live Magic (1986)	The Miracle (1989)	Innuendo (1991)

The Miracle is a 1989 album by British rock band Queen. It was was the band's twelfth studio album, recorded as the band recovered from guitarist Brian May's marital problems, vocalist Freddie Mercury's not-yet-public AIDS diagnosis, and subsequent near-breakup. The album peaked at 24th on the American Billboard 200 chart.

Track Listing

(* singles - see below)

Though starting in 1989 all new Queen songs were credited simply to the band and not to individual members, the actual authors of each song, now known, are listed below.

1. Party (Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deacon)
2. Khashoggi's Ship (Mercury)
3. The Miracle* (Mercury)
4. I Want It All* (May)
5. The Invisible Man* (Roger Taylor)
6. Breakthru* (Mercury, Taylor)
7. Rain Must Fall (Deacon, Mercury)
8. Scandal* (May, possibly Mercury)
9. My Baby Does Me (Mercury, Deacon)
10. Was It All Worth It (Mercury)
11. Hang On In There (Mercury)
12. Chinese Torture (May, Mercury)

Singles

Five singles were released from the album, all in 1989:

• "I Want It All" was the lead single from the album, released in the UK on May 2, 1989; it hit #3 in British charts but made it to #1 hit in numerous other European countries. The song became an anti-apartheid anthem among youth in South Africa.

• "Breakthru," the second single, was released in the UK on June 19, 1989; its vide was filmed on a private steam train known as "The Miracle Express." The song peaked at #7 in the UK.

• "The Invisible Man," released in the UK on August 7, 1989, hit #12 in the UK and was a hit throughout Europe; the video featured scores of computer-duplicated band members moving in unison.

• "Scandal" was the fourth single from The Miracle.

• "The Miracle," the fifth and final single from the album of the same name, released on November 27, 1989 in the UK, reached #21 on British charts. Its video mimicked that of "The Invisible Man" in that it featured duplicate band members; however, these were actual young Queen lookalikes who performed a Queen-style stage show. The real band appeared only briefly at the end.