It's A Hard Life (track)
by Queen
It's A Hard Life appears on the following album(s) by Queen:
- The Works (track #3) (this album) (1984)
- Greatest Hits I, II & III - The Platinum Collection (track #24) (compilation) (2000)
- Greatest Hits II (track #7) (compilation) (1991)
- Greatest Hits I & II (track #24) (compilation) (1992)
- Forever (track #28) (compilation) (2014)
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| ! | 04/25/2026 15:23 |  Goliath | 11,097 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/17/2026 08:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 167,844 | 71/100 |
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| ! | 07/30/2025 16:39 | wizardalien | 9,810 | 61/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.0/100, a mean average of 80.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 15.5.
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Squonk007 02/23/2024 17:15 | #302166
A decent song.
One of Queen's best ballads. It's a lovely song, great vocals from Freddie and a nice guitar solo from Brian help to this one of the strongest tracks on the album. Excellent song.
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