A Kind Of Magic (track)
by Queen
Year: 1986
From the album A Kind Of Magic (track #2)
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A Kind Of Magic appears on the following album(s) by Queen:
- Live Magic (track #4) (1986)
- A Kind Of Magic (track #2) (this album) (1986)
- Live At Wembley '86 (track #6) (1992)
- Greatest Hits II (track #1) (compilation) (1991)
- Classic Queen (track #1) (compilation) (1992)
- Absolute Greatest (track #7) (compilation) (2009)
- Greatest Hits I & II (track #18) (compilation) (1992)
- Queen Collection (track #13) (compilation) (2007)
- The A–Z Of Queen, Volume 1 (track #1) (compilation) (2007)
- Hungarian Rhapsody (track #6) (2012)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/03/2026 16:19 | daCritic | 39,633 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2026 16:29 | Siromynian | 20,192 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2026 07:57 | dukeboxkool | 8,960 | 74/100 |
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A good song and one of Queen's strongest singles of the eighties. It has a great groove to it and it works as both a pop and a rock song. The album's title track is one of the best on the LP.
