Fun on Earth
Fun on Earth | ||||
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Studio album by Roger Taylor | ||||
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Label (s) | Virgin EMI | |||
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13 (+ 2 bonus tracks) |
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running time |
47:40 |
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Roger Taylor, Joshua J. Macrae |
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Fun on Earth is the fifth music album by the composer and musician Roger Taylor , it was released on November 11, 2013 by Virgin EMI . It was taken from autumn 2008 to the end of 2009, after the Rock the Cosmos Tour and after the cooperation Queens with Paul Rodgers had finished, was finally completed it in 2013. It is the first album on which Taylor since The Cosmos Rocks from the year 2008, as well as his first solo album after Electric Fire from 1998.
background
Taylor started working on the album in late 2008, a few months before the Queen + Paul Rodgers collaboration . The first words on the album were published on November 17th, 2009 on the Queen's official website. Commenting on the album's first single, Taylor said:
"What happened to the protest song? Music is now so polished, shiny and predictable, we have forgotten to try and say something with it. I am getting old and like everyone, have the right to say something about the "state of control" we live under - powerless to do anything about it. "
Translation: “What happened to the protest song ? Today's music is so polished, shiny and predictable. We forgot to try to make a point with her. I'm getting old and like everyone else I have the right to say something about the " police state " we live in - powerless to do anything about it. "
Track list
All the songs were written by Roger Taylor, except Be with You , which he wrote with his son Rufus Taylor.
- One Night Stand - 4:22
- Fight Club - 3:02
- Be with You - 3:10
- Quality Street - 4:25
- I Don't Care - 3:24
- Sunny Day 3:38
- Be My Gal (My Brightest Spark) - 2:45
- I Am the Drummer (In a Rock n 'Roll Band) - 2:47
- Small - 3:51
- Say It's Not True (with Jeff Beck ) - 4:58
- The Unblinking Eye (Abridged) - 4:54
- Up - 3:10
- Smile - 3:01
Bonus tracks
- Dear Mr Murdoch (Nude Mix) - 3:49
- Whole House Rockin - 2:46
Footnotes
- ↑ Literally translated: "State of Control"
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://queenonline.com/en/news-archive/unblinking-eye-ltd-cd-out-today/