Back to the light

Back to the light
Brian May's studio album
Publication (s)	September 28, 1992
admission	1988-1992
Label (s)	Parlophone
Format (s)	CD, LP, MC
Genre (s)	skirt
Title (number)	12
running time	51:12
occupation	Brian May : vocals , backing vocals , guitar , keyboards "and anything else around" Chris Thompson : vocals in Rollin 'Over Cozy Powell : Drums in Back to the Light , Love Token , Resurrection , Nothin 'But Blue and I'm Scared John Deacon : Bass in Nothin 'But Blue Neil Murray: Bass in Love Token , I'm Scared Gary Tibbs: Bass in Back to the Light , Let Your Heart Rule Your Head and Rollin 'Over Mike Moran : Piano in Love Token , Rollin 'Over ; Keyboards in Last Horizon . Don Airey : Extra keyboards in Resurrection and Nothin 'But Blue Geoff Dugmore: drums in Let Your Heart Rule Your Head and Rollin 'Over Backing vocals (in Back to the Light and Let Your Heart Rule Your Head and Rollin 'Over ): Miriam Stockley , Maggie Ryder, Suzie O'List, Gill O'Donovan and Chris Thompson
production	Brian May, Justin Shirley-Smith
Studio (s)	Allerton Hill, Surrey et al. a. (Recordings) Metropolis Studios, London a . a. (Mix)
chronology Star Fleet Project (1983) Back to the light Live at the Brixton Academy (1993)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Back to the light   UK 6th 10/10/1992 (14 weeks)   DE 25th October 19, 1992 (12 weeks)   AT 20th 11/01/1992 (5 weeks)   CH 11 10/18/1992 (8 weeks)

Singles

Driven by you   UK 6th 07/12/1991 (9 weeks) Too Much Love Will Kill You   UK 5 09/05/1992 (9 weeks)   DE 30th 09/28/1992 (14 weeks)   AT 20th 10/25/1992 (8 weeks)   CH 26th 10/25/1992 (9 weeks) Back to the light   UK 19th 11/21/1992 (4 weeks) Resurrection (with Cozy Powell )   UK 23 06/19/1993 (3 weeks) Last Horizon   UK 51 12/18/1993 (2 weeks)

Back to the Light (English for. " Back into the light ") is the 1992's second solo album by Brian May , guitarist of the British rock band Queen . Production of this album had already started in 1987. In the USA the album was released with a different cover and was released there by Hollywood Records instead of Parlophone.

Track list

1. The Dark (Brian May) - 2:20
2. Back to the Light (Brian May) - 4:59
3. Love Token (Brian May) - 5:55
4. Resurrection (Brian May, Powell , Jamie Page) - 5:27
5. Too Much Love Will Kill You (Brian May, Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers) - 4:28
6. Driven by You (Brian May) - 4:11 [1991]
7. Nothin 'But Blue (Brian May, Cozy Powell) - 3:31
8. I'm Scared (Brian May) - 4:00 (Justin's Mix '92)
9. Last Horizon (Brian May) - 4:10
10. Let Your Heart Rule Your Head (Brian May) - 3:51
11. Just One Life (Brian May) - 3:38 [1991]
12. Rollin 'Over ( Marriot , Lane ) - 4:36

Bonus track (USA and Canada)

13. Driven by You (Brian May) (Rock Re-Mix)

Details on individual songs

• Parts of The Dark were created in 1980 while recording the Queens Flash Gordon soundtrack (recorded by Alan Douglas at Townhouse Studios ). Excerpts from this title were used in the 1994 computer game Rise of the Robots .

• Also Too Much Love Will Kill You was recorded in the late 1980s by Queen, but has not been published. In a newly recorded version (with Freddie Mercury's original vocals) the song appeared on the Queen album Made in Heaven (1995). This version won the 1997 Ivor Novello Award as the best song musically and lyrically.

• Let Your Heart Rule Your Head is a track he wrote and played for Lonnie Donegan's album Let Your Heart Rule Your Head (1989), but which was not released there.

• The song Just One Life is dedicated to Philip Sayer.

• Instrumental versions of Resurrection and Nothin 'But Blue was on the album The Drums Are Back of Cozy Powell released.

Booklet

Brian May (1992)

In the liner notes of the CD booklet , Brian May thanks his family and friends in a very personal way:

To my dad for making my guitar with me. It should just see me out.

To Dick Denney, for designing the AC30.

To Jimmy May for keeping me clear about how cool I'm not, Louisa May for pet care and control, and Emily May for sunshine every day. (Jimmy, Louisa, and Emily are May's children from his first marriage.)

To my dear Mom for keeping Allerton Alive.

For persistent friendship, much appreciated, Tom Short, Nathan East , Steve Ferrone , Rick Wakeman , Steve Vai , Paul Rodgers , EVH , Elton John , Axl , Slash and the Def Leps .

To Joe Satriani for a magnificent guitar which makes its debut on "Nothin 'But Blue". [...]

And to my lady, Anita Dobson, for having the faith that I could fly.

This album is dedicated to Harold May, Alfred Dobson and Freddie Mercury. And to all those loved ones we have lost too soon.

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK

Web links

• Queen Picture Hall: Back to the Light - pictures of the album and single covers (English)