Beyond 'Radio Ga Ga' and 'I Want To Break Free', The Works always struck me as a 'box ticking' album, with various songs directly recalling some of their earlier triumphs*, after the relative failure of Hot Space which was considered by some to be too much of a shift. Having said that, it worked, because after The Game, it's the only other solid album of that decade. The rest are extremely patchy, IMHO.
*'Is This The World We Created' the new 'Love Of My Life' guitar/vocal singalong, 'Man On The Prowl' the new 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love', 'It's A Hard Life' being in the vein of their 70s ballads such as 'Somebody To Love' etc.
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