The Works

The Works (1984) is the eleventh studio album by the British rock band Queen. It was released on 20 February 1984 in the US and on 27 February 1984 in the UK by EMI Records just shortly after recording for the album had been completed in the United Kingdom and it is the band's first studio album to be released by Capitol Records in the United States.


Rolling Stone's Parke Puterbaugh described it as their "first real album in some time" and "a royal feast of hard rock". Sandy Robertson, in a three star review for Sounds, wrote "This time around, Queen have played it safe." In a retrospective review, Greg Prato of AllMusic felt that "while the songwriting had definitely improved" from its predecessor Hot Space, he also believed "the album sonically lacked the punch of such earlier releases as News of the World and The Game".