Flash Gordon (album)

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Flash Gordon
Image:Queen Flash Gordon.png
Studio album by Queen
Released	December 8 1980 (UK), February, 1981 (US)
Recorded	October-November 1980
Genre	Rock, soundtrack
Label	EMI, Parlophone (Europe) Elektra, Hollywood Records (US)
Producer(s)	Brian May and Mack
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Queen chronology
Image:Queen The Game.png The Game (1980)	Image:Queen Flash Gordon.png Flash Gordon (1980)	Image:Queen Hot Space.png Hot Space (1982)

Flash Gordon is a 1980 album by English rock band Queen. It is the soundtrack album to the science fiction movie Flash Gordon.

All but two of the tracks on the album ("Flash's Theme" and "The Hero") are instrumentals. The album makes extensive use of synthesizers; prior to Queen's previous recording, The Game, the band had been keen to point out that "no synthesizers were used on this album".

"Flash's Theme" was the only single to be released from the album, under the title "Flash". It reached number 10 in the UK charts and number 42 in the US. The track is notable for its pounding, repetitive bassline and the camp humour of the snippets of dialogue from the movie that it contains. The last track, "The Hero", while an individual song, reprises the main motif from "Flash's Theme".

1 Track listing
2 Flash
3 Credits
4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

Side 1
1. "Flash's Theme" (May) * – 3:29
2. "In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme)" (Taylor) – 2:42
3. "Ming's Theme (In the Court of Ming the Merciless)" (Mercury) – 2:40
4. "The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction of Dale)" (Mercury) – 0:57
5. "Football Fight" (Mercury) – 1:28
6. "In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise)" (Taylor) – 2:24
7. "Execution of Flash" (Deacon) – 1:05
8. "The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash)" (Mercury) – 1:44
Side 2
1. "Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men)" (Deacon) – 1:41
2. "Escape from the Swamp" (Taylor) – 1:43
3. "Flash to the Rescue" (May) – 2:44
4. "Vultan's Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men)" (Mercury) – 1:12
5. "Battle Theme" (May) – 2:18
6. "The Wedding March" (May) – 0:56
7. "Marriage of Dale and Ming (and Flash Approaching)" (May/Taylor) – 2:04
8. "Crash Dive on Mingo City" (May) – 1:00
9. "Flash's Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations)" (May) – 1:23
10. "The Hero" (May) – 3:31

1991 Hollywood Records CD bonus track (US reissue) — "Flash's Theme (1991 Bonus Remix by Mista Lawnge, 9.5)" (May) – 6:43

(* singles)

[edit] Flash

There are two versions of the song. The album version ("Flash's Theme") is in fact the start to the movie, with all the dialog from the first scene. The single version ("Flash") however features parts of the dialog cut from various parts of the movie. This version was also included on the "Greatest Hits" compilation from 1981.

The single reached number one in Austria.

[edit] Credits

John Deacon (bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer)
Brian May (lead guitar, vocals, synthesizer)
Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, synthesizer)
Roger Taylor (drums, tympani, vocals, synthesizer)
Additional orchestral arrangements by Howard Blake

Note: Although not credited, Brian May played piano and organ as well.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Charts

Country	Charts			Sales
	Peak position	Weeks	Certification
Austria	1
Germany	2
United Kingdom	10	15	Gold	100.000
Japan	12			70.000
Netherlands	13
United States	23	13	Gold	500.000
Norway	25

Discography
Queen
John Deacon \| Brian May \| Freddie Mercury \| Roger Taylor History \| Live performances \| Songs
Studio albums: Queen \| Queen II \| Sheer Heart Attack \| A Night at the Opera \| A Day at the Races \| News of the World \| Jazz \| The Game \| Flash Gordon \| Hot Space \| The Works \| A Kind of Magic \| The Miracle \| Innuendo \| Made in Heaven
Live albums: Live Killers \| Live Magic \| Live at Wembley '86 \| Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl \| Return of the Champions
Compilation albums: Greatest Hits \| At the Beeb \| Greatest Hits II \| Classic Queen \| Queen Rocks \| Greatest Hits III \| Stone Cold Classics
DVDs: We Will Rock You \| The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert \| Greatest Video Hits 1 \| Live at Wembley Stadium \| Greatest Video Hits 2 \| Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl \| Return of the Champions \| Super Live in Japan
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