Back to the Light
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| Studio album by Brian May | ||||
| Released | 28 September 1992 (UK) 2 February 1993 (US) |
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| Recorded | 1988–1992 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 51:12 | |||
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| Producer | Brian May, Justin Shirley-Smith | |||
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Back to the Light is the first solo effort of Queen's guitarist Brian May and his second non-Queen album. It was recorded between 1988 and 1992 at the Allerton Hill Studios, mixed at the Metropolis Studios and then released on 28 September 1992 in the UK. The album was released in the United States and Canada on 2 February 1993 with a different cover.
The album contains the Top 10 singles "Too Much Love Will Kill You" and "Driven by You".
An alternative version of "Too Much Love Will Kill You" was also recorded by Queen and can be found on their Made in Heaven album (1995), with vocals by Freddie Mercury. Brian May also recorded an instrumental guitar version of the song.
An alternate "explicit" version of "Love Token" was recorded with lyrics which may have been deemed offensive by the record label. The lyric "shit for brains" was replaced by "meat for brains," while the lyrics "well, fuck you" were replaced by "that's a shame." The original "explicit" version was never officially released except on a free CD packaged with RCD Magazine, Vol. 4.
Three more versions of "Driven by You" are known. The first was made famous in a Ford advertisement, with slightly altered lyrics. Another one is a rare instrumental remix of the song, called "Driven by You Too." The last was a rock re-mix with a new drum track from Cozy Powell for the US release of Back to the Light, as a bonus track.
The track "Just One Life" was written as a tribute to the actor Philip Sayer, who died in 1989.
"Headlong" and "I Can't Live with You" were originally intended to be included on the album, but when Brian May heard Freddie Mercury singing the tracks, he instead allowed them to become Queen songs on the album Innuendo.
All songs written by Brian May, except where noted
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All music, words, vocals, backing vocals, guitars and keyboards and anything else around by Brian May, unless stated below.
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