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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".

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Flash's Theme" (May) * – 3:22
  2. "In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme)" (Taylor) – 2:21
  3. "Ming's Theme (In the Court of Ming the Merciless)" (Mercury) – 2:53
  4. "The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction of Dale)" (Mercury) – 1:15
  5. "Football Fight" (Mercury) – 1:29
  6. "In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise)" (Taylor) – 2:26
  7. "Execution of Flash" (Deacon) – 0:43
  8. "The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash)" (Mercury) – 2:11

Side 2

  1. "Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men)[1]" (Deacon) – 1:41
  2. "Escape from the Swamp" (Taylor) – 1:37
  3. "Flash to the Rescue" (May) – 2:47
  4. "Vultan's Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men)" (Mercury) – 1:15
  5. "Battle Theme" (May) – 2:20
  6. "The Wedding March" (Wagner arr.May) – 0:56
  7. "Marriage of Dale and Ming (and Flash Approaching)" (May/Taylor) – 2:04
  8. "Crash Dive on Mingo City" (May) – 0:46
  9. "Flash's Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations)" (May) – 1:39
  10. "The Hero" (May) – 3:31

1991 Hollywood Records CD bonus track (US reissue)

  1. "Flash's Theme (1991 Bonus Remix by Mista Lawnge, 9.5)" (May) – 6:43

All times per the labels on the 1981 U.S.A. vinyl album (5E-518).

(* singles)

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.

Credits

Charts

Country Charts Sales
Peak position Weeks Certification
Austria 1
Germany 2
United Kingdom 10 15 Gold 250.000
Japan 12 100.000
Netherlands 13
United States 23 13 Gold 600.000
Norway 25

Notes

  1. ^ The label on the 1982 U.S.A. LP (5E-518-B) erroneously lists the last word as "Man" instead of "Men" in "Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men)".
  2. ^ May, Brian (2003-04-03). "JENA, LADY MERCY, PLAYING PIANO ON EARLY ALBUMS, MR PAVAROTTI" (HTML). Letters. Retrieved 2007-02-06. The only pure piece of piano from this era from me is "Forever" … {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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