Back To The Light

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Too Much Love Will Kill You" was recorded by Queen for The Miracle and rejected over songwriting royalties, eventually being released in 1995 on Made in Heaven. May performed the song unaccompanied except for piano during The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. A guitar version "was released as part of the CD single in August 1992." [20] Purvis, Georg (2011). Queen: Complete Works (2nded.). London: Titan Books. p.204. ISBN 9780857685513. Between its warm, hymnal verses and erupting choruses, the song’s search “for a clearer view” maps out that journey in microcosm. As Brian explains, “the song came at a difficult time in my life. It wasn’t a sunshine time. I had to find a place where I could see a signpost to the journey I had to make. So the song is about that. A Top 20 hit on its single release in November 1992, it would open The Brian May Band’s concerts, drawing audiences in before raising the roof with its optimism-fired grandeur. Between its layers of sound and dramatic melodic sweep, the song stands as a personal yet expansive declaration of determined belief that the light is out there – and a constant promise, perhaps, that this album would accompany (“I’ll be there”) listeners on the long road towards it. The answer? Because Brian and Roger saw an opportunity to make money out of it, and also possibly to gain new Queen fans.

It is a powerful and undeniably moving reminder of just how bright and clear the light of Brian’s soulful solo adventure continues to shine almost 30 years on down the road. Album – Classifica settimanale WK 32 (dal 6.8.2021 al 12.8.2021)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 14 August 2021.

There is a nice coda at the end of the song where May repeats the opening lines to ‘The Dark’ giving the listener a sense of closure as they have gone full circle with the record And that brings us up to the present. After the dead horse of Queen (sorry Freddie) has, and continues to be royally flogged, Brian May is now flogging the other dead horse of an (albeit decent) solo album he released 30 years ago. I suppose, on the plus side, that’s not bringing Queen into it, but, I don’t know, perhaps I expected more of my guitar hero and true guitar innovator. Apologies Purvis, Georg (2011). Queen: Complete Works (2nded.). London: Titan Books. pp.159–160. ISBN 9780857685513.

The album contains top 10 singles " Too Much Love Will Kill You" and " Driven by You", and peaked at number six on the UK Albums Chart and at number 159 on the US Billboard 200.Purvis, Georg (2011). Queen: Complete Works (2nded.). London: Titan Books. pp.214–215. ISBN 9780857685513. Purvis, Georg (2011). Queen: Complete Works (2nded.). London: Titan Books. p.282. ISBN 9780857685513.