One last time his form back found

After Queen had shocked the music world with your "Hot Space", you should "The Works" to more typical sounds again find their way back.
For me, "The Works" that really last great album of Queen. It is from 1984 and the two Super Hits "Radio Ga Ga" and "I Want To Break Free" fit totally in this time and indulge here with the zeitgeist of the 80s immensely. That is why they are so big become songs.
All other pieces are gorgeous but timelessly arranged and made Queen in 1984 but again the exception. Because with "Tear It Up" and "Hammer To Fall" there is finally the grand bombastic hard rock songs. "It's A Hard Life" flips here completely out of time and probably would have done even on "A Night At The Opera" a good figure. "Man On The Prowl" is a great rock 'n roll number of Mercury. And even that, also from him, "Keep Passing The Open Windows" is a great pop with a wonderful bass line. The Schlussong "Is This The World We Created ..." a great ballad is then accompanied only by May's acoustic guitar.
Although the then current sound gimmicks are interspersed in "Machines" do it again; only makes nothing, because it's great it happening rocks and May's Red Special Guitar Synthesizer stifle in the bud, so powerful as he plays here.
"The Works" 1984 was completely inappropriate and therefore the distance of 30 years, is still so awesome.
Because so timeless You should then never sound again.
5 stars for "The Works".