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311: 306: 301: 296: 291: 31: 374:. The alien was commissioned by Jim Laurier and Tim Staffell wasn't aware of the album cover until he found his alien on Roger Taylor's mantlepiece when visiting his home. 342:"Future Management" was issued as a single in Europe, while "Let's Get Crazy" was released in the US. The album was re-released as a digitally remastered CD in 1996. 1026: 335:
The album's credits state "P.P.S. 157 synthesizers", a joke referring to Queen's usual statement of "No synthesizers" in the liner notes of all albums up to
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The original cover art was created by American artist Jim Laurier. The piece was commissioned for the July 1980 issue of
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Released in the UK, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Brazil and Ireland.
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The 'alien' writing on the magazine on the front cover consists mainly of upside down
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Coincidentally, the alien on the cover art was designed by Roger Taylor's former
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magazine. The back cover of the album shows Roger Taylor reading that issue.
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albums. Taylor wrote, produced, sang and performed all of the songs himself.
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Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–10 on CD reissues.
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The album was recorded in between legs of Queen's tours for
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Released: 15 May 1981 (Japan, Canada, Australia and US only)
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Retrieved 6 January 2019. 655:Released on 30 March 1981. 249:is the debut solo album by 10: 1043: 685:Released on 29 June 1981. 667:A-Side: "Let's Get Crazy" 641: 383:All tracks are written by 943: 925: 907: 848: 839: 692: 689:Only released in the UK. 671:Released on 15 May 1981. 565: 562: 557: 483: 480: 475: 402: 399: 394: 277: 274: 238: 199: 188: 184: 154: 146: 136: 108: 92: 80: 66: 58: 50: 37: 28: 23: 777:GfK Entertainment Charts 345: 683:B-Side: "Fun In Space" 669:B-Side: "Laugh Or Cry" 653:B-Side: "Laugh Or Cry" 637:– artwork, cover design 459:"My Country I & II" 212:Released: 30 March 1981 1022:Elektra Records albums 681:A-Side: "My Country" 492:"Good Times Are Now" 265:Professional ratings 554: 472: 391: 266: 1017:EMI Records albums 971:Rufus Tiger Taylor 926:Compilation albums 751:Orens, Geoff. 712:Offizielle Top 100 552: 470: 389: 264: 1012:Parlophone albums 1002:1981 debut albums 979: 978: 916:(I Wanna) Testify 736: 735: 647:Future Management 613: 612: 543: 542: 466: 465: 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Index


Studio album
Roger Taylor
Mountain
Switzerland
Genre
Rock
Label
EMI
Parlophone
Elektra
Producer
Roger Taylor
Strange Frontier
Singles
Future Management
English
Roger Taylor
Queen
AllMusic
The Game
Flash Gordon
Creepy
Hebrew characters
Smile
Tim Staffell
Roger Taylor
Future Management
Roger Taylor
David Richards

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