''The Queen Album'' is a solo cover album of the band
Queen
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* Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom
** List of queens regnant
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* Queen dowager, the widow of a king
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by
Elaine Paige
Elaine Jill Paige (née Bickerstaff; born 5 March 1948) is an English singer and actress, best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, Hertfordshire, Paige attended the Aida Foster Theatre School, making her first professiona ...
. It was released in 1988 and peaked at No. 51 in the UK in November 1988. This is the only album from Paige to be released on Siren Records and distributed by
Virgin Records
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. The album was re-issued with different artwork on CD in 1990 on Virgin VIP by Virgin Records.
Background
This is the only Paige album compiled of songs written and recorded by one composer or group. The album is a
covers album
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of ten songs previously recorded by the rock group
Queen
Queen or QUEEN may refer to:
Monarchy
* Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom
** List of queens regnant
* Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
* Queen dowager, the widow of a king
* Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...
, a favourite of Paige. The selected songs are a combination of hits and lesser-known album tracks, taken from Queen's entire back catalogue. The songs have been altered and re-styled for this recording, with classical arrangements making orchestral renditions of the original rock songs.
Production
''The Queen Album'' is the first of a number of Paige's albums produced by
Mike Moran. They would later work together on ''
Piaf'' (1994) and ''
Essential Musicals'' (2006), as well as a number of tracks for ''
Centre Stage: The Very Best of Elaine Paige'' (2004)''.''
The closing track, "Radio Ga Ga", which features original
BBC radio
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fragments, taken from the
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Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
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sound archives, was released as a single. The 3" CD single release included a bonus track, "
", which was not included on the album.
* Elaine Paige - vocals
* The New Philharmonic Orchestra
* Richard Studt, Pat Halling - orchestra leaders
* Mike Moran - keyboards
* Trevor Barry - bass guitar
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