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BRIAN MAY - Back To The Light (1992)

01. The Dark
02. Back To The Light
03. Love Token
04. Resurrection
05. Too Much Love Will Kill You
06. Driven By You
07. Nothin' But Blue
08. I'm Scared
09. Last Horizon
10. Let Your Heart Rule Your Head
11. Just One Life
12. Rollin' Over

"Back to the Light" is the first solo effort of Queen's guitarist Brian May. It was recorded between 1988 and 1992 at the Allerton Hill Studios, mixed at the Metropolis Studios and then released on September 28, 1992 in the UK. The album would be released in the United States and Canada on February 2, 1993 with a different cover. It reached gold status in the UK.

As the guitarist for Queen, Brian May helped define that group's grand, almost operatic gestures. The trademark touches he brought to Queen's music the massed sections of baroque multi-tracked strings, the burnished electric timbre and his keen lyric focus are well-represented by "Back to the Light". Of particular note is the title tune, which should remind old fans of classic Queen, even in the vocals. Likewise, on the lush Freddie Mercury-styled classical ballad "Too Much Love Will Kill You" and the protoboogie of "Resurrection," where May employs Cozy Powell's big rolling drum beat, walls of vocal chorales, distorted strings, and a high-flying lead line to supercharge his tale of renewal. Elsewhere, May enunciates a classic vision of the hard rock radio anthem. The crushing riffs and vocal one-upmanship of "Love Token" are reminiscent of Meat Loaf's big battle of the sexes gestures, while on "I'm Scared" May's mock-humorous insecurity finds release in a hard rocking power pop arrangement. For the slow dancers among us, the lazy backbeat and mournful nostalgia of "Nothing But Blue" and the fluid leads of the instrumental "Last Horizon" lend a contrasting touch of grace. 1, 2.