Roger's Solo Work
Fun in Space
Released: April 6, 1981
Recorded: Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland
Length: 40:12
Label: EMI, Parlophone, Elektra
Producer: Roger Taylor
The albums credits state "P.P.S. 157 synthesizers", a joke referring to Queen's usual statement of "And nobody played synthesizer".
Track Listing
Side One:
1. No Violins – 4:33
2. Laugh or Cry – 3:06
3. Future Management – 3:03
4. Let's Get Crazy – 3:40
5. My Country I & II – 6:49
Side Two:
1. Good Times Are Now – 3:28
2. Magic is Loose – 3:30
3. Interlude in Constantinople – 2:04
4. Airheads – 3:38
5. Fun in Space – 6:22
Personnel
Roger Taylor – Drums, Percussion, lead and backing vocals, Guitars, Bass Guitar, Keyboards
David Richards – Engineer, Approximately 50% of Keyboards
Hipgnosis – Artwork, Cover design
Recorded: Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland
Length: 40:12
Label: EMI, Parlophone, Elektra
Producer: Roger Taylor
The albums credits state "P.P.S. 157 synthesizers", a joke referring to Queen's usual statement of "And nobody played synthesizer".
Track Listing
Side One:
1. No Violins – 4:33
2. Laugh or Cry – 3:06
3. Future Management – 3:03
4. Let's Get Crazy – 3:40
5. My Country I & II – 6:49
Side Two:
1. Good Times Are Now – 3:28
2. Magic is Loose – 3:30
3. Interlude in Constantinople – 2:04
4. Airheads – 3:38
5. Fun in Space – 6:22
Personnel
Roger Taylor – Drums, Percussion, lead and backing vocals, Guitars, Bass Guitar, Keyboards
David Richards – Engineer, Approximately 50% of Keyboards
Hipgnosis – Artwork, Cover design
Strange Frontier
Released: 1984
Recorded: 1983-84 at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany and Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland
Label: Parlophone, EMI, Capitol
Producer: Roger Taylor, David Richards, Mack
Track Listing
Side One:
1. Strange Frontier (Taylor)—4:16
2. Beautiful Dreams (Taylor)—4:23
3. Man on Fire (Taylor)—4:05
4. Racing in the Street (Bruce Springsteen)—4:28
5. Masters of War (Bob Dylan)—3:51
Side Two:
1. Killing Time (Taylor)—4:58
2. Abandonfire (Taylor/David Richards)—4:12
3. Young Love (Taylor)—3:22
4. It’s an Illusion (Taylor/Rick Parfitt)—4:03
5. I Cry For You (Love, Hope, Confusion) (Taylor/Richards)—4:16
Recorded: 1983-84 at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany and Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland
Label: Parlophone, EMI, Capitol
Producer: Roger Taylor, David Richards, Mack
Track Listing
Side One:
1. Strange Frontier (Taylor)—4:16
2. Beautiful Dreams (Taylor)—4:23
3. Man on Fire (Taylor)—4:05
4. Racing in the Street (Bruce Springsteen)—4:28
5. Masters of War (Bob Dylan)—3:51
Side Two:
1. Killing Time (Taylor)—4:58
2. Abandonfire (Taylor/David Richards)—4:12
3. Young Love (Taylor)—3:22
4. It’s an Illusion (Taylor/Rick Parfitt)—4:03
5. I Cry For You (Love, Hope, Confusion) (Taylor/Richards)—4:16
Happiness?
Released: 1994
Recorded: 1993-94
Label: Parlophone, EMI
Producer: Roger Taylor, Joshua J. Macrae
Track Listing
*All songs written by Roger Taylor, except "Foreign Sand" written by Roger Taylor and Yoshiki Hayashi
1. Nazis 1994 – 2:35
2. Happiness – 3:17
3. Revelations – 3:44
4. Touch the Sky – 5:04
5. Foreign Sand – 6:53
6. Freedom Train – 6:12
7. ‘You Had to Be There’ – 2:55
8. The Key – 4:25
9. Everybody Hurts Sometime – 2:52
10. Loneliness... – 2:25
11. Dear Mr Murdoch – 4:19
12. Old Friends – 3:33
Personnel
All tracks except Foreign Sand:
Roger Taylor: Drums, Vocals, Guitars and stuff
Jason Falloon: Guitar
Phil Spalding: Bass
Mike Crossley: Piano and keyboards
Catherine Porter: Backing Vocals
Joshua J. Macrae: Programming
Foreign Sand:
Yoshiki: Arrangement, drums, piano and synthesizer.
Roger Taylor: Vocals
Jim Cregan: Guitars
Phil Chen: Bass
Dick Marx: Strings arrangement
Brad Buxer and Geoff Grace: Programming Mastered by Chris Blair at Abbey
Road Album Design by Roger Taylor and Richard Gray
Recorded: 1993-94
Label: Parlophone, EMI
Producer: Roger Taylor, Joshua J. Macrae
Track Listing
*All songs written by Roger Taylor, except "Foreign Sand" written by Roger Taylor and Yoshiki Hayashi
1. Nazis 1994 – 2:35
2. Happiness – 3:17
3. Revelations – 3:44
4. Touch the Sky – 5:04
5. Foreign Sand – 6:53
6. Freedom Train – 6:12
7. ‘You Had to Be There’ – 2:55
8. The Key – 4:25
9. Everybody Hurts Sometime – 2:52
10. Loneliness... – 2:25
11. Dear Mr Murdoch – 4:19
12. Old Friends – 3:33
Personnel
All tracks except Foreign Sand:
Roger Taylor: Drums, Vocals, Guitars and stuff
Jason Falloon: Guitar
Phil Spalding: Bass
Mike Crossley: Piano and keyboards
Catherine Porter: Backing Vocals
Joshua J. Macrae: Programming
Foreign Sand:
Yoshiki: Arrangement, drums, piano and synthesizer.
Roger Taylor: Vocals
Jim Cregan: Guitars
Phil Chen: Bass
Dick Marx: Strings arrangement
Brad Buxer and Geoff Grace: Programming Mastered by Chris Blair at Abbey
Road Album Design by Roger Taylor and Richard Gray
Electric Fire
Released: 1998
Recorded: Cosford Mill Studios (Surrey)
Length: 55:22
Label: Parlophone, EMI
Producer: Roger Taylor, Joshua J. Macrae
Track Listing
1. Pressure On (Taylor) – 4:56
2. A Nation of Haircuts (Taylor) – 3:32
3. Believe in Yourself (Taylor) – 5:00
4. Surrender (Taylor) – 3:36
5. People on Streets (Taylor) – 4:11
6. The Whisperers (Taylor, Nicholas Evans) – 6:05
7. Is It Me? (Taylor) – 3:23
8. No More Fun (Taylor) – 4:13
9. Tonight (Taylor) – 3:44
10. Where Are You Now? (Taylor) – 4:48
11. Working Class Hero (Lennon) – 4:41
12. London Town – C'mon Down (Taylor) – 7:13
Personnel
Roger Taylor: Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Bass, Guitars
Keith Prior: Drums
Steve Barnacle: Bass
Mike Crossley: Keyboards
Jason Falloon: Guitars, Bass
Keith Airey: Guitars
Matthew Exelby: Guitars
Jonathan Perkins: Keyboards, Vocals
Treana Morris: Vocals
Recorded: Cosford Mill Studios (Surrey)
Length: 55:22
Label: Parlophone, EMI
Producer: Roger Taylor, Joshua J. Macrae
Track Listing
1. Pressure On (Taylor) – 4:56
2. A Nation of Haircuts (Taylor) – 3:32
3. Believe in Yourself (Taylor) – 5:00
4. Surrender (Taylor) – 3:36
5. People on Streets (Taylor) – 4:11
6. The Whisperers (Taylor, Nicholas Evans) – 6:05
7. Is It Me? (Taylor) – 3:23
8. No More Fun (Taylor) – 4:13
9. Tonight (Taylor) – 3:44
10. Where Are You Now? (Taylor) – 4:48
11. Working Class Hero (Lennon) – 4:41
12. London Town – C'mon Down (Taylor) – 7:13
Personnel
Roger Taylor: Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Bass, Guitars
Keith Prior: Drums
Steve Barnacle: Bass
Mike Crossley: Keyboards
Jason Falloon: Guitars, Bass
Keith Airey: Guitars
Matthew Exelby: Guitars
Jonathan Perkins: Keyboards, Vocals
Treana Morris: Vocals