History Music / TheMiracle

* RevisitingTheRoots: ''The Miracle'' sees Queen return to the HardRock style of GlamRock that had punctuated both [[Music/Queen1973 their very first album]] and their material from 1977-1980. ''Music/{{Innuendo}}'' would take the approach even further, modernizing the ProgressiveRock style of ''Music/QueenII'', ''Music/ANightAtTheOpera'', and ''Music/ADayAtTheRaces''.

''The Miracle'' is the thirteenth studio album by British GlamRock band Music/{{Queen|Band}}, released in 1989. It returns to the HardRock sound of the band's early material while simultaneously blending it with the synth-driven style of their later output.

* RearrangeTheSong: Initial CD editions close out with the 12" remix of "The Invisible Man", which removes some of the lyrics in favor of focusing on the song's rhythmic elements.

** "The Invisible Man" is a shout-out to ''Literature/TheInvisibleMan''.

* CoolShip: "Khashoggi's Ship" is about a party held on the ''Nabila'' (now known as the ''Kingdom [=5KR=]''), a superyacht formerly owned by Saudi billionaire Adnan Khashoggi. For those wondering, a financially strained Kashoggi sold the ship in 1988 to Brunei sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, who sold her to American businessman and future president UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, who sold her to Saudi prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, who as of 2020 is still the ship's current owner.

** "The Miracle" name-drops several things that are a miracle, among them The Golden Gate, The Taj Mahal, Captain Cook, The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon, Cain and Abel, Music/JimiHendrix, the Tower Of Babel and ''Art/TheMonaLisa''.

* TitleTrack: "The Miracle"

* TruckDriversGearChange: There's sloght modulation upwards just before the final chorus in "Breakthru".

* SeriesFauxnale: In 1989, an AIDS diagnosis was still functionally a death sentence due to the lack of available medication leaving the human immunodeficiency virus free to eat away at the infected within a terrifyingly short span of time. Thus, when Freddie was diagnosed, he didn't think he'd live long enough to see more than one album put out: "Was It All Worth It?" consequently became an attempt to wrap up Queen's story in true Queen fashion while Freddie was still alive. However, he was miraculously able to live long enough to finish recording for [[Music/{{Innuendo}} another album]] and most of a second before his inevitable passing (only failing to finish vocals for "Mother Love"; Brian stepped in to fill the gaps), resulting in those two collectively becoming the ''real'' finale to Queen's career with Freddie.

''The Miracle'' is the thirteenth studio album by British GlamRock band Music/{{Queen}}, released in 1989. It returns to the HardRock sound of the band's early material while simultaneously blending it with the synth-driven style of their later output.

* CoverVersion: "The Invisible Man" received one by Music/ScatmanJohn in 1996.

* ImportantHaircut: Freddie shaved the now-iconic thick mustache he sported throughout the majority of the 80's during the era for this album, with his clean-shaven look on the album cover representing Queen's return to a harder sound in-line with their late 70's work. At the same time, however, promotional photos and music videos for the album see Freddie grow a five-o-clock shadow, an apparent attempt at making his AIDS-induced weight loss less noticeable; it didn't work. Freddie would shave the beard while working on and promoting ''Music/{{Innuendo}}'', and would instead appear in that album's videos in heavy makeup and with DeliberatelyMonochrome image processing, which more effectively obscured his gaunt figure. The difference between mid-80's and late 80's Freddie would be further emphasized by the music video for "The Miracle", which features a child actor impersonating Freddie's Wembley '86 getup, complete with (fake) mustache, [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ed/f5/d9/edf5d9186c73a40ea4cb3a2895b3ddc5.jpg side-by-side]] with the real, bearded Freddie, wearing the same outfit.

* SpotOfTea: Of course, a Brit would think that "Sunday mornings with a cup of tea" would be a miracle in the title track.

''The Miracle'' is the thirteenth studio album by British GlamRock band Music/{{Queen}}, released in 1989. A return to the HardRock sound of the band's early material while simultaneously blending it with the synth-driven style of their later output, it was welcomed as a veritable comeback album that put the band back on the map outside the UK and got their best reviews in almost a decade. In the UK, they had already made their comeback in 1985 off the success of their iconic performance at UsefulNotes/LiveAid.

As per usual for Queen, ''The Miracle'' was a considerable commercial success for the band, topping the charts in the UK, Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland, and peaking at No. 24 on the Billboard 200. The album would go on to become the 14th best-selling album of 1989 in the UK, and would be certified platinum in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and Switzerland, and gold in Australia, Austria, Finland, France, and New Zealand. Well-regarded in its own time, its acclaim has only grown since its release, and among both fans and critics it is nowadays considered a classic in Queen's back-catalog and one of the best albums from their 80's period.

''The Miracle'' was supported by five singles: "I Want It All", "Breakthru", "The Invisible Man", "Scandal", and "The Miracle".