Last Horizon

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"Last Horizon"
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Single by Brian May
from the album Back to the Light
B-side "'39" / "Let Your Heart Rule Your Head" (live)
Released6 December 1993 (1993-12-6) [1]
Recorded Sarm
Genre Instrumental rock
Length4:10
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s) Brian May
Producer(s) Brian May, Justin Shirley-Smith
Brian Maysingles chronology
"Resurrection"
(1993)		"Last Horizon"
(1993)		"The Man from Manhattan"
(1994)

"Last Horizon" is a guitar solo written by Queen's guitarist Brian May. [2] It is a slow, poignant solo, with a sad tone.

Contents

Overview

The record was released on December 6, 1993 as a single [3] from its parent album, Back to the Light , and remained on the UK charts for two weeks, peaking at number 51. The b-sides of the single included live tracks that were later released on the album Live at the Brixton Academy .

May plays the composition at every one of his concerts since then (including the Queen + Paul Rodgers and Queen + Adam Lambert tours). "Last Horizon" was included on the live albums Return of the Champions (2005) and Live in Ukraine (2009), and also on Starmus - Sonic Universe (2011) by Tangerine Dream and May.

Track listing

7-inch single

  1. "Last Horizon" (album version) – 4:10
  2. "'39" / "Let Your Heart Rule Your Head" (live version) – 4:22

CD single

  1. "Last Horizon" (radio edit) – 3:06
  2. "Last Horizon" (live version) – 3:14
  3. "We Will Rock You" (live version) – 4:46
  4. 'Last Horizon" (album version) – 4:10

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Single Releases". Music Week . 4 December 1993. p. 21.
  2. ↑ "Last Horizon". queenvault.com. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
  3. ↑ "Brian May – Last Horizon". discogs.com. 6 December 1993. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
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