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Fun On Earth
Produced by: Joshua J. Macrae and Roger Taylor
Recorded at: The Priory
UK Virgin EMI CD: 11 November 2013 LC 03098 / UK Chart #69
UK Virgin EMI RSD LP: 19 April 2014 3775519
UK Virgin EMI Back To Black LP: 16 October 2014 0602537921683
Related Songs
Whole House Rockin' (Taylor), Dear Mr. Murdoch (Taylor), The Shores Of Formentera (Taylor)
Recorded at: The Priory
UK Virgin EMI CD: 11 November 2013 LC 03098 / UK Chart #69
UK Virgin EMI RSD LP: 19 April 2014 3775519
UK Virgin EMI Back To Black LP: 16 October 2014 0602537921683
| CD 1. One Night Stand (Taylor) 4:20 2. Fight Club (Taylor) 3:02 3. Be With You (Taylor/Taylor) 3:09 4. Quality Street (Taylor) 4:24 5. I Don't Care (Taylor) 3:24 6. Sunny Day (Taylor) 3:37 7. Be My Gal (My Brightest Spark) (Taylor) 2:44 | 8. I Am The Drummer (In A Rock n' Roll Band) (Taylor) 2:45 9. Small (Taylor) 3:50 10. Say It's Not True (Taylor) 4:58 11. The Unblinking Eye (Abridged) (Taylor) 4:54 12. Up (Taylor) 3:08 13. Smile (Taylor) 3:00 |
| Disc One - Side One 1. One Night Stand (Taylor) 4:20 2. Fight Club (Taylor) 3:02 3. Be With You (Taylor/Taylor) 3:09 4. Quality Street (Taylor) 4:24 Disc One - Side Two 1. Sunny Day (Taylor) 3:37 2. Be My Gal (My Brightest Spark) (Taylor) 2:44 3. Say It's Not True (Taylor) 4:58 4. Small (Taylor) 3:50 | Disc Two - Side One 1. Up (Taylor) 3:08 2. Smile (Taylor) 3:00 3. I Don't Care (Taylor) 3:24 4. Dear Mr. Murdoch (Nude Mix) (Taylor) 3:16 Disc Two - Side Two 1. I Am The Drummer (In A Rock n' Roll Band) (Taylor) 2:45 2. The Unblinking Eye (Abridged) (Taylor) 4:54 3. Whole House Rockin' (Taylor) 3:00 |
Related Songs
Whole House Rockin' (Taylor), Dear Mr. Murdoch (Taylor), The Shores Of Formentera (Taylor)
Singles
UK Singles
- The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) (Single Version) / The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) (Almost Completely Nude Mix) / Video CD single / Did Not Chart
- The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) (Single Version) / The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) (Almost Completely Nude Mix) / Video CD single / Did Not Chart
Album Info
Meant to possibly bookend his solo work, Fun On Earth was
Roger Taylor's fifth solo album. The title is a play on Roger's debut album
Fun In Space. Following the end of the Queen + Paul Rodgers project, Roger
intermittently began working on new solo material in his home studio, The
Priory.
The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken), a protest song, predating the album by four years. Available initially as a download single and video, the track was made available on CD single in January 2010 through Queenonline.com, limited to 1,000 copies. An instrumental version was included as a bonus track. The Fun On Earth album version is abridged.
Fun On Earth was released on November 11, 2013, the same day as the Roger Taylor career spanning box set, The Lot, which added two bonus tracks to the album. A 2 LP picture disc version was released the following April for Record Store Day. A black vinyl edition was made available in October 2014. Both vinyl editions include The Lot bonus tracks. The album charted at #69 in the UK.
No further singles were released, however Sunny Day did get the video treatment and was the track primarily advertised. Sunny Day is an updated version of the Felix And Arty (Roger Taylor and son Felix) track Woman, You're So Beautiful. One Night Stand was originally recorded for the previous album Electric Fire. A Real Media version was made available at the time on Roger's website; the Fun On Earth version is reworked and re-recorded. Say It's Not True originated from the 46664 concerts and studio sessions. A studio version from 2003 never materialized. The track was reworked for the Queen + Paul Rodgers album The Cosmos Rocks. The version on this album was recorded in Roger's studio with Jeff Beck while rehearsing for a live performance. Small and Whole House Rockin' were also recorded for The Cosmos Rocks; Roger solo versions appear here.
The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken), a protest song, predating the album by four years. Available initially as a download single and video, the track was made available on CD single in January 2010 through Queenonline.com, limited to 1,000 copies. An instrumental version was included as a bonus track. The Fun On Earth album version is abridged.
Fun On Earth was released on November 11, 2013, the same day as the Roger Taylor career spanning box set, The Lot, which added two bonus tracks to the album. A 2 LP picture disc version was released the following April for Record Store Day. A black vinyl edition was made available in October 2014. Both vinyl editions include The Lot bonus tracks. The album charted at #69 in the UK.
No further singles were released, however Sunny Day did get the video treatment and was the track primarily advertised. Sunny Day is an updated version of the Felix And Arty (Roger Taylor and son Felix) track Woman, You're So Beautiful. One Night Stand was originally recorded for the previous album Electric Fire. A Real Media version was made available at the time on Roger's website; the Fun On Earth version is reworked and re-recorded. Say It's Not True originated from the 46664 concerts and studio sessions. A studio version from 2003 never materialized. The track was reworked for the Queen + Paul Rodgers album The Cosmos Rocks. The version on this album was recorded in Roger's studio with Jeff Beck while rehearsing for a live performance. Small and Whole House Rockin' were also recorded for The Cosmos Rocks; Roger solo versions appear here.
One Night Stand
One Night Stand (Album Version)
4:20
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 1
One Night Stand (1998 Version) 3:45
Appears on: Internet Exclusive Download, Electric Fire CD-R promo
This track first appeared as a Real Media file from Roger Taylor's official website promoting Electric Fire. Because the only way to hear it was to enter the code "one night stand" when prompted and to have it stream via Real Media player, this original release always sounded kind of murky and ran too slow, likely the result of poor Real Media streaming issues, all drawbacks of the technology of the day. In the years that followed, a high quality version has been leaked to the collecting community, sourced from a test pressing "acetate" CD-R and at last fans could hear the song in proper digital clarity. The song itself has some nice guitar and a heavy beat which keeps it interesting. Worth finding.
One Night Stand (1998 Version - The Lot Mix) 3:53
Appears on: The Lot
The Roger Taylor career-spanning box set The Lot features what is called the 1998 version of One Night Stand. However, it is not the original version that appears on the CD-R acetate or as a Real Media download. The Lot Mix is about 17 seconds longer and features added instrumental bits between the vocals in the first verse.
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 1
One Night Stand (1998 Version) 3:45
Appears on: Internet Exclusive Download, Electric Fire CD-R promo
This track first appeared as a Real Media file from Roger Taylor's official website promoting Electric Fire. Because the only way to hear it was to enter the code "one night stand" when prompted and to have it stream via Real Media player, this original release always sounded kind of murky and ran too slow, likely the result of poor Real Media streaming issues, all drawbacks of the technology of the day. In the years that followed, a high quality version has been leaked to the collecting community, sourced from a test pressing "acetate" CD-R and at last fans could hear the song in proper digital clarity. The song itself has some nice guitar and a heavy beat which keeps it interesting. Worth finding.
One Night Stand (1998 Version - The Lot Mix) 3:53
Appears on: The Lot
The Roger Taylor career-spanning box set The Lot features what is called the 1998 version of One Night Stand. However, it is not the original version that appears on the CD-R acetate or as a Real Media download. The Lot Mix is about 17 seconds longer and features added instrumental bits between the vocals in the first verse.
Fight Club
Fight Club (Album Version) 3:02
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 2
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 2
Be With You
Be With You (Album Version) 3:09
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 3
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 3
Quality Street
Quality Street (Album Version) 4:24
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 4
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 4
I Don't Care
I Don't Care (Album Version) 3:24
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 5
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 5
Sunny Day
Sunny Day (Album Version) 3:37
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 6
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 6
Be My Gal (My Brightest Spark)
Be My Gal (My Brightest Spark) (Album
Version) 2:44
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 7
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 7
I Am The Drummer (In A Rock n' Roll Band)
I Am The Drummer (In A Rock n' Roll
Band) (Album Version) 2:45
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 8
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 8
Small
Small (Album Version) 3:50
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 9
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 9
Say It's Not True
Say It's Not True (Album Version)
4:58
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 10
Featuring Jeff Beck on guitar.
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 10
Featuring Jeff Beck on guitar.
The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken)
The Unblinking Eye (Abridged) 4:54
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 11
The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) 6:13
Appears on: The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) CD single, The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) Digital Download , The Lot
Roger's newest solo effort was released digitally in late 2009 and as a QueenOnline.com exclusive CD single in early 2010. Roger's self proclaimed protest song is quite good and hopefully is a sign of things to come. Roger of course handles all vocals and instruments on the track.
The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) - Almost Completely Nude 6:12
Appears on: The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) CD single , The Lot
An instrumental version of the track; available exclusively on the CD single and on The Lot boxset.
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 11
The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) 6:13
Appears on: The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) CD single, The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) Digital Download , The Lot
Roger's newest solo effort was released digitally in late 2009 and as a QueenOnline.com exclusive CD single in early 2010. Roger's self proclaimed protest song is quite good and hopefully is a sign of things to come. Roger of course handles all vocals and instruments on the track.
The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) - Almost Completely Nude 6:12
Appears on: The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken) CD single , The Lot
An instrumental version of the track; available exclusively on the CD single and on The Lot boxset.
Up
Up (Album Version) 3:08
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 12
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 12
Smile
Smile (Album Version) 3:00
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 13
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 13
Whole House Rockin'
Whole House Rockin' (Album Version)
3:00
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 14 (Bonus Track featured in The Lot boxset), UK Fun On Earth vinyl picture disc
Whole House Rockin' was originally intended for the Queen + Paul Rodgers studio album The Cosmos Rocks. To fit the album's theme, the lyrics and title were changed, thus Whole House Rockin' became Cosmos Rockin', the opening track. The Lot version of Fun On Earth features Roger's solo take on the song, which is more straight forward and less silly. The track is exclusively available on The Lot boxset and Fun On Earth vinyl.
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 14 (Bonus Track featured in The Lot boxset), UK Fun On Earth vinyl picture disc
Whole House Rockin' was originally intended for the Queen + Paul Rodgers studio album The Cosmos Rocks. To fit the album's theme, the lyrics and title were changed, thus Whole House Rockin' became Cosmos Rockin', the opening track. The Lot version of Fun On Earth features Roger's solo take on the song, which is more straight forward and less silly. The track is exclusively available on The Lot boxset and Fun On Earth vinyl.
Dear Mr. Murdoch
Dear Mr. Murdoch (Nude Mix) 3:16
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 15 (Bonus Track featured in The Lot boxset), UK Fun On Earth vinyl picture disc
Dear Mr. Murdoch was a track from Roger's 1994 solo album, Happiness. In 2011, a new, stripped down mix of the song was released as a download single. In 2013, this version was renamed the Nude Mix and included on the Fun On Earth vinyl and CD from The Lot box set.
Appears on: Fun On Earth, Track 15 (Bonus Track featured in The Lot boxset), UK Fun On Earth vinyl picture disc
Dear Mr. Murdoch was a track from Roger's 1994 solo album, Happiness. In 2011, a new, stripped down mix of the song was released as a download single. In 2013, this version was renamed the Nude Mix and included on the Fun On Earth vinyl and CD from The Lot box set.
The Shores Of Formentera
The Shores Of Formentera 3:44
Appears on: Unreleased
Roger Taylor's new official website, rogertaylorofficial.com, was launched to coincide with the release of Fun On Earth and The Lot box set. A previously unreleased instrumental track, entitled The Shores Of Formentera, was embedded into the website as background music. The track is mostly instrumental with the occasional harmony "oooh" and "ahhh" from Roger. If you are savy enough, it is possible to rip the MP3 from the website. It is unknown when this was written or recorded, but due to the timing of release, the song is generally associated with Fun On Earth.
Appears on: Unreleased
Roger Taylor's new official website, rogertaylorofficial.com, was launched to coincide with the release of Fun On Earth and The Lot box set. A previously unreleased instrumental track, entitled The Shores Of Formentera, was embedded into the website as background music. The track is mostly instrumental with the occasional harmony "oooh" and "ahhh" from Roger. If you are savy enough, it is possible to rip the MP3 from the website. It is unknown when this was written or recorded, but due to the timing of release, the song is generally associated with Fun On Earth.