Back to the Light

Back to the Light
Studio album by
Brian May
Released28 September 1992
Recorded1988–1992
StudioAllerton Hill
GenreHard rock
Length51:12
Label
Producer
  • Brian May
  • Justin Shirley-Smith
Brian May chronology
Star Fleet Project
(1983) 		Back to the Light
(1992) 		Live at the Brixton Academy
(1994)
United States cover
Singles from Back to the Light
  1. "Driven by You"
    Released: 25 November 1991 (1991-11-25)[1]
  2. "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
    Released: 24 August 1992 (1992-08-24)[2]
  3. "Back to the Light"
    Released: 9 November 1992[3]
  4. "Resurrection"
    Released: 7 June 1993[4]
  5. "Last Horizon"
    Released: 6 December 1993[5]

Back to the Light is the debut solo studio album by English musician Brian May, the guitarist of Queen. It was released on 28 September 1992 by Parlophone Records in the UK, and on 2 February 1993 by Hollywood Records in the US and Canada. May's second solo release following his 1983 EP Star Fleet Project, Back to the Light was co-produced with Justin Shirley-Smith and recorded between March 1988 and November 1992 at Allerton Hill—May's home studio—and mixed at Metropolis Studios.

The album contains top 10 singles "Too Much Love Will Kill You" and "Driven by You", and peaked at number six on the UK Albums Chart and at number 159 on the US Billboard 200.

"Headlong" and "I Can't Live with You", released on Innuendo, were originally intended for Back to the Light; but when May heard Freddie Mercury singing the songs, he decided they would be recorded by Queen.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 23 November 1991. p. 21. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 22 August 1992. p. 19. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  3. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 7 November 1992. p. 19.
  4. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 5 June 1993. p. 19.
  5. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. 4 December 1993. p. 21.