Album - The Miracle

The Miracle was the thirteenth studio album to be produced by Queen and was recorded as the band recovered from Freddie Mercury's AIDS diagnosis (which was not publicised at the time) and Brian May's marital problems. Recording started in January 1988 and lasted twelve months.

The album was originally going to be called "The Invisible Man", but three weeks before the release, according to Roger Taylor, they decided to change the name to The Miracle. The striking cover art utilised the Quantel Paintbox which was state of the art image-manipulation technology at the time. The technology was used to combine photographs of four band member's faces into one morphed Gestalt image. This was in line with the band's decision not to use individual credits and present their music as the product of Queen.

The album reached #1 in the UK, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, and #24 on the American Billboard 200 chart. The Miracle is estimated to have sold 9.5 million copies.

The Miracle was the band's penultimate album before Mercury's death on November 1991.