Back to the Light

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 two 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.