Queen Quiz - MAD: BAD: and Dangerous to Know

Cover Artwork for Queen's single “The Show Must Go On”

“MAD: BAD: and Dangerous to Know” is the second studio album by The Cross, a rock album which was released on the 26th of March 1990. It was titled after a description of the eccentric Lord Byron, and was wrapped in an impressive sleeve designed by Stephen Bliss and longtime Queen art director Richard Gray.

The Cross members, except for Roger Taylor (who was otherwise engaged promoting Queen's album “The Miracle”), began composing the album in the summer of 1989 at the Mountain Studios, Montreux. By the time Taylor joined the other members of The Cross in September, the album was close to completion. Thus, the album was the band's first true collaborate effort.

Unfortunately, the album content was considered not that spectacular; some songs dealt too heavily with sexual desire and lust which, given the age of the band members, it was downright embarrassing at times. However, there was a more concerted effort to produce an album that was less “of its time” in terms of production qualities.