Fun in Space is the debut album by English

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 musician Roger Taylor

Roger Meddows-Taylor

Roger Meddows Taylor , known as Roger Taylor, is a British musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the drummer, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of British rock band Queen. As a drummer he is known for his "big" unique sound and is considered one of...

. Released in May 1981 in the UK and US, the album was recorded in between legs of Queen

Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

's tours for The Game

The Game (Queen album)

The Game is the eighth studio album by British rock band Queen released on 30 June 1980. It was the only Queen album to reach #1 in the US and became Queen's best selling studio album in the US with four million copies sold to date, tying News of the Worlds US sales tally. The album received very...

and Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon (album)

-Personnel:* John Deacon: bass guitar, rhythm guitar, synthesizer* Brian May: lead guitar, backing vocals, synthesizer, piano on "Flash's Theme" and "The Hero," co-lead vocals on "Flash's Theme," guitar orchestration on "The Wedding March"...

albums. Taylor wrote, produced, sang and performed all of the songs himself. While the album did fairly in the UK, it tanked upon its US release.

The albums credits state "P.P.S. 157 synthesizers", a joke referring to Queen's usual statement of "No synthesizers".

"Future Management" was issued as a single in Europe while "Let's Get Crazy" was released in the US.

The album was re-released as a digitally remastered CD in 1996.

The 'alien' writing on the magazine on the front cover consists mainly of upside down Hebrew scripture. The actual words are meaningless.

Side 1

1. "No Violins" – 4:33
2. "Laugh or Cry" – 3:06
3. "Future Management" – 3:03
4. "Let's Get Crazy" – 3:40
5. "My Country I & II" – 6:49

Side 2

1. "Good Times Are Now" – 3:28
2. "Magic is Loose" – 3:30
3. "Interlude in Constantinople" – 2:04
4. "Airheads" – 3:38
5. "Fun in Space" – 6:22

Personnel

• Roger Taylor
  Roger Meddows-Taylor
  Roger Meddows Taylor , known as Roger Taylor, is a British musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the drummer, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of British rock band Queen. As a drummer he is known for his "big" unique sound and is considered one of...
  
   – drums, percussion, lead and backing vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards
• David Richards
  David Richards (record producer)
  David Richards is an English-born Swiss-based record producer, engineer and musician. In the Mountain Studios in Montreux, owned by the rock band Queen, and in Attalens he engineered and co-produced many albums by Queen, David Bowie and other artists. Richards also played keyboards on some records...
  
   – engineer, approximately 50% of keyboards
• Hipgnosis
  Hipgnosis
  Hipgnosis was a British art design group that specialized in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, T.Rex, The Pretty Things, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, Yes, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ELO and XTC...
  
  – artwork, cover design