After we did the tour in 1986, which was a very big European tour, we were all absolutely exhausted and shattered and, basically, we didn't want to really work together or see each other for a while. That took a least a year to a year and a half, and then towards the end of that second year, we sort of met up and Freddie suggested, “perhaps we try a little time in the studio?” The third year was spent making the album, so in a way it was a two-year gap to us rather than three years. The first few weeks of the recording we did lot of live material, a lot of songs and ideas came up, some jamming. We had a few ideas that were already prepared. I Want It All was one of the few songs that was actually written before we went in.