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  • Posted: 02/13/2015 21:00
  • Post subject: Album of the day (#1537): A Day At The Races by Queen
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Today's album of the day

A Day At The Races by Queen (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1976.
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Overall rank: 695
Average rating: 77/100 (from 264 votes).



Tracks:
1. Tie Your Mother Down
2. You Take My Breath Away
3. Long Away
4. The Millionaire Waltz
5. You & I
6. Somebody To Love
7. White Man
8. Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy
9. Drowse
10. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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I do enjoy this, but it's not as good as other Queen albums. The highlights are awesome (i.e. "Somebody To Love", "Tie Your Mother Down", "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy") and the rest is fine, but nothing particularly special.
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Would probably have been their best album if it weren't for "Tie Your Mother Down" and "White Man". "Long Away" is possibly my favorite Queen song. "Drowse" is brilliant, too. But yeah, "Tie Your Mother Down" is horrid.
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My favourite of theirs. 'Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy' is their best song.
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"The Millionaire Waltz" is their finest track from any of their albums. Play it loud.
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Now listening 2011 remaster of this. Good stuff
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Interesting comments.

Personally, this is my least favourite of Queen's "great albums". Somebody To Love is a classic, and The Millionaire Waltz is a great under appreciated track, but I just don't care for the rest of the album.. Queen had far better songs in their discography to listen to.
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My third favorite after Opera & Heart Attack. The only song I dislike is "White Man", it's barren with no groove, no melody, just some riffs. Unfortunately it was placed right between the two best songs. I enjoy "Tie Your Mother Down", it's got tons of energy and great for concerts. Overall, the album exudes a feeling of elegance and pomp, like Liberace at a black tie dinner party.
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