A Day at the Races (album)
Released 10 December 1976
Studio The Manor, Oxfordshire; Sarm East Studios, London; Wessex Studios, London; Advision Studios, London
Genre
Hard rock, pop
Length 44:24
Label
EMIElektra
Producer Queen
A Day at the Races is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 10 December 1976 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. It was the band’s first completely self-produced album, and the first not to feature producer Roy Thomas Baker. Recorded at Sarm East, The Manor and Wessex Studios in England, A Day at the Races was engineered by Mike Stone. The album serves as a companion album to the band’s previous album, A Night at the Opera, both taking their names from Marx Brothers films, as well as sharing similar packaging and eclectic musical themes.
The album peaked at #1 in the UK, Japan and the Netherlands. It reached #5 on the US Billboard 200 and was Queen’s fifth album to ship gold in the US, and subsequently reached platinum status in the same country. A Day at the Races was voted the 67th greatest album of all time in a national 2006 BBC poll.
Track listing
All lead vocals by Freddie Mercury unless noted.
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. “Tie Your Mother Down” Brian May 4:48
2. “You Take My Breath Away” Freddie Mercury 5:09
3. “Long Away” May Brian May 3:34
4. “The Millionaire Waltz” Mercury 4:54
5. “You and I” John Deacon 3:25
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
6. “Somebody to Love” Mercury 4:56
7. “White Man” May 4:59
8. “Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy” Mercury Mercury with Mike Stone 2:54
9. “Drowse” Roger Taylor Roger Taylor 3:45
10. “Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)”
Queen
Freddie Mercury – lead vocals (1, 2, 4-8, 10), backing vocals (all but 9), piano (2, 4-6, 8)
Brian May – electric guitar (all tracks), slide guitar (9), backing vocals (1, 3-8, 10), lead vocals (3), keyboards (10)
Roger Taylor – drums (all but 2), backing vocals (all but 2), percussion (1, 2, 8, 10), lead vocals (9), rhythm electric guitar (9)
John Deacon – bass (all tracks), acoustic guitar (5)
Additional personnel
Mike Stone – additional vocals (8)
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