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..: RELEASE NOTES :..
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       Artist........: [b]Queen[/b]                 Encoder.......: [b]FLAC 1.1.2[/b]   
       Album.........: [b]A Day At The Races[/b]    Quality.......: [b]-8[/b]           
       Source........: [b]Retail CD[/b]             Channels......: [b]Stereo[/b]       
       Year..........: [b]1976[/b]                  Ripper........: [b]VinceVega[/b]    
       Type..........: [b]Album[/b]                 Rip.Date......: [b]08 jan 2006[/b]  
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.: I WANT YOU! :.
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[quote=VinceVega]
This release is part of the [url=http://forums.btmusic.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6934]The Queen Discography Project[/url]
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.: BAND DESCRIPTION :.
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[quote=ProgArchives]
Queen are a four piece English Art rock band, formerly fronted by the flamboyant Freddie Mercury on vocals and piano, Brian May on guitar, Roger-Meddows-Taylor on drums and John Deacon on bass-guitar. Despite numerous rumours about Queen splitting up over the years, they never actually did, and the four remained together until the untimely death of Freddie Mercury on November 24th of 1991. Currently (2005) they are touring with Paul Rodgers (ex Free) on vocals.
The origins of Queen date back as early as 1967, when Roger Taylor and Brian May joined forces, and together with singer bass-player Tim Staffel started the psychedelic hard rock group Smile. 
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.: ALBUM REVIEWS :.
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[quote=All Music]
There was no way that Queen could top their 1975 masterpiece A Night at the Opera and its epic single "Bohemian Rhapsody," so they did the next best thing -- they recorded a companion album, 1976's A Day at the Races. Although not as meticulously detailed or all-encompassing as its brilliant predecessor, A Day at the Races showed that the band was shedding its five-minute-plus epics in favor of more succinct songs, and becoming one of the world's top rock bands in the process. The album's centerpiece is undoubtedly the hit single "Somebody to Love" -- whereas "Bohemian Rhapsody" had its roots in opera, "Somebody" was centered in gospel sounds (and features a surprisingly authentic-sounding gospel choir, using only the bandmembers' voices!). Queen also tackled their first serious political statement with "White Man" (which details the plight of the American Indian), but also showed their fun side with such tracks as "The Millionaire Waltz," "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy," and the rocking concert standard "Tie Your Mother Down." Also included is the album-closing "Teo Torriatte," a hauntingly beautiful ballad that includes both English and Japanese lyrics. A Day at the Races proved to Queen's detractors that the band hadn't run out of steam with the colossal A Night at the Opera.
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.: TRACKLIST / NOTES :.
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 1. Tie Your Mother Down (4:46)
 2. You Take My Breath Away (4:40)
 3. Long Away (3:55)
 4. Millionaire Waltz (4:52)
 5. You and I (3:23)
 6. Somebody to Love (4:57)
 7. White Man (4:56)
 8. Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (2:54)
 9. Drowse (3:41)
10. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) (5:51)

Total Time 52:39

Line-up
- Freddie Mercury / vocal, piano, choir meister, tantrums
- Brian May / guitars, vocals, orchestration
- John Deacon / fender bass
- Roger Taylor / drums, vocal, percussion, pandemonium

Releases information
1976 & 1991 Queen Productions ltd. Re-released in 1991 by Hollywood Records with 2 bonus tracks. Produced by Queen.
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