QueenZone discussion #1201220
A Day at the Races
| qrock 16.09.2009 17:52 |
A Day at the Races was the next album after the best known Queen Studio Album A Night at the Opera and kept the same Marx Brothers theme going however. A Day at the Races is a classic album with the usual Orchestral and virtuso Brian May at work however the album lacked the same Heavy Feel from previous albums, Freddie with his fine vocals and piano flourishes and his intelligent way of producing music and vocals, Roger Taylor, Not playing the same Drum role as in previous works but still influential and last but not least John Deacon playing his bass at his best or most comfertable. However despite having the Classic Hit Somebody to Love, the album was a chang in direction for Queen as their style moved from the Classic Hard Rock/Progressive Rock style and the album also proved to be the last of Queen's iconic 70s backing vocal harmonies. Was this a mistake or was this the start to Queen being a more Po/Rock orientated band with big singles. You can say Queen were not the same after A Day at the Races neither was A Kind of Magic but if this was to prove to be a good thing or a bad thing is down to personal opinions. If Bohemian Rhapsody and Queen did not become so big maybe the next album would have been different. But I'd like to know from you: Was A Day at the Races a Good Album or a Disapointing Album, Should Queen have continued their heavy sound and was a change in Queen's career. |
| Yara 16.09.2009 19:09 |
Definitely a great album. All the ideas they started exploring in a more exhaustive and polished way in ANATO still had a lot of potential and deserved a further development. Anything released after ANATO would have been regarded as a decline, I guess, but they still managed to put out a wonderful album which is for sure one of Queen's best - in a sense, it's stronger than ANATO in terms of consistency. There was no I'm In Love With My Car or Sweet Lady this time: the album was very good from start to finish. However, It never sparkles just like ANATO did for lack of masterpieces which could rival such songs as "Bohemian Rhapsody", "39", "Prophet's Song", "Love of My Life", "Seaside Rendezvous", and "Good Company". If you take into account that the aforementioned songs are all in ONE album, it's hard not to see anything that followed as the beginning of a downfall. Judged on its own and without the burden of comparison with ANATO, though, it's a great album featuring some of Queen's best songs. ADATR is arguably - not to me, I prefer "News Of The World", but I can see why some would like ADATR better - the best post-ANATO era album. That such great albums as A Day At The Races & News of The World should be followed by such a vulgar, bad-produced and, except for a few tracks, uninspired album as Jazz was a sign that Queen was starting its plunge into mediocrity. They managed to recover briefly with The Game, but from then on the band was as good as any other - it delivered occasional hits but was overall insipid. When things seemed to start getting better again with Innuendo, it was unfortunately too late already. My top 3 favorite songs from this album: 1) Teo Torriatte 2) White Man 3) Somebody To Love |
| mike hunt 17.09.2009 01:46 |
A day at the races was a great release, and was actually more consistent than a night at the opera. I have it at #3. only behind queen2 and opera. Solid album, but no way was it gonna have so many huge moments like opera did. The only thing that races could have had was one more heavy song like tie your mother down. |
| pepi 17.09.2009 03:51 |
Such a fantastic album-simly love it.My favorite songs is -Teo torriate,Drowse,Somebody to love and You and I. |
| Saif 17.09.2009 04:38 |
It's all about Tie Your Mother Down! That song never fails to make me headbang. I love that song so much that I even like the WASP cover, and WASP is a band I really hate. |
| mike hunt 17.09.2009 04:49 |
lol, when did wasp cover that song?....I listened to wasp in the mid eighties, and don't remember them covering tie your mother down. |
| Saif 17.09.2009 07:18 |
That's exactly the reason you haven't heard it. It's on one of their 90's albums, Still Not Black Enough. link |
| lalaalalaa 17.09.2009 07:54 |
Saif wrote: That's exactly the reason you haven't heard it. It's on one of their 90's albums, Still Not Black Enough. link That's a pretty good cover. |
| Saif 17.09.2009 11:26 |
lalaalalaa wrote:Then tie your mother down!!!Saif wrote: That's exactly the reason you haven't heard it. It's on one of their 90's albums, Still Not Black Enough. linkThat's a pretty good cover. |
| peterkoz1 17.09.2009 13:51 |
followed up ANATO with ADATR these boys were pure genius !! |
| PauloPanucci 17.09.2009 15:52 |
Saif wrote: It's all about Tie Your Mother Down! That song never fails to make me headbang. I love that song so much that I even like the WASP cover, and WASP is a band I really hate. yeah.... for me Tie Your Mother Down make the Cd a sucess... and can't forghet about Drowse, with magnific Roger's voice ;D |
| mike hunt 18.09.2009 09:52 |
somebody to love is still genious, and the millionare waltz is brilliant. The whole album is great. |
| beautifulsoup 18.09.2009 10:38 |
mike hunt wrote: somebody to love is still genious, and the millionare waltz is brilliant. The whole album is great. For me, Somebody to Love is the highlight of the album. |
| mike hunt 18.09.2009 10:52 |
oh yea, somebody to love is the highlight. let's have a little fun from best to worst. Every song is good. 1. somebody to love- Brillaint 2. millionare waltz- genious 3. tie your mother down- classic 4. you take my breath away- fred at his best 5. let us cling together- beautiful 6. you and I- john does it again 7. long away- Good song, A nice sound to this one. 8. white man- pretty good, a much needed rocker. 9. drowse- my least favorite, but still solid. roger's voice is Good. |
| dragon-fly 18.09.2009 12:18 |
When I first bought it, I immediately loved the intro. Also, I want to underline White Man. |
| PauloPanucci 18.09.2009 12:23 |
mike hunt wrote: oh yea, somebody to love is the highlight. let's have a little fun from best to worst. Every song is good. 1. somebody to love- Brillaint 2. millionare waltz- genious 3. tie your mother down- classic 4. you take my breath away- fred at his best 5. let us cling together- beautiful 6. you and I- john does it again 7. long away- Good song, A nice sound to this one. 8. white man- pretty good, a much needed rocker. 9. drowse- my least favorite, but still solid. roger's voice is Good. great avaliation.... ;D |
| maxpower 18.09.2009 12:44 |
[img=/images/smiley/msn/shades_smile.gif][/img] It's a great album end of |
| 4 x Vision 18.09.2009 18:15 |
ADATR is fantastic. I personally think it's better than ANATO. For me only White Man was poor, I think it was a very weak song from Queen and out of place on this album. ANATO minus Bo Rap may not have been such a hit i think, and ADATR could have then been their Sgt Peppers. Very strong songs in Somebody To Love, Millionaire Waltz, Tie Your Mother Down, with Somebody To Love in my top 3 Queen songs, with Love of my Life and Save Me (and no, I've not just been dumped lol). I remember when I first listened to it... I had the house to myself when I was younger and sat on the living room floor listening on my new stereo and was in absolute awe of the great continuity and wonderful tunefulness (if a word) of this album. I kept listening to Millionaire Waltz on repeat after giving it a full listen. I don't think they went downhill afterwards, they just sadly began sounding more like their 80s competition, with the same pop orientation of the decade. I read in other posts some users saying they got lazy having made it big, which resulted in poorer output, but i respectfully disagree and think they put just as much in to each release to please their fans (it was just more difficult to be original after their first 5 albums). I agree with Yara that Jazz was very poor though, give or take a few songs. Most sounded like filler songs, and the album from a production point of view sounded extremelypoor which i think is VERY neglectful and unforgivable. PS... I remember writing You Take My Breath Away out on a valentine card for my then girlfriend and tried passing it off as my own little poem lol. Sadly she heard me playing it shortly afterwards and wasn't too impressed that I'd try to fool her... tut tut |
| Dusta 18.09.2009 23:49 |
I have always loved ADATR, however, it was never as popular among my friends as ANATO, so, it didn't get much play, back in Ancient Times. I always thought it was a lovely album, melodically...great sing along songs, with great vocal work by Freddie. That being said, NOTW is also a favorite for me, and, again, just wasn't as popular with my friends. And, I agree with Yara about Jazz, though, I always thought it was one of Freddie's better vocal albums. Sad that the songs just weren't up to par. |
| ITSM 21.09.2009 19:35 |
I think A Day at the Races is the best album in the world... |
| Hugowan 22.09.2009 01:38 |
A Day At The Races is more than another album to me. It brings back a lot of memories of my teenager years, listening to it in my Walkman about 18 years ago. I'ts enormous... Brilliant... The intro is just classic. TYMD, MW, Y&I, GOFLB... damn! Somebody To Love!!! Absolutly genious. Ehmmmm.... Yara? What's wrong with I'm In Love With my Car and Sweet Lady??? I love both of them. Drumming over Sweet Lady is... priceless. Maybe you should try it. Sorry but Mercury is not everything about Queen... And about Jazz... well... I just love it. In fact my favourite song is DSMN. It just makes me happy everytime I listen to it. Cheers. |
| mike hunt 22.09.2009 01:45 |
sweet lady is my least favorite on opera, while I'm in love with my car is my second least fav. That doesn't mean I think they're poor songs. Well, maybe sweet lady isn't so good. Jazz is a good album for me, but it gets a bad rap because it was released during Queens prime and isn't on par with the first 6 albums. The only songs that let me down on jazz are fun it, more of that jazz and maybe if you can't beat them. That leaves 10 songs I love. not bad for a so called weak album. |
| Vali 22.09.2009 04:57 |
mike hunt wrote: oh yea, somebody to love is the highlight. let's have a little fun from best to worst. Every song is good. 1. somebody to love- Brillaint 2. millionare waltz- genious 3. tie your mother down- classic 4. you take my breath away- fred at his best 5. let us cling together- beautiful 6. you and I- john does it again 7. long away- Good song, A nice sound to this one. 8. white man- pretty good, a much needed rocker. 9. drowse- my least favorite, but still solid. roger's voice is Good. ADATR will be my fave album forever and ever! the one I fell deeply in love just with the first listening. My best to worst is: 1.- Millionaire waltz 2. you take my breath away 3. Somebody To Love 4. Long away 5. You and I 6. Teo Torriate 7. Drowse 8. TYMD 9 White Man |
| Breakthru80 22.09.2009 18:11 |
I think A day at the Races is a very good album, maybe outshone by the sucessful A night at the Opera. In my opinion, the best songs in A Day at the races are You and I (Deacon is a genius), TYMD, Somebody to love and Teo Torriate. |
| mike hunt 23.09.2009 01:31 |
Vali wrote:mike hunt wrote: oh yea, somebody to love is the highlight. let's have a little fun from best to worst. Every song is good. 1. somebody to love- Brillaint 2. millionare waltz- genious 3. tie your mother down- classic 4. you take my breath away- fred at his best 5. let us cling together- beautiful 6. you and I- john does it again 7. long away- Good song, A nice sound to this one. 8. white man- pretty good, a much needed rocker. 9. drowse- my least favorite, but still solid. roger's voice is Good.ADATR will be my fave album forever and ever! the one I fell deeply in love just with the first listening. My best to worst is: 1.- Millionaire waltz 2. you take my breath away 3. Somebody To Love 4. Long away 5. You and I 6. Teo Torriate 7. Drowse 8. TYMD 9 White Man funny we both forgot to add good old fashioned lover boy. I'll put it at #6 on my list behind teo torriate, and before you and I |
| PauloPanucci 24.09.2009 11:46 |
mike hunt wrote:good old fashioned, it's a really great song! and you forgot it !kkkVali wrote:funny we both forgot to add good old fashioned lover boy. I'll put it at #6 on my list behind teo torriate, and before you and Imike hunt wrote: oh yea, somebody to love is the highlight. let's have a little fun from best to worst. Every song is good. 1. somebody to love- Brillaint 2. millionare waltz- genious 3. tie your mother down- classic 4. you take my breath away- fred at his best 5. let us cling together- beautiful 6. you and I- john does it again 7. long away- Good song, A nice sound to this one. 8. white man- pretty good, a much needed rocker. 9. drowse- my least favorite, but still solid. roger's voice is Good.ADATR will be my fave album forever and ever! the one I fell deeply in love just with the first listening. My best to worst is: 1.- Millionaire waltz 2. you take my breath away 3. Somebody To Love 4. Long away 5. You and I 6. Teo Torriate 7. Drowse 8. TYMD 9 White Man |
| mooghead 24.09.2009 15:19 |
QueenPaulo wrote:Saif wrote: It's all about Tie Your Mother Down! That song never fails to make me headbang. I love that song so much that I even like the WASP cover, and WASP is a band I really hate.yeah.... for me Tie Your Mother Down make the Cd a sucess... and can't forghet about Drowse, with magnific Roger's voice ;D 2 voices, one high one low (through the verses anyway) |
| mike hunt 25.09.2009 09:50 |
QueenPaulo wrote:mike hunt wrote:good old fashioned, it's a really great song! and you forgot it !kkkVali wrote:funny we both forgot to add good old fashioned lover boy. I'll put it at #6 on my list behind teo torriate, and before you and Imike hunt wrote: oh yea, somebody to love is the highlight. let's have a little fun from best to worst. Every song is good. 1. somebody to love- Brillaint 2. millionare waltz- genious 3. tie your mother down- classic 4. you take my breath away- fred at his best 5. let us cling together- beautiful 6. you and I- john does it again 7. long away- Good song, A nice sound to this one. 8. white man- pretty good, a much needed rocker. 9. drowse- my least favorite, but still solid. roger's voice is Good.ADATR will be my fave album forever and ever! the one I fell deeply in love just with the first listening. My best to worst is: 1.- Millionaire waltz 2. you take my breath away 3. Somebody To Love 4. Long away 5. You and I 6. Teo Torriate 7. Drowse 8. TYMD 9 White Man it is a great song, one of my favs. That's what happends when you get older, you start forgetting things. |
| PauloPanucci 25.09.2009 11:22 |
mike hunt wrote:kkkk, it's relly bad get older, you forget every thing!QueenPaulo wrote:it is a great song, one of my favs. That's what happends when you get older, you start forgetting things.mike hunt wrote:good old fashioned, it's a really great song! and you forgot it !kkkVali wrote:funny we both forgot to add good old fashioned lover boy. I'll put it at #6 on my list behind teo torriate, and before you and Imike hunt wrote: oh yea, somebody to love is the highlight. let's have a little fun from best to worst. Every song is good. 1. somebody to love- Brillaint 2. millionare waltz- genious 3. tie your mother down- classic 4. you take my breath away- fred at his best 5. let us cling together- beautiful 6. you and I- john does it again 7. long away- Good song, A nice sound to this one. 8. white man- pretty good, a much needed rocker. 9. drowse- my least favorite, but still solid. roger's voice is Good.ADATR will be my fave album forever and ever! the one I fell deeply in love just with the first listening. My best to worst is: 1.- Millionaire waltz 2. you take my breath away 3. Somebody To Love 4. Long away 5. You and I 6. Teo Torriate 7. Drowse 8. TYMD 9 White Man |
| Unblinking Eye 05.11.2009 03:50 |
Hmmm, I will be different. From best to worst (in my opinion) 1. Drowse (listen to the lyrics, they're funny) 2. Somebody to love 3. Teo Torriate 4. You and I 5. Good old fashioned lover boy 6. Tie your mother down 7.Long Away 8. White man 9. Millionare Waltz 10. You take my breath away I love all the songs!! They are brilliant!! |
| qrock 09.12.2010 14:40 |
Fantastic Album. Tie Your Mother Down - 10/10 - Rock n roll at its best? You Take My Breath Away - 9/10 - Unique and only 1970s song Long Away - 10/10 - Another great folk/ballad by Brian The Millionare Waltz - 10/10 - Tounge in cheek, excentric and brilliant You and I - 10/10 - Should have been a single Somebody to Love - 10/10 - One of the Greatest Queen songs ever White Man - 9/10 - Pretty good but a bit like the Prophet's Song Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy - 10/10 - Underrated and very good song Drowse - 9/10 - An interesting song by Rog Teo Torriatte - 10/10 - Simple. Reminds me of the Beatles. |
| ole-the-first 10.12.2010 07:11 |
Tie Your Mother Down — 10/10 (great rocker) You Take My Breath Away — 10/10 (great ballad) Long Away — 10/10 (but '39 is better) The Millionare Waltz — 10/10 (masterpiece) You and I — 10/10 (another one masterpiece) Somebody to Love — 10/10 (great) White Man — 10/10 (great heavy rocker with very catchy tune) Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy — 10/10 (another one great oldie-styled prog) Drowse — 8/10 (a little bit boring) Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) — 10/10 (great ballad, it's funny to listen Queen singing in Japanese) Tie Your Mother Down (1991 Bonus Remix by Matt Wallace) — 9/10 (nothin' really new) Somebody to Love (1991 Bonus Remix by Randy Badazz) — 10/10 (bad as remix but good as whole song) Tie Your Mother Down (Air Guitar Edit) — 9/10 (very odd) Tie Your Mother Down (Reznor Remix) — 2/10 (bad remix) Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) (High Definition Mix 2005) — 10/10 (as good as original) |