A Day At the Races
(10 December 1976)
Tracklisting: Tie Your Mother Down / You Take My
Breath Away / Long Away / The Millionaire Waltz /
You and I / Somebody to Love / White Man / Good
Old-Fashioned Lover Boy / Drowse / Teo Torriate (Let
Us Cling Together)Tie Your Mother Down ���
Preceded by a one minute instrumental that also features as the
outro to the album’s final track, ‘Tie Your Mother Down’ is a blast
of pure energy, featuring one of rock music’s most recognisable
guitar riffs.
You Take My Breath Away ��
Showcasing Freddie Mercury’s multiple songwriting personalities
to good effect, ‘You Take My Breath Away’ is a romantic ballad,
but possibly a little too long for good standard’s taste.
Long Away ��
‘You might believe in heaven, I would not care to say, For every
star in heaven, There’s a sad soul here today.’ Utterly forgettable, in
a l l hone st y.
The Millionaire Waltz ���
A multi-key and multi-metre song in the same vein as ‘Bohemian
Rhapsody’, ‘The Millionaire Waltz’ uses abrupt arrangement
changes and multi-tracked guitars from Brian May. Okay. ‘Once
we were mad, we were happy, We spent all our days holding hands
together, Do you remember, my love, How we danced and played.’
You and I ���
A John Deacon penned track, ‘You and I’ features Mercury playing