A Day at the Races
Released
10 December 1976
Recorded
July – 19 November 1976
Studio
The Manor, Oxfordshire
Sarm West, Tower Hamlets
Wessex Sound, Highbury New Park
Advision, London
Genre
Hard rock
Symphonic rock
Glam rock
Pop
4.
Long Away Released: 7 June 1977 (US, Canada, New Zealand only)
A Day at the Races is the fifth studio album by Queen . It was released on 10 December 1976 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States.
History [ ]
Recording [ ]
Track Listing [ ]
2011 bonus tracks [ ]
Tie Your Mother Down (Backing Track Mix, 2011) Bonus EP Audio New Content
Somebody To Love (live version from the Milton Keynes Bowl, England, June 1982) Bonus EP Audio Previously Released
You Take My Breath Away (live version from Hyde Park, London, September 1976) Bonus EP Audio New Content
Good Old Fashioned Loverboy (Top Of The Pops performance, July 1977 (mono)) Bonus EP Audio Previously Released
Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) (HD Mix) Bonus EP Audio Previously Released
You Take My Breath Away (live version from Earl's Court, London, June 1977) iTunes LP Bonus Video Previously Released
Tie Your Mother Down (live version from the Milton Keynes Bowl, England, June 1982) iTunes LP Bonus Video Previously Released
Somebody To Love (promo video) iTunes LP Bonus Video Previously Released
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Charts [ ]
Chart performances [ ]
Chart (1976-77)
Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)
8
Austria
8
Canada (RPM)
4
Japan (Oricon)
1
Netherlands
1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)
11
Norway (VG-lista)
3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)
8
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)
1
United States (Billboard)
5
West Germany (Media Control Charts)
10
Certifications [ ]
Country
Certification
Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)
Platinum
100,000
Germany (BVMI)
Gold
250,000
Japan (RIAJ)
Platinum
135,000
Poland (ZPAV)
Platinum
20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)
Gold
100,000
United States (RIAA)
Platinum
1,000,000
Trivia [ ]
It was the band's first completely self-produced album.
It was the first album to be produced with the help from Bink Knowles.
It was released on the same day that Death On Two Legs was released as a single, but a year later as it was released as a single in 1975.
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