A Day at the Races

1976 studio album by Queen
MusicAlbum album Q220756
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A Day at the Races

Summary

A Day at the Races is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,603 views/month, #575 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Day at the Races's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • A Day at the Races's genre is rock music[4].
  • A Day at the Races's genre is hard rock[5].
  • A Day at the Races's genre is progressive rock[6].
  • A Day at the Races was produced by Queen[7].
  • Among the performers on A Day at the Races was Queen[8].
  • A Day at the Races's record label is recorded as EMI[9].
  • A Day at the Races's record label is recorded as Parlophone[10].
  • A Day at the Races's record label is recorded as EMI[11].
  • A Day at the Races's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[12].
  • A Day at the Races is part of Queen's albums in chronological order[13].
  • A Day at the Races is part of The Complete Works[14].
  • A Day at the Races was distributed by LP record[15].
  • A Day at the Races was distributed by music streaming[16].
  • A Day at the Races's review score is recorded as 3.5[17].
  • A Day at the Races was published on December 18, 1976[18].
  • A Day at the Races's tracklist is recorded as Tie Your Mother Down[19].
  • A Day at the Races's tracklist is recorded as Long Away[20].
  • A Day at the Races's tracklist is recorded as You and I[21].
  • A Day at the Races's tracklist is recorded as Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy[22].
  • A Day at the Races's tracklist is recorded as Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)[23].
  • A Day at the Races's official website is recorded as http://www.queenonline.com[24].
  • A Day at the Races's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Day at the Races'}[25].
  • A Day at the Races's different from is recorded as A Day at the Races[26].
  • A Day at the Races's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2664'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • First release date: 1976-12-10[29]

  • Genre(s): arena rock, art rock, classic rock, glam, glam rock, hard rock, heavy metal, pop, pop rock, progressive rock, rock, symphonic rock[30]

  • Community tags: album rock, arena rock, art rock, british metal, classic hard rock, classic rock, contemporary pop/rock, glam, glam rock, hard rock, heavy metal, nouveau, pop, pop rock, pop/rock, progressive rock, rock, symphonic rock, vyrzukhisuc-album[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a106e33b-e440-3ff3-9250-c6408ed73e60[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

A Day at the Races was performed by Queen[8]. It was produced by Queen[7].

Publication

A Day at the Races was published on December 18, 1976[18]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[12]. Genres include rock music[4], hard rock[5], and progressive rock[6]. Part of include Queen's albums in chronological order[13] and The Complete Works[14], an album[33]. Recorded distribution format include LP record[15] and music streaming[16].

Reception

A Day at the Races's review score is recorded as 3.5[17].

Why It Matters

A Day at the Races ranks in the top 0.95% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,603 views/month, #575 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Record label EMI, Parlophone, EMI
    Publication date +1976-12-18T00:00:00Z
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