Happy Mother's Day with the Queen!

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Hello friends!

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there!

We're celebrating Mum's day properly this year: with flowers, wine and a two-fer from Queen!

Queen - A Night at the Opera (1975)

Queen's fourth-- and possibly best-- LP.  There's the acerbic opener, "Death on Two Legs"; Roger Taylor's arena-rocking "I'm in Love with my Car"; the familiar, "Your My Best Friend"; and concluding the LP, the unmatched, seemingly timeless "Bohemian Rhapsody."

RATING: 5 thunderbolts and lightning out of a possible 5

Queen - A Day at the Races (1976)

Queen's fifth record-- and second in a row named after a Marx Bros. movie!-- kicks off with "Tie Your Mother Down".  Nothing says "Love You Mom" like this hard rockin' little ditty!

There's also Brian May's great ballad "Long Away", the hit "Somebody to Love", "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" and the ode to their huge Japanese fan base, "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)". 

Plenty of the kick-ass vocal and guitar overdubbing that Queen became famous for.  However, this one is a bit more "polished"-sounding than "Opera" which isn't necessarily a good thing!

RATING: 4 Zeppos out of a possible 5