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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0050087128715
Format: Enhanced, Limited Edition
Label: Hollywood Records
Manufacturer: Hollywood Records
MPN: 000261512
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Hollywood Records
Release Date: October 28, 2008
Studio: Hollywood Records
Disc 1:- Cosmos Rockin
- Time To Shine
- Still Burning
- Small
- Warboys
- We Believe
- Call Me
- Voodoo
- Some Things That Glitter
- C-Lebrity
- Through The Night
- Say It's Not True
- Surf's Up...School's Out
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Editorial Review:
Album Description:
Tracks on the new Queen + Paul Rodgers album are all newly written by May, Taylor and Rodgers during the late 2007/ early 2008 recording sessions. `Say It's Not True', previously released at the end of last year by Queen + Paul Rodgers as a special World Aids Day download for Nelson Mandela's 46664 HIV AIDS charity will be included, plus a `first' for a Queen album - a cover version.
Album Description:
The first thing you notice about The Cosmos Rocks, the much anticipated 2008 album from Rock legends Queen + Paul Rodgers is "all tracks written by Queen and Paul Rodgers produced and performed by Brian May, Paul Rodgers and Roger Taylor" (indicating that between them they played all instruments, including bass - Paul and Brian swapping duties - in case you were going to ask). This is obviously not a case of Rodgers lightly stepping in to fill a vocal gap, as some might have been drawn to assume would be the case when the three of them got into the studio together. No, this is a full bodied, group Endeavour: May, Rodgers and Taylor in a totally democratic union, even down to equally sharing the credits. The album's dedication to legendary Queen front man 'Freddie Mercury,' (you'll also see thanks credits to John Deacon and Paul Kossoff) shows the band mates still feel his presence strongly enough to dedicate this entirely new work to him, nearly 13 years on from Queen's last studio album. 13 tracks including 'C-Lebrity'.
Average Rating: 
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I approached this CD the wrong way round, so to speak - seeing that the band was to play at the new O2 Stadium in Prague in the Czech Republic on 31st October 2008, I decided that the whole family should go in my continuing campaign to get my kids to see as many great musicians as possible before it's too late, as well as people they like. So far this has included B B King, Paul McCartney, Stevie Winwood, Eric Clapton, Cream,Procol Harum, Genesis, Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, Andy Sheppard, Tommy Smith, Joe Lovano, Meat Loaf (great band - voice vanished sadly), Eric Bell, Buddy Guy, Bryan Adams and even Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky Mick and Tich who were fab. In turn I have seen McFly, Fall Out Boy, Bowling for Soup, Kelly Clarkson (really really good)and many many other newer bands and performers. Kids, eh?
Having met a really nice guy from the Tourist Office in a previous visit, I asked him to let me know if any good shows were coming up. So he kindly e-mailed me in April to say that ... Read More
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I was all set to review this CD after hearing it once, then decided to listen again. My initial review would have been three stars, but I feel four is more appropriate.
The title track is perhaps my least favorite on the CD. My favorites are: 'Small' (which sounds as if it could have come off the past Queen album 'The Game"); 'We Believe', which has a great Brain May guitar; 'Some Things That Glitter' and 'C-Lebrity' (Which, along with 'Call Me' I could imagine Freddie singing.)
There are a couple more bluesy tracks, especially 'Through the Night', and while maybe not a great song, 'Surf's Up...' is a lot of fun.
I had hoped for more Queen-like harmonies and Brian May guitar solos, but if you take this as a collaboration of May/Taylor/Rodgers and not a continuation of old Queen, I think you'll really enjoy it.
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As many reviews here accurately point out - this is not "Queen" in the classical sense. This is the DNA of two band members + 1 blues rock singer and the results are interesting enough.
When you think of Queen, you think of Freddie Mercury and even bassist John Deacon, and you realise how vital each one of them was to the Queen sound. But this album is more like the Paul Rodgers meets Roger Taylor and Brian May album project (arrange names in any order you like). In that sense, only a few songs relate to Queen's legacy. In actuality, this feels more like a Paul Rodgers album which his fans will be absolutely delighted with. By Queen's standards, it has just enough material that reminds you of the glorious past, but just barely.
The three chord rockers of "The Cosmos Rocks" are really jams in comparison to the esoteric, anthemic, romantic, grandiose epics of Queen past - which is why no one can quite place the Queen sound here. Freddie and Paul's singing ... Read More
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Este disco es un claro ejemplo que no existe una relación proporcional entre calidad y volumen de ventas, además de dejar presente que los críticos musicales profesionales son unos ladrones de gallinas.
Las trece composiciones originales del disco van de lo bueno a lo sublime (destaco sobre todo Voodoo, We Believe y Warboys), siendo un trabajo que mezcla seriedad lírica con inmadurez irreverente (cosa que disfruto cada vez más al creer cada vez menos en el contenido social de las letras de la mayoría de las bandas que componen el mainstream del negocio musical).
Que puedo decir que no se haya dicho de Roger Taylor y Brian May? Me limito a decir que creo que van a pasar muchos años antes de que se repita un tandem similar de tan notables cualidades, mientras que Paul Rodgers tiene una voz realmente de PUTA MADRE. Ese señor tiene un don vocal que hace ridículas las críticas recibidas en los últimos meses.
En definitiva, si tenés ganas de escuchar ... Read More
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I'ts a good rock album. The sound is great and the songs are good.
The only thing missing is the "Queen Sound". I Can't recognize the specific guitar sound of Brian May.
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