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Queensryche - Take Cover
Rhino Records
www.queensryche.com
Rating B
Queensryche has jumped on the bandwagon
and released a CD of cover tunes. As one would expect they do a
great job. Queensryche has written original songs that sound
like Iron Maiden and Pink Floyd so it is not a huge stretch to
think they could pull this off.
Opening the album is "Welcome to the Machine" by Pink Floyd.
This is the best track on the disc. The band does a great job of
melding their own style and mixing it with the original. Black
Sabbath's "Neon Knights" is another gem and perhaps contains the
best performance by all on the entire CD. Other notable tracks
include "Almost Cut My Hair" by CSNY, U2's "Bullet the Blue Sky"
and Peter Gabriel's "Red Rain." There are a few misses as well,
the worst being "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield.
All in all, this is a fun collection of songs with many tracks
that will surprise Queensryche's fans (who would ever guess
Geoff Tate would sing a song by the Police?). Still, it is a bit
novelty and with the exception of Floyd's "Welcome to the
Machine" and Sabbath's "Neon Knights" it contains no material
that will beg you to play it again.
-- Jeb Wright
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