The result might be pub rock tosh with stadium reverb, mudquo boogie. Queen and paul rogers, the cosmos rocks is a big, ballsy, heavy dose of rock and roll which sounds as if it was released in 1975. Of course, this is almost entirely due to the fact that the songs here were written by and for rodgers, a frontman. Macrae coproducer, engineer, justin shirleysmith coproducer, engineer, kris. It was released on 15 september, 2008 in the europe and on 28 october, 2008 in north america. Imagine brian got his astrophysics phd in 72, took that career path instead, and only formed a band now, aged 61. The cosmos rocks queen to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. It is the only studio album the former queen members recorded with paul rodgers. Buy paul rodgerss album titled the cosmos rocks to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to.
Queen the cosmos rocks lyrics and tracklist genius. It contains 14 new tracks written by brian may, roger taylor, and paul rodgers. Guitarist may had previously performed with rodgers on several occasions, including a performance at the royal albert hall it was made clear that rodgers would not be. The only original queen members contributing to the cosmos rocks are guitarist brian may and drummer roger taylor. That served to confuse many of each camps staunchest fans, who hadnt often overlapped before. To call this latest effort just queen would be disrespectful to freddy mercury and john deacon because it is not queen per say. Queens first studio album of new material in years continues their legacy with rodgers adding a bluesyer element to queens. Released 15 september 2008 on parlophone catalog no. The album is a mix of the familiar queen sound and paul rodgers blues influences. The cosmos rocks across seven seas through the panama, now theyre rockin on beaches and theyre rockin in bars dont ask me how and dont ask me why from miami beach down to old bondi theres a rock n roll fever in every place next thing you know theyll be rockin out in space come on down lets rock this place come on down and sock it to me. The cosmos rocks displays a band that seem to still be in. The cosmos rocks simple english wikipedia, the free. Give queen or brian may and roger taylor, as thats whos left at this point and new singer paul rodgers this much credit.
The music is better, in a slick, antiquated 80s rock way, but part of the joy of queen was always the way they balanced the humor of the obvious with the pleasure of the unexpected. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Yet rodgers remains proud of what they accomplished, saying he felt the idea of brian may and roger taylor sitting idle in the years after freddie. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod.
The album has 14 songs written by brian may, paul rodgers and roger taylor. Because its such a fun album, well probably end up going with that. Queen and paul rodgers, the cosmos rocks 2 5 stars 2 out of 5 stars. Currently the album just feels like its straightforward, old school rock and roll, with only a few standout gems in the bunch.
Queen bassist john deacon had retired from music completely, and from what i can gather gave the project his blessing. First single is clebrity which they played earlier on al murrays happy hour. The cosmos rocks, an album by queen, paul rodgers on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. This is how music used to be made before the industry caved into the vacuous hip hoprnb stylings of today. Brian may performer, producer, paul rodgers performer, writer, producer, roger taylor performer, producer, queen writer, joshua j. Queen s first studio album of new material in years continues their legacy with rodgers adding a bluesyer element to queen s. In the case of queen and paul rodgers, both have earned their respective places in rock history. O disco, com composicoes creditadas aos tres integrantes sao todas ineditas.
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