Okay R&P, so I bought the new Queen + Paul Rodgers album "The Cosmos Rocks." I was very hesitant to listen to it, but I had to remind myself that Brian and Roger were still playing together on it thanks to "A Kind Of Magic", one of my favorite contacts…Now, being a major Queen fan, naturally I would be a little biased and would try to give them a good review. But this is not Queen. This is Queen minus Freddie Mercury and John Deacon. This is Queen + Paul Rodgers. After leaving this album on my dresser and just staring at it for a while, contemplating if I should even listen to it, I finally did – so here goes my huge fatty ginormous review:

1. The opening number is the song that gives the album its namesake, titled "Cosmos Rockin’" It starts out with warped vocals much like in "One Vision", only they sound worse and ask " what planet is this" then blares in with some happy sounding guitar and a good beat. It features the lyrics "We got the whole house rockin’ to the mighty power of rock n’ roll" ummm… not their best songwriting. Overall the song is upbeat and kinda rocks…I would like to hear more of their famous backing vocals though…nice guitar solo

2. Time To Shine – Starts out a piano bit, then enters with Rodger’s vocals. The chorus has an uplifting message/tone "raise up your mind/its time to shine" not bad, not good, but not bad. It sounds absolutely nothing like Queen. Roger shines on this track, no pun intended.

3. Still Burning – Written by Brian, this song begins with a good beat and showcases the famous Queen backing vocals, but they sound different; deeper. Contains the lyric "music makes the world go round" again, not their best. Towards the end this song featured WWRY’s famous "stomp stomp clap" whch made me smile – it was one of my favorite points on the whole album.

4.Small – Written by Brian May, this song starts out as kind of an acoustic number, pauls voice is smooth and sounds good. It features a great solo by my favorite guitarist(the man has not lost his touch on that red special)

5. Warboys – Great Drums in the begginning, features the line when the lighting explodes I pray for your soul" Ummm….yeah…I’m not diggin’ that line…Didn’t care too much for this song.

6. We believe – Written By Brian, this track has kind of an apocolyptic tone. Contains a constant "I believe, You believe" tradeoff.

7. Call Me – Whoah…I like this song! Its upbeat, sweet, contains the line "Call me if you need my love." Its pretty melodic and has a great BM solo with that great tone once again. This track stood out among the others…

8. Voodoo – Written by Roger Taylor, this song starts out with a spanish style sounding guitar. Features some of the famous Queen tounge in cheek(something this album could have used way more of) with the lyric "when the moon rises the dogs will howl look out your window I’ll be on the prowl"…Werewolf, anyone??

9. Some Things that Glitter – I love the song title, but when in the first few lines Paul Rodgers exclaimed "once I loved a butterfly, don’t ask me how don’t ask me why" I had to groan out loud.

10 C-Lebrity – Written by Roger Taylor and is the first (and I think only) single off the album. Starts out with Brian doin’ some stuff slightly reminicent of "Keep Yourself Alive" (ever so slightly). Also has a mad solo courtesy of Mr. May.

11. Through The Night – Starts out with a great guitar tone…a smooth sounding song…it’s just…well it’s just not that good…

12. Say It’s Not True – written by Roger, this song is a highlight on the album, only because it starts off with Roger taking the vocals. He sounds great, though aged. Then he passes the vocals to Brian May. This is possibly my favorite part on the entire album. It was so nice to hear Bri’s voice, he just sounded so sweet and filled with emotion like he always does. They should have let him sing a little more…The song itself is actually pretty good, it was written for a Nelson Mandela charity event…some great guitar parts…gosh Brian sounded fantastic on this track. Just great.

13. Surfs Up…Schools Out – Starts out with a horrid scream from Paul. It was truly bad. It sounded like he was trying to pull a Roger Daltrey in "Won’t Get Fooled Again" but it was just horrid. the song isn’t too great, it features the line " I got a criminal urge to twist and shout"…yuck.

Now, let me say that I have mad respect for Paul Rodgers, and let me tell you why: The dude knew he had some very large (very classy) shoes to fill, and he does his best, but I’m just happy that he in no way tries to pull a Freddie. On the entire album. He in no way tries to "be him" or use any of his vocal techniques or anything. That made me happy.

Overall, the album had a few high points, but I’d have to say that the album was a dissappointment. As much as It pains me to write it, ( I don’t want to be that person in Spinal Tap that writes "sh*t sandwich"),
(continued)no song really stood out as a masterpiece or even as a really good song, whereas on Queen’s other albums, every song was a classic. But thats not a fair comparison, and I’m glad Bri and Rog are still out there rockin’. Give this album a listen to(it at least deserves that) and tell me what you think!!!

Man that was long!!


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