siLLy puPPy I'm really not a fan of cover albums unless the songs have been reworked in a very creative and unique way beyond the parameters of the original intent. QUEENSRYCHE released their tenth studio album TAKE COVER which is admittedly a clever name for an album totally devoted to their take on other's music. There's quite a range of artists COVERed here ranging from Pink Floyd to Black Sabbath to The Police and Peter Gabriel to even the O'Jays. The range of influences is great but there are a few factors which really keep me from getting excited about this album one of which is the fact i'm really not a fan of all cover songs for albums!

Firstly, Geoff Tate's vocals just don't sound right to me on some of the arrangements that were clearly constructed around the original vocalists abilities. This includes “Red Rain,” “Welcome To The Machine” and “Neon Knights.” Secondly, I don't think the band adds much to the way of creative interpretations for the most part. There are a few exceptions. I think they do take some creative license on Buffalo Springfield's “For What It's Worth” and “For The Love Of Money” from the O'Jays.

Where I think the band shine especially with Geoff Tate's vocals is where they have always been at home and that is with the more operatic type of music and that is displayed quite well on Carlo Marrale's “Odissea.” This is my favorite track on the entire album. I know some will find this album satisfying but I really have no desire to hear a whole album of QUEENSRYCHE doing covers. I do appreciate a well-crafted cover song slipped into an otherwise original album but despite being a hardcore fan (up to “Promised Land” anyways) I have no desire to ever hear this one.

aglasshouse Some reviews of this kind of took me by surprise.

From what I've listened to from QUEENSRYCHE, I've never extremely enjoyed their sound. Everybody knows of course that I'm not a huge fan of progressive metal, so it's obvious that there are many bands of the genre that I don't like very much. QUEENSRYCHE sadly does fall into this category. But it is not a total hate. It is true that they have mixed and matched several different genres including traditional, alternative, and just simple hard rock. I don't actually mind them doing that. Of course there are people who absolutely despise bands when they do this, and in a way that's the case for this album. But me, I actually love this cover album.

"TAKE COVER" includes songs that range from PINK FLOYD, PETER GABRIEL, and other similarly influential progressive artists (among them there are some more obscure artists as well). I do love the covers they put of from these prog giants though. I especially (of course) liked their cover of PINK FLOYD's 'Welcome to the Machine', because, as a song that is devoid of drumming, listening to it as a metal song was really interesting (in a good way of course.) Peter has never been an artist I've particularly enjoyed, but QR covered him well as well. Of course the other covers are fantastic, and are totally worth listening to.

Overall, I would absolutely give this cover album a listen. Gets a thumbs up from me!

Go give it a listen.

UMUR "Take Cover" is the 10th full-length studio album by US progressive/alternative metal act Queensrÿche. The album was released in November 2007 by Rhino Records. As the title implies this is a cover album. There are no original compositions on the album.

The album features songs by acts such as Pink Floyd, The Police, U2, Queen, Black Sabbath and Peter Gabriel but also some more obscure (obscure when mentioned in connection with Queensrÿche) choices by artists such as Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice and Carlo Marrale & Cheope. The production is a bit tame but otherwise professional and I enjoyed a couple of the songs like "Synchronicity II" and "Innuendo" but overall "Take Cover" doesn´t offer much for the casual fan of Queensrÿche. None of the cover songs really impress me more than moderately.

This is a 2.5 star rating IMO. Not because the quality isn´t high or anything like that but I really don´t see anyone else but the hardcore fans of the band getting excited over this album.

Time Signature Almost cut my hair...

Genre: heavy metal

While a great rock band with a lot of great original releases (and some less impressive ones, to be sure), Queensrÿche do not give the impression of being a great cover band - at least not on this release.

Now, I like cover versions and reinterpretations, but most of the tracks on this album strike me as not doing justice to the originals, and most of them come across to my ears as being, well, kind of bland.

The version of Queen's 'Innuendo', pretty much reflects the entire album; it never reaches the level of brilliance of the original and nor does it come across as an interesting reinterpretation of the original. This applies to most of the tunes on the album, with Queensrÿche's version of 'Neon Knights' - which I think is pretty good - as the sole exception.

Not my favorite Queensrÿche album, and not an album I would recommend as an introduction to the band.

progshine Simply cannot understand this! Whats the point here?

We're on 2007 (at the moment of this release) and here we have Scott Rockenfield using a &*$% drum sound, and why? Trying revive some good old days of the end of the 80's maybe?!?

What the hell!

You know, the choice of the songs are not so bad, they have PINK FLOYD, QUEEN, BLACK SABBATH, POLICE, PETER GABRIEL, U2 and a surprising version for one of the songs of Jesus Christ Superstar (one of my all time favorite records). But something here went very, very wrong, there's no pleasure playing these tracks, at least I can't found it, that cold sound says nothing to me!

Queensrÿche give a shot on their own feet with this record, run away if you have a choice!