TAKE COVER

"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.