The Cosmos Rocks [Deluxe Edition, CD+DVD]

Queen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 28, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Deluxe Edition, CD+DVD
• Label: Hollywood Records
• ASIN: B001JGOKPU
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #257,457 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cosmos Rockin'

2. Time to Shine

3. Still Burnin'

4. Small

5. Warboys

6. We Believe

7. Call Me

8. Voodoo

9. Some Things That Glitter

10. C-Lebrity

11. Through the Night

12. Say It's Not True

13. Surf's Up...School's Out!

14. Small Reprise

Editorial Reviews

QUEEN The Cosmos Rocks (2008 US Best Buy Stores exclusive 2-disc set - Written performed & co-produced by Brian May Roger Taylor & Paul Rodgers The Cosmos Rocks [which is dedicated to Freddie Mercury] was recorded & mixed at Taylors The Priory studio between November 2007 and August 2008 and marks the first Queen studio album since 1995; and comprises the 14-track CD album including the the single C-lebrity which features guest vocals by Taylor Hawkins [Foo Fighters]; plus a Bonus Super Live In Japan - Highlights NTSC DVD featuring footage of their live appearance recorded on the 2005 Queen & Paul Rodgers Japanese tour. Complete with picture sleeve and still factory sealed from new with the Best Buy sticker on the front)
**exclusive US release only available from Best Buy Stores**

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Album Rocked My Cosmos!, October 28, 2008

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S. D. Hensley (KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cosmos Rocks (Audio CD)

Wow what a fun and satisfying debut album by these two great acts! This is real genuine classic rock music with a great selection of song styles - rock, blues, ballads, pop, new wave, even some that's a little country-tinged. Brian May and Roger Taylor bring their trademark Queen sound to the proceedings with distinctive guitar work and percussion, and Paul Rodgers has one of the greatest voices ever. They haven't lost their touch! This album beats anything in the Bad Company catalogue and is as good or better than any album Queen released in the 1980s. A true meeting of equals, the band's histories blend together to make anew and very distinctive sound of its own. Open your ears, clear out your preconceptions, and get ready to enjoy some *real* music by *real* musicians!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Queen with a flare, May 30, 2009

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J. Prevost "vintage fan" (Austin, TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cosmos Rocks (Audio CD)

Queen has done it again. They have evolved into yet another completely phenominal entity. The influences that Paul Rogers has added puts the flare that makes you do a double take on many of the tunes. The fisrt song that I actually replayed several times was 'Time to Shine'. Paul's voice fills the air, replacing the oxygen with the resonance of his vocal energy. 'Small' was the second song that really caught my emotions. How true those words are. Everyone can relate and feels that way at least once a week. 'C-lebrity' is very good, but takes a few plays to really take hold. It's a little trendy. Not quite what I would have expected from them.

Many of the songs almost had too smooth a bass accompaniment. The one thought that keeps running through my head is that if John Deacon could have played on the songs, yet a newer, higher dimension would have been heard. A crispness from Johns playing style would have changed the album completely

2.0 out of 5 stars astral vacuum, March 21, 2010

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Bradley Westervelt - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cosmos Rocks (Audio CD)

Gee, I wanted to like this and gave it lots of tries. There are some good moments, but not one song that stuck with me or held my interest after the album was done. I think the boys would do well to fall back to basics and go for a more folk/acoustic music structure like in '39, maybe a little rockabilly and of course a little bit more of that Eastern/Indian type tuning and chords, and build from there.

If they want to go metal, e.g. Brighton Rock era, that would be fine too.

There are 3, maybe 4 tracks one might try to remix, or reproduce, because they're close to the glory of prog-rock. But overall this one is only for die-hard fans.