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The biggest hit Queensryche ever had was "Silent Lucidity"
which brought the band to a band new audience. This Pink
Floyd style ballad wasn't follow up by anything quite as
catchy or memorable but the band soldiered on with a solid
series albums. A lot of bands put together cover albums
some brilliant, others so-so. "Take Cover" is a mix of both
putting together an unexpected, unusual mix of songs ranging
from the 60's to the 90's. ***
Opening with Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine"
a nice take on the song. Followed by 1969's "Heaven on Their
Minds" from "Jesus Christ Superstar" this unusual selection
works musically with a forceful, muscular arrangement but
lacks the vocal power to make it come up life. ***
We take a detour through CSN territory with "Almost
Cut My Hair" a ballad written by David Crosby that appeared
on one of the band's albums. The follow up song "For What
It's Worth" written by Stephen Stills for the band that
preceded CSN, The Buffalo Springfield (which featured Neil
Young and future Poco member Richie Furay and much later
Jim Messina of Loggins and Messina/Poco fame) a hit song
that captured the high anxiety that occupied Sunset Blvd.
in Hollywood during the many protests against the Vietnam
War follows and is a fascinating take on that 60's classic.
***
From there we jump to "For the Love of Money" and Queen's
"Innuendo" both of which falter due to weak arrangements
and/or weak vocal performances by Geoff Tate. These are
followed up by "Neon Knights" and two strong covers "Synchroncity"
(The Police) and "Red Rain" (Peter Gabriel). Again, the
band tackle an unusual cover with the Bee Gees "Odessa"
which is nicely done closing with a rousing live take on
U2's "Bullet the Blue Sky". ---
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