When one of my all-time favourite bands takes the
time to pay tribute to some of their favourites, then I stop and
listen...
Surely they have picked some rather obscure songs,
which I would never have though had some kind of importance for any
metal band. But one the other hand there are also more obvious
choices...
Best moments on this album is the cool opener:
'Welcome to the Machine' (Pink Floyd), my personal favourite: the
cool version of 'Innuendo' (Queen) (I have always loved the awesome
lead in the middle part), a very good version of 'Synchronicity II'
(The Police), the alternative sounding
version of 'Neon Knights' (Black Sabbath), and the album is closed with
a good version of 'Bullet the Blue Sky' (U2), here in a live
version from the Q2K tour.
None of the songs reaches the level they set with
their version of 'Scarborough Fair' (Simon and Garfunkle), but all
of the songs have been given a Queensr˙che feel and Geoff Tate does
still belong in the Champions League. Not for Metal purists
- actually this is for fans only, and only for the most hard
core ones...
