Take Cover

Generally when an established band does a cover record it means that the record company is bugging them for product or the band is doing this to end their contract with them . However these songs are not note foe note covers. A lot of them are better than the original record! some of the old stuff done here was originally done by pink Floyd, Crosby-stills&nash and others. It is nice to hear these songs redone by someone that can actually sing! For example Pink Floyd had one of the worst singers in the history of rock. I could never understand how a band with a crappy singer could be such huge stars. Geoff Tate is a world class vocalist who really makes these songs his!

This is an updated review to my prior comments - my initial review noted that my CD arrived with a broken case. Unexpectedly Megahit Records contacted me directly and offered to send me a new case. What amazing customer service!!!!! I am so impressed that they not only take the time to read reviews but they take the extra step to address and remedy the concern with the customer - even something as small as a broken CD case. Two thumbs up. Wish all retailers cared for their customers in this way.

Very satisfied. Thank you

i purchased this cd used here on amazon to add to my collection of all other cd's by queensryche it's a little different than what im used to hearing from them though but if you like the group maybe you will like hearing them do there versions of these songs.

I really liked the way Queensryche performed the Iommi song and liked the Floyd cover,I liked some of the older songs and Police and Gabriel cover tune.

I love this band to begin with so needless to say I love what they have done with other people's songs. Worth the purchase for sure!

I have been the biggest Queensryche fan in the world, but in recent years the quality of their music has gotten to the point where I really do think they need to quit and stop beating a dead horse. Since their hit album Empire in 1990 they have rapidly and steadily declined as far as the energy and craftsmanship of thier music. Their highly anticipated release after Empire, Promised Land, was, in my opinion, their last feeble effort at creating anything of quality, with scatterings of good song ideas here and there, but none of them ever really reaching either full potential. The following release, Hear in the Now Frontier, was up till that point their weakest release by far. I understand wanting to experiment and get outside the box, but at the same time... you don't just completely abandone the style and sound that people came to love you for... espeacially when you're trying to do a style that is just not your main forte. Thier released between Hear in the Now Frontier and Operation Mindcrime II were a little better, but that's not saying much. You could count on a couple of good songs on the album, but that was about it. Then they outdid themselves with Operation Mindcrime II, which is in my opinion their worst album to date by far. Take cover sufferst from the same problems as Mindcrime II. I hate the production, everything is extremely dry and up front in the mix... God forbit we have any effects or reverb on anything. The songwriting is not exciting to me either, and the main problem I have with Take cover and Mindcrime II, (which really started with another absolutely horrible release, The are of Live), is Geoff Tate's voice. I don't know what happened over the years, but it seems that he simply cannot do what he used to vocally. He was one of my favorite singers back in the day, but now days his voice actually grates on me to where it's just not pleasant to listen to. His pitch control is horrible all over the album, and again, I hate the way the vocals were recorded. Since their live album, Opereation Livecrime, he sounds like he's struggling for every high note he can get. Anyway, in my opinion Queensryche needs to give it up, they are LONG since past their prime, and Take cover is a perfect example of it. If they didn't have the history that they do this effort would be laughed at as being a very amature effort.

This disc sounds like total crap. It crackles like crazy, which is sad because the Rÿche's albums usually sound good.Moving on, the song selection is pretty weak. Heaven on Their Minds was good and For the Love of Money was a cool little twist, but the rest was pretty lame and Geoff sounded terrible on Neon Knights. I advise all Queensrÿche fans to skip Q2K, Tribe, Mindcrime II and Take Cover.