Queensryche -Take Cover [2007][FLAC-WH] FLAWL3SS

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Queensrÿche - Take Cover
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Artist...............: Queensrÿche
Album................: Take Cover
Genre................: Progressive Metal
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2007
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) / FLAC. Level 8 & TSSTcorp CDDVD SE-S204N
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 94 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Information..........:

Ripped by............: Warlordhunter of FLAWL3SS RG on 8/17/2008
Posted by............: Warlordhunter of FLAWL3SS RG on 8/17/2008
News Server..........: None
News Group(s)........: None

Included.............: NFO, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers...............: Front Back

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Tracklisting
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1. (00:04:55) Queensrÿche - Welcome To The Machine
2. (00:04:55) Queensrÿche - Heaven On Their Minds
3. (00:04:19) Queensrÿche - Almost Cut My Hair
4. (00:02:34) Queensrÿche - For What It's Worth
5. (00:04:59) Queensrÿche - For The Love Of Money
6. (00:06:11) Queensrÿche - Innuendo
7. (00:03:43) Queensrÿche - Neon Knights
8. (00:04:56) Queensrÿche - Synchronicity II
9. (00:04:40) Queensrÿche - Red Rain
10. (00:03:53) Queensrÿche - Odissea
11. (00:10:27) Queensrÿche - Bullet The Blue Sky (Live)

Playing Time.........: 00:57:51
Total Size...........: 379.59 MB

NFO generated on.....: 8/17/2008 4:46:31 PM


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QUEENSRŸCHE PAY HOMAGE TO THEIR IDOLS WITH TAKE COVER

Adventurous 11-Song Collection of Covers Ranges From Black Sabbath to
Broadway, Including the Band�s Unique Take on Songs By U2, Queen, Pink
Floyd, Buffalo Springfield, Peter Gabriel, The Police, The O�Jays, and More

Queensrÿche pays tributes to some of its favorite songs
with an adventurous collection of covers that range from Black Sabbath and
The O�Jays to Italian opera and Broadway musical. Singer and chief
songwriter Geoff Tate, guitarists Michael Wilton and Mike Stone, bassist Eddie
Jackson, and drummer Scott Rockenfield put their stamp on 11 classic tracks
with TAKE COVER. The album is available November 13 at regular physical
retail outlets and at www.rhino.com for a suggested price of $13.98, with a
digital version also available for the suggested price of $7.99. The album will
also be released on 180-gram vinyl on November 20 for a suggested price of
$13.98.

Not known for playing many covers live, Tate says the album gave the band
a chance to relax and have some fun. �During sound checks, Stone and
Michael like to play �name that riff,� and sometimes the whole band joins in.
That�s really the way this album came together too. We got together and
started playing songs to each other, and then we picked our favorites.�

The eclectic list of songs reflects the members� divergent tastes and includes
a few surprising selections such as �Heaven On Their Minds� from the hit
musical Jesus Christ Superstar, the O�Jays R&B classic �For Love Of Money�
and an operatic epic originally performed by the Italian duo of Carlo Marrale
and Cheope, �Odissea.� Recognized as an accomplished vocalist, Tate says
he enjoyed the song�s demanding arrangement. �I really like this song
because there is a lot for a singer to sink his teeth into, plus I got a chance to
sing in Italian, which was interesting considering I don�t speak a word of it.�

The set covers a lot of ground both lyrically and musically, opening with
�Innuendo,� Queen�s epic song about life and death; �Almost Cut My Hair,�
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young�s paean to freedom; and the medieval metal of
Black Sabbath�s �Neon Knights.� Starting September 5, Queensrÿche and
Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio (touring as Heaven And Hell), will

play a month of North American concerts. Says Tate, �Ronnie took us out on
our first European tour and he�s always been good to us. With the tour
coming up, this seemed like a nice way to pay tribute to him. I hope he likes
it, or I�m sure I�ll hear about it every night of the tour.�

TAKE COVER also features Queensrÿche�s distinctive arrangement of Pink
Floyd�s �Welcome To The Machine,� an acoustic version of Buffalo
Springfield�s �For What It�s Worth,� and a highly charged live version of U2�s
�Bullet The Blue Sky.� �We�ll never top the originals; they�re classics for a
reason,� Tate says. �We were more focused on finding different approaches
that took the songs in unexpected directions.�

Singing Peter Gabriel�s �Red Rain� and the Police�s �Synchronicity II,� Tate
says, were opportunities for him to explore music he�d previously overlooked.
�I�d heard these songs on the radio before, but I didn�t really appreciate them
before the guys suggested we record them. It was a rewarding experience
doing this album because it gave us all a chance to pay tribute to some of the
bands that have meant so much to us over the years, and we all discovered
new songs to love.�
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