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Released
  
15 September 2008

The Cosmos Rocks (2008)
  
Live in Ukraine (2009)

Release date
  
15 September 2008

Genres
  
Rock music, Hard rock

Length
  
58:46

Artist
  
Queen + Paul Rodgers

Label
  
Parlophone

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Recorded
  
November 2007 – August 2008, The Priory recording studio

Producer
  
Brian May, Roger Taylor, Paul Rodgers, co-producers: Joshua J Macrae, Justin Shirley Smith, Kris Fredriksson

The Cosmos Rocks (2008)
  
The Royal Sessions (2014)

Similar
  
Roger Taylor albums, Rock music albums

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The Cosmos Rocks is the only studio album by Queen + Paul Rodgers, released on 15 September 2008. It contains 14 new tracks written by Brian May, Roger Taylor, and Paul Rodgers. This is the first studio album of new material from the two remaining members of Queen since 1995′s Made in Heaven, and is the only studio collaboration to date with Paul Rodgers.

Contents

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History

The band entered Roger Taylor's Priory studio in late 2006 having completed the American leg of their world tour. Sessions were initially scheduled around Rodgers' other touring commitments. On the previous tour the band had debuted a new song, "Take Love", which did not make the album. Throughout the promotion for his solo tour, Rodgers' also debuted songs such as "Warboys", and "Voodoo". John Deacon's retirement meant that bass duties are shared between Rodgers and May. The first single, "Say It's Not True" was released nine months before the album was released. The second single, "C-lebrity" was previewed on Al Murray's Happy Hour in April, five months before the album was released. The album's release came 17 years after the death of Queen's lead singer, Freddie Mercury, in 1991.

Track listing

All tracks written by Queen + Paul Rodgers.

Limited edition bonus DVD (Super Live in Japan – Highlights)

  1. "Reaching Out" (Hill/Black)
  2. "Tie Your Mother Down" (May)
  3. "Fat Bottomed Girls" (May)
  4. "Another One Bites the Dust" (Deacon)
  5. "Fire and Water" (Rodgers/Andy Fraser)
  6. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury)
  7. "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" (May)
  8. "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (Queen)
  9. "Radio Ga Ga" (Taylor)
  10. "Can’t Get Enough" (Mick Ralphs)
  11. "I Was Born to Love You" (Mercury)
  12. "All Right Now" (Rodgers/Fraser)
  13. "We Will Rock You" (May)
  14. "We Are the Champions" (Mercury)
  15. "God Save the Queen" (Traditional, arr. May)

Note: The Japanese edition includes a CD audio version instead of the DVD.

Singles

Three singles were released from the album:

  • "Say It's Not True" was the lead single from the album, released in the UK on 31 December 2007; it reached #90 in the British charts although had been available as free download for some time. Its video features many clips of the suffering in South Africa as well as clips from Nelson Mandela's 46664 concerts. The single was released for the 46664 charity, with all proceeds being donated there.
  • "C-lebrity" was released as the album's second single on 8 September 2008, reaching #33 in the UK singles charts. Its B-side was a recording of "Fire and Water" live in Japan.
  • "We Believe" was released as a promo single in Italy, and reached #4 in the Virgin radio charts. It was edited down from its original 6-minute album version to less than 4 minutes.

    • Critical reaction

    Cosmos Rocks received mixed reviews. According to critic review aggregator Metacritic, the album received an average review score of 42/100, which ranks it at 28th place on Metacritic's "worst-reviewed"' albums list. Alexis Petridis of The Guardian gave it two out of five stars, stating, "the lyrics were stupid, trite, a bit offensive and bound to have an undermining effect on whatever musical efforts they put behind it". Conversely, PopMatters gave it a 7/10 review, stating, "Paul Rodgers breathes new life into Queen, while still keeping the band's tremendous legacy intact as they soldier forth with new material into the 21st century". Mojo gave it three stars, stating, "Occasionally they stumble, as on the clunky 'Warboys.' But with Rodgers imperious, Queen's second coming is vindicated".

    Personnel

  • Brian May - guitar, backing and lead vocals, bass, keyboards, piano
  • Roger Taylor - drums, backing and lead vocals, percussion, keyboards
  • Paul Rodgers - lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, harmonica
  • Taylor Hawkins - backing vocals on "C-lebrity"

    • Formats

  • Standard CD
  • Special Edition CD and DVD
  • Tour Edition (Queen Online only)
  • Gatefold Vinyl
  • iTunes Music Store edition

    • Tour

    The "Rock the Cosmos Tour" began in September 2008 to promote the release of this album. The opening date was recorded for a DVD release, and was broadcast across digital video theatres across the United States on 6 November 2008 under the title "Let the Cosmos Rock". The tour included one of the largest open-air concerts in Kharkiv, Ukraine, which garnered 350,000 people. Over the course of the tour, Queen played to just short of a million viewers.

    Songs

    1Cosmos Rockin'4:10
    2Time To Shine4:22
    3Still Burnin'4:02

    References

    The Cosmos Rocks Wikipedia
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