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Return of the ChampionsQueen + Paul Rodgers:
Paul Rodgers (vocals, guitar)
Brian May (vocals, guitar)
Roger Taylor (vocals, drums).
Additional personnel: Spike Edney (vocals, keyboards); Danny Miranda (vocals, bass guitar); Jamie Moses (guitar).
Recording information: Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield, England (9th May, 2005).
Two Disk CD;
CD1 : Running Time - 1:14:42
CD2 : Running Time - 0:52:43 Recommended Songs : Reaching Out, Tie Your Mother Down, Say It’s Not True, ‘39, Love Of My Life, Hammer To Fall, Last Horizon, The Show Must Go On, All Right Now Review
Having actually been at the concert in Paris, I had an idea of what to expect from this live album. In most respects it very much lives up to my expectations, however, being a live album, I thought the mix between the audience and the live sound was a bit unbalanced in places.
Paul, Roger and Brian do an excellent job in getting through 27 Queen / Free classics. But for anyone expecting a Freddie type performance, you must remember that Paul Rodgers never wanted to portray that style of front-man.
You get to hear some Queens songs which were never performed on the road from the Miracle and Innuendo albums. There are also some interesting performances on the album, including a brand-new version of Hammer to Fall from Brian, Roger singing These are the Days of our Lives and Freddie singing Bohemian Rhapsody ... no thats what really happened !
There is a lot of varied opinion on whether this is a good album or not, but I think the album is a real rock-fest ; a collaboration of Rock-Genuis. There should be songs on the album which everyone should recognise and rock along to.
Review Rating : 8Some parts of the DVD / Album have been overdubbed, edited or omitted. There were some funny moments during concerts, these are omitted from this release, giving a perfect yet less-live resulting album. |
