"Take Cover" by Queensrÿche

If the prospect of Queensrÿche covering The O'Jays' "For the Love of Money" feels misguided, then perhaps the Seattle metal band's latest Take Cover is not for you. This bizarre collection of 11 interpretations—including originals by Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash and, strangely enough, a song from the broadway show Jesus Christ Superstar—is a conceptually bold record, but in actual execution it inspires a fair share of bewildered head scratches. Could singer Geoff Tate really think his fans would appreciate a Carlo Marrale and Cheope track sung in butchered Italian (in interviews, Tate even admitted to not speaking a word of Italian. Crikey)? This is not to say that Take Cover as a whole is perplexing and pretentious—Queensrÿche also tackle some material fitting for a prog-metal band, such as Pink Floyd's hazy "Welcome to the Machine," Queen's epic "Innuendo" and Peter Gabriel's moving "Red Rain."
	Published: 2007-11-30 Provider: Artist Direct