I adore Queen, but I’m not a fan of Paul Rodgers. Queen simply isn’t Queen without Freddie Mercury. Rodgers, who admittedly has some pretty big shoes to fill, has given a decent effort but he just isn’t right in the role. I wish that they would have given their 1/2Queen + Paul Rodgers band a brand new name rather than continuing to call themselves Queen. Not only is Mercury missing, but John Deacon opted not to participate as well in these new endeavors.

The only track that might be worth listening to on this album is #2 Time to Shine. And none of it feels like Queen at all.

I wanted to like this – I was treated to a trip to the full show, which did absolutely rock – but… hmm. I actually feel perhaps a bit too young to love this album? It really does have that aging-rocker feel, which is a bit sad. Nothing wrong with it, but I missed all the pizazz of both the live versions and songs written 20 or 30 years ago :(