Released 15 years ago this week, ‘The Cosmos Rocks’ blended two seemingly disparate things: Paul Rodgers’ R&B grit and Queen’s outsized glam.

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Bad Company was better than they were given credit for. And Paul Rodgers, these reissues make clear, ranks among the best rock singers of all time.

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Little other than a sense of soul holds this list together. That’s more than enough.

Rodgers filled in for Freddie Mercury in 2005-09; Lambert has worked with Queen since.

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In a way, The Royal Sessions project is an enraptured testament to soul that Paul Rodgers has always been destined to release. His whiskey-splashed rasp was simply made for this kind of thing You May Also Like: Why You Should Give Queen + Paul Rodgers’ ‘The Cosmos Rocks’ Another ListenRead More