Paul Rodgers - Midnight Rose (2023) CD-Rip

Midnight Rose is a new studio album by Paul Rodgers, of Free and Bad Company fame. It is his first album of original material since Electric (1999). It was recorded in 2022 and 2023 at Roper Recording in Peachland and Bryan Adams' studio, The Warehouse, in Vancouver. A celebration of a storied career and a feel-good, hopeful look towards the future, Midnight Rose features Paul’s quintessential larger-than-life vocals in a whole new chapter of his career. Named one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, Rodgers powers through all original, new tracks like “Living It Up,” “Take Love,” and “Photo Shooter.” The song "Take Love" was previously worked on and played live by Rodgers as part of the Queen + Paul Rodgers project, although a studio version ultimately never materialised from the group.

The album has received mixed reviews with Blues Rock Review praising it as "a totally satisfying set of eight rocking songs that demonstrate why Paul Rodgers is considered one of the best singer/songwriter/frontmen of the rock & roll genre." PopMatters awarded it 6/10 with Michael Elliot saying the album, "signals the return of one of rock’s greatest voices, which remarkably has not diminished over the decades and remains as expressive and powerful as ever, even if the material doesn’t always match those golden vocal cords." In a 3/5 review, Loudersound.com suggests that "there are flashes of brilliance – class acts will always be class acts – but there are also moments when one wonders bemusedly what the hell is going on here."