VIRGIN
★★★
Though Roger Taylor remains so tangled up with Queen that he and Brian May helped revive them with, first, Paul Rodgers, then Adam Lambert, his sixth solo album occasionally finds him sounding uncannily – and pleasingly – like David Bowie at his career’s end. This applies most to Taylor’s vocals, which on the admittedly slightly aimless I Know, I Know, I Know, the pandemic-inspired Isolation and We’re All Just Trying To Get By – where KT Tunstall adds superfluous harmonies to Taylor’s already layered vocals – combine an understated, thoughtful theatricality with a decidedly high-pitched range.