| | Queensryche Empire CD Queensryche Discography of CDs
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With the breakthrough success and worldwide respect that Queensryche gained from their conceptual masterpiece OPERATION: MINDCRIME, how could the band possibly outdo or at the least match themselves? Just two years after the release of MINDCRIME ... Full DescriptionQueensryche reinvented themselves (though certainly not for the last time). While many fans were clamoring for a conceptual sequel, the band returned to a song-oriented approach that was more art rock and less metal-edged.
Now quite far removed from the fantasy and techno-paranoia lyrical themes of their earlier works, the band tackled overcoming social and physical handicaps ("Best I Can"), poverty, and regret ("Della Brown"). Focused much less on the darker side of love that was always so prevalent in their sound, the band was now brave enough to be romantic ("Another Rainy Night" and "Hand On Heart"). While Queensryche lost some diehard metal fans with EMPIRE, the mature sound and tight production of Peter Collins (Rush) saw the band break into the mainstream (and top off at #9 on the Billboard singles chart) with the Pink Floyd-inspired "Silent Lucidity."
This is part of EMI Records "Queensryche Remastered" series.
Replaces Cap 92806
Additional personnel includes: Michael Kamen (arranger).
Recorded at Vancouver Studios, Vancouver, Canada and Triad Studios, Redmond, Washington in 1990. Originally released on EMI (92806). Includes liner notes by Paul Suter.
Producer: Peter Collins.
Compilation producer: David K. Tedds.
Queensryche: Geoff Tate (vocals, keyboards); Chris DeGarmo (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Michael Wilton (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar); Eddie Jackson (electric bass, fretless basss, background vocals); Scott Rockenfield (drums, percussion).
Q - 3 Stars - Good - Recommended as one of the top 5 metal albums of 1990. - "..The thinking person's rock album...which exudes craft and intelligence at will without ever sounding pretentious or forgetting mighty riffs and classic melodies.." Hide Description Empire Music | List Price | $16.98 (You save $4.53) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Heavy Metal CDs, Rock, Enhanced CD | | Label | EMI Latin | | Orig Year | 1990 | | All Time Sales Rank |  2577  | | CD Universe Part number | 5926683 | | Catalog number | 81070 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 10, 2003 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | James Barton; Paul Northfield | | Personnel | Geoff Tate - vocals, keyboards
Michael Wilton - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar
Scott Rockenfield - drums, percussion
Eddie Jackson - electric bass, fretless basss, background vocals
Chris DeGarmo - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, keyboards, background vocals
Also: Michael Kamen | | Additional Info | Bonus Tracks; Remastered |
Empire Music Review Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews And Then There Was Empire...
Akin to Metallica's "Black album," this is where the wheels started to come off the Queensryche express. Though a huge commercial success and extremely slick production(a-la the black album), they promptly swung away from the experimental creativity of earlier work. I still liked the album, but at the same time it wasn't quite the direction I was hoping for. It only gets worse from here...
Submitted by dcampbell (East Stroudsburg, PA) 
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Awesome !
Queensryche's Empire is still by far their best !!!!!!!!!1
Submitted by mitchellpage (Meraux, La)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Queensryche becomes an empire
It's like they decided to make an album that was the complete opposite of "Operation : Mindcrime".This is a collection of songs unrelated to each other,that stand up well on their own.Certainly this was a huge commercial success,but i also think it was a very good album that is not without it's faults.
Submitted by Sinkadotentree (Wasaga Beach,On)
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I know everybody loves Operation Mindcrime, actually I love it too, however IMO this one is far superior, the music is so muture and classy. The best Queensryche to date.
Submitted by CE (Mexico City)
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De lo maximo...esto es lo mejor de Queensryche, el sonido es de lo mejor tambien...el album de su carrera, sin duda.
Submitted by Julian (Agualeguas, NL, Mexico)
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Purchase Empire CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Queensryche Warning CD (1984) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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Finally aided by label support and professional production, Queensryche set about to begin the storied progression of their sound. Once you get past the monotony of the title track, the journey begins. The haunting chimes of the explosive intro to "En Force" show that Seattle had a lot more to offer rock music than the impending grunge rock phenomenon. The somber, brooding outro to the song (showcasing vocalist Geoff Tate above all else) showed that while the band still relied heavily on guitar harmonies and double-bass drumming, they were now starting to incorporate more progressive and dramatic song structures. Clearly the banner track of THE WARNING is ...
| | Queensryche (1st LP) CD (1983) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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The underground buzz that swirled around Queensryche's self-produced EP resulted in a major deal with EMI Records, without so much as a single live show. Much like early Fates Warning records, the band's sound was heavily influenced by the blazing drums and lightning guitar harmonies made famous by Iron Maiden. Vocalist Geoff Tate's soaring tenor voice caught the attention of metal fans around the world, starting with his sustained high E that opens "Queen Of The Reich" and never letting go from there. His masterful technique and wide range showed a hint of what were to be ...
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The album that preceded this release, RAGE FOR ORDER, came as a surprise to some fans because of the group's appropriation of electronic sound-generating techniques. Undeterred, the band composed its most challenging work yet, the epic concept album OPERATION: MINDCRIME. Originally issued in 1988, the hard-edged album slowly worked its way up the charts and became the band's first gold-certified release (an opening slot on Def Leppard's sold-out HYSTERIA tour certainly didn't hurt, either). The story-line centers on a drug addict who falls in love with a former prostitute turned nun. Together, they uncover a dangerous underground movement and try to stop it before it's too late.
Replaces Cap48640. W/ 2 Live Bonus Tracks.
Recorded at Kajem/Victory Studios, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. Includes liner notes by Paul Suter.
OPERATION: MINDCRIME remains Queensryche's best and most consistent release--most of the tracks can be enjoyed out of the context of the storyline on the strength of their songwriting and instrumental performances. Individual standouts include the two popular MTV hits ...
| | Queensryche Rage For Order CD (1986) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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With its 1983 self-titled EP and 1984's full-length debut, THE WARNING, Queensryche began as a heavy metal band. But that wouldn't last for long--the members of Queensryche had always been admirers of progressive and art rock, and with the band's third record, 1986's RAGE FOR ORDER, Queensryche began merging its heavy rock with instrumental technicality and modern production techniques. Few other metal bands were challenging their listeners as much as Queensryche, and the group slowly built a hardcore following. Although it wasn't the commercial success that future releases such as 1988's OPERATION: MINDCRIME and 1990's EMPIRE would be, RAGE FOR ORDER is considered to be one of the group's finest by longtime fans.
The album's lone video, "Gonna Get Close to You," is a creepy tale of surveillance that remains one of Queensryche's all-time best tracks (strangely, it's one of the few tracks the group has ever recorded that it didn't write itself). Other standouts include the album-opening story of vampirism, ...
| | Queensryche Hear In The Now Frontier CD (1997) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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Principally recorded at Sixteenth Avenue Sound, Nashville, Tennessee and Studio Litho, Seattle, Washington in 1996. originally released on EMI (56141). Includes liner notes by Paul Suter.
Queensryche took a drastic turn with 1997's HEAR IN THE NOW FRONTIER. Challenging the loyalty of their fans, the group moved in a less prog-oriented, more accessible direction with their songwriting. Perhaps the most notable change occurring on this set is the stripped-down production--a first from a band known for epic, heavily-polished ...
| | Queensryche Promised Land CD (1994) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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Recorded in 1994. Originally released on EMI (30711). Includes liner notes by Paul Suter.
Queensryche's music is out on the border of what used to be known as progressive. Although they cut their teeth as a touring band opening for the likes of Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC and Def Leppard, they're not really a straight-ahead metal band, but rather inhabit a similar space as a band like Rush. Powerful, guitar and drum driven music, fleshed out with immense synthesizer flourishes, tricky rhythm changes, and varied dynamic shifts.
PROMISED LAND sets a don't-look-don't-touch tone with the shamanistic minor cycles of "I Am I" while the Near Eastern Peter Gunnisms of "Damaged" and the acoustic drones of "Out Of Mind" anchor anthems about society's disconnected castaways and abused adolescents. The lack of information about instrumentation and what-not only serves to underscore the group nature of this ensemble...even as the booklet photo of a man with a nail driven through his forehead drives home a sense about just who might follow Queensryche to the PROMISED LAND.
"Bridge" extends the metaphor of alienation to include a father and a son, and the title tune sums up a sense of dashed expectations, as big, angry, ...
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* The Absolute most ROTTEN album ever recorded!!!* In the tradition of old BATHORY, SARCOFAGO, ...
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