Empire (Queensrÿche album)

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Empire
Studio album by Queensrÿche
Released August 20, 1990[1]
Recorded Spring 1990
Genre Heavy metal, progressive metal
Length 63:23
Label EMI
Producer Peter Collins
Queensrÿche chronology
Operation: Mindcrime
(1988)		 Empire
(1990)		 Operation: LIVEcrime
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[2]
Entertainment Weekly (D) [3]
Q 3/5 stars[citation needed]

Grammy Nominated Empire is the fourth full-length album by Queensrÿche, released on August 20, 1990. The power ballad "Silent Lucidity" reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the album reached triple-platinum status.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Best I Can" (DeGarmo) – 5:34
  2. "The Thin Line" - (DeGarmo, Tate, Wilton) – 5:42
  3. "Jet City Woman" (DeGarmo, Tate) – 5:22
  4. "Della Brown" (DeGarmo, Rockenfield, Tate) – 7:03
  5. "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" (DeGarmo, Jackson, Tate) – 4:29
  6. "Empire" (Tate, Wilton) – 5:23
  7. "Resistance" (Tate, Wilton) – 4:50
  8. "Silent Lucidity" (DeGarmo) – 5:47
  9. "Hand on Heart" (DeGarmo, Tate, Wilton) – 5:33
  10. "One and Only" (DeGarmo, Wilton) – 5:54
  11. "Anybody Listening?" (DeGarmo, Tate) – 7:41

[edit] 2003 CD reissue bonus tracks

The album was re-released on June 10, 2003 with the following bonus tracks:

  1. "Last Time in Paris" - (DeGarmo, Tate) - 3:52
  2. "Scarborough Fair" - (Simon, Garfunkel) - 3:51
  3. "Dirty Lil Secret" - (DeGarmo, Tate) - 4:07

[edit] 20th anniversary edition bonus disc

The album was re-released again on November 9, 2010, with a bonus disc containing the following tracks, all recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, England on November 15, 1990:

  1. "Resistance" (Tate, Wilton) – 4:33
  2. "Walk in the Shadows" (DeGarmo, Tate, Wilton) – 3:56
  3. "Best I Can" (DeGarmo) – 5:16
  4. "Empire" (Tate, Wilton) – 5:11
  5. "The Thin Line" - (DeGarmo, Tate, Wilton) – 5:43
  6. "Jet City Woman" (DeGarmo, Tate) – 5:30
  7. "Roads to Madness" (DeGarmo, Tate, Wilton) – 9:32
  8. "Silent Lucidity" (DeGarmo) – 5:43
  9. "Hand on Heart" (DeGarmo, Tate, Wilton) – 5:17
  10. "Take Hold of the Flame" (DeGarmo, Tate, Wilton) – 5:10

[edit] Credits

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1990 The Billboard 200 7

[edit] Singles

Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1990 "Best I Can" Mainstream Rock Tracks 28
"Empire" Mainstream Rock Tracks 22
1991 "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" Mainstream Rock Tracks 7
"Jet City Woman" Mainstream Rock Tracks 6
"Silent Lucidity" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
The Billboard Hot 100 9
1992 "Anybody Listening?" Mainstream Rock Tracks 16

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Empire". Queensryche.com. http://www.queensryche.com/media/audio-releases/empire/. Retrieved 2012-02-15. 
  2. ^ "Empire". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r15997. Retrieved 2012-02-15. 
  3. ^ Reviewed by Jim Farber (1990-10-12). "Empire Review | Music Reviews and News". EW.com. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,318366,00.html. Retrieved 2012-02-15. 
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