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The album was produced and mixed by Slater,<ref name="thrashed" /> who sent the mixed recordings on February 28, 2013 to [[Maor Appelbaum]] to be mastered.<ref name="recordsdone">{{cite web |title=Record’s Done!! |url=http://www.jason-slater.com/?p=237 |work=Jason-Slater.com |accessdate=2013-03-05 | date=2013-02-28 }}</ref> Samples of all songs became available for streaming through [[iTunes]] and [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] on March 13, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Geoff Tate's Queensrÿche: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Frequency Unknown' Album - Mar. 13, 2013|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=187374|work=Blabbermouth.net|publisher=Roadrunner Records|accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref>
The album was produced and mixed by Slater,<ref name="thrashed" /> who sent the mixed recordings on February 28, 2013 to [[Maor Appelbaum]] to be mastered.<ref name="recordsdone">{{cite web |title=Record’s Done!! |url=http://www.jason-slater.com/?p=237 |work=Jason-Slater.com |accessdate=2013-03-05 | date=2013-02-28 }}</ref> Samples of all songs became available for streaming through [[iTunes]] and [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] on March 13, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Geoff Tate's Queensrÿche: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Frequency Unknown' Album - Mar. 13, 2013|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=187374|work=Blabbermouth.net|publisher=Roadrunner Records|accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref>


According to Tate, “the idea of having guest appearances evolved from the time constraints we had imposed on the project.”<ref name="pressrelease" /> Later, he did comment that "[it] was really fun... from an artistic standpoint. [But] from a logistic standpoint, it's like a nightmare," due to scheduling these musicians.<ref name="HeidiFrank2" /> Nina Noir has sung vocals on the album, and additionally performs the vocals of Sister Mary on the song "Suite Sister Mary" during the band's ''Operation: Mindcrime'' Anniversary Tour, celebrating the album's 25th anniversary.<ref name="ninanoir">{{cite web |title=Geoff Tate Taps Nina Noir For Queensrÿche's 'Operation: Mindcrime' 25th-Anniversary Tour - Mar. 30, 2013 |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=188134 |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=2013-03-30 |accessdate=2013-04-01 }}</ref> Other guest appearances that have been announced, are guitarists [[K. K. Downing]] and [[Chris Poland]], singer/guitarists [[Ty Tabor]], [[Lita Ford]], [[Brad Gillis]], [[Dave Meniketti]] and Craig Locicero, drummers [[Paul Bostaph]] and Evan Bautista, and Slater on bass.<ref name="pressrelease" /><ref name="stupidlyheavy">{{cite web |title=Geoff Tate Working On 'Stupidly Heavy' Queensrÿche Album |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=186637 |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=2013-02-23 |accessdate=5 March 2013 }}</ref>
According to Tate, “the idea of having guest appearances evolved from the time constraints we had imposed on the project.”<ref name="pressrelease" /> Later, he did comment that "[it] was really fun... from an artistic standpoint. [But] from a logistic standpoint, it's like a nightmare," due to scheduling these musicians.<ref name="HeidiFrank2" /> Nina Noir has sung vocals on the album, and additionally performs the vocals of Sister Mary on the song "Suite Sister Mary" during the band's ''Operation: Mindcrime'' Anniversary Tour, celebrating the album's 25th anniversary.<ref name="ninanoir">{{cite web |title=Geoff Tate Taps Nina Noir For Queensrÿche's 'Operation: Mindcrime' 25th-Anniversary Tour - Mar. 30, 2013 |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=188134 |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=2013-03-30 |accessdate=2013-04-01 }}</ref> Other guest appearances that had been announced, are guitarists [[K. K. Downing]], [[Chris Poland]], [[Ty Tabor]], [[Brad Gillis]], [[Dave Meniketti]] and Craig Locicero, drummers [[Paul Bostaph]] and Evan Bautista, and Slater on bass.<ref name="pressrelease" /><ref name="stupidlyheavy">{{cite web |title=Geoff Tate Working On 'Stupidly Heavy' Queensrÿche Album |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=186637 |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=2013-02-23 |accessdate=5 March 2013 }}</ref> Articles on [[Blabbermouth.com]] also named [[Lita Ford]],<ref name=AlbumAnnounced> but she is not credited on the album,<ref name="AllmusicCredits" /> nor was officially announced in the press release.<ref name="pressrelease" /> In interviews, Ford did however speak out clearly in favor of Tate and his claim to the Queensrÿche brand: "I don't know what happened, but I can tell you this: Geoff Tate is a great man, and whatever happened, I don't know, but he doesn't deserve... this. He is Queensrÿche. You can't replace Geoff Tate. The other guys in the band, they're replaceable. Sorry guys, but it's the truth."<ref>{{cite web|title=Lita Ford Exclusive Interview With FullMetalRock.com 2012 |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRXbzjgHONI |work=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=2013-04-22 |date=2012-09-11}}</ref>


A controversy around the album's mix arose, when [[Billy Sherwood]] announced on his Facebook page on March 26, 2013, that he will be "'re-mixing' the latest QueensRyche ''[sic]'' record, [as it] seems there are sonic issues with the previous versions".<ref name="sherwood">Sherwood, Billy (March 26, 2013). "Just got a new gig... 're-mixing' the latest QueensRyche record." ''[[Facebook]]''. Retrieved on March 28, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Geoff Tate's Queensrÿche Taps Billy Sherwood To 'Fix' 'Frequency Unknown' Album |url=http://blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=188025 |work=Blabbermouth.net |publisher=Roadrunner Records |date=2013-03-27 |accessdate=2013-03-28}}</ref> This message went [[Viral phenomenon|viral]], following which Deadline Music responded with the explanation that they decided to rectify the mix, because "some of the response has been less than positive. Some complained about the overall quality of the recordings, and in particular the mix." As a result, they hired Sherwood to remix the album,<ref name="oncourse" /> and explained that two separate versions of ''Frequency Unknown'' would be released: "Now fans will be able to decide which mix they feel best represents the album: the original mix, which will be released on April 23rd, or the new mix by Billy Sherwood that will be made available at a future date to be announced… WE REMIX, YOU DECIDE!"<ref name="oncourse" /> However, 5 days later he withdrew from mixing the album, citing scheduling issues.<ref name="sherwood2">{{cite web |title=I've withdrawn from mixing the Queensryche project... |url=https://www.facebook.com/billy.sherwood.54/posts/10151385986489141 |work=[[Facebook]] |date=2013-03-30 |accessdate=2013-03-31}}</ref> Even though Slater had previously stated on February 28, "We finished a day before the deadline!! Maor Appelbaum is mastering it and it sounds great",<ref name="recordsdone" /> on April 2 he rectified this statement by commenting: "In the end the mixes suffered[;] as they’re the last part of the process[,] we didn’t really have time to mix them properly. It was more of a race against the clock than a mix situation."<ref name="apple" /> Tate confirmed that the mixes were subpar in an interview on April 13, 2013 on Access Sacramento's The Continental Breakfast radio show, where he stated: "We were a little rushed on the mixing end of it, [but] we get to go back and correct some areas in the sound where we thought it was kind of lacking."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/geoff_tate_on_album_remix_it_was_lacking.html |title=Geoff Tate on Album Remix: 'It Was Lacking' |work=[[Ultimate Guitar Archive]] |date=2013-04-16 |accessdate=2013-04-17}}</ref> Slater explained that he would redo three to four of his mixes himself, while another mixer would work on one or two mixes, while the other remaining mixes were fine.<ref name="apple" /> It was later revealed that there were several people involved with remixing the songs, including Anthony Focx of [[Beautiful Creatures (band)|Beautiful Creatures]], Jürgen Engler of [[Die Krupps]], and Glenn Fricker.<ref name="cold" /><ref name="HeidiFrank" /><ref name="fricker" /> The work was spread out over several remixers, because of a deadline that had to be met.<ref name="fricker" />
A controversy around the album's mix arose, when [[Billy Sherwood]] announced on his Facebook page on March 26, 2013, that he will be "'re-mixing' the latest QueensRyche ''[sic]'' record, [as it] seems there are sonic issues with the previous versions".<ref name="sherwood">Sherwood, Billy (March 26, 2013). "Just got a new gig... 're-mixing' the latest QueensRyche record." ''[[Facebook]]''. Retrieved on March 28, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Geoff Tate's Queensrÿche Taps Billy Sherwood To 'Fix' 'Frequency Unknown' Album |url=http://blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=188025 |work=Blabbermouth.net |publisher=Roadrunner Records |date=2013-03-27 |accessdate=2013-03-28}}</ref> This message went [[Viral phenomenon|viral]], following which Deadline Music responded with the explanation that they decided to rectify the mix, because "some of the response has been less than positive. Some complained about the overall quality of the recordings, and in particular the mix." As a result, they hired Sherwood to remix the album,<ref name="oncourse" /> and explained that two separate versions of ''Frequency Unknown'' would be released: "Now fans will be able to decide which mix they feel best represents the album: the original mix, which will be released on April 23rd, or the new mix by Billy Sherwood that will be made available at a future date to be announced… WE REMIX, YOU DECIDE!"<ref name="oncourse" /> However, 5 days later he withdrew from mixing the album, citing scheduling issues.<ref name="sherwood2">{{cite web |title=I've withdrawn from mixing the Queensryche project... |url=https://www.facebook.com/billy.sherwood.54/posts/10151385986489141 |work=[[Facebook]] |date=2013-03-30 |accessdate=2013-03-31}}</ref> Even though Slater had previously stated on February 28, "We finished a day before the deadline!! Maor Appelbaum is mastering it and it sounds great",<ref name="recordsdone" /> on April 2 he rectified this statement by commenting: "In the end the mixes suffered[;] as they’re the last part of the process[,] we didn’t really have time to mix them properly. It was more of a race against the clock than a mix situation."<ref name="apple" /> Tate confirmed that the mixes were subpar in an interview on April 13, 2013 on Access Sacramento's The Continental Breakfast radio show, where he stated: "We were a little rushed on the mixing end of it, [but] we get to go back and correct some areas in the sound where we thought it was kind of lacking."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/geoff_tate_on_album_remix_it_was_lacking.html |title=Geoff Tate on Album Remix: 'It Was Lacking' |work=[[Ultimate Guitar Archive]] |date=2013-04-16 |accessdate=2013-04-17}}</ref> Slater explained that he would redo three to four of his mixes himself, while another mixer would work on one or two mixes, while the other remaining mixes were fine.<ref name="apple" /> It was later revealed that there were several people involved with remixing the songs, including Anthony Focx of [[Beautiful Creatures (band)|Beautiful Creatures]], Jürgen Engler of [[Die Krupps]], and Glenn Fricker.<ref name="cold" /><ref name="HeidiFrank" /><ref name="fricker" /> The work was spread out over several remixers, because of a deadline that had to be met.<ref name="fricker" />
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* [[Randy Gane]] – [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]] (on tracks 1, 5–6, and 8–10), bass (on track 10), orchestration (on track 14), answering machine message (on track 12)
* [[Randy Gane]] – [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]] (on tracks 1, 5–6, and 8–10), bass (on track 10), orchestration (on track 14), answering machine message (on track 12)


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;Additional musicians<ref name="AllmusicCredits" /><ref name="stupidlyheavy" />
* Craig Locicero – [[rhythm guitar]]s (on tracks 1–10)
* Craig Locicero – [[rhythm guitar]]s (on tracks 1–10)
* [[Jason Slater]] – bass (on tracks 2–4, and 6–8), keyboards (on tracks 7–8)
* [[Jason Slater]] – bass (on tracks 2–4, and 6–8), keyboards (on tracks 7–8)

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Frequency Unknown is the first album by Geoff Tate's version of the American progressive heavy metal band Queensrÿche after Tate was expelled by his former bandmates from the original band. The album is due to be released on Cleopatra Records's sub label, Deadline Music, on April 23, 2013 as music download and on CD and vinyl in the United States,[1] on May 21, 2013 as audio cassette with five songs on each side and excluding the re-recorded classics,[5]and on June 6, 2013 on CD in the United Kingdom.[2]

It was co-written, and originally produced and mixed by Jason Slater,[4] who previously has also produced Queensrÿche's albums Operation: Mindcrime II (2006), American Soldier (2009) and Dedicated to Chaos (2011). Following a controversy regarding the quality of the original mixes prior to the album's release,[1] some tracks were remixed by Slater, while other tracks were remixed and produced by Anthony Focx and remixed by Jürgen Engler and Glenn Fricker.[3][6][7][8]

Background

Queensrÿche's twelfth album, Dedicated to Chaos, was released in 2011 to a mixed reception, with some critics giving good reviews,[9] and others panning the album due to great stylistic differences from previous albums.[10][11]

Furthermore, it became apparent that there were tensions in the band between lead vocalist Geoff Tate and the rest of the band. These tensions openly manifested themselves at a concert on April 14, 2012 in São Paulo, Brazil, when Tate, who was irate over the firing of his wife and stepdaughter as the band's manager and fanclub manager, respectively, allegedly physically assaulted and spat on drummer Scott Rockenfield and guitarist Michael Wilton.[12][13] After hoping to reconcile with Tate, the other founding members Rockenfeld, Wilton and bassist Eddie Jackson decided to fire Tate.[14] Meanwhile, Jackson, Rockenfeld, Wilton and guitarist Parker Lundgren had been working with another vocalist, Todd La Torre, under the name "Rising West", playing material from the first five Queensrÿche albums. Following Tate's expulsion from the band, La Torre was officially announced as Tate's replacement.[15]

Tate subsequently filed a preliminary injunction lawsuit, disputing ownership of the band name, that resulted in a verdict that both Tate and the other band members were allowed to use the band name until the next court date, scheduled for November 2013.[16] Tate subsequently started his own version of the band featuring former Queensrÿche guitarist and producer Kelly Gray, guitarist Glen Drover (Eidolon, King Diamond, Megadeth), bassist Rudy Sarzo (Blue Öyster Cult, Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Whitesnake), drummer Bobby Blotzer (Ratt) and keyboardist Randy Gane.[17] Drover was later replaced by Robert Sarzo, and Blotzer with Simon Wright (AC/DC, Dio).[18][19] Since April 6, the band is on their "Operation: Mindcrime Anniversary Tour".[20]

The title, release date, track listing and artwork of the album were announced on March 4, 2013,[21] a few hours after the version of Queensrÿche with Todd La Torre announced the release date of their album.[22] A press release states that "F.U. might be perceived as a fitting tribute and salutation", and later clarifies: "Coincidental abbreviation? Unlikely."[4] The abbreviation "F.U." is further emphasized on the album artwork, and is often used in English as a synonym for the profane expression "Fuck you". However, when Tate was asked "How did you come up with the title Frequency Unknown? What came first, the FU or the Frequency Unknown?", he said: "I’ve been trying to come up with an answer for that because I knew I would be asked. I haven’t really come up with one yet."[23] Eddie Trunk later inquired: "The cover features a fist with the F.U. initials. There's a number of people who have read into that as being not too subtle of a dig at your former band. Coincidence, or not?", to which Tate responded: "Oh gosh, people read so much into everything. It's kind of funny, isn't it?"[24]

Music

The album includes ten original songs and four bonus tracks. Of the original songs, the songs "Dare" and "Slave" are marked as having explicit content.[25] An earlier track listing included the song "When Lightning Strikes",[21] but it either was renamed to or replaced by the song "Give it to You". The bonus tracks are re-recordings of four of Queensrÿche's greatest hits.[4][21] When asked, "What made you want to go back and remake some popular hits?", Tate answered: "The money. (...) The record company really wanted those for resale and licensing and all that kind of that stuff, so they said: 'We'll give you a lot of money for it.' And so I said, 'Okay, beautiful!'"[26] He later elaborated: "They wanted them to sound, you know, as close as we could make them to the originals. And that's what was really hard, was making them sound that way."[24]

"Cold" was released on March 3, 2013 via iTunes as the first single off Frequency Unknown.[3] It wil also be released as a special limited-edition 7" vinyl single with the re-recorded version of "Silent Lucidity" on the B-side.[7] On April 15, 2013, Cleopatra Records made the entire album available for streaming on SoundCloud,[27] but these were removed by midnight.[28] Ultimate Guitar Archive asserts that the predominantly negative reactions to the recordings may have prompted the label to pull the album stream.[28]

On April 17, 2013, Tate announced that he will "probably start on another record here soon. I'm kind of feeling it already. Got some ideas, and so, hopefully... This summer, we have a short break in touring, I can hit the studio and start throwing down some ideas."[29]

Recording and production

Frequency Unknown was recorded at the A&D Studios in Sunnyvale, CA.[3] It is unique in that it was created in the short time-span of six weeks,[30] Another and it has many in-studio guest appearances by musicians outside of Geoff Tate's version of Queensrÿche.[4]

Tate explained they did it in such a short time, because "we wanted to get it done to coincide with the tour dates, you know, and have an album and a tour at the same time."[29] The process, according to Tate, was: "It started out with a group of core writers, and we wrote a bunch of songs, and then we had invites out to a lot of different people to play on it. (...) We started writing it in January and finished it March 1st."[26] This writing team includes Slater, Lukas Rossi, Gane, Martín Irigoyen, and Chris Cox.[29][31]

The album was produced and mixed by Slater,[30] who sent the mixed recordings on February 28, 2013 to Maor Appelbaum to be mastered.[32] Samples of all songs became available for streaming through iTunes and Amazon on March 13, 2013.[33]

According to Tate, “the idea of having guest appearances evolved from the time constraints we had imposed on the project.”[4] Later, he did comment that "[it] was really fun... from an artistic standpoint. [But] from a logistic standpoint, it's like a nightmare," due to scheduling these musicians.[26] Nina Noir has sung vocals on the album, and additionally performs the vocals of Sister Mary on the song "Suite Sister Mary" during the band's Operation: Mindcrime Anniversary Tour, celebrating the album's 25th anniversary.[34] Other guest appearances that had been announced, are guitarists K. K. Downing, Chris Poland, Ty Tabor, Brad Gillis, Dave Meniketti and Craig Locicero, drummers Paul Bostaph and Evan Bautista, and Slater on bass.[4][35] Articles on Blabbermouth.com also named Lita Ford,Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

A controversy around the album's mix arose, when Billy Sherwood announced on his Facebook page on March 26, 2013, that he will be "'re-mixing' the latest QueensRyche [sic] record, [as it] seems there are sonic issues with the previous versions".[36][37] This message went viral, following which Deadline Music responded with the explanation that they decided to rectify the mix, because "some of the response has been less than positive. Some complained about the overall quality of the recordings, and in particular the mix." As a result, they hired Sherwood to remix the album,[1] and explained that two separate versions of Frequency Unknown would be released: "Now fans will be able to decide which mix they feel best represents the album: the original mix, which will be released on April 23rd, or the new mix by Billy Sherwood that will be made available at a future date to be announced… WE REMIX, YOU DECIDE!"[1] However, 5 days later he withdrew from mixing the album, citing scheduling issues.[38] Even though Slater had previously stated on February 28, "We finished a day before the deadline!! Maor Appelbaum is mastering it and it sounds great",[32] on April 2 he rectified this statement by commenting: "In the end the mixes suffered[;] as they’re the last part of the process[,] we didn’t really have time to mix them properly. It was more of a race against the clock than a mix situation."[6] Tate confirmed that the mixes were subpar in an interview on April 13, 2013 on Access Sacramento's The Continental Breakfast radio show, where he stated: "We were a little rushed on the mixing end of it, [but] we get to go back and correct some areas in the sound where we thought it was kind of lacking."[39] Slater explained that he would redo three to four of his mixes himself, while another mixer would work on one or two mixes, while the other remaining mixes were fine.[6] It was later revealed that there were several people involved with remixing the songs, including Anthony Focx of Beautiful Creatures, Jürgen Engler of Die Krupps, and Glenn Fricker.[3][7][8] The work was spread out over several remixers, because of a deadline that had to be met.[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[40]
Pitriff39/100[41]

Frequency Unknown has received mixed to negative reviews.

The first published review of Frequency Unknown was written by Chris Akin from Pitriff, who admitted, "I wanted to like this", but gave a negative review of the album, calling it "a rushed, sonically inept collection of songs that don't deserve the Queensryche name or logo on it's [sic] cover", having a "very uneven" production and "a flat sound with no dynamics to speak of, cardboard drum sound, and some of the worst vocal echoing".[41] According to Akin, it is "by far Geoff Tate's worst vocal performance on any Queensryche album."[41]

Thom Jurek of Allmusic was more mixed in his verdict, praising songs such as "Cold" for having "an enormous Locicero riff that recalls the band's glory days", describing the songs "Life Without You", "Fallen", and "The Weight of the World" as "well-crafted prog metal tunes" and "Slave" and "Running Backwards" as "killer rockers (...) but their barely present vocals and muddy guitar sounds kill their impact."[40] Jurek disagrees with Akin on Tate's vocals, saying "he's still got a hell of a voice from what we can hear of it here", but he concludes that "[a]s a whole, Frequency Unknown suffers from subpar, muddy sound, which basically mars the entire record", and that "[t]he re-recordings of classic tracks were totally unnecessary."[40]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cold"Lukas Rossi, Geoff Tate[31]3:39
2."Dare"Slater, Tate3:38
3."Give It to You"Chris Cox, Slater, Tate4:35
4."Slave"Slater, Tate3:54
5."In the Hands of God"Rossi, Tate3:49
6."Running Backwards"Martín Irigoyen, Slater, Tate3:28
7."Life Without You"Slater, Tate4:42
8."Everything"Irigoyen, Slater, Tate4:28
9."Fallen"Slater, Tate4:18
10."The Weight of the World"Randy Gane, Slater, Tate6:15
Total length:42:46
Bonus tracks (2013 versions)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."I Don't Believe in Love" (from Operation: Mindcrime, 1988)Chris DeGarmo, Tate4:32
12."Empire" (from Empire, 1990)Tate, Michael Wilton5:24
13."Jet City Woman" (from Empire, 1990)DeGarmo, Tate5:33
14."Silent Lucidity" (from Empire, 1990)DeGarmo5:41
Total length:63:57

Personnel

References

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