Empire (Queensrÿche album)

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Empire
File:Queensryche - Empire cover.jpg
Studio album by Queensrÿche
Released August 20, 1990
Recorded Vancouver Studios, Vancouver, Canada, Spring 1990
Triad Studios, Redmond, Washington, (tracks 6, 12-14)
Genre Heavy metal, progressive metal
Length 63:23
Label EMI
Producer Peter Collins
Queensrÿche chronology
Operation: Mindcrime
(1988)Operation: Mindcrime1988		 Empire
(1990)		 Operation: Livecrime
(1991)Operation: Livecrime1991
Singles from Empire
  1. "Empire"
    Released: 1990
  2. "Silent Lucidity"
    Released: February 14, 1991
  3. "Best I Can"
    Released: June 1991
  4. "Jet City Woman"
    Released: August 1991
  5. "Another Rainy Night (Without You)"
    Released: November 1991
  6. "Anybody Listening?"
    Released: 1992
Music sample
"Silent Lucidity"
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com 5/5 stars
(20th Anniversary Edition)[7]
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Blogcritics 4/5 stars
(20th Anniversary Edition)[6]
Entertainment Weekly D[2]
PopMatters 6/10 stars
(20th Anniversary Edition)[8]
Q 3/5 stars[3]
Record Collector 3/5 stars
(20th Anniversary Edition)[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3.5/5 stars[5]

Empire is the fourth full-length album by the American heavy metal band Queensrÿche, released on August 20, 1990. The album stands as Queensrÿche's most commercially successful release, reaching triple-platinum status[9] and the single extracted, the power ballad "Silent Lucidity", reached No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.[10] "Silent Lucidity" was also nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1992 in the categories Best Rock Song and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.[11]

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Best I Can"   Chris DeGarmo 5:30
2. "The Thin Line"   DeGarmo, Geoff Tate, Michael Wilton 5:42
3. "Jet City Woman"   DeGarmo, Tate 5:20
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
4. "Della Brown"   DeGarmo, Scott Rockenfield, Tate 7:04
5. "Another Rainy Night (Without You)"   DeGarmo, Eddie Jackson, Tate 4:44
6. "Empire"   Tate, Wilton 5:07
Side three
No. Title Writer(s) Length
7. "Resistance"   Tate, Wilton 4:47
8. "Silent Lucidity"   DeGarmo 5:45
9. "Hand on Heart"   DeGarmo, Tate, Wilton 5:30
Side four
No. Title Writer(s) Length
10. "One and Only"   DeGarmo, Wilton 5:52
11. "Anybody Listening?"   DeGarmo, Tate 7:40

Personnel

Band members
  • Geoff Tate - vocals, keyboards
  • Chris DeGarmo - 6 and 12 strings electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards on "Best I Can" and backing vocals, lead guitar on "Best I Can", "Jet City Woman", "Silent Lucidity", and "Anybody Listening"
  • Michael Wilton - 6 and 12 strings electric and acoustic guitars, lead guitar on "Empire", "Resistance", and "Another Rainy Night"
  • Eddie Jackson - bass guitars, backing vocals
  • Scott Rockenfield - drums, percussion
Additional musicians
Production
  • Peter Collins - producer
  • James Barton — engineer, mixing
  • Paul Northfield — engineer on track 6
  • Tom Hall — engineer on tracks 6, 13
  • Neil Kernon — engineer on track 13[12]
  • Marcus Ramaer, Tom Hall, Dan Harjung - assistant engineers
  • Greenhouse Studios - recording and mixing studio, Vancouver, Canada
  • Bob Ludwig - mastering at Masterdisk, New York

Charts

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
USA RIAA 1994 3× Platinum (+ 3,000,000)[9]
Canada CRIA 1991 Platinum (+ 100,000)[34]
UK BPI 1993 Silver (+ 60,000)[35]

References

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