Empire (Queensrÿche album)

Infobox Album
Name = Empire
Type = studio
Artist = Queensrÿche


Released = August 20, 1990
Recorded = Spring 1990
Genre = Progressive metal
Length = 64:15
Label = EMI America
Producer = Peter Collins
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:y6ue4j570wa4 link]
*"Q" Rating|3|5
*"Entertainment Weekly" (D) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,318366,00.html 10/12/90]
Last album = ""
(1988)
This album = "Empire"
(1990)
Next album = ""
(1991)

Released on 4 September 1990, "Empire" is the fourth full-length album by Queensrÿche. The power ballad "Silent Lucidity" was a cross-over hit, reaching #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, which helped the album reach triple-platinum status. The songs "Jet City Woman", "Della Brown", and "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" create a miniature concept album within the first half of "Empire," as they are linked by audio effects that bring the listener from one audio background to another seamlessly. "Empire" could arguably be included within this series, as the song begins with voices on an answering machine (as are also used in "Another Rainy Night"), though its subject is more of a stretch to relate.

Track listing

# "Best I Can" (DeGarmo) – 5:34
# "The Thin Line" - (DeGarmo, Tate, Wilton) – 5:42
# "Jet City Woman" (DeGarmo, Tate) – 5:22
# "Della Brown" (DeGarmo, Rockenfield, Tate) – 7:04
# "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" (DeGarmo, Jackson, Tate) – 4:29
# "Empire" (Tate, Wilton) – 5:24
# "Resistance" (Tate, Wilton) – 5:42
# "Silent Lucidity" (DeGarmo) – 5:48
# "Hand on Heart" (DeGarmo, Tate, Wilton) – 5:33
# "One and Only" (DeGarmo, Wilton) – 5:54
# "Anybody Listening?" (DeGarmo, Tate) – 7:41

Bonus tracks

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

Credits

*Peter Collins - Producer
*Michael Wilton - Guitars, Vocals
*Chris DeGarmo - Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, 12-String Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
*Geoff Tate - Vocals, Keyboards
*Eddie Jackson - Bass, Vocals
*Scott Rockenfield - Drums, Percussion
*Randy Gane - answering machine message on "Another Rainy Night (Without You)"
*James Barton — Engineer
*Paul Northfield — Engineer

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

ingles

Billboard (North America)