Queensryche - Empire (2LP, Translucent Green vinyl)
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Geoff Tate – vocals, keyboards
Chris DeGarmo – six-string and 12-string electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards (on "Best I Can"), lead guitar (on "Best I Can", "Jet City Woman", "Silent Lucidity", "Anybody Listening"), backing vocals
Michael Wilton – six-string and 12-string electric and acoustic guitars, lead guitar (on "Empire", "Resistance", "Another Rainy Night")
Eddie Jackson – bass, backing vocals
Scott Rockenfield – drums, percussion
Michael Kamen – orchestral arrangements on "Silent Lucidity", conductor
Randy Gane – answering machine message on "Empire"
Robert Bailey – keyboards, keyboard programming
2 LPs, Gatefold Cover
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Translucent Green
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : EMI USA
Recorded Vancouver Studios in Vancouver, CanadaTriad Studios in Redmond, Washington
Engineered & mixed by James "Jimbo" Barton
Produced by Peter Collins
Remastered by Joe Reagoso
Originally released in 1990
Reissued in 2020
Tracks:
Side A :
1 Best I Can
2 The Thin Line
3 Jet City Woman
Side B :
1 Della Brown
2 Another Rainy Night (Without You)
3 Empire
Side C :
1 Resistance
2 Silent Lucidity
3 Hand On Heart
Side D :
1 One And Only
2 Anybody Listening?
Reviews :
"After the breakthrough success and worldwide respect that Queensrÿche gained from their conceptual masterpiece Operation: Mindcrime, it was a fair assumption that they couldn't possibly outdo or perhaps even match themselves. Empire, released just two years after that watermark, reveals that Queensrÿche reinvented themselves (though certainly not for the last time). While many fans were clamoring for a conceptual sequel, the band offers a song-oriented approach that is more art rock and less metal (though Empire does rock hard in places). Far removed from the fantasy and techno-paranoiac themes of Operation: Mindcrime, the lyrics tackle social and physical handicaps ("Best I Can") and issues such as poverty and regret ("Della Brown"). Geoff Tate, Chris DeGarmo, and company focused much less on the darker side of love so prevalent in their earlier sound, and looked at romance head on with "Another Rainy Night" and "Hand on Heart." While Queensrÿche lost some die-hard metal fans with Empire, the mature sound and tight production of Peter Collins (Rush) saw the band break into the mainstream and hit number nine on the Billboard singles chart with the Pink Floyd-inspired power ballad "Silent Lucidity," which has remained one of the band's set standbys into the 21st century." AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,39 / 5