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Empire [Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]
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Album: Empire [Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]
# Song Title   Time
1)    Best I Can More Info... 0:05
2)    The Thin Line More Info... 0:05
3)    Jet City Woman More Info... 0:05
4)    Della Brown More Info... 0:07
5)    Another Rainy Night (Without You) More Info... 0:04
6)    Empire More Info... 0:05
7)    Resistance More Info... 0:05
8)    Silent Lucidity More Info... 0:05
9)    Hand On Heart More Info... 0:05
10)    One and Only More Info... 0:06
11)    Anybody Listening? More Info... 0:08
12)    Last Time In Paris (Bonus Track) More Info... 0:04
13)    Scarborough Fair (Bonus Track) More Info... 0:04
14)    Dirty Lil Secret (Bonus Track) More Info... 0:04
 
Album: Empire [Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]
# Song Title   Time
1)    Best I Can More Info... 0:05
2)    The Thin Line More Info... 0:05
3)    Jet City Woman More Info... 0:05
4)    Della Brown More Info... 0:07
5)    Another Rainy Night (Without You) More Info... 0:04
6)    Empire More Info... 0:05
7)    Resistance More Info... 0:05
8)    Silent Lucidity More Info... 0:05
9)    Hand On Heart More Info... 0:05
10)    One and Only More Info... 0:06
11)    Anybody Listening? More Info... 0:08
12)    Last Time In Paris (Bonus Track) More Info... 0:04
13)    Scarborough Fair (Bonus Track) More Info... 0:04
14)    Dirty Lil Secret (Bonus Track) More Info... 0:04
 
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Tracks

1. Best I Can

2. The Thin Line

3. Jet City Woman

4. Della Brown

5. Another Rainy Night [Without You]

6. Empire

7. Resistance

8. Silent Lucidity

9. Hand On Heart

10. One And Only

11. Anybody Listening?

12. Last Time In Paris

13. Scarborough Fair

14. Dirty Lil Secret

Performer Notes
  • Queensryche: Geoff Tate (vocals, keyboards); Chris DeGarmo (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Michael Wilton (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar); Eddie Jackson (electric bass, fretless basss, background vocals); Scott Rockenfield (drums, percussion).
  • Additional personnel includes: Michael Kamen (arranger).
  • Producer: Peter Collins.
  • Compilation producer: David K. Tedds.
  • Recorded at Vancouver Studios, Vancouver, Canada and Triad Studios, Redmond, Washington in 1990. Originally released on EMI (92806). Includes liner notes by Paul Suter.
  • This is part of EMI Records "Queensryche Remastered" series.
  • Queensryche: Geoff Tate (vocals, keyboards); Chris DeGarmo (6- & 12-string acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, background vocals); Michael Wilton (6- & 12-string acoustic & electric guitars); Eddie Jackson (electric & fretless basses, background vocals); Scott Rockenfield (drums, percussion).
  • Additional personnel: Michael Kamen (strings); B.O.B. (background vocals).
  • Engineers: James "Jimbo" Barton, Paul Northfield.
  • Recorded at Vancouver Studios, Vancouver, Canada and Triad Studios, Redmond, Washington in 1990.
  • Digitally remastered by Steve Hoffman.
  • Personnel: Geoff Tate (vocals, whistling, keyboards); Chris DeGarmo (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, keyboards, 12-string bass, background vocals); Michael Wilton (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, 12-string bass, fretless bass); Eddie Jackson (electric bass, fretless bass, background vocals); Scott Rockenfield (drums, percussion).
  • Audio Mixer: James Barton .
  • Recording information: Triad Studios, Redmond, WA, Vancouver, British Columbia (1990); Vancouver Studios (1990).
  • Photographer: Harold Sinclair.
  • After the breakthrough success and worldwide respect that Queensr˜che 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 Queensr˜che 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 Queensr˜che 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. ~ Doug Odell & Thom Jurek
Professional Reviews
Q - 3 Stars - Good - Recommended as one of the top 5 metal albums of 1990. - "..The thinking person's rock album...which exudes craft and intelligence at will without ever sounding pretentious or forgetting mighty riffs and classic melodies.."

Q - 3 Stars - Good - Recommended as one of the top 5 metal albums of 1990. - "..The thinking person's rock album...which exudes craft and intelligence at will without ever sounding pretentious or forgetting mighty riffs and classic melodies.."

Billboard (p.26) - "10 superbly refined metal songs....The quintet nails every track with an inspired precision any band would kill to possess."

Record Collector (magazine) (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's intelligent, subtle and immaculately played."
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