Empire (Queensrÿche album)

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Empire
Studio album by Queensrÿche
Released	August 20, 1990
Recorded	Spring 1990
Genre	Progressive metal
Length	64:15
Label	EMI America
Producer	Peter Collins
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Q Entertainment Weekly (D) 10/12/90
Queensrÿche chronology
Operation: Mindcrime (1988) Empire (1990) Operation: LIVEcrime (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.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus tracks 2 Credits 3 Charts 3.1 Album 3.2 Singles

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Bonus tracks

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1990	The Billboard 200	7

[edit] Singles

Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1990	"Best I Can"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	28
1990	"Empire"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	22
1991	"Another Rainy Night (Without You)"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	7
1991	"Jet City Woman"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	6
1991	"Silent Lucidity"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
1991	"Silent Lucidity"	The Billboard Hot 100	9
1992	"Anybody Listening?"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	16

v • d • e Queensrÿche Geoff Tate • Michael Wilton • Mike Stone • Eddie Jackson • Scott Rockenfield Chris DeGarmo • Kelly Gray Studio albums The Warning • Rage for Order • Operation: Mindcrime • Empire • Promised Land • Hear in the Now Frontier • Q2K • Tribe • Operation: Mindcrime II Live albums Operation: LIVEcrime • Live Evolution • The Art of Live • Mindcrime at the Moore Compilations Greatest Hits • Classic Masters • Sign of the Times: The Best of Queensrÿche Extended plays Queensrÿche Cover albums Take Cover Singles "Queen of the Reich" • "The Lady Wore Black" • "Take Hold of the Flame" • "Warning" • "Walk in the Shadows" • "Gonna Get Close to You" • "Breaking the Silence" • "Eyes of a Stranger" • "Revolution Calling" • "I Don't Believe in Love" • "Last Time in Paris" • "Empire" • "Silent Lucidity" • "Jet City Woman" • "Best I Can" • "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" • "Anybody Listening?" • "Real World" • "I Am I" • "Bridge" • "Welcome to the Machine" Related articles Discography