Q2K

Q2K
Studio album by Queensrÿche
Released September 14, 1999
Recorded 1999
Genre Heavy metal, progressive metal
Length 49:45
Label Atlantic
Producer Queensrÿche
Queensrÿche chronology

Hear in the Now Frontier
(1997)		 Q2K
(1999)		 Greatest Hits
(2000)
Singles from Q2K
  1. "Breakdown"
    Released: 1999
  2. "The Right Side of My Mind"
    Released: 1999
Music sample
"Breakdown"
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Q [2]
PopMatters [3]
Sea of Tranquility [4]

Q2K is the seventh studio album by progressive metal band Queensrÿche, released on 14 September 1999. It was the only Queensrÿche studio album to feature guitarist Kelly Gray, who, in the early 1980s, was in a band called Myth with vocalist Geoff Tate. "Breakdown" was released as the first single off Q2K. "The Right Side of My Mind" was released as the band's first music video since the album Promised Land and has had occasional airplay on VH1 Classic, which also premiered it in a special co-hosted by Geoff Tate.

Rhino Entertainment purchased Q2K from Atlantic Records and re-released it on August 29, 2006 with four bonus tracks. In Canada, the album was released by Anthem Records.

Two songs "Discipline" and "Monologue" still remain unreleased after Q2K sessions.[5][6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Queensrÿche. 

No. Title Length
1. "Falling Down"   4:28
2. "Sacred Ground"   4:12
3. "One Life"   4:48
4. "When the Rain Comes..."   5:05
5. "How Could I?"   3:44
6. "Beside You"   5:14
7. "Liquid Sky"   4:53
8. "Breakdown"   4:11
9. "Burning Man"   3:42
10. "Wot Kinda Man"   3:15
11. "The Right Side of My Mind"   5:51

Personnel

Band members
Production

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1999 German Albums Chart[7] 21
Billboard 200 (U.S.)[8] 46
Swedish Albums Chart[9] 60
Oricon Japanese Albums Charts[10] 65
Dutch Albums Chart[11] 67

Singles
Year Title Chart Position
1999 "Breakdown" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[12] 27

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Q2K - Queensrÿche". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  2. ↑ "Queensrÿche - Q2K". Q (161): 92. February 2000.
  3. ↑ Angotti, Chris. "Queensrÿche, Q2K". PopMatters. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  4. ↑ Pierce, Ken (27 September 2006). "Review: 'Queensryche: Q2K (remaster)". Sea of Tranquility. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  5. ↑ http://www.anybodylistening.net/breakdownroom/index.php?topic=3594.msg72771#msg72771
  6. ↑ http://www.anybodylistening.net/breakdownroom/index.php?topic=3685.0
  7. ↑ "Album – Queensrÿche, Q2K". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  8. ↑ "Q2K Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  9. ↑ "Queensrÿche – Q2K (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  10. ↑ クイーンズライク - クイーンズライクのアルバム売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
  11. ↑ "Queensrÿche – Q2K (Album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  12. ↑ "Q2K Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-02-25.