The guitar solo is reminiscent of eighties hair band music: nice'n'cool. Thin Line" with the same energetic style but it has more accentuation compared to first Geoff Tate accompanied with nice music, the album brings us to the next track "The However, I consider this album as a very good sweet and melodic rockįrom its energetic opening track "Best I Can" (5:34) with a powerful singing style of So I was not expecting something fabulous coming out from So, my expectation was not really high with this album which was released Usually write the next album during the tour and coming back to studio once the tour isĬompleted. Was subsequently very tight with touring schedule to support the album and they It's because basically Iīelieve that once a certain group created such a masterpiece concept album the band But, when I bought "Empire" I did notĮxpect that this would repeat the success of its predecessor. Which I really like musically as well as lyrically. Yes, I knew the band from their groundbreaking concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" It's commercial success helped the band, and turned many on to theirĮarlier outings, gaining fans along the way. It's not a perfect album, but still a fairly good effort from a band that went unnoticed by Support of an album then, usually released second. But ofĬourse, it was common practice to go with a ballad (or the lightest song) as a single in Overplayed single, I decied to play only the first side of the album for a while. Myself, IĬouldn't stand "Silent Lucidty" from the start, and when it became a single, then an Woman" and "another Rainy Night" round out the best portions of the album. Take note: loud, fast and brutal doesn't neccesarily mean "heavy". "Empire" is certainly a highlight from the album, and got a few nods for "heaviest song". Still, Empire is a great album, though not Which kind of burned a couple of the songs out.
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The band recieved some heavy rotation on MTV and the radio, Queenrÿche, back in the day when rock and metal were at the top of the musical mountainīefore grunge stormed to the top angrily, only to be toppled by rap and hip-hop, and theĬertainly, Empire was a commercially friendly album, but that isn't neccessarily a bad thing Empire is the album that introduced many to Of a spot in most anyone's music collection. While many may not see Queensrÿche as prog rock or metal, they are still a band worthy The album was clearly planned with CD in mind, so the sides are relatively short This does however permit a superior pressing quality throughout. The version I have is a nicely packaged double vinyl collection. This sanitising of the music tends to remove any distinguishing features, leaving a well performed album generally lacking its own identity. The prog metal of other Queensryche albums has been set aside in favour of an emphasis on MTV friendly music. Taken at face value, "Empire" is a highly enjoyable is unchallenging collection of melodic rock songs, with occasional hints of something more. There are some progressive hints in the track, but only hints. The album closes with the longer "Anybody listening?", which appears to be a soft ballad until the powerful melodic rock choruses come in. There are definite similarities on this track with the Roger Waters dominated Pink Floyd output. The best track is "Silent lucidity", a softer piece with an acoustic intro and orchestration.
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The title track is a bit darker and heavier, with hints of psych, and a hypnotically repetitive closing section. "The thin line", and the bluesy "Delia Brown" both have notable guitar parts, and the opening section of "Resistance" is striking and melodic. The guitar work is excellent as usual, if rather under-exposed. The Kiss similarities tend to carry through the set, with tracks such as "Another rainy night" ("Crazy crazy nights" ?!), "Resistance", and "One and only" all sounding entirely familiar. The opening track, "Best I can" sets the hairspray heaven scene, sounding for all the world like something from a Kiss or Def Leppard album. Chris DeGarmo took on the lead role for this album, as he did for the band's other controversial album, "Hear in the now frontier".įor DeGarmo, the lure of the MTV dollar proved irresistible, and "Empire" can be largely summarised as little more than a polished melodic rock album. Released in 1990, "Empire" was the follow up to the widely acclaimed "Operation : Mindcrime" album, and as such much was expected of it. There's no denying it contains some of their most successful work in commercial terms, but it also has some of the least challenging music the band have recorded. "Empire" is something of a controversial album for those who appreciate the music of Queensryche.