EMPIRE

This is my favourite Queensryche album. Why? It simply is joy from the first song to last. The doom laden Mindcrime while brilliant just gets on my nerves with its oppressive feel. Hear the band srretch out and play some of their finest work. This is surely a friendly beast at times but the production is astounding. That bass sound and Tates vocals are superb. I have some conceits when giving this a five star rating. You just had to be there I guess. An outstanding release. I have not listened to anything they have released since with much seriousness. A brilliant exanple of when metal meets AOR and comes out sounding like Boston needed some introspection. Great stuff.