Empire | ||||
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Studio album by Queensrÿche | ||||
Released | August 20, 1990 | |||
Recorded |
Vancouver Studios, Vancouver, Canada, Spring 1990 Triad Studios, Redmond, Washington (tracks 6, 12-14) |
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Genre | Heavy metal, progressive metal | |||
Length | 63:23 | |||
Label | EMI USA | |||
Producer | Peter Collins | |||
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Singles from Empire | ||||
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10 |
Entertainment Weekly | D |
PopMatters |
(20th Anniversary Edition) |
Record Collector |
(20th Anniversary Edition) |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide |
Empire is the fourth full-length album by the American heavy metal band Queensrÿche, released on August 20, 1990. The album stands as Queensrÿche's most commercially successful release, reaching triple-platinum status and the primary single, the power ballad "Silent Lucidity", reached No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Silent Lucidity" was also nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1992 in the categories Best Rock Song and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.