The band surely deserved the larger critical acclaim which would arrive seven years after their debut EP but the strong commercial angle of the recording would lose some of their heavier music fans. The latter track was often referred to as Queensryche does Pink Floyd, for it held such a strong common feel to the psychedelic Rock giants own Comfortably Numb. ![]() Songs like Empire, Best I Can, Jet City Woman and the crossover hit Silent Lucidity were staples and could be heard every day and more than once to boot. The 1990 release would find an incredibly heavy rotation on the MTV network with their videos and the then strong rock radio empire as well. ![]() ![]() Geoff Tate was largely the creative force behind Operation: Mindcrime and now the task would fall to guitarist Chris DeGarmo who would have a writing credit in every song except for the title track.Įmpire would also be the bands biggest commercial success due to the fact that many tracks were considered radio friendly to what was on the airwaves at the time. After you catch up, we will examine this edition a little more.Īfter extensive touring in support of Operation: Mindcrime the band was able to call more of the shots when it came to delivery of the next album.
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