3x CD, DVD-Video (30th Anniversary Box Set)

Empire

Album by Queensrÿche

Released 20 August 1990

rock heavy metal progressive metal

Tracklist

CD 1: Original Album Remastered
1
Best I Can
5:33
3.0 ★
2
The Thin Line
5:41
3.0 ★
3
Jet City Woman
5:20
2.8 ★
4
Della Brown
7:02
3.0 ★
5
Another Rainy Night (Without You)
4:41
3.4 ★
6
Empire
5:08
2.6 ★
7
Resistance
4:49
3.5 ★
8
Silent Lucidity
5:46
4.3 ★
9
Hand on Heart
5:32
3.4 ★
10
One and Only
5:52
3.4 ★
11
Anybody Listening?
7:39
3.0 ★
CD 2: Concealed Empire - Bonus Tracks
1
Last Time in Paris
3:57
2.5 ★
2
Scarborough Fair
3:49
3.0 ★
3
Dirty Lil Secret
4:08
3.5 ★
4
Silent Lucidity (Single Edit)
4:56
5
Empire (Single Edit)
4:45
6
I Dream in Infrared (Acoustic Remix)
4:00
3.0 ★
7
Prophecy (Live)
4:02
2.0 ★
8
Best I Can (Radio Edit)
4:55
9
Anybody Listening? (Radio Edit)
4:46
CD 3: Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London - 1990
1
Resistance (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1990)
4:33
2
Walk in the Shadows (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1990)
3:56
3
Best I Can (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1990)
5:16
4
Empire (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1990)
5:11
5
The Thin Line (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1990)
5:43
6
Jet City Woman (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1990)
5:30
7
Roads to Madness (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1990)- Queensrÿche
9:32
8
Silent Lucidity (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1990)
5:43
9
Hand on Heart (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1990)
5:17
10
Take Hold of the Flame (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1990)
5:10
DVD-Video 4: DVD: Building Empires
1
Building Empires Opening (Concert Film)
1:31
2
Nightrider (Music Video)
3:33
3
Prophecy (Live in Tokyo - 1983 - Concert Film)
5:38
4
Gonna Get Close to You (Concert Film)
4:57
5
Eyes of a Stranger (Alternate Version - Music Video)
5:22
6
Empire (Concert Film)
5:37
7
Best I Can (Music Video)
4:50
8
Silent Lucidity (Music Video)
5:57
9
Jet City Woman (Music Video)
5:24
10
Another Rainy Night (Without You) (Concert Film)
4:45
11
Another Rainy Night (Without You) (Alternate Version - Music Video)
4:27
12
Anybody Listening? (Concert Film)
5:44
13
Resistance (Concert Film)
4:52
14
Walk in the Shadows (Live Music Video)
3:39
15
The Thin Line (Live Music Video)
5:44
16
Take Hold of the Flame (Live Music Video)
5:04
17
The Lady Wore Black (Live Music Video)
6:24
18
Silent Lucidity (Live Music Video)
5:55
19
Building Empires End Credits (Concert Film)
1:40

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Release credits

Chris DeGarmo
guitar, 12 string guitar [2.4-5, 2.8-9, 1.1-11], acoustic guitar [1.1-11, 2.4-5, 2.8-9], background vocals [2.3, 2.8, 1.1], electric guitar [2.3-5, 2.8-9, 3.1-10, 1.1-11], keyboard [1.1, 2.8]
Dan Harjung
assistant [1.1-11, 2.4-5, 2.8-9]
Eddie Jackson
bass, background vocals [2.3-5, 2.8-9, 1.1-11, 3.1-10], bass guitar [7], electric bass guitar [1.1-11, 3.1-10, 2.4-5, 2.8-9], fretless bass [1.1-11, 2.4-5, 2.8-9]
Geoff Tate
background vocals [3], keyboard [2.4-5, 2.8-9, 1.1-11], lead vocals [2.3-5, 2.8-9, 3.1-10, 1.1-11], whistling [1.1-11, 2.4-5, 2.8-9]
James “Jimbo” Barton
engineer [3], mix [1.1-11, 2.2-5, 2.8-9], producer [1.6, 2.3, 2.5], recording [2.4, 2.8-9, 1.1-5, 1.7-11]
Marc Ramaer
assistant [1.1-5, 1.7-11, 2.4, 2.8-9]
Michael Kamen
orchestrator [1.8, 2.4]
Michael Wilton
12 string guitar [2.4-5, 2.8-9, 1.1-11], acoustic guitar [2.4-5, 2.8-9, 1.1-11], background vocals [1-10], electric guitar [2.3-5, 2.8-9, 3.1-10, 1.1-11], guitar [7]
Neil Kernon
producer [2], recording [2]
Parker Lundgren
guitar [7]
Paul Northfield
engineer [2.5, 1.6], recording [1.6, 2.5]
Peter Collins
producer [1.1-11, 2.4-5, 2.8-9]
Queensrÿche
engineer [3], mix [3], producer [2-3]
Scott Rockenfield
drums (drum set) [1.1-11, 2.3-5, 2.7-9, 3.1-10], percussion [1.1-11, 2.4-5, 2.8-9]
Todd La Torre
lead vocals [7]
Tom Hail
recording [2]
Tom Hall
assistant [1.6, 2.5], engineer [3]

Issues

E
(Combined release view)
E
Empire
CD
20 August 1990
E
Empire
CD
3 September 1990
E
Empire
CD
4 September 1990
E
Empire
CD
1990
E
Empire
CD
19 October 1994
E
Empire
CD
4 April 2000
E
Empire
DVD-Audio
30 July 2002
E
Empire
CD (remaster)
2003
E
Empire
CD
2003
E
Empire
CD (BMG Direct)
2003
E
Empire
2x CD
15 November 2010
E
Empire
2x CD (20th Anniversary Edition)
2010
E
Empire
2x 12" Vinyl (Remastered on 180g vinyl)
24 August 2018
E
Empire
3x CD, DVD-Video (30th Anniversary Box Set)
25 June 2021
E
Empire
2x CD
25 June 2021
E
Empire
2x Digital Media (20th Anniversary Edition)
E
Empire
CD