Queensrÿche "Empire"

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.

Trivia:
-Ironically, both the font and style used for the text on the front cover closely resemble those of Queensrÿche's then-label: EMI.
-"Jet City Woman" is about Geoff Tate's wife at the time, who was an airline stewardess.

Music videos:
-Best I Can
-Empire
-Silent Lucidity
-Another Rainy Night (Without You)

Recording information:

Recorded at Vancouver Studios, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Spring 1990, except track 6 recorded at Triad Studios, Redmond, WA.
Mixed at Royal Recorders Studios, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Mastered at Masterdisk.