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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Like We Really Needed Another Reason to Love Queensrÿche



Geoff Tate and the boys offer up their version of Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash", just in time for Valentine's...I mean Halloween.

The Seattle band is finishing up their Queensrÿche Cabaret tour and will roll out with a Hits tour next season. On November 9th, the band will release a 20th anniversary Deluxe Edition of their classic album Empire. The 1990 release, which features "Silent Lucidty" and "Jet City Woman" is one of the band's finest efforts.

Basically, this is a re-issue of the 2003 remaster of the album, with the b-sides "Scarborough Fair," "Last Time in Paris" and "Dirty Lil Secret." But the real bonus is the second disc, a live recording from the band's 1990 "Building Empires" tour, recorded in London.

Here's the track list:

Resistance
Walk in the Shadows
Best I Can
Empire
The Thin Line
Jet City Woman
Roads to Madness
Silent Lucidity
Hand on Heart
Take Hold of the Flame

In addition to having a rare live recording of Empire track "Hand on Heart", this was recorded before "Silent Lucidity" became the biggest hit of their career and as a result, got bumped to the encore position.

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