The Empire of feelings - again a five star album

With - Operation Mindcrime - put Queensryche 1988 bar incredibly high, not to say unreachably high. It had the following album - Empire - of course not necessarily easy. Not only the expectations of the music industry were very high, but also all the fans were eager to see whether the band once again a comparable good album like - would bring out - Operation Mindcrime.

This is the so-called benchmarks always such a thing, because on one hand it's great when a band manages such a coup, on the other hand, a band but very quickly break it, because from then on, with every new release, almost every music critic just this one album as a comparison criterion taken as a basis, I do not personally feel fine because I think that each plant is unique, and should be evaluated as well.

Anyway, Queensryche released their 1991 - Empire - but without making the mistake - Operation Mindcrime - to copy in any form or even top it. The album opens with the legendary - Best I Can - and the true message that you are on the one hand trying very hard to do our best, but often the other hand, not at all sufficient to meet the demands of our superlative society.

But back to Queensryche - Empire - social undesirable developments in the center. So they make in the title track attention directly on that form an increasing number of criminal gangs in large cities, and each her own - Emipre (area) - builds up and this also defends to the death, what we so in the former movie - Boys In The Hood - were very clearly and impressively made aware. Whether this development is good, but there is ultimately no silent clarity - Silent Lucidity - and whether this subject anyone really listens to our largely disinterested society in this context is also uncertain - Anybody Listening?

One thing is for me only one, namely that - Empire - a worthy successor - Operation Mindcrime - is, and that this album has its five-star more than earned his 11 great songs.

The remastered version seems even with three good bonus tracks, so you can complement nicely his collection as a fan.