Hear in the Now Frontier

Queensrÿche | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 1997)
• Original Release Date: March 25, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Records
• ASIN: B000002UL9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (71 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,264 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

With the popularity of complex, progressive rock on the wane, Queensryche stripped down their sound considerably, going for simpler arrangements and focusing less on orchestration and more on just playing rock and roll. The result is that while Hear in the Now Frontier is a strong effort, it's not as distinctive as their earlier albums. It does, however, have the Queensryche sound-sweeping guitar work, Geoff Tate's powerful voice, and an introspective awareness that manages to avoid pretension. The single "Sign of the Times" is a bit of social commentary similar to "Empire" or "Disconnected" from their earlier albums, but the album includes several hopeful songs as well, including "Some People Fly" and "The Voice Inside". The lack of complexity at first makes it seem as though Hear in the Now Frontier lacks substance, but this isn't the case; it's just not as dense as it used to be. --Genevieve Williams

Product Description

Japanese edition of their 1997 album with 'Chasing Blue Sky'added as a bonus track. 15 tracks total, also featuring thesingle 'Sign Of The Times'. EMI release. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very different. Here is an OBJECTIVE view., March 25, 2003

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Dice (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hear in the Now Frontier (Audio CD)

OK, so many people say "This sucks" or some long time QR fans still say "It rocks". I won't do either, I'll offer an objective edge so that people find this useful.
It is absolutely different from 'Mindcrime' and 'Promised Land', those two were masterpieces. Having said that, you also have to admit that albums like 'Empire' and 'Rage For Order' were also brilliant. Which brings me to the point that it is VERY difficult for any band to top so many amazing albums. So for QUEENSRYCHE, this is probably the weakest release, but in NO way is it bad. It is just very different. For TONS of bands, this album would be considered a double-platinum masterpiece, I gaurantee it. But as for Ryche, it sounds nothing like anything they've written. The album has very strong points with 'You', 'Some People Fly', 'Reach', 'Hit The Black', and 'sp00L'. A couple of tracks could have been left out, but overall it is a strong record. If you expect Mindcrime, do not buy this album. But is you want to hear some cool (and very creative at times) rock, pick this up.

Dice

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Queesryche Ever, August 20, 2000

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Aaron G. Rhoads "aerosmith5" (Paris, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hear in the Now Frontier (Audio CD)

Yes, I think that this is Queensryche's masterpiece, their best album ever. A departure from the last few albums, shorter song length and a little more rock, it shows a new face of the band. The first single "Sign of the Times' is over a minute shorter than any song from Empire, the album that will always be compared to everything the band releases. Queensryche has always had the ability to play with the listener's emotions through their powerful lyrics and intense style of music. This is very evident here, in every song. I would highly recommend this album to anyone with even a passing interest in the band. It's an album that should appear in any music lover's collection. People that were put off by first listen, give it another shot, this is on album that grows on you.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Apparently too good for the die-hards, April 22, 2006

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JL (nyc) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hear in the Now Frontier (Audio CD)

This is the most underrated album i've ever heard. it is the odd duck of the Queensryche canon and i also believe the one that will prove the most endurable.
as i age, i find what are considered the classics - Mindcrime, Empire... - to become dated and very 80s, and although they are classics for a reason, my aging ears increasingly hear them tied to a certain time and feeling of highgloss late 80s, pre-grunge metal, something they did exceedingly well.

but this one was the change. for all the griping about trying to jump an alt-trend bandwagon, i find that what they did with this album, whatever curveball they were trying to pitch, succeeded gloriously, in some places sublimely, and i can envision myself listening to and enjoying this when and if i am in my 60s. that sounds like a denigration for a metal band, but they are more than a metal band, they are just an intelligent rockband and when i say this is their alt-country-pop album, that is said with complete seriousness and exponentially increasing praise.

if you don't like this album, keep coming back to it as time passes, because it is a mature and uplifting departure that ages like wine. the other albums seem to age more like cheese if you know what i mean.