Queensryche

Queensrÿche | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002UTF
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #138,415 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Queen of the Reich

2. Nightrider

3. Blinded

4. The Lady Wore Black

5. Prophecy [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Queensryche's first EP was the best..., November 9, 1999

By 

Randy L King (Lansing, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Queensryche (Audio CD)

debut album by any metal band in my opinion. Forget Nirvana; these guys were the original super band from the State of Washington!

I originally heard the song "Queen of the Reich" on a metal station in the San Francisco area in the early '80s. I was so completely blown away by the pure intensity of Geoff Tate's vocals and the blazing fury of Chris DeGarmo and Michael Wilton's dual guitar work, I went out and bought the EP immediately. I'm currently wearing out my 2nd copy of the CD as fast as I wore out my 2 copies of the EP.

If you like storytelling in your music (groups like Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, ELP, BOC and Yes), then Queensryche is another band you will want to collect (albeit the music is a bit heavier). Also, unlike vocalists for some other metal bands, you can actually hear what Geoff Tate is singing at top volume. In this EP, you will get a sense of the band's potential of what you would later hear in LPs like "Empire" and "Operation: Mindcrime".

Granted that this was not a commercially successful EP. With songs like "The Lady Wore Black" (the quinessential song of true love no matter the cost) and "Queen of the Reich", however, this EP has to be an integral and serious item in any (past, present and future) metalhead's collection.

In other words, order this EP -=RIGHT NOW=-! :)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most EPs aren't too intriguing, but this is an exception!, June 29, 2006

By 

Mike Roach (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Queensryche (Audio CD)

This is amazing. A triumphant start for this talented and awesome band! As true to heavy metal as you can get. Of course the main highlights are "Queen Of The Reich" and "The Lady Wore Black". Pick this one up!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars VERY good to be a first release., July 31, 2001

By 

I. MUNOZ (Montreal, PQ, Canada) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Queensryche (Audio CD)

This is unarguably heavy metal at its best, but still too much influenced by Iron Maiden and a musicianship less clever than what this band deployed after. The first four songs included in the original EP are very similar, and that goes against its quality, although it must be said that these songs are pretty good. Geoff Tate screams too much and the production is too rough for a vocalist that peaks constantly to the highest tones. The guitar duos are a little bit primary, and Scott Rockenfield didn't fully show his class here. However, Queensryche anyway demonstrated at this time PERSONALITY, POWER and ELEGANCE, which helps to save the still primitive songwriting. So, I give the EP four stars for the fact that this was their first release and it is VERY GOOD for a beginner band. "The Queen Of The Reich" is an anthological song, as well as "The Lady Wore Black". I think that the first four songs worth the price of the EP. On the contrary, the re-released bonus track "Prophecy" is a Maiden-like tune, with little or no transcendence, and a Geoff Tate barely reaching the pitching by times. This in one of his worst songs -well, how much would you pay for hearing Mr. Tate in bad shape? ;-) I recommend this EP to metal fans, but don't expect to listen the Part I of "The Warning". The EP was what it was, and that's all. Enjoy it!