Sign of the Times- The Best Of Queensryche

Queensrÿche | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 28, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000T2PRIY
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,059 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Queen Of The Reich

2. Warning

3. Walk In The Shadows

4. Take Hold Of The Flame

5. The Lady Wore Black

6. I Don't Believe In Love

7. Eyes Of A Stranger

8. Silent Lucidity

9. Bridge

10. Jet Set Woman

11. Another Rainy Night (Without You)

12. Sign Of The Times

13. I Am I

14. Real World

15. Some People Fly

16. Until There Was You

17. All The Promises

Editorial Reviews

This is the Definitive Queensryche Collection featuring 17 Hits and Classic tracks including 7 Mainstream Rock Top 10 Chart Hits.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An unusually unbalanced compilation., August 28, 2007

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Michael Stack (North Chelmsford, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sign of the Times- The Best Of Queensryche (Audio CD)

I have to be honest, it seems like every time I turn around, another Queensryche compilation comes out-- I realize the band's heyday has come and gone, but this odd attempt at the record labels to raid the back catalog for all its worth never made much sense to me, and barring the limited 2CD edition, there's no reason to have purchased this collection in lieu of one of the previous "best of" collections. The latter case, however, stinks of the sort of marketing that may well be exactly why the music business is evolving-- the model of sticking half a dozen unreleased tracks on 2 CDs to force completionists to blow $20+ is at best disgusting. Nonetheless, this is the single CD "Sign of the Times: The Best of Queensryche", and there's an awful lot of unusual selections here for a "best of"-- this could be my personal taste getting in the way (likely), but nonetheless, my commentary:

Queensryche has released nine albums and an EP in the 25 years or so they've been recording-- this collection is a sampling from that. With only 17 tracks to work with, that's a lot of ground to cover, and the decision to include 2 tracks each from their debut EP and LP "The Warning" (including the terminally goofy "Queen of the Reich" and British metal imitation "Warning" to open the collection) rather limits the chance to explore the band's peak period. Further, only two tracks from the band's last three albums are included, and while this may be a justified decision-- that material wasn't exactly fantastic in many cases, 2003's "Tribe", in my assessment the lone bright spot of those three albums after founding guitarist Chris DeGarmo departed, is completely left out.

I could certainly make other arguments about the selection as well-- neither of the tracks from those last three albums are terribly good, the exclusion of "Anybody Listening?" from "Empire" and the selection of "Some People Fly" from "Hear in the Now Frontier" (a decent piece to be sure, but...) in the face of so many great songs ("You", which received significant airplay where I lived at the time and the stunning "Hero" for example) on that record seems unusual.

The real bottom line is I don't feel that this accurately represents the band's catalog all that well, except maybe as a reflection of the nostalgia-induced lifelessness that has effected so many of their lesser-talented contemporaries (and is alluded to in the liner notes of this release) and that perhaps much of their fan base would like to see. After all, this is a band who whenever they perform newer songs in concerts I've been to, half the crowd ignores them. I suppose if you're looking for an introduction to Queensryche, this would be reasonable, but I'd recommend pursuing either "Operation: Mindcrime" (if you come from a metal background) or "Promised Land" (from a more progressive background) and "Empire" first.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Queensryche kicks!!, July 25, 2011

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This review is from: The Best Of Queensryche (MP3 Download)

Saw Queensryche on the "Empire" tour, and they played all of Mindcrime!! They rock, and this album takes me back to that time!! You like the Ryche, buy this album!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Sign of the times- The Best of Queensryche, on two cd's., April 6, 2010

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Dr. Feelgood "Dr. Feelgood" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sign of the Times- The Best Of Queensryche (Audio CD)

It was good to hear the earlier material, which hasn't been heard in a while, especially, with the enhanced sound quality. Some of the later material, kind of slowed things down a bit, though.