Tribe

Queensrÿche | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 22, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sanctuary Records
• ASIN: B00009YXGT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (155 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,596 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great album...it surprised me., July 22, 2003

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This review is from: Tribe (Audio CD)

Queensryche - my favorite rock band of all time. Personally, their last great CD was 1994s dark & moody "Promised Land". Since then they have released fairly mediocre albums both sonically & commercially.
With "Tribe" they return to their roots of hard-edged riffs, awesome melodies, & great lyrics. All the songs are very well crafted, reminiscent of "Empire".
Chris DeGarmo joined the rest of the band during the production of this CD & you can feel the difference. Don't believe me?? Listen to the "The Art of Life".
Enjoy & turn it up!!! Make sure your receiver goes to 11 :)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Losing Myself in Tribe, October 31, 2004

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Jim (OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tribe (Audio CD)

Tribe starts off with the powerful "Open". The song starts with a basic guitar chord pattern over flowing vocals. Nothing revolutionary, but it still works. The lyrical theme of the song is not being narrow minded, "open your eyes, and your mind." Nothing too cerebral, but yet, it rocks in its simplicity. The album continues forward with "Losing Myself". Losing Myself has an interesting drum intro, that segues into some soft vocals. The guitar builds in a growing crescendo, along with the vocals, "Push it further baby, careful with this burnout now!" This song is a perfect listen while driving, and perhaps this has to do with Geoff Tate's motorcycle trip across America (Neil Peart anyone?) that fueled his lyrics for this album. Next up is, "Desert Dance" which has a great guitar lead in the intro. Not the complex Queensrÿche of yore, but it still rocks. The first three songs on Tribe set a great, fast paced, rocking intro for the album, but "Falling Behind" slows things down for a while. Falling Behind is another stellar track, "We're running so fast to keep from falling behind." I like the simple guitar lead during the chorus, it fits well with the more laid back approach to songwriting found on Tribe. "Great Divide" is one of personal favorites from Tribe and is proof that the Wilton/Tate writing team is nothing to take lightly. "Take the flag we wave, the freedoms that we sing. Without respect for one another, it doesn't mean a thing." Tate still is singing with emotion after all these years. "Rhythm of Hope" starts off slow like Falling Behind, and while not one of my favorites, it's still a good song. The title track starts thing off with some crunchy heavy guitars that quickly get your attention. Tate delivers the lyrics in a near whisper until the chorus, "We're the same tribe." This album seems to be about the human condition, as observed by Geoff on his trip. "Blood" starts off quietly, with a decent guitar lead in the vein of Desert Dance. "It's all gone wrong and there's blood on our hands." Scott Rockenfield delivers some great drumming during the chorus. With "The Art of Life" we're beginning to near the end of the album, but the quality is still high. The Art of Life starts off heavy, like the title track. There's some simple, but interesting guitar work during the verses. The Art of Life is a DeGarmo/Tate track, and is quite good. Lastly we have "Doin' Fine" which doesn't sound like anything else on the album, and makes for a decent closer. "And I know that we'll all be fine." Indeed.

The key to enjoying Tribe is to take it for what it is, and not compare it to the Ryche's past works. Just listen to the album, and enjoy it for what's there, because it contains some very good songs. Sure, there's a distinct lack of guitar solos, but these songs don't need them; they are still tight compositions and more then worthy of their place on a Queensrÿche album. The band is still in fine form as well. Sure, Geoff isn't always wailing like a banshee, but that's just not necessary here. Tribe is an enjoyable, and unique album from Queensrÿche.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Losing yourselves in yourselves, July 23, 2003

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Alexandre Gasca (Kansas City, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tribe (Audio CD)

Fist off, this CD includes some of the best songs Queensryche has ever written, namely 'Open', 'Desert Dance', 'Rhythm of Hope' and 'Tribe'. Unfortunately, also includes 3 extremly poor songs, the last 3. 'Falling behind' and 'Great divide' are just fair, tasteless, odorless. About half album could easily have been pulled out from Mr. Tate's solo career, since the atmospheric mood, mellow rhythm and melody feel totally ballad-esque. It is my impression that since De Garmo left (he had lost direction and focus already before 'Hear ITN Frontier'), Tate took hold of the wheel, and the mellow results are, to me, disappointing. It is sad to hear Rockenfield almost falling asleep throughout the entire record, unable to (or ordered not to) deliver any substantial performance. Great Jackson does nothing I couldn't do myself. Half the songs are laid back, lacking 'tempo', screaming for a speed-up. Still, Tate is such an incredible singer so powerful, so precise, but feels like songs were composed in order for him to show the different ranges he can work at. I saw them live yesterday, and the live show they fixed for 'Tribe Tour' is real good, and he's matured as a frontman to really excel. Worth the concert, but not the record. Still, 4-5 songs are real great. Is it so hard to pull out an ambitious record a la 'Rage', 'Mindcrime' or 'Empire'?. All this introspective laid-back stuff just won't cut it for me. Such a pity to waste all this talent in pseudo-transcendental-minimalist songs. We need 12 songs like 'Open'.