Queensr˙che returned from a four-year absence with Promised Land only to find the hard rock landscape very different than the one they left in 1990. But Queensr˙che did something smart. Instead of trying to adjust themselves to fit into the world that their Seattle brethren had created, they simply stayed the same. Not only was the record a commercial success -- it went gold in four months -- but it was also an engaging album. Promised Land lacks the conceptual unity and consistent songwriting of Operation: Mindcrime, but it makes it clear that the band hasn't run out of ideas yet.
Looking back, to my proggier more introspective phases of music fandom, I end up at the place that I really started.. "Queensrÿche":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensrÿche... the so called thinking man's Heavy Metal. Listening back now, I hear how over produced the music was, and also how long it took to get to the point of their songs. Not that it's all that bad, but hey, I haven't got the .
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 9:28 a.m. |
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| 2 I Am I |
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| 3 Damaged |
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| 4 Out of Mind |
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| 5 Bridge |
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| 6 Promised Land |
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| 7 Disconnected |
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| 8 Lady Jane |
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| 9 My Global Mind |
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| 10 One More Time |
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| 11 Someone Else? |
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