Greatest Hits (Queensrÿche album)
Encyclopedia
Greatest Hits is a 2000 compilation album
from American
progressive metal
band Queensrÿche
. It includes material from all of the band's studio releases up to 1997 (1999's Q2K
is excluded), as well as the 1997 B-side
"Chasing Blue Sky" and an alternate version of "Someone Else?" featuring the full band.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
from American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band Queensrÿche
Queensrÿche
thumb|250px|right|Queensrÿche's classic line-up performing at the [[Sauna Open Air Metal Festival]] 2011 in [[Tampere]], [[Finland]]. Left to right: bass Eddie Jackson, lead vocals Geoff Tate, drums Scott Rockenfield and guitars Michael Wilton....
. It includes material from all of the band's studio releases up to 1997 (1999's Q2K
Q2K
Q2K is the seventh studio album by progressive metal band Queensrÿche, released on 14 September 1999. It was the only Queensrÿche studio album to feature guitarist Kelly Gray, who, in the early 1980s, was in a band called Myth with vocalist Geoff Tate...
is excluded), as well as the 1997 B-side
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
"Chasing Blue Sky" and an alternate version of "Someone Else?" featuring the full band.
Track listing
- "Queen of the ReichQueen of the Reich"Queen of the Reich" is a heavy metal song first recorded in 1981 for a demo tape by "The Mob", later known as Queensrÿche. "Queen of the Reich" was first recorded on Queensrÿche along with "The Lady Wore Black", "Nightrider", and "Blinded"...
" (Chris DeGarmoChris DeGarmoChris DeGarmo is an American heavy metal and hard rock guitarist. He co-founded Queensrÿche in 1981 and played with the group during their most commercially successful period. Since departing from the band, DeGarmo has continued his involvement in the music business in a much smaller capacity...
) (from QueensrÿcheQueensrÿche (album)Queensrÿche is an EP by the American progressive metal band Queensrÿche, released in 1982 and again one year later. It was originally released independently by 206 Records . Based on the success of the EP, the band was signed to a recording contract by EMI...
) – 4:22 - "The Lady Wore Black" (DeGarmo, Geoff TateGeoff TateGeoff Tate is an American singer and musician, who rose to fame in the 1980s with the progressive metal band, Queensrÿche...
) (from QueensrÿcheQueensrÿche (album)Queensrÿche is an EP by the American progressive metal band Queensrÿche, released in 1982 and again one year later. It was originally released independently by 206 Records . Based on the success of the EP, the band was signed to a recording contract by EMI...
) – 6:14 - "Warning!" (Tate, Michael WiltonMichael WiltonMichael Wilton is an American guitarist for the progressive metal band Queensrÿche. Wilton attended Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle where he met future Queensrÿche drummer Scott Rockenfield and began recording in 1981...
) (from The WarningThe Warning (Queensrÿche album)The Warning is the first full-length album by Queensrÿche, released on 7 September 1984 .The original tracklisting for the album was changed by mix engineer Val Garay under orders from EMI America against the wishes of the band...
) – 4:45 - "Take Hold of the Flame" (DeGarmo, Tate) (from The WarningThe Warning (Queensrÿche album)The Warning is the first full-length album by Queensrÿche, released on 7 September 1984 .The original tracklisting for the album was changed by mix engineer Val Garay under orders from EMI America against the wishes of the band...
) – 4:55 - "Walk in the Shadows" (DeGarmo, Tate, Wilton) (from Rage for OrderRage for OrderRage for Order is the second studio album by heavy metal band Queensrÿche, released in 1986 on EMI America Records.-Track listing:- 2003 CD reissue bonus tracks :# "Gonna Get Close to You " - 5:46...
) – 3:34 - "I Dream In Infrared" (Tate, Wilton) (from Rage for OrderRage for OrderRage for Order is the second studio album by heavy metal band Queensrÿche, released in 1986 on EMI America Records.-Track listing:- 2003 CD reissue bonus tracks :# "Gonna Get Close to You " - 5:46...
) – 4:18 - "I Don't Believe In LoveI Don't Believe in Love"I Don't Believe in Love" is a song by progressive metal band Queensrÿche appearing on their 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime. It has also been featured in all four of their compilations, Evolution Calling, Greatest Hits, Classic Masters, and Sign of the Times: The Best of Queensrÿche, making it one...
" (DeGarmo, Tate) (from Operation: MindcrimeOperation: MindcrimeOperation: Mindcrime is a concept album by American progressive metal band Queensrÿche. Released on May 3, 1988, it is the band's third full-length album. A rock opera, its story follows a man who becomes disillusioned with the society of the time and reluctantly becomes involved with a...
) – 4:24 - "Eyes of a Stranger" (DeGarmo, Tate) (from Operation: MindcrimeOperation: MindcrimeOperation: Mindcrime is a concept album by American progressive metal band Queensrÿche. Released on May 3, 1988, it is the band's third full-length album. A rock opera, its story follows a man who becomes disillusioned with the society of the time and reluctantly becomes involved with a...
) – 6:39 - "Jet City WomanJet City Woman"Jet City Woman" is a song by progressive metal band Queensrÿche appearing on their 1990 album Empire.The song talks about coming home to family after a long road trip. "Jet City" is a nickname for Seattle, the band's hometown. It was written about Geoff Tate's first wife, who was a flight attendant...
" (DeGarmo, Tate) (from Empire) – 5:21 - "EmpireEmpire (Queensrÿche song)"Empire" is a song by the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, appearing on their 1990 album Empire.The lyrical content of the song warns of a foreboding and unstoppable "Empire" of drug trafficking within the United States and its related crimes, that will inevitably lead to the breakdown of...
" (Tate, Wilton) (from Empire) – 5:24 - "Silent LuciditySilent Lucidity"Silent Lucidity" is a single by the American progressive metal band Queensrÿche from the 1990 album Empire. The song peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. The song was composed by lead guitarist Chris DeGarmo...
" (DeGarmo) (from Empire) – 5:45 - "I Am II Am I"I Am I" is a song by progressive metal band Queensrÿche appearing on their 1994 album Promised Land.-Chart performance:...
" (DeGarmo, Tate) (from Promised Land) – 3:59 - "BridgeBridge (song)"Bridge" is a song by progressive metal band Queensrÿche appearing on their 1994 album Promised Land.-Chart performance:...
" (DeGarmo) (from Promised Land) – 3:31 - "Sign of the Times" (DeGarmo) (from Hear In the Now FrontierHear in the Now FrontierHear in the Now Frontier is the sixth studio album by progressive metal band Queensrÿche, released in 1997. It was partly recorded at Studio Litho in Seattle, the home studio of Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, and was engineered and mixed by Toby Wright, who had recently worked with Alice In...
) - 3:34 - "Chasing Blue Sky" (Scott RockenfieldScott RockenfieldScott Rockenfield is the drummer for the progressive metal band Queensrÿche and the band Slave to the System....
, Tate) (from Hear In the Now FrontierHear in the Now FrontierHear in the Now Frontier is the sixth studio album by progressive metal band Queensrÿche, released in 1997. It was partly recorded at Studio Litho in Seattle, the home studio of Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, and was engineered and mixed by Toby Wright, who had recently worked with Alice In...
) – 3:41 - "Someone Else?" [Full Band Version:] (from Promised Land) – 7:15
Album
Billboard (North America)| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Billboard 200 | 149 |