Sign of the Times: The Best of Queensrÿche
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- For other uses see Sign of the times (disambiguation)Sign of the timesSign of the times may refer to:* Sign of the times , a phrase associated with some Aggiornamentos of the Roman Catholic Church* A Sign of the Times, a 1966 single by Petula Clark...
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Sign of the Times is a compilation album
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...
by Seattle-based 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 contains a selection of their most notable songs and was released on August 28, 2007. A special collector's edition was also released, including a disc of bonus material.
Disc One
- "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"...
" - 4:20 (from the EP 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...
) - "Warning" - 4:43 (from the album 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...
) - "Walk in the Shadows" - 3:33 (from the album 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...
) - "Take Hold of the Flame" - 4:53 (from the album The Warning)
- "The Lady Wore Black" - 6:13 (from the EP Queensrÿche)
- "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...
" - 4:22 (from the album 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...
) - "Eyes of a Stranger" - 6:35 (from the album Operation: Mindcrime)
- "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...
" - 5:44 (from the album Empire) - "BridgeBridge (song)"Bridge" is a song by progressive metal band Queensrÿche appearing on their 1994 album Promised Land.-Chart performance:...
" - 3:28 (from the album Promised Land) - "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...
" - 5:21 (from the album Empire) - "Another Rainy Night (Without You)Another Rainy Night (Without You)"Another Rainy Night " is a song by progressive metal band Queensrÿche appearing on their 1990 album Empire. The last line in the song "Without You" is almost identical to the ending of the Dokken song "Alone Again", which was made in 1984....
" - 4:27 (from the album Empire) - "Sign of the Times" - 3:31 (from the album 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...
) - "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:...
" - 3:57 (from the album Promised Land) - "Real WorldReal World (Queensrÿche song)"Real World" is a song co-written and performed by progressive metal band Queensrÿche and orchestral composer Michael Kamen that was contributed to the action film Last Action Hero in 1993. The band also released the song as part of their 2007 compilation album Sign of the Times.-Chart performance:...
" - 4:20 (from the Last Action HeroLast Action HeroLast Action Hero is a 1993 American action-comedy-fantasy film directed and produced by John McTiernan. It is a satire of the action genre and its clichés, containing several parodies of action films in the form of films within the film....
soundtrack album) - "Some People Fly" - 5:15 (from the album Hear in the Now Frontier)
- "Until There Was You" - 4:01 (bonus track from the reissued Q2KQ2KQ2K 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...
) - "All the Promises" - 5:08 (from the album Operation: Mindcrime IIOperation: Mindcrime II-The Band:*Geoff Tate - vocals*Michael Wilton - guitars*Mike Stone - guitars, vocals*Eddie Jackson - bass guitar, vocals*Scott Rockenfield - drums-Story:...
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The iTunes
ITunes
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edition of the album has an alternate track lineup. Track 16 is "Empire" (from Empire), and track 17 is "You" (from Hear in the Now Frontier
Hear in the Now Frontier
Hear 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...
). Neither "Until There Was You" nor "All the Promises" appear on the iTunes edition.
Collector's Edition Bonus Disc
- "Take Hold of the Flame" (Myth Original Demo Version) (previously unreleased)
- "Walk in the Shadows" (Myth Original Demo Version) (previously unreleased)
- "Before the Storm" (Myth Original Demo Version) (previously unreleased)
- "Waiting for the Kill" (previously unreleased: demo for The Warning)
- "No Sanctuary" (previously unreleased: demo for The Warning)
- "Prophecy" (previously unreleased: demo for The Warning)
- "I Dream in Infrared" (1991 Acoustic Remix bonus track from the reissued version of the album Rage for Order)
- "Dirty Li'l Secret" (bonus track from the reissued version of the album Empire)
- "Last Time in Paris" (from the soundtrack album The Adventures of Ford FairlaneThe Adventures of Ford FairlaneThe Adventures of Ford Fairlane is a 1990 American action/comedy film starring comedian Andrew Dice Clay as Ford Fairlane, a "Rock n' Roll Detective," whose beat is the music industry in Los Angeles. The film was directed by Renny Harlin.-Plot:...
; also a bonus track from the reissued version of the album Empire) - "Scarborough FairScarborough Fair"Scarborough Fair" is a traditional ballad of the United Kingdom.The song tells the tale of a young man, who tells the listener to ask his former lover to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she...
" (bonus track from the reissued version of the album Empire) - "Della Brown" (previously unreleased: MTV Unplugged, New York, NY 4/27/92)
- "Someone Else?" (with Full Band: bonus track from the reissued version of the album Promised Land)
- "Silent Lucidity" (live at The Astoria Theatre, London 10/20/94: from the "Bridge" CD single)
- "Chasing Blue Sky" (bonus track from the reissued Hear in the Now Frontier)
- "Justified" (new track)
Personnel
- Geoff TateGeoff TateGeoff Tate is an American singer and musician, who rose to fame in the 1980s with the progressive metal band, Queensrÿche...
- Vocals - 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...
- Guitar - 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...
- Guitar - Mike StoneMike Stone (musician)Mike Stone is an American heavy metal guitarist, best known for his previous involvement in the progressive metal band Queensrÿche. He joined Queensrÿche for their 2003 Tribe tour, and made his first appearance on the 2003 album Tribe, with writing credits for the song "Losing Myself"...
- Guitar - Kelly GrayKelly Gray (musician)Kelly Gray is an American record producer and musician. He started playing guitar in the late 1970s as a founding member of MYTH, a progressive rock band in the suburbs of Seattle, Wash...
- Guitar - Eddie JacksonEddie Jackson (musician)Eddie Jackson is the bass guitarist for the progressive metal band, Queensrÿche. He has been with the group since 1981, when they were known as The Mob....
- Bass - Scott RockenfieldScott RockenfieldScott Rockenfield is the drummer for the progressive metal band Queensrÿche and the band Slave to the System....
- Drums - Pamela MoorePamela MoorePamela Moore is an American singer and songwriter, mixing hard rock, pop and electronica. She currently resides in Seattle, Washington in the United States.-History:...
- Vocals (All the Promises) - Michael KamenMichael KamenMichael Arnold Kamen was an American composer , orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician.-Background:...
- Orchestral Arrangements (Silent Lucidity, Real World)