Queensryche - Rage for Order
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Music CD Cover Artist: Queensryche Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, Special Edition CD Release Date: 2003-05-06 Music Label: Capitol Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Rage for Order Album
Free Music Review: A step further to the future.
Hit: 3 Stars
A great leap forward, QUeensryche's "Rage for Order" is, in many ways, the end of the beginning of the band. Experimenting with texture and mood, the band finally seems to find their own sound, and while a few tracks sound a bit dated, the album is quite memorable.
It's really the variety on here that makes the record-- standout tracks include a compulsive rocker ("Walk in the Shadows"), a mysterious and bizarre textured song ("I Dream in Infrared"), a bizarre, throbbing, stalker song from the point of view of the stalker (the cover of Lisa Dalballo's "Gonna Get Close to You") and a totally twisted, churning metal piece ("Screaming in Digital"). And while this level of experimentation yields a couple misfires ("Neue Regel" just doesn't work, as nice as the first couple minutes are, "I Will Remember" is a totally lifeless acoustic ballad), and a couple straight metal pieces get in the way of forward movement ("Chemical Youth", the otherwise decent "The Whisper", "London"), its a pretty good effort.
The remaster sound quality on this one is a marked improvement over the previous issue and augemnts the original album with a handful of onus tracks-- fantastic live takes of "The Killing Words" (from 1994, much improved over the studio version and presented with a delicate maturity) and "Walk in the Shadows" (from 1991) as well as an extended an utterly boring remix of "Gonna Get Close To You" and a fantastic acoustic remix of "I Dream in Infrared" that far better handles the mood of the piece.
In all, its a good record, although Queensryche's next bunch would be far superior. Still, if you're curious about the band's early material, this is the best place to start.