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Empire

Artist Queensrÿche Released 1990 Type album

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Fourth of the sixteen Queensrÿche records held here. It came nine years into a run that began in 1981. 1990 is two years into Progressive metal, which this tree dates from 1988.

From Wikipedia

Empire is the fourth studio album by American progressive metal band Queensrÿche, released on September 4, 1990. The album is Queensrÿche's most commercially successful release, reaching triple-platinum status. The primary single, the power ballad "Silent Lucidity", reached number 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Silent Lucidity" was also nominated in 1992 for the Grammy Awards for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. The album won a 1991 Northwest Area Music Award for Best Metal Recording.

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