Empire
by Queensrÿche
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Queensrÿche bestography
Empire is ranked 2nd best out of 23 albums by Queensrÿche on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Queensrÿche is Operation: Mindcrime which is ranked number 933 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,858.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Empire track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Empire rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | The best prog & metal albums of each year since 1983 by Loudwire | 8/42 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1990 | 32/100 | - |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 50 Music Albums of 1990 | 22/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 82 Music Albums of 1990 | 1/82 | 5 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 68 Music Albums of the 1990s | 31/68 | 11 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 46 Music Albums of 1990 | 16/46 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Micro-Genres: Prog Metal | 4/6 | - |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 95 Music Albums of 1990 | 40/95 | 3 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 301-400 | 92/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 113 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 643 | |||
Empire collection
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Empire ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/01/2026 21:24 | mizzle | 1,554 | 82/100 |
| ! | 05/21/2026 17:43 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2026 01:14 | SethGunde | 368 | 73/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
Empire favourites
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/03/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5424): By fabm0 neilgee 11/23/2024 09:29 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 07/01/2023 22:51 in What album are you listening to right now?Empire comments
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jeremy9 09/09/2019 07:49 | #242381
One of my best records ever
Like someone else has written, this is a great follow up to Operation: Mindcrime. Production wise, it is much slicker and the songs considerably for accessible. Unlike Mindcrime, these days I tend to listen to 5 or 6 songs rather than the whole album as it is very long, way to long for my waning attention span!
great hard rock/metal album. almost all the songs are good.
Mindcrime is my favorite by Queensryche (and one of my all time favorites as well), Empire is very different than Mindcrime - cleaner, not as intense, and has a luxurious feel to it.
The follow up to the successful, operation:mindcrime, album. Empire, dispenses with the concept of it's predecessor and goes for an individual song format. Some excellent tunes here with the best being the Pink Floyd-ish, silent lucidity, a brilliant song and probably Queensryche's best. A good album.
This is one of my favorite albums of all time. I love almost every song on it.
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