Empire
by Queensrÿche

Empire by Queensrÿche
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 2,468th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 143 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (34th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (428th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,468th)

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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 927 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,864.

Queensrÿche album bestography « Higher ranked (927th)
Operation: Mindcrime
This album (2,468th)
Empire
Lower ranked (5,122nd) »
Rage For Order

(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 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Empire rankings

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Overall rank: 2,468th | 1990s rank: 428th | 1990 rank: 34th

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Empire ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 143 votes)
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08/03/2025 11:18 videoheadcleaner   12,22785/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.

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From 09/09/2019 07:49 | #242381
One of my best records ever
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From 12/31/2017 00:59 | #204154
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!
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From 11/30/2017 00:02 | #202347
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.
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80/100
From 07/09/2016 17:19 | #170956
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.
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From 01/12/2016 08:08 | #156353
This is one of my favorite albums of all time. I love almost every song on it.
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From 12/06/2014 13:53 | #128842
Very good hard rock/progressive metal album. Best 10 songs average is 91,2/100, the album gets 90/100. It's continuously strong without any lows. Far and away best song is "Silent lucidity" I'm rating at a max. Followed by "Best I can", "The thin line", "Another rainy night (without you)", "Empire" and "Anybody listening?" all 90/100. All (!!) other songs 85/100.
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