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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Queensryche aren't cool anymore. Fact. From a career spanning three decades they have ridden the waves of metal, glam/metal, rap/metal, grunge etc. and are still going strong today (albeit without the touring presence of founder member Chris DeGarmo).
Respect is due for this alone.
This re-issue of 1997's 'Hear In The Now Frontier' is a remastered version of the original release (which, frankly, makes very little if no diference to the already digital sound quality) and, as a bonus, adds 4 extra tracks.
This album's initial release sparked howls of disdain from many of the hardcore 'Ryche fanbase purely because of the shift from super-slick production values to this stripped-down sonic offering, but I would urge anyone to give this CD a second look and they might just find that this gem of an album nearly passed them by.
All tastes are catered for within. Opener 'Sign Of The Times' and second track 'Cuckoo's Nest' provide a classic opening to this set of lyrically heavyweight songs. Topics written about intelligently are so much harder to pull off rather than going for the lowest common denominator and this band has plenty of lyrical and musical skill to absorb the most demanding of listeners. Lighter moments come with the beautiful 'Some People Fly', and at the other end of the scale is the awesomely heavy 'Hit The Black'.
Three of the bonus tracks come from the band's MTV Un-plugged session in the early nineties and include an absolutely spine-tingling version of 'Silent Lucidity'.
4 stars for the original album but with the cracking extra tracks and sleeve notes.....it's gotta be the full 5. Enjoy!
Respect is due for this alone.
This re-issue of 1997's 'Hear In The Now Frontier' is a remastered version of the original release (which, frankly, makes very little if no diference to the already digital sound quality) and, as a bonus, adds 4 extra tracks.
This album's initial release sparked howls of disdain from many of the hardcore 'Ryche fanbase purely because of the shift from super-slick production values to this stripped-down sonic offering, but I would urge anyone to give this CD a second look and they might just find that this gem of an album nearly passed them by.
All tastes are catered for within. Opener 'Sign Of The Times' and second track 'Cuckoo's Nest' provide a classic opening to this set of lyrically heavyweight songs. Topics written about intelligently are so much harder to pull off rather than going for the lowest common denominator and this band has plenty of lyrical and musical skill to absorb the most demanding of listeners. Lighter moments come with the beautiful 'Some People Fly', and at the other end of the scale is the awesomely heavy 'Hit The Black'.
Three of the bonus tracks come from the band's MTV Un-plugged session in the early nineties and include an absolutely spine-tingling version of 'Silent Lucidity'.
4 stars for the original album but with the cracking extra tracks and sleeve notes.....it's gotta be the full 5. Enjoy!
Format:Audio CD
just got this and its very good indeed,its a shift in style from empire tho but very interesting deep stuff i like it!
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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What can I say? The remastering job is excellent. This is one of (if not THE) loudest CD I own -- that means the mix has been compressed to death and hard-limited to maximise the achievable resolution/dynamic-range on the CD. Awesome!!
I love ryche's super-crunch guitar tones on this album and the excellent mastering really does it proud.
Some of the most spontaneous music ryche has ever churned out. It's quite contemporary but with a very avantgarde edge (use of modality, perculiar modulation of key centres etc).
### EDIT ###
I should point out, I was being sarcastic about the mastering. Slamming the life out of a record destroys it IMO. I say that as a recording and mastering technician as well as a musician and producer.
I love ryche's super-crunch guitar tones on this album and the excellent mastering really does it proud.
Some of the most spontaneous music ryche has ever churned out. It's quite contemporary but with a very avantgarde edge (use of modality, perculiar modulation of key centres etc).
### EDIT ###
I should point out, I was being sarcastic about the mastering. Slamming the life out of a record destroys it IMO. I say that as a recording and mastering technician as well as a musician and producer.
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