1990
Many of today's Queensryche fans were introduced to the band hearing one of the songs off this album on the radio, and many of those heard the title track. I must admit, one of this album's songs got me into Queensryche (I think it was "Jet City Woman"). Of the eleven tracks, I have heard seven of them at one time or another on the radio. I came across someone who said this is the band's most mainstream album. Maybe, but since I have never heard a style similar to Queensryche's, I can't concur. Another opinion I encountered was that most of the songs on this album have positive messages. Again, I disagree. The songs on this album fall roughly into two categories: contemplative and critical. The contemplative ones seem to be explorations of certain, specific aspects of the human condition. The critical ones pick on some aspect of society and/or humanity, sometimes proposing solutions to the problems they detail. I know this album quite well, so I will treat each song individually.
List of Songs:
Best I Can
(5:30)
The Thin Line
(5:42)
Jet City Woman
(5:20)
Della Brown
(7:04)
Another Rainy
Night(Without You) (4:44)
Empire (5:07)
Resistance
(4:47)
Silent Lucidity
(5:45)
Hand On Heart
(5:30)
One And Only
(5:52)
Anybody Listening?
(7:40)