Empire

by Geoff Tate with Queensryche

Empire is the fourth full-length studio album by the American heavy metal band Queensrÿche, released on August 20, 1990. The album stands as Queensrÿche’s most commercially successful release, reaching triple-platinum status.^[10] The primary single, the power ballad “Silent Lucidity“, reached number 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[11] “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.^[12] The album won a 1991 Northwest Area Music Award for Best Metal Recording.^[13]