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QUEENSRŸCHE recently partnered with Capitol/EMI for the expanded 20th Anniversary Edition of the band’s triple platinum-certified breakout album, Empire. The release date has been bumped to November 9th in the US and Canada.

An update from the Queensrÿche camp states: “Empire 20th Anniversary Edition is now available to pre-order! The first 500 CDs sold will receive a very limited edition lithograph of Empire artwork. This is something you do not want to miss out on! Go to Queensryche.com and order your Empire 20th Anniversary Edition today! Also be sure to check out our other brand new merchandise!”

Queensrÿche: Empire (20th Anniversary Edition) tracklisting:
Disc 1 (Original CD remastered with bonus tracks from 2003 reissue):
Best I Can
The Thin Line
Jet City Woman
Della Brown
Another Rainy Night (Without You)
Empire
Resistance
Silent Lucidity
Hand On Heart
One And Only
Anybody Listening?
Last Time In Paris
Scarborough Fair
Dirty Lil Secret
Disc 2 (Contains ten unreleased live tracks recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London on November 15th, 1990):
Resistance
Walk In The Shadows
Best I Can
Empire
The Thin Line
Jet City Woman
Roads To Madness
Silent Lucidity
Hand On Heart
Take Hold Of The Flame

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QUEENSRŸCHE have partnered with Capitol/EMI for the September 14 release of an expanded 20th-anniversary edition of the band’s triple platinum-certified breakout album “Empire“. The new 2CD and digital packages both include the remastered album, featuring six hit singles, including the #1 smash “Silent Lucidity“, as well as 13 bonus tracks, among them 10 previously unreleased live performances recorded in 1990 at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. The 2CD package is presented in a lift-top box with five postcards, a fold-out poster and a booklet featuring rare photos from the band’s personal archive.

After building a devoted fan base with album and EP releases throughout the 1980s, including 1988′s critically acclaimed “Operation: Mindcrime“, QUEENSRŸCHE broke into the mainstream across North America and abroad with the 1990 release of “Empire“. In the U.S., the album peaked at #7 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and its hit ballad “Silent Lucidity” quickly became a heavy rotation staple at rock radio and on MTV, topping Billboard’s Modern Rock singles chart and earning QUEENSRŸCHE the coveted MTV Viewers Choice Award for the song’s music video. “Empire” also made the U.K.’s Top 10, and the album’s international success led to QUEENSRŸCHE‘s 18-month headlining “Building Empires” world tour, the band’s longest trek to date.

“Empire” also features the Billboard Top 10 Modern Rock hits “Jet City Woman” and “Another Rainy Night“, the Top 20 single “Anybody Listening?“, and the Top 30 singles “Best I Can” and “Empire“. In addition to the aforementioned live recordings, “Empire (20th Anniversary Edition)“‘s bonus tracks include “Last Time in Paris” from the “The Adventures of Ford Fairlane” soundtrack, “Dirty Lil’ Secret” and the band’s cover of SIMON & GARFUNKEL‘s “Scarborough Fair“.

Since forming in Bellevue, Washington in 1981, QUEENSRŸCHE has sold more than 20 million albums around the world. The band continues to tour and record; “American Soldier” was released last year.

The track listing is as follows:
Disc 1 (original CD remastered with bonus tracks from 2003 reissue):
01. Best I Can
02. The Thin Line
03. Jet City Woman
04. Della Brown
05. Another Rainy Night (Without You)
06. Empire
07. Resistance
08. Silent Lucidity
09. Hand On Heart
10. One And Only
11. Anybody Listening?
Bonus tracks:
12. Last Time In Paris
13. Scarborough Fair
14. Dirty Lil Secret

Disc 2 (live tracks recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London on November 15, 1990):
01. Resistance
02. Walk In The Shadows
03. Best I Can
04. The Thin Line
05. Jet City Woman
06. Empire
07. Roads To Madness
08. Take Hold Of The Flame
09. Silent Lucidity
10. Hand On Heart

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To pre-order Empire 20th Anniversary CD click here.