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Empire (Queensrÿche song)

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Released
  
1990

Recorded
  
Spring 1990

Length
  
5:24

Format
  
CD, Vinyl

Genre
  
Progressive metal

Label
  
EMI America

"Empire" is a song by the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, appearing on their 1990 album Empire. The lyrical content of the song warns of a foreboding and unstoppable "Empire" of drug trafficking within the United States and its related crimes, that will inevitably lead to the breakdown of civility in American society.

Known as a fan favorite, the group has played the song often live, doing so over a thousand times as of April 2016, and the track is the band's second most played song in its setlist history. It is exceeded only by "Eyes of a Stranger".

Single track list

  1. "Empire" [Edit] - 5:12
  2. "Scarborough Fair" - 3:50
  3. "Prophecy" - 3:59
  4. "Della Brown" - 7:03

References

Empire (Queensrÿche song) Wikipedia


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