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Rage for Order

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Released
  
July 14, 1986

Length
  
45:42

Release date
  
20 June 1986

Label
  
EMI America Records

Recorded
  
1985–1986

Artist
  
Producer
  
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Studio
  
M.D.H. Studios, Bellevue, Washington with Le Mobile Remote Sound StudioMushroom Studios, Vancouver, CanadaYamaha Studios, Glendale, California

Rage for Order(1986)
  
Operation Mindcrime(1988)

Genres
  
Heavy metal, Progressive metal

Similar
  
Queensrÿche albums, Heavy metal albums

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Rage for Order is the second studio album by the American progressive heavy metal band Queensrÿche, released on July 14, 1986. The album was re-released on May 6, 2003 with four bonus tracks.

Contents

Overview

Rage for Order was more progressive than the band's previous releases, with a layered and complex musical structure that employs a two-guitar approach, but also brought keyboards forward in the mix. Lyrically, the album explored social/personal, political and technological themes, among others highlighting the dangers of artificial intelligence and government intrusion. The concept of robotics would also be emphasized through the use of staccato rhythms and vocal effects such as a reverse echo.

EMI-America insisted on Queensrÿche taking an image associated more with glam rock, glam metal or gothic metal. As a result, the promo photos and album artwork depicted the band members wearing trench coats, heavy make-up and perms. The music on the album however, does not reflect these genres.

The cover of the Dalbello song "Gonna Get Close to You" was chosen as the album's first single.

The tour supporting Rage for Order spanned approximately seven months and included being the opening act for Bon Jovi and Ozzy Osbourne, although their music wasn't quite compatible.

Some tracks recorded during the sessions for Rage for Order were not used on the album. "Prophecy" was later included on the 1989 re-issue of the Queensrÿche EP. Other songs such as "From the Darkside" and "The Dream" remained demos. The band had also written "Rage for Order" as a title track. Although it was not included on the album, the main riff from this song was worked into an instrumental piece played during some shows on the tour in support of this album, and eventually morphed into the track "Anarchy-X" on the Operation: Mindcrime album, released in 1988.

Rage for Order was the first album cover of Queensrÿche to prominently feature the band's Tri-Ryche logo, as nearly all later album covers would, each time with subtle changes made to the logo. Although not credited, the front cover was designed by the late English-born metal and rock journalist Garry Sharpe-Young, who later also founded MusicMight. It had originally been proposed for a 12" picture disc, which never materialized, but was used by EMI-America without permission for the album cover. A few thousand initial copies bear a bluish-silver banner that was later changed to black, in order to make the artist and title easier to read. The original cassette edition also had all the gold accents on the cover changed to white. CDs bearing the blue ring cover are even more rare. Only a few hundred copies were printed before the ring was switched to black.

Despite the bands emphasis on keyboards and digital technology tricks such as the "reverse echo" this album was recorded and mixed in analog. On a short television documentary which aired in 1986, Scott Rockenfield stated that the drums were recorded in a stone warehouse using Le Mobile recording studios. Michael Wilton said that to get a guitar sound that they were happy with they "Used two old Marshall's that were on the verge of exploding."

Critical reception

In 2005, Rage for Order was ranked number 343 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

Personnel

Queensrÿche
  • Geoff Tate – lead vocals, keyboards
  • Chris DeGarmo – guitars, backing vocals
  • Michael Wilton – guitars, backing vocals
  • Eddie Jackson – bass, backing vocals
  • Scott Rockenfield – drums, percussion
  • Additional musicians
  • Neil Kernon – keyboards
  • Bradley Doyle - emulator programming
  • Production
  • Neil Kernon - production, engineering, mixing
  • Dave Ogilvie - engineering
  • Rob Porter - engineering
  • Keith Cohen - engineering
  • Howie Weinberg - mastering
  • Queensrÿche – album concept
  • Moshe Brakha – album photography
  • Henry Marquez – art direction
  • Glenn Parsons – design
  • Accolades

    Rage for Order was ranked No. 88 on Kerrang! magazine's "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time" in January 1989.

    Songs

    1Walk in the Shadows3:34
    2I Dream in Infra Red4:18
    3Whisper3:36

    References

    Rage for Order Wikipedia


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