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Title: Poetry? Nope. Marvelous playing? Nope. Great vocals? Nope.
Review: Everything I loved from Queensryche...their playing, Tate's vocals, and amazing songwriting...HiTNF and this simply mock. None of those great highs and lows where Geoff Tate seems to duel w/ Ian Gillian, none of the gut-wrenching poetry I've come to love. Empire was worth the money just for "Empire" and "Anybody Listenning?", Rage for Order, however dated, still shows great poetry, and their other albums are in the middle somewhere, though all worth buying. However, they've now released two that are nothing but crap. No poetry being belted out by Tate's amazing throat, and none of that great songwriting...the whole album is predictable, and the only good track is "On the Right Side of My Mind". Hopefully, this poor album is simply related to the new label I see...
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