...and you thought Mindcrime II sucked.

[Snoogans]

Oh for fuck's sake....

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003631740

[patricef]

Lack of inspiration to say the least...

[Spivonious]

Even though this covers album sounds like a bad idea, nothing could be worse than the idea of Mindcrime II.

[markD]

they are just a joke now. what a shame. their old stuff was brilliant....

[fuel0707]

I'm pretty much sick and tired of any and all covers albums, especially by bands that have shown the creativity to make new and interesting music.

Too often these cover (or more politically correct "tribute to our inspirations") discs sound forced, flat and simply done to either make a few bucks or fulfill a contractual obligation. And if everyone does cover albums, who's going to make new music in order to fuel those cover records?

[shreddermon]

Yeah, this whole trend of 80s heyday groups doing cover albums to help resurrect their careers is pretty lame-ola. Just put out some great s**t like you did back then, and I'll buy it. If I want to hear covers, I'll try to put my own band together with other low-talent hacks like myself.

[daisp]

I love their old stuff...shame

[Larz]

Yep, I'd sooner buy a brand new disc that repeated Walk in the Shadows as tracks 1 through 10 than a cover album.

The Scarborough Fair cover on one of the reissues was enough.

[skorb]

I was done with QR when they abused my sensibilities with that shitty release Hear in the Now Frontier.

that was it for me.

even Empire was primarily disappointing to me, seeing as how their prior 3 albums were so fucking great.

oh well.

[toejam]

The Scarborough Fair cover on one of the reissues was enough.

That's on a reissue CD now? I have that on a cassette single when it came out in the early '90s. I can't remember what the other song was, but it was something on Empire. I gotta go dig through my bag full of tapes in my closet now. I always thought that was a really good cover.

[JetFixxxer]

I wasn't impressed with Empire.. but Mindcrime was a great album.

[Endrik]

the first EP was crap... generic galloping heavy metal...
Warning and RFO were the first metal albums with progressive elements... had plenty of good moments but still too much galloping
Mindcrime was great... absolute classic
but Empire destroyed everything as far as I'm concerned... less gallop heavy metal and more Pink Floyd... best songs, vibe and production on that one
Promised Land was great prog album the songs weren't as good as on Empire but it was still great.
Frontier and Q2K were weak... I don't mind their updated sound but the songs didn't rock
Supprisingly I enjoed Tribe... not the best album but it had some cool grooves and tunes.
Mindcrime 2 was so fucking booring it's ridiculous.... there are no hooks at all.

[shreddermon]

[Soap]

the first EP was crap... generic galloping heavy metal...
Warning and RFO were the first metal albums with progressive elements... had plenty of good moments but still too much galloping
Mindcrime was great... absolute classic
but Empire destroyed everything as far as I'm concerned... less gallop heavy metal and more Pink Floyd... best songs, vibe and production on that one
Promised Land was great prog album the songs weren't as good as on Empire but it was still great.
Frontier and Q2K were weak... I don't mind their updated sound but the songs didn't rock
Supprisingly I enjoed Tribe... not the best album but it had some cool grooves and tunes.
Mindcrime 2 was so fucking booring it's ridiculous.... there are no hooks at all.

...well put.

[Tekky]

I haven't heard this one from Queensryche, but I have to say that I actually enjoy cover albums. The only time I've really regretted buying a tribute/cover album was when I bought one with Nuff Z'Nuff's lame version of Yankee Rose on it. I'll probably give this one a listen and then decide whether I like it or not.

Sorry guys, I like to keep an open mind about one of my favorite bands.