Rage for Order

Rage for Order

Editorial Reviews
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Queensryche's third album shows an increasing musical maturity that would come to full bloom in the subsequent Operation: Mindcrime. The material is more complex, blurring the line between progressive rock and heavy metal. Though some of the songs sound dated and a little overwrought, this can be forgiven given when Rage was recorded. And there is some great stuff here: you won't hear "Gonna Get Close to You", "Chemical Youth", "I Will Remember", or "Screaming in Digital" on the radio, but they're definitely worth listening to. As to the band photos on the back of the CD, just remember that there was a time when that look was cool. -- Genevieve Williams

Tracks:

Walk In The Shadows
I Dream In Infrared
The Whisper
Gonna Get Close To You
The Killing Words
Surgical Strike
Neue Regel
Chemical Youth (We Are Rebellion)
London
Screaming In Digital
I Will Remember
Gonna Get Close To You (12 Inch Version)
The Killing Words (Live)
I Dream In Infrared (1991 Acoustic Remix)
Walk In The Shadows (Live)

Customer Reviews:

Classic album, beginning of prog metal and perhaps something more.......2007-06-13

Rage for Order was the album that put Queensryche in the top tier of metal bands, and was also an early release of something that came to be called, progressive metal.

The album features enough all out metal to make any hesher raise their horns in excitement, but also features a cerebral side that would mean so much more in this style of music.

Also Neil Kernon's production, along with Dave "the Rave" Oglivie's mixing and assorted engineering gives this album an almost industrial feel at times, with sythesizers and sampling littered subtly throughout the album.

As the story goes, the band were frequenting goth clubs in Vancouver with Kernon during the making, and listening to bands as wide ranging as Rick Springfield, to, yes Dave the Rave's main gig; Skinny Puppy. The music is a somber mix of the traditional metal that the first album and ep have, with a newfound progressive sensibility (the occasional odd timing and exotic chord progressions) with a subtle Industrial touch, and the subjects range from love in a cyberpunk fashion to vampires.

In other words, the album is ahead of its time, and if you're still reading this review, you should be ashamed if you aren't listening to this already.

And also, this definitely features the best and most impassioned singing of Geoff Tate's entire career, if not in nearly all of metal.

The band's imagery confused people at the time, it was a nearly a cross between "hair metal" and "Victorian gothic" wear that the band was wearing. Surely the annoying image does not at all reflect the greatness of the music.

for me the best cd of queensryche.......2007-03-29

Raffinatissimo Metal, quì la band dimostra quanto sia geniale.
Este cd merece de ser ouvido!

Rock Solid.......2007-01-26

Not as groundbreaking as "Operation Mindcrime", or polished like "Empire", but "Rage for Order" is rock solid and a must have for fans. The first three songs grab your attention and blast you with clever synchronized guitar work and a tight rhythm section. Whenever I hear "I Dream in Infrared", the chorus won't leave my brain for days. The disc finds balance with the outstanding ballad "The Killing Words" and the progressive "Surgical Strike". It took me awhile to warm up to Geoff Tate's vocals - his pitch is fine but the vibrato and screechy tones can get to me, however, this never detracts from the music.

The remaster sounds thick and full and the four bonus tracks are worth listening to (not always the case with bonus tracks). Also, the liner notes include an article describing the record, and photos of the band, in long black leather capes looking way to serious with poofy 80's hair!

Queensryche's One True Masterpiece.......2007-01-24

As much as I hear time and again that "Mindcrime" was the Seattle quintet's finest, I always have to argue that this 1986 gem is the pinnacle of their career. While I was a big fan of Mindcrime and it's predecessor "The Warning", Rage For Order is QR's most consistent release and is mezmerising from start to finish. In a word.."perfect".
So few bands can boast having made a perfect album. I can think only of The Beatles (Sgt. Pepper & Revolver to name a few), Pink Floyd (The Wall, Dark Side), Dream Theater (Images & Awake), and Boston (Debut). Rage is an album to be listened to and appreciated. Released in the hey-day of "hair metal", this album has not one single song that lends itself to the tag. None of the songs, while very image provoking, could be easily made into an MTV hit. Although "Gonna Get Close To You" aired on MTV (rarely I might add) it didn't even scratch the surface of this album's potential.
Overall, the performances of each member outshine anything before, or since. DeGarmo and Wilton trade licks masterfully. Rockenfield and Jackson keep a very tight bottom end. Tate...well...Tate was THE metal singer at that time and this was his finest performance.
While the mix was somewhat lacking, the production was incredible. Each song blends into each other perfectly. This was metal that was unique and completely original. I think the term "thinking man's metal" was coined at the time. That said, I can think of no other release at the time to which that term could be applied. Unlike most of their metal contemporaries at the time, Rage was athmospheric, intellectual, and surreal. Rage succeeded where Priest's "Turbo" failed abysmally. It was a stark vision of the future and the metal was more futuristic than we'd ever heard before. It was like listening to a whole new machine. It still holds it's own 20 year later, seeming as fresh and "now" as anything in progressive metal.

BEST ALBUM EVER !!!.......2007-01-12

Usually when you listen to an album , it takes about 3- 5 listens until it grows on you. Back in 86, the first time I heard this album, it hit me like a ton of bricks. And to this day, it is still my favorite album by anyone. The melodies on this record are amazing. Also the harmonies. And the prodution was ahead of it's time. I still have never heard anything that sounds like this. Also Geoff Tate was in his prime vocally.
Out of the 11 songs, 9 of them are perfect 10's. Chemical Youth and
I Will Remember are a little behind the rest. If you like melodic Metal, this is the Masterpiece!!!

Average customer rating:

Not There Best But Im Glad I Bought It
Rage
If you're willing to take the time, you too can become part of the Neue Regel...
An Oldtime Favorite of Mine
Don't miss it

Rage for Order
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Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002U9T
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Walk In The Shadows
I Dream In Infra Red
The Whisper
Gonna Get Close To You
The Killing Words
Surgical Strike
Neue Regel
Chemical Youth (We Are Rebellion)
London
Screaming In Digital
I Will Remember

Amazon.com

Queensryche's third album shows an increasing musical maturity that would come to full bloom in the subsequent Operation: Mindcrime. The material is more complex, blurring the line between progressive rock and heavy metal. Though some of the songs sound dated and a little overwrought, this can be forgiven given when Rage was recorded. And there is some great stuff here: you won't hear "Gonna Get Close to You", "Chemical Youth", "I Will Remember", or "Screaming in Digital" on the radio, but they're definitely worth listening to. As to the band photos on the back of the CD, just remember that there was a time when that look was cool. -- Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

Not There Best But Im Glad I Bought It.......2006-08-29

Queensryche Is A Very Unique Band, And The Only Reason I Bought This Is Because I Herd The Final Track On There Debut EP And It Was Recorded During The "Rage For Order" Sessions, So I FIgured Why Not Give This A Shot. The SOund seems A Little Different Less Umph Than Other CD's. The Best Tracks
1. Screaming In Digital
2. Neue Regel
3. Surgical Strike
4. The Whisper
5. I Dream In Infa Red
If Your New To The Band I Dont Think This Would Be The Right Place To Start However Try The Queensryche EP

Rage.......2006-04-07

I remember it like it was yesterday. I had never heard of this band called Queensryche. That night I went to an AC/DC concert and QR was opening for them (they were on tour for Rage). I was on the floor at the barricade at the foot of the stage. I was converted that night. When they took the stage, I was floored, shocked and amazed. What an experience. From that point on, they were one of my favorite bands. I dig this CD. I like the technical aspect of it. It's one of those CD's you can listen to front to back and all the songs are memorable.

If you're willing to take the time, you too can become part of the Neue Regel..........2005-10-03

As with most QR fans, my introduction to the band began over 15 years ago with O:M....a what a beginning that was! After listening to that album incessantly for almost six months, I was ravenous for more QR music. My first acquisition was RFO...and I couldn't really get into it at that time. Sporadically over the past 15 years, I popped in this CD just to see if anything grabbed me. I found myself listening to RFO increasingly often...and now, it has taken a full grip over me -- I can't seem to listen to ANYTHING else! I finally realize how significant RFO was in setting up the musical, thematic and lyrical infrastructures for O:M. For quite some time, I thought that these two releases were dramatically disjointed...I couldn't have been more wrong!

As is the case with many of QR's releases, RFO is not a "first listen" kind of album -- you need time (in my case, almost 2 decades) to fully appreciate its mastery, precision and brilliance. Highlight tracks are "I Dream in Infrared","The Killing Words","Neue Regel","Chemical Youth", "Walk in the Shadows", "London" and (my newest addition) "Gonna Get Close to You." (Did I name every track?) :) The tracks that I didn't name are at least worthy of honorable mention...I'm sure with more review, I'll identify intricacies in those songs that will vault them into my "favorites" list along with the others.

I am absolutely hypnotized by Geoff Tate's haunting vocals and Chris Degarmo's soaring guitar riffs. Experimenting with assorted sounds, tones & time changes really paid off in RFO -- as a whole, it seems almost impossible to classify into just one musical genre (a classic characteristic of QR's music).

All in all, an incredible musical work...and every moment it took to acquaint myself with RFO was worth it. I encourage you to do the same...

An Oldtime Favorite of Mine.......2005-03-13

Man, the memories I have of this, I used to be the biggest Rychian back in the day. I kid you not, one of my first usernames was Queensryche1. This album was way, WAY ahead of it's time in my books, and yes, they were definitely in an experimental stage when they released it, blurring the lines between progressive rock and heavy metal, it shows their artistical prowess and lyrical power as a whole.

I feel that while this album was certainly not of Operation: Mindcrime status, it definitely deserves props for being ahead of it's time, and ahead of the game. Some of the best songs on this album are "Walk In The Shadows", "The Whisper" and "Neue Regel". Trust me, go out and purchase this album, you won't regret it one bit. :)

Don't miss it.......2004-11-30

With this work Q have broken the schemes and entered a new field where "metallized" and cold sounds rule. It's not easy to assimilate it, but once you've done it you'll appreciate this masterpiece.

The development of the album is intense, loaded with rage, emotions,desperation, hope : guitars seem to produce such unreal metallic sounds; Geoff's voice is desperate and sharp like a blade and the other players follow the same way.

I find it difficult to listen to it very often. I need time before I'm still able and willing to put the Cd into my home or car player and enjoy it again. I know it's strange: normally, the more you like a song or an album the more you play it. In this case it's quite the opposite. And every time I do that I discover something new, something I could have missed before ( and I bought this album as soon as it was on the market !!).