Hear in the Now Frontier

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Hear in the Now Frontier is the sixth studio album by progressive metal band Queensrÿche, released in 1997. The album debuted at #19 but quickly vanished from the charts. The musical sound and style of the album was more basic and stripped down than anything the band had released to date, and some fans and critics pointed to the grunge musical style as being a major influence on the record. Despite the reaction, the singles "Sign of the Times" and "You" received substantial airplay. During Que...

Hear in the Now Frontier is the sixth studio album by progressive metal band Queensrÿche, released in 1997. The album debuted at #19 but quickly vanished from the charts. The musical sound and style of the album was more basic and stripped down than anything the band had released to date, and some fans and critics pointed to the grunge musical style as being a major influence on the record. Despite the reaction, the singles "Sign of the Times" and "You" received substantial airplay. During Queensrÿche's tour in support of the album, the band's longtime label, EMI America Records, went bankrupt. Queensrÿche was forced to use their own money to finance the remainder of the tour, during which founding member Chris DeGarmo announced he was leaving the band. DeGarmo would return to play and co-write five songs for Tribe, in 2003 but did not officially rejoin. The band played only half the album on its 1997 tour with 6 songs still unplayed to date including: "Cuckoo's Nest", "Hero", "Miles Away", "All I Want", "Anytime/Anywhere" and "sPOOL". However, "sPOOL" has been played by Geoff Tate's band during the 2002 tour supporting his own solo album. Track listing "Sign of the Times" (DeGarmo) – 3:33 "Cuckoo's Nest" (DeGarmo) – 3:59 "Get a Life" (DeGarmo/Tate) – 3:39 "The Voice Inside" (DeGarmo/Tate) – 3:48 "Some People Fly" (DeGarmo) – 5:17 "Saved" (DeGarmo/Tate) – 4:09 "You" (DeGarmo/Tate) – 3:54 "Hero" (DeGarmo) – 5:25 "Miles Away" (DeGarmo) – 4:32 "Reach" (Tate/Wilton) – 3:30 "All I Want" (DeGarmo) – 4:06 "Hit the Black" (DeGarmo/Jackson) – 3:36 "Anytime / Anywhere" (DeGarmo/Jackson/Tate) – 2:54 "sp00L" (DeGarmo/Tate) – 4:53 2003 CD reissue bonus tracks The album was re-released on June 10, 2003 with the following bonus tracks: "Chasing Blue Sky" – 3:41 "Silent Lucidity (Live - MTV Unplugged)" – 5:24 "The Killing Words (Live - MTV Unplugged)" – 3:52 "I Will Remember (Live - MTV Unplugged)" – 4:01 Credits Chris DeGarmo – vocals, guitar Geoff Tate – vocals Michael Wilton – guitar Eddie Jackson – bass Scott Rockenfield – drums with Steve Nathan - Keyboards Matt Bayles - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant Hugh Syme - Art Direction, Design Toby Wright - Mixing, Recorder Dimo Safari - Art Direction, Design Charts UK #46 USA #19 Germany #19 In U.S. the album sold about 330'000 copies to date (2006) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.