Your favorite Queensrÿche album besides Operation Mindcrime?

[jammindude]

Easy, because it isn't OMC, it's Rage for Order.

[PowerSlave]

The Warning

 

[?]

Promised land. Although the run from Rage for Order to Promised Land is one of the best in rock history.

[SwedishGoose]

They were untouchable up until my favorite Promised Land after which they fell hard....

[busty sinclair]

Empire is my choice but i had to vote for the EP since no one else had up to this point. I remember where i was the first time i heard queen of the reich sent chills down my spine.

[Stadler]

Please excuse the sidebar here, but any of the musicians here know what the effect is on the guitars during the shimmering arpeggios in the verses to "Another Rainy Night"? 

[jammindude]

Who would’ve thought Empire would place 3rd in this poll...

[bosk1]

Please excuse the sidebar here, but any of the musicians here know what the effect is on the guitars during the shimmering arpeggios in the verses to "Another Rainy Night"? 

If you are talking about what I think you are talking about, it's just DeGarmo's standard effects, which if I remember correctly, was just a bit of phase and chorus.  You can hear it in his more distorted sound back then too, because it was the same effects with added distortion.  I was actually able to emulate that tone fairly well back in the day with a DOD stereo flanger and American Metal distortion pedal.

Who would’ve thought Empire would place 3rd in this poll...

I'm not surprised that PL is leading, but am a bit surprised to see Rage up as high as it is.  Then again, it's only 54 votes, so it's hardly a significant enough sample size to really draw any conclusions.

[pg1067]

The Warning...by a mile.

[ProfessorPeart]

Promised Land is my favorite QR album.

[Lowdz]

Just want to add that Tate's performance on Someone Else
is probably my favorite recorded vocal of all time. Additionally,
though I came to dislike him as a human being, he was only
rivaled by Steve Perry. Yes I love many vocalists but I'd put Tate
in his prime at 1A and Perry at 1B.

It’s a great performance but I’ve always hated the sound of the piano. Not even sure why, but it’s always sounded “cheap” to me.

[bl5150]

Rage For Order
Empire
The Warning