Queensrÿche discography

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Queensrÿche discography
Studio albums16
Live albums5
Compilation albums5
Video albums7
Music videos35
EPs1
Singles37
Promotional singles1

The discography of Queensrÿche, an American progressive metal band, consists of sixteen studio albums, five live albums, five compilation albums, seven video albums, one extended play, thirty-four music videos and thirty-six singles.

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[1]
BEL
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
JPN
[5]
NLD
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
The Warning
  • Released: September 7, 1984
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL
61 91 42 100
Rage for Order
  • Released: July 14, 1986
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL
47 85 58 31 47 66
Operation: Mindcrime
  • Released: May 3, 1988
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL
50 75 17 64 29 25 21 58
Empire
  • Released: September 4, 1990
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL
7 18 22 18 56 14 26 22 13
Promised Land
  • Released: October 18, 1994
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL
3 28 10 16 16 6 14 13
Hear in the Now Frontier
  • Released: March 25, 1997
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS, DL
19 25 41 19 60 36 13 46
Q2K
  • Released: September 14, 1999
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, CS, DL
46 21 65 67 60
Tribe
  • Released: July 22, 2003
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Formats: CD, DL
56 52 245 79 193
Operation: Mindcrime II
  • Released: March 31, 2006
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
14 97 51 27 35 27 18 59 107
Take Cover
  • Released: November 13, 2007
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
173
American Soldier
  • Released: March 31, 2009
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD, DL
25 65 39 100 71 149
Dedicated to Chaos
  • Released: June 28, 2011
  • Label: Roadrunner
  • Formats: CD, DL
70 62 167 71
Queensrÿche 23 89 47 163 46 44 154
Condition Hüman
  • Released: October 2, 2015
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
27 55 26 51 54 77
The Verdict
  • Released: March 1, 2019
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
110 43 6 107 92 9
Digital Noise Alliance[21]
  • Released: October 7, 2022
  • Label: Century Media
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
101 12 33 15
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Geoff Tate's Queensrÿche[edit]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Other information
US
[1]
Frequency Unknown
  • Released: April 23, 2013
  • Label: Deadline
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL
82
  • Released by Geoff Tate's temporary version of Queensrÿche

Live albums[edit]

List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
Operation: Livecrime
  • Released: October 28, 1991
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, DL
38
Live Evolution
  • Released: September 25, 2001
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Formats: CD, DL
143
The Art of Live[22]
  • Released: April 20, 2004
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Formats: CD, DL
Extended Versions[23]
  • Released: February 27, 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
Mindcrime at the Moore
  • Released: July 3, 2007
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD, DL
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums[edit]

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: June 27, 2000
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, DL
149
Classic Masters[24]
  • Released: March 11, 2003
  • Label: EMI, Capitol
  • Formats: CD, DL
Sign of the Times: The Best of Queensrÿche[25]
  • Released: August 28, 2007
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD, DL
The Collection[26]
  • Released: July 7, 2008
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
10 Great Songs[27]
  • Released: June 14, 2011
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

EP[edit]

List of mini-albums, with selected chart positions
Title EP details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
Queensrÿche
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: 206, EMI
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP
81

Singles[edit]

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[28]
US
Heri. Rock

[29]
US
Main. Rock

[30]
BEL
(FL)

[2]
CAN
[31]
GER
[32]
NLD
[6]
NZ
[33]
SWI
[9]
UK
[34]
"Queen of the Reich" / "The Lady Wore Black" 1983 94 Queensrÿche (EP)
"Warning"[35] 1984 The Warning
"Take Hold of the Flame"[36]
"Gonna Get Close to You" 1986 91 Rage for Order
"The Whisper" / "I Dream in Infrared"[37]
"Walk in the Shadows"[38]
"Breaking the Silence"[39] 1988 Operation: Mindcrime
"Eyes of a Stranger" 35 59
"Revolution Calling"[40]
"I Don't Believe in Love"[41] 1989 41
"Last Time in Paris" 1990 27 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane soundtrack
"Empire" 22 61 Empire
"Best I Can" 28 36
"Silent Lucidity"[A] 9 1 44 7 46 21 11 24 18
"Jet City Woman" 1991 6 92 39
"Another Rainy Night (Without You)" 7 76
"Anybody Listening?" 1992 16
"Real World"[B] 1993 3 Last Action Hero soundtrack
"I Am I" 1994 8 76 40 Promised Land
"Bridge" 6 51 40
"Disconnected" 32
"Sign of the Times" 1997 3 41 Hear in the Now Frontier
"You" 11
"spOOL"[43]
"Breakdown" 1999 27 Q2K
"The Right Side of My Mind"
"Open" 2003 38 Tribe
"I'm American"[44] 2006 Operation: Mindcrime II
"The Hands"[45]
"Welcome to the Machine"[46] 2007 Take Cover
"If I Were King"[47] 2009 American Soldier
"Man Down!"[48]
"Get Started" 2011 26 Dedicated to Chaos
"Fallout"[49]
2013 Queensrÿche
"Spore"/"A World Without"
"In Extremis" 2022 Digital Noise Alliance
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles[edit]

Title Year Album
"Beside You"[50] 2000 Q2K

Other appearances[edit]

List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
Title Year Album
"Prophecy"[51] 1988 The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
"White Christmas"[52] 2007 Monster Ballads XMas

Videos[edit]

Video albums[edit]

List of video albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US Top Music Videos
[53]
GER
[4]
JPN
DVD

[54]
Live in Tokyo[55]
Video: Mindcrime[56]
  • Released: July 1, 1989
  • Label: EMI, Capitol
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
Operation: Livecrime[58]
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum [57]
Building Empires[59]
  • Released: October 20, 1992
  • Label: EMI, Capitol
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
Live Evolution[60]
  • Released: October 9, 2001
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
The Art of Live[61]
  • Released: April 20, 2004
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Formats: DVD
Mindcrime at the Moore
  • Released: July 3, 2007
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: DVD, BD
10 78 61
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos[edit]

Year Song Director
1983 "Queen of the Reich" Kort Falkenberg III
"Nightrider"
1984 "Warning"
1986 "Gonna Get Close to You" Kort Falkenberg III
1989 "Eyes of a Stranger" Marc Reshovsky
"I Don't Believe in Love" Chris Painter
"Operation: Mindcrime"
"Breaking the Silence"
"Speak"
1990 "Empire" Matt Mahurin
1991 "Best I Can"
"Silent Lucidity"
"Jet City Woman" Wayne Isham
"Another Rainy Night (Without You)" Mary Lambert
1992 "Anybody Listening?" Matt Murray
1993 "Another Rainy Night (Without You)" (live) Matt Mahurin
1994 "I Am I" Wayne Isham
1995 "Disconnected" David Barnard
"Bridge" Matt Mahurin
2000 "The Right Side of My Mind" Rory Berger
2006 "I'm American"
"The Hands"
2009 "If I Were King"
"Home Again"
2011 "Get Started"
2013 "Fallout"
"Redemption"
"Ad Lucem" Daniel Bagby
2015 "Guardian"
2016 "Eye9" The Cordero Brothers
"Hellfire"
"Bulletproof"
2019 "Blood of the Levant" David Brodsky
"Light-years"
2022 "In Extremis" Thomas Crane
"Forest"
"Behind The Walls"
"Hold On"
"Sicdeth"
2023 "Realms"

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ For its original 1991 release, "Silent Lucidity" peaked at number 34 in the United Kingdom. It was re-issued in 1992, reaching a higher peak of number 18.
  2. ^ "Real World" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eleven on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[42]

References[edit]

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  36. ^ Take Hold of the Flame (track listing). Queensrÿche. EMI. 1984. EA 183.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  37. ^ The Whisper / I Dream in Infrared (track listing). Queensrÿche. EMI. 1986. SPRO-9862.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  38. ^ Walk in the Shadows (track listing). Queensrÿche. EMI. 1986. SPRO-9692.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  39. ^ Breaking the Silence (track listing). Queensrÿche. EMI. 1988. SPRO-04048.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  40. ^ Revolution Calling (track listing). Queensrÿche. EMI. 1988. SPRO-04141.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  41. ^ I Don't Believe in Love (track listing). Queensrÿche. EMI. 1989. 4JM-50214.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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