Hear in the Now Frontier

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Hear in the Now Frontier
File:Queensryche - Hear in the Now Frontier cover.jpg
Studio album by Queensrÿche
Released March 25, 1997
Recorded Sixteenth Avenue Sound, Nashville, Tennessee,
Studio Litho, Seattle, Washington,
1996
Genre Heavy metal, progressive metal, alternative metal
Length 57:15
Label EMI
Producer Peter Collins
Queensrÿche chronology
Promised Land
(1994)Promised Land1994		 Hear in the
Now Frontier
(1997)		 Q2K
(1999)Q2K1999
Singles from Hear in the Now Frontier
  1. "Sign of the Times"
    Released: 1997
  2. "You"
    Released: 1997
  3. "sp00L"
    Released: 1997 (promo only)
Music sample
"Sign of the Times"
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Chicago Tribune 2/4 stars[2]
Entertainment Weekly B[3]

Hear in the Now Frontier is the sixth studio album by the American heavy metal band Queensrÿche, released in 1997. It was partly recorded at Studio Litho in Seattle, the home studio of Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, and was engineered and mixed by Toby Wright, who had recently worked with Alice In Chains.

The album debuted at No. 19 but quickly vanished from the charts. Hear in the Now Frontier features a more basic, stripped down musical style than anything the band had released to date, and some fans and critics pointed to the grunge genre - rooted in Seattle, near where Queensrÿche formed - as being a major influence. Despite the reaction, the singles "Sign of the Times" and "You" received substantial airplay. Both tracks, as well as "Some People Fly," would later be featured on best-of compilations. Sign of the Times: The Best of Queensrÿche, a 2007 compilation, also takes its name from the song. The song "All I Want" features guitarist Chris DeGarmo singing lead vocals, marking the only time that another band member besides the incumbent lead singer sings lead vocals on a studio track. After the album's release, original guitarist Chris DeGarmo left the band.

The album was re-released on June 10, 2003 in a remastered edition with bonus tracks. In the U.S. the album sold about 330,000 copies to date (2006)[citation needed]

Tour

During Queensrÿche's tour in support of Hear in the Now Frontier, their 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 5 songs still unplayed to date including: "Cuckoo's Nest," "Hero," "Miles Away," "All I Want," and "sp00L." However, "sp00L" and "Hero" have been played by Geoff Tate's band during the 2002 tour supporting his own solo album.


Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Sign of the Times"   Chris DeGarmo 3:33
2. "Cuckoo's Nest"   DeGarmo 3:59
3. "Get a Life"   DeGarmo, Geoff Tate 3:39
4. "The Voice Inside"   DeGarmo 3:48
5. "Some People Fly"   DeGarmo, Tate 5:17
6. "Saved"   DeGarmo, Tate 4:09
7. "You"   DeGarmo, Tate 3:54
8. "Hero"   DeGarmo 5:25
9. "Miles Away"   DeGarmo 4:32
10. "Reach"   Tate, Michael Wilton 3:30
11. "All I Want"   DeGarmo 4:06
12. "Hit the Black"   DeGarmo, Eddie Jackson 3:36
13. "Anytime / Anywhere"   DeGarmo, Jackson, Tate 2:54
14. "sp00L"   DeGarmo, Tate 4:53

Personnel

Band members
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

References

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