Hear in the Now Frontier
Hear in the Now Frontier is Queensrÿche's sixth studio album, released in March 1997 on EMI. It follows Promised Land from 1994 and was recorded partly at Studio Litho in Seattle, the home studio of Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard. Toby Wright, who had recently worked with Alice in Chains, engineered and mixed it.
The sound is more basic and stripped back than anything the band had put out before, and many listeners disliked the move towards the mainstream. The album debuted at No. 19 but soon dropped off the charts. Even so, "Sign of the Times" and "You" got plenty of airplay, and both later appeared on best-of collections, as did "Some People Fly". It also holds a curiosity: on "All I Want", guitarist Chris DeGarmo takes the lead vocal, the only time another member has sung lead on a studio track in place of Geoff Tate. DeGarmo left the band after the album came out.
Hear in the Now Frontier: tracklist, credits and charts
14 tracks · 57:42Tracklist
- 1Sign of the TimesChris DeGarmo3:36
- 2Cuckoo’s NestChris DeGarmo4:00
- 3Get a LifeChris DeGarmo and Geoff Tate3:40
- 4The Voice InsideChris DeGarmo3:52
- 5Some People FlyChris DeGarmo and Geoff Tate5:18
- 6SavedChris DeGarmo and Geoff Tate4:10
- 7YouChris DeGarmo and Geoff Tate3:57
- 8HeroChris DeGarmo5:26
- 9Miles AwayChris DeGarmo4:34
- 10ReachMichael Wilton and Geoff Tate3:33
- 11All I WantChris DeGarmo4:07
- 12Hit the BlackChris DeGarmo and Eddie Jackson3:36
- 13Anytime/AnywhereDeGarmo, Jackson, Tate2:56
- 14spOOLChris DeGarmo and Geoff Tate4:57
- Produced by
- Peter Collins
- Recorded at
- 16th Avenue Sound, Studio Litho, Sixteenth Avenue Sound, Nashville, Tennessee, Studio Litho, Seattle, Washington
- Recorded
- 1996
- Mixed by
- Toby Wright
- Mixed at
- 16th Avenue Sound
- Engineered by
- Toby Wright
- Label
- EMI
- Length
- 57:42
Line-up
- Chris DeGarmo · electric guitar, background vocals, lead vocals
- Eddie Jackson · electric bass guitar, background vocals
- David Ragsdale · violin · guest
- Scott Rockenfield · drums (drum set)
- Michael Wilton · electric guitar
- Geoff Tate · lead vocals
Singles
- “Sign of the Times” · 1997
- “You” · 1997
- “sp00L” · 1997 (promo only)
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 1997 | 19 |
| UK Albums Chart · 1997 | 46 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 1997 | 5 |
| Swedish Albums · 1997 | 13 |
| Finnish Albums · 1997 | 18 |
| German Albums · 1997 | 19 |
| Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 1997 | 25 |
| Dutch Albums · 1997 | 25 |
| Norwegian Albums · 1997 | 36 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM) · 1997 | 41 |
All 12 charts
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1997 | 60 |
| Scottish Albums · 1997 | 65 |
From MusicBrainz, Wikipedia and Wikidata. Only what the sources record is shown.
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 1997-03-25 vs 1997-03-24 (musicbrainz), 1997-03-26 (wikidata)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 24 March 1997 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 25 March 1997 | |
| Wikidata | 26 March 1997 | |
| US release | 25 March 1997 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 24 March 1997 | earliest UK or European date |
5 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 March 1997 | XE | EMI | 724385614125 | original |
| 25 March 1997 | US | EMI | 724385614125 | other |
| 26 March 1997 | JP | EMI | 4988006727694 | other |
| 10 June 2003 | — | Capitol Records | 00724358053050 | remaster |
| 10 June 2003 | GB | Capitol Records | 724358053029 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| coverartarchive | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |