Album
Promised Land
Promised Land is the fifth studio album by Queensrÿche, the American progressive metal band, released on 18 October 1994 through EMI Records USA. It arrived four years after Empire, the record that had brought them real success, and it stands as the highest-charting album of their career so far.
Placed between Empire and Hear in the Now Frontier, it sits at the centre of the band's run of 1990s albums, and its blend of progressive metal, heavy metal and hard rock makes it a useful marker of where they were heading after that long gap. A remastered edition with bonus tracks followed on 10 June 2003, which is a handy way in for anyone wanting to revisit it.
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Promised Land: tracklist, credits and charts
11 tracks · 48:06Tracklist
- 19:28 A.M.Scott Rockenfield1:43
- 2I Am IChris DeGarmo and Geoff Tate3:57
- 3DamagedChris DeGarmo and Geoff Tate3:58
- 4Out of MindChris DeGarmo4:36
- 5BridgeChris DeGarmo3:30
- 6Promised LandDeGarmo, Jackson, Rockenfield, Tate, Wilton7:58
- 7DisconnectedScott Rockenfield and Geoff Tate4:45
- 8Lady JaneChris DeGarmo4:15
- 9My Global MindDeGarmo, Rockenfield, Tate, Wilton4:22
- 10One More TimeChris DeGarmo and Geoff Tate4:19
- 11Someone Else?Chris DeGarmo and Geoff Tate4:44
- Produced by
- James “Jimbo” Barton, Queensrÿche, James Barton
- Recorded at
- At home, The Dungeon, and Big Log Studio, Seattle, Washington, Triad Studios, Redmond, Washington, Music Grinder Studio, Hollywood, California
- Recorded
- August 1992–May 1994
- Mixed by
- James “Jimbo” Barton, Queensrÿche
- Engineered by
- James “Jimbo” Barton, Tom Hall, Queensrÿche
- Label
- EMI Records USA
- Length
- 48:06
Line-up
- Chris DeGarmo · electric guitar, background vocals, piano
- Scott Rockenfield · drums (drum set)
- Michael Wilton · electric guitar, guitar
- Eddie Jackson · background vocals
- Geoff Tate · background vocals, lead vocals
Singles
- “I Am I” · 1994
- “Bridge” · 1994
- “Someone Else?” · 1995
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 1994 | 3 |
| UK Albums Chart · 1994 | 13 |
| Finland (The Official Finnish Charts) · 1994 | 4 |
| Swedish Albums · 1994 | 6 |
| German Albums · 1994 | 10 |
| Swiss Albums · 1994 | 14 |
| Dutch Albums · 1994 | 16 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1994 | 16 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM) · 1994 | 28 |
| Austrian Albums · 1994 | 38 |
All 11 charts
| Australian Albums (ARIA) · 1994 | 79 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| Canada · 1994 | Gold |
| United States · 1994 | Platinum |
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3.2k
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Queensrÿche
1982
The Warning
1984
Rage for Order
1986
Operation: Mindcrime
1988
Empire
1990
Operation: LIVEcrime
1991
Hear in the Now Frontier
1997
Q2K
1999
Greatest Hits
2000
Live Evolution
2001
Classic Masters
2003
Tribe
2003
The Art of Live
2004
Operation: Mindcrime II
2006
Extended Versions
2007
Mindcrime at the Moore
2007
Sign of the Times: The Best of Queensrÿche
2007
Take Cover
2007
American Soldier
2009
Dedicated to Chaos
2011
Queensrÿche
2013
Condition Hüman
2015
The Verdict
2019
Digital Noise Alliance
2022
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 1994-10-18; musicbrainz + wikidata 1994-10-17 (1 days apart, likely another territory)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 17 October 1994 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 18 October 1994 | |
| Wikidata | 17 October 1994 | |
| US release | 18 October 1994 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 17 October 1994 | earliest UK or European date |
9 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | US | EMI Records USA | 724383071111 | other |
| 1994 | US | EMI Records Ltd. | 328575070000 | other |
| 1994 | CA | EMI | 724383071128 | other |
| 1994 | XE | EMI | 724383071128 | other |
| 17 October 1994 | GB | EMI | 724383071128 | original |
| 18 October 1994 | US | EMI | 724383071128 | other |
| 19 October 1994 | JP | EMI | 4988006701830 | other |
| 2003 | GB | EMI | 724358052923 | remaster |
| 1 April 2004 | XW | Capitol Records | 00724358052954 | remaster |
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) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 800×800 | upscaled |