Sanctuary Records
2003
Tribe
About This Album
Tribe is, in so many ways, a make or break album for Queensrÿche. While the Live Evolution set brought home 30 tracks of the Rÿche's concert material -- with or without founding guitarist Chris DeGarmo -- the band's studio output since Promised Land (and some would debate the validity of that album) has been inconsistent. For starters, there was the departure of DeGarmo after the disappointing Hear in the Now Frontier, and then the loss of another guitarist after the lackluster Q2k. Certainly there were moments of brilliance on both recordings, but the inspiration and fire that fueled earlier efforts were lurking behind the scenes somewhere. On Tribe, the band reunites with DeGarmo. The original lineup wrote and produced Tribe. Whether or not DeGarmo is returning to the band as a full-on member is not clear as of this writing. Tribe reflects a renewed vigor and vision in the Queensrÿche sound. This is prog metal at its best: knotty song structures, complex melodies, bruising guitars, and Geoff Tate's voice and lyrics asking all the tough questions. While this is not a concept album, the themes of tolerance, compassion, the environment, the simulacra at the heart of American society in particular and globalization in general, and the prospect of oblivion haunt this recording.
Track List (try tracks 1,2 and 6)

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