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AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[2]
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Q[4]

Q2K is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Queensrÿche, released on September 14, 1999. It was the only Queensrÿche studio album to feature guitarist Kelly Gray as an official member, who, in the early 1980s, was in a band called Myth with vocalist Geoff Tate. "Breakdown" was released as the first single off Q2K. "The Right Side of My Mind" was released as the band's first music video since the album Promised Land and has had occasional airplay on VH1 Classic, which also premiered it in a special co-hosted by Geoff Tate.

On August 29, 2006, Rhino Entertainment released an expanded & remastered edition of Q2K which included four bonus tracks.[5] In Canada, the album was released by Anthem Records.

Two songs "Discipline" and "Monologue" still remain unreleased after Q2K sessions.[6][7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Queensrÿche

No.TitleLength
1."Falling Down"4:28
2."Sacred Ground"4:12
3."One Life"4:48
4."When the Rain Comes..."5:05
5."How Could I?"3:44
6."Beside You"5:14
7."Liquid Sky"4:53
8."Breakdown"4:11
9."Burning Man"3:42
10."Wot Kinda Man"3:15
11."The Right Side of My Mind"5:51
2006 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Until There Was You"4:06
13."Howl"4:05
14."Sacred Ground" (live)4:23
15."Breakdown" (radio edit)3:11

Personnel

Queensrÿche
Technical personnel
  • Queensrÿche – production, engineering
  • Kelly Gray – mixing
  • Jon Plum – mixing at London Bridge Studios, Seattle
  • Eddy Schreyer – mastering

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 67
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 21
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] 65
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 60
US Billboard 200[12] 46

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Q2K – Queensrÿche". AllMusic. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ Angotti, Chris. "Queensrÿche, Q2K". PopMatters. Archived from the original on June 10, 2000. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Queensrÿche – Q2K". Q. No. 161. February 2000. p. 92.
  5. ^ "QUEENSRŸCHE: 'Q2K (Expanded & Remastered)' Listening Party". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. August 30, 2006. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ "Actual Songwriting Credits of Q2k".
  8. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Queensrÿche – Q2K" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Queensrÿche – Q2K" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  10. ^ クイーンズライク - クイーンズライクのアルバム売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
  11. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Queensrÿche – Q2K". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  12. ^ "Queensryche Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
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