RAGE FOR ORDER (1986/2003) EMI Records

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Band Members:

Geoff Tate - Vocals
Michael Wilton - Guitars
Chris DeGarmo - Guitars/vocals
Eddie Jackson - Bass/vocals
Scott Rockenfield - Drums

Produced by Neil Kernon

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Track Listing:

1. Walk in the Shadows

2. I Dream in Infrared

3. The Whisper

4. Gonna Get Close To You

5. The Killing Words

6. Surgical Strike

7. Neue Regel

8. Chemical Youth (We Are Rebellion)

9. London

10. Screaming in Digital

11. I Will Remember

12. Gonna Get Close to You (12" Version) *

13. The Killing Words (live) *

14. I Dream in Infrared (1991 Acoustic Remix) *

15. Walk in the Shadows (live) *

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Editor's Album Notes:

Rage for Order is an album that many credit with launching the genre of "progressive heavy metal." With the increased use of keyboards, time changes, and complex lyrical themes throughout the record, bands such as Dream Theater sprung up all over the place, many of whom labeled Queensryche as a major influence due to this album. Rage for Order is not a concept record, but a themeatic one. It works off the three tiers of order - social/personal, political, and technological. Think about that, then look at the songs' order.

There are also three demo/unreleased tracks from Rage for Order. The title track, "Rage for Order," ultimately became the instrumental, "Anarchy-X," which appeared on Queensr˙che's 1988 album, Operation: Mindcrime. The "Rage for Order" demo, however, had lyrics, including a chorus where the entire band screams "RAGE!" while Tate finishes with "for order, order!" It was quite an interesting and different song for the band.

The other two tracks are "The Dream" and "From the Darkside." The former is very similar in vein to the other songs on Rage for Order, while the latter reminds some of something from U2. All three songs are not commercially available, and were discovered by fans in the 1990s.

The album was remastered and re-released in 2003 with four bonus tracks, including the 12" single version of "Gonna Get Close to You," a live version of "The Killing Words," an acoustic remix of "I Dream in Infrared," and a live version of the fan favorite, "Walk in the Shadows." Rage for Order also featured a number of alternative album covers. While all essentially the same, the color of the middle ring was altered over time. Here are those covers: