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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
Name = Q2K |
| name = Q2K
Type = studio |
| type = studio
Artist = [[Queensrÿche]] |
| artist = [[Queensrÿche]]
Cover = Queensryche - Q2K cover.jpg |
| cover = Queensryche - Q2K cover.jpg
Released = September 14, 1999 |
| alt =
Recorded = 1999 |
| released = September 14, 1999
| recorded = 1999
Genre = [[Hard rock]], [[alternative rock]] |
Length = 49:45 |
| venue =
| studio =
Label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] |
| genre = {{flatlist|
Producer = [[Queensrÿche]] |
* [[Hard rock]]
Last album = ''[[Hear in the Now Frontier]]''<br />(1997) |
* [[alternative rock]]
This album = '''''Q2K'''''<br />(1999) |
Next album = ''[[Greatest Hits (Queensrÿche album)|Greatest Hits]]''<br />(2000) |
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Q2K
| Type = studio
| Single 1 = [[Breakdown (Queensrÿche song)|Breakdown]]
| Single 1 date = 1999
| Single 2 = The Right Side of My Mind
| Single 2 date = 1999
}}{{ Extra music sample
| filename = Queensryche - Breakdown.ogg
| format = [[Ogg]]
| title = "Breakdown"
| type = studio
}}
}}
| length = 49:45
| label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| producer = [[Queensrÿche]]
| prev_title = [[Hear in the Now Frontier]]
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = [[Tribe (Queensrÿche album)|Tribe]]
| next_year = 2003
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Q2K
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Breakdown (Queensrÿche song)|Breakdown]]
| single1date = 1999
| single2 = The Right Side of My Mind
| single2date = 1999
}}
}}
{{Audio sample
{{Album ratings
| type = studio
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| file = Queensryche - Breakdown.ogg
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/q2k-mw0000244012 | title = Q2K - Queensrÿche | accessdate = 2012-06-09 | last = Erlewine | first = Stephen Thomas | authorlink = Stephen Thomas Erlewine | work = [[Allmusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| description = "Breakdown"
| rev2 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
}}
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal | title = Queensrÿche - Q2K | journal = [[Q (magazine)|Q]] | date = February 2000 | issue = 161 | pages = 92| id = | accessdate = 2012-06-09}}</ref>
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/q2k-mw0000244012 | title = Q2K - Queensrÿche | access-date = 2012-06-09 | last = Erlewine | first = Stephen Thomas | author-link = Stephen Thomas Erlewine | work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| rev2 =''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2Score = 5/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = August 1, 2007 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] | pages=356–357 |isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}</ref>
| rev3 = [[PopMatters]]
| rev3 = [[PopMatters]]
| rev3Score = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/queensryche-q2k/ | title = Queensrÿche, Q2K | accessdate = 2013-02-26 | last = Angotti | first = Chris | publisher = [[PopMatters]]}}</ref>
| rev3Score = {{Rating|5.8|10}}<ref>{{cite magazine | url = http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/queensryche-q2k/ | title = Queensrÿche, Q2K | access-date = 2020-01-20 | last = Angotti | first = Chris | magazine = [[PopMatters]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20000610194827/http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/q/queensryche-q2k.html |archive-date = 2000-06-10}}</ref>
| rev4 = Sea of Tranquility
| rev4 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=4212 | title = Review: 'Queensryche: Q2K (remaster) | accessdate = 2013-05-10 | last = Pierce | first = Ken | date = 27 September 2006 | publisher = Sea of Tranquility}}</ref>
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine | title = Queensrÿche - Q2K | journal = [[Q (magazine)|Q]] | date = February 2000 | issue = 161 | pages = 92}}</ref>
| noprose = yes}}
| noprose = yes
}}


'''''Q2K''''' is the seventh [[studio album]] by [[progressive metal]] band [[Queensrÿche]], released on 14 September [[1999 in music|1999]]. It was the only Queensrÿche studio album to feature guitarist [[Kelly Gray (musician)|Kelly Gray]], who, in the early 1980s, was in a band called Myth with vocalist [[Geoff Tate]]. "[[Breakdown (Queensrÿche song)|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 (Queensrÿche album)|Promised Land]]'' and has had occasional airplay on [[VH1 Classic]], which also premiered it in a special co-hosted by [[Geoff Tate]].
'''''Q2K''''' is the seventh studio album by [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Queensrÿche]], released on 14 September [[1999 in music|1999]]. It was the only Queensrÿche studio album to feature guitarist [[Kelly Gray (musician)|Kelly Gray]] as an official member, who, in the early 1980s, was in a band called Myth with vocalist [[Geoff Tate]]. "[[Breakdown (Queensrÿche song)|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 (Queensrÿche album)|Promised Land]]'' and has had occasional airplay on [[VH1 Classic]], which also premiered it in a special co-hosted by [[Geoff Tate]].


[[Rhino Entertainment]] purchased ''Q2K'' from [[Atlantic Records]] and re-released it on August 29, 2006 with four bonus tracks. In [[Canada]], the album was released by [[Anthem Records]].
On August 29, 2006, [[Rhino Entertainment]] released an expanded & remastered edition of ''Q2K'' which included four bonus tracks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/queensr-che-q2k-expanded-remastered-listening-party/|title=QUEENSRŸCHE: 'Q2K (Expanded & Remastered)' Listening Party|date=2006-08-30|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|access-date=2017-03-13|language=en-US}}</ref> In [[Canada]], the album was released by [[Anthem Records]].


Two songs "Discipline" and "Monologue" still remain unreleased after Q2K sessions.<ref>http://www.anybodylistening.net/breakdownroom/index.php?topic=3594.msg72771#msg72771</ref><ref>http://www.anybodylistening.net/breakdownroom/index.php?topic=3685.0</ref>
Two songs "Discipline" and "Monologue" still remain unreleased after Q2K sessions.<ref>http://www.anybodylistening.net/breakdownroom/index.php?topic=3594.msg72771#msg72771{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>http://www.anybodylistening.net/breakdownroom/index.php?topic=3685.0{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = [[Queensrÿche]]
| all_writing = [[Queensrÿche]]
| title1 = Falling Down
| title1 = Falling Down
| length1 = {{Duration|m=4|s=28}}
| length1 = {{Duration|m=4|s=28}}
| title2 = Sacred Ground
| title2 = Sacred Ground
| length2 = {{Duration|m=4|s=12}}
| length2 = {{Duration|m=4|s=12}}
| title3 = One Life
| title3 = One Life
| length3 = {{Duration|m=4|s=48}}
| length3 = {{Duration|m=4|s=48}}
| title4 = When the Rain Comes...
| title4 = When the Rain Comes...
| length4 = {{Duration|m=5|s=05}}
| length4 = {{Duration|m=5|s=05}}
| title5 = How Could I?
| title5 = How Could I?
| length5 = {{Duration|m=3|s=44}}
| length5 = {{Duration|m=3|s=44}}
| title6 = Beside You
| title6 = Beside You
| length6 = {{Duration|m=5|s=14}}
| length6 = {{Duration|m=5|s=14}}
| title7 = Liquid Sky
| title7 = Liquid Sky
| length7 = {{Duration|m=4|s=53}}
| length7 = {{Duration|m=4|s=53}}
| title8 = [[Breakdown (Queensrÿche song)|Breakdown]]
| title8 = [[Breakdown (Queensrÿche song)|Breakdown]]
| length8 = {{Duration|m=4|s=11}}
| length8 = {{Duration|m=4|s=11}}
| title9 = Burning Man
| title9 = Burning Man
| length9 = {{Duration|m=3|s=42}}
| length9 = {{Duration|m=3|s=42}}
| title10 = Wot Kinda Man
| title10 = Wot Kinda Man
| length10 = {{Duration|m=3|s=15}}
| length10 = {{Duration|m=3|s=15}}
| title11 = The Right Side of My Mind
| title11 = The Right Side of My Mind
| length11 = {{Duration|m=5|s=51}}
| length11 = {{Duration|m=5|s=51}}
}}
}}
{{track listing
{{tracklist
| headline = 2006 CD reissue bonus tracks
| collapsed = yes
| title12 = Until There Was You
| headline = 2006 CD reissue bonus tracks
| length12 = {{Duration|m=4|s=06}}
| title12 = Until There Was You
| title13 = Howl
| length12 = {{Duration|m=4|s=06}}
| length13 = {{Duration|m=4|s=05}}
| title13 = Howl
| title14 = Sacred Ground
| length13 = {{Duration|m=4|s=05}}
| note14 = live
| title14 = Sacred Ground
| length14 = {{Duration|m=4|s=23}}
| note14 = live
| title15 = Breakdown
| length14 = {{Duration|m=4|s=23}}
| note15 = radio edit
| title15 = Breakdown
| length15 = {{Duration|m=3|s=11}}
| note15 = radio edit
| length15 = {{Duration|m=3|s=11}}
}}
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
;Queensrÿche
;Band members
*[[Geoff Tate]] - [[singing|vocals]]
*[[Geoff Tate]] - vocals
*[[Kelly Gray (musician)|Kelly Gray]] - [[guitar]], mixing
*[[Michael Wilton]] - lead guitar
*[[Michael Wilton]] - guitar
*[[Kelly Gray (musician)|Kelly Gray]] - rhythm guitar
*[[Eddie Jackson (musician)|Eddie Jackson]] - [[bass guitar]]
*[[Eddie Jackson (musician)|Eddie Jackson]] - bass
*[[Scott Rockenfield]] - [[drum kit|drums]]
*[[Scott Rockenfield]] - drums


;Technical personnel
;Production
*Queensrÿche - production, engineering
*Jon Plum - mixing at [[London Bridge Studios]], [[Seattle]]
*Kelly Gray - mixing
*Jon Plum - mixing at [[London Bridge Studios]], Seattle
*Eddy Schreyer - mastering
*Eddy Schreyer - mastering


== Charts ==
== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
{{col-begin}}
!scope="col"|Chart (1999)
{{col-break}}
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
;Album
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="2" width="330px"
!align="center"|Year
!align="center"|Chart
!align="center"|Position
|-
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|67|artist=Queensrÿche|album=Q2K|rowheader=true|access-date=September 7, 2022}}
|align="center" rowspan="5"|1999
|align="center"|German Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Queensr%FFche&title=Q2K&country=de | title = Album – Queensrÿche, Q2K| accessdate = 2013-02-25 | work = Charts.de | publisher = [[Media Control Charts]] |language=German }}</ref>
|align="center"|21
|-
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|21|id=18001|artist=Queensrÿche|album=Q2K|rowheader=true|access-date=September 7, 2022}}
|align="center"|[[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] (U.S.)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/q2k-mw0000244012/awards | title = Q2K Billboard Albums | accessdate = 2013-02-25 | work = [[Allmusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|46
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/60474/ranking/cd_album/ | script-title=ja: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 | accessdate = February 17, 2013 | publisher = [[Oricon]] | language = Japanese}}</ref>
|align="center"| [[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Queensr%FFche&titel=Q2K&cat=a | title = Queensrÿche – Q2K (album) | accessdate = 2013-02-25 | work = Swedishcharts.com | publisher = [[Media Control Charts]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|60
|-
|align="center"|[[Oricon]] Japanese Albums Charts<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/60474/ranking/cd_album/ | script-title=ja: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 | accessdate = 2013-02-17 | publisher = [[Oricon]] | language = Japanese}}</ref>
|align="center"|65
|align="center"|65
|-
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|60|artist=Queensrÿche|album=Q2K|rowheader=true|access-date=September 7, 2022}}
|align="center"| [[MegaCharts|Dutch Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Queensr%FFche&titel=Q2K&cat=a | title = Queensrÿche – Q2K (Album) | accessdate = 2013-02-25 | work = [[GfK]] Dutch Charts | publisher = [[Media Control Charts]] | language = Dutch}}</ref>
|align="center"|67
|}
{{col-break}}
;Singles
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="2" width="440px"
!align="center"|Year
!align="center"|Title
!align="center"|Chart
!align="center"|Position
|-
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|46|artist=Queensryche|rowheader=true|access-date=September 7, 2022}}
|align="center"|1999
|align="center" |"Breakdown"
|align="center"|[[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks]]<ref name="singles" >{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/q2k-mw0000244012/awards | title = Q2K Billboard Singles | accessdate = 2013-02-25 | work = [[Allmusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|27
|}
|}

{{col-end}}
==External links==
* [http://www.queensrycheofficial.com/music/q2k/ Q2K Album Page - Queensryche Official Website]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:36, 20 May 2023

Q2K
Studio album by
Queensrÿche
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1999
Recorded1999
Genre
Length49:45
LabelAtlantic
ProducerQueensrÿche
Queensrÿche chronology
Hear in the Now Frontier
(1997) 		Q2K
(1999) 		Tribe
(2003)
Singles from Q2K
  1. "Breakdown"
    Released: 1999
  2. "The Right Side of My Mind"
    Released: 1999
Audio sample
"Breakdown"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[2]
PopMatters[3]
Q[4]

Q2K is the seventh studio album by heavy metal band Queensrÿche, released on 14 September 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Charts[edit]

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

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Q2K - Queensrÿche". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ Angotti, Chris. "Queensrÿche, Q2K". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 2000-06-10. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  4. ^ "Queensrÿche - Q2K". Q. No. 161. February 2000. p. 92.
  5. ^ "QUEENSRŸCHE: 'Q2K (Expanded & Remastered)' Listening Party". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 2006-08-30. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
  6. ^ http://www.anybodylistening.net/breakdownroom/index.php?topic=3594.msg72771#msg72771[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ http://www.anybodylistening.net/breakdownroom/index.php?topic=3685.0[permanent dead link]
  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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