Rage for Order by Queensryche

Rage for Order, Queensrÿche's second studio album, hit the racks on EMI America in 1986, and the Bellevue, Washington, quintet came dressed for a different party. Management wanted them looking more glam, so the sleeve and promo shots have the band in trench coats, heavy makeup and perms, which sits oddly with music this chilly and brainy. Neil Kernon produced, and Geoff Tate's soaring wail climbs over the interlocking guitars of Chris DeGarmo and Michael Wilton while Eddie Jackson and Scott Rockenfield lock the gears underneath.

The first single was a cover, Dalbello's "Gonna Get Close to You", turned into slow-burning, stalking menace, and "Screaming in Digital" sounds like paranoia wired to a mainframe. They'd even written a title track, then left it off; its main riff lived on as a live instrumental and later mutated into "Anarchy—X" on Operation: Mindcrime. A 2003 reissue added four bonus tracks.

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