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1999 studio album by Queensrÿche

Q2K Studio album by Queensrÿche Released September 14, 1999 Recorded 1999 Genre Hard rock alternative rock Length 49:27 Label Atlantic Producer Queensrÿche Queensrÿche chronology Hear in the Now Frontier (1997) Q2K (1999) Tribe (2003) Singles from Q2K "Breakdown" Released: 1999 "The Right Side of My Mind" Released: 1999 Audio sample "Breakdown" file help

Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [1] Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 5/10[2] PopMatters [3] Q [4]

***Q2K*** is the seventh studio album by American [progressive metal](/source/Progressive_metal) band [Queensrÿche](/source/Queensr%C3%BFche), released on September 14, 1999. It was the only Queensrÿche studio album to feature guitarist [Kelly Gray](/source/Kelly_Gray_(musician)) as an official member, who, in the early 1980s, was in a band called Myth with vocalist [Geoff Tate](/source/Geoff_Tate). "[Breakdown](/source/Breakdown_(Queensr%C3%BFche_song))" 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](/source/Promised_Land_(Queensr%C3%BFche_album))* and has had occasional airplay on [VH1 Classic](/source/VH1_Classic), which also premiered it in a special co-hosted by Geoff Tate.

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

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

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Queensrÿche.

No. Title Length 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. Title Length 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**

- [Geoff Tate](/source/Geoff_Tate) – vocals

- [Michael Wilton](/source/Michael_Wilton) – lead guitar

- [Kelly Gray](/source/Kelly_Gray_(musician)) – rhythm guitar

- [Eddie Jackson](/source/Eddie_Jackson_(musician)) – bass

- [Scott Rockenfield](/source/Scott_Rockenfield) – drums

**Technical personnel**

- Queensrÿche – production, engineering

- Kelly Gray – mixing

- Jon Plum – mixing at [London Bridge Studios](/source/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. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Erlewine, Stephen Thomas](/source/Stephen_Thomas_Erlewine). ["Q2K – Queensrÿche"](http://www.allmusic.com/album/q2k-mw0000244012). *[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)*. Retrieved June 9, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-martin_2-0)** [Popoff, Martin](/source/Martin_Popoff) (August 1, 2007). *The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties*. [Collector's Guide Publishing](/source/Collector's_Guide_Publishing). pp. 356–357. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-894959-62-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-894959-62-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Angotti, Chris. ["Queensrÿche, Q2K"](https://web.archive.org/web/20000610194827/http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/q/queensryche-q2k.html). *[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters)*. Archived from [the original](https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/queensryche-q2k/) on June 10, 2000. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Queensrÿche – Q2K". *[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))*. No. 161. February 2000. p. 92.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["QUEENSRŸCHE: 'Q2K (Expanded & Remastered)' Listening Party"](http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/queensr-che-q2k-expanded-remastered-listening-party/). *BLABBERMOUTH.NET*. August 30, 2006. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [\[1\]](https://archive.today/20130708062238/http://www.anybodylistening.net/breakdownroom/index.php?topic=3594.msg72771%23msg72771)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Actual Songwriting Credits of Q2k"](https://www.anybodylistening.net/breakdownroom/index.php?topic=3685.0). Retrieved January 21, 2025.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Netherlands_Queensrÿche_8-0)** "[Dutchcharts.nl – Queensrÿche – Q2K](https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Queensr%FFche&titel=Q2K&cat=a)" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 7, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Germany_Queensrÿche_9-0)** "[Offiziellecharts.de – Queensrÿche – Q2K](https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-18001)" (in German). [GfK Entertainment charts](/source/GfK_Entertainment_charts). Retrieved September 7, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-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](http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/60474/ranking/cd_album/) (in Japanese). [Oricon](/source/Oricon). Retrieved February 17, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Sweden_Queensrÿche_11-0)** "[Swedishcharts.com – Queensrÿche – Q2K](https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Queensr%FFche&titel=Q2K&cat=a)". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 7, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Billboard200_Queensryche_12-0)** "[Queensryche Chart History (*Billboard* 200)](https://www.billboard.com/artist/Queensryche/chart-history/TLP)". *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Retrieved September 7, 2022.

## External links

- [Q2K album page – Queensryche official website](http://www.queensrycheofficial.com/music/q2k/)

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