"“The Warning” signalled the first full album release from Queensrÿche, following the release of their EP the previous year. That EP had been full of the kind of material that heavy metal fans look for, and its short sharp burst had fans keyed up to see what would come from the band on their fledgling debut opus.

It is obvious early on that while the EP had been packed full of the kinds of riffs and solos that set the mouth-watering, “The Warning” does not go down that same metal path, though my thoughts do tend to be different from many of the so-called experts. To me this is a much more progressive kind of album than straight out heavy metal, and yet many out there think exactly the opposite. And yet I believe there is a greater variety of tunes here, with the band not afraid to put in parts that are much softer and quieter than a traditional metal band would do. And while there are some great riffs and solos here, they don't really match that initial fury of what was produced on that four-track starter. Now that is not to suggest this album therefore doesn't cut it. In fact, there are some great songs here, but some come here looking for more songs that could be directly attributed to those first songs than what we find here on this album".

On this episode we are going to talk about “The Warning” by Queensrÿche, the band’s debut studio album released 40 years ago this week, on today’s episode where ‘most of this is memory now, I've gone too far to turn back now’ on Music from a Lifetime.