The Needle Lies

~ Recording by Queensrÿche

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.9The Needle Lies3:09QueensrÿcheOperation: MindcrimeQueensrÿcheAlbum
  • GB1988-05-02
EMI Manhattan (Manhattan Records after Jul 1987 acquisition of EMI America)CDP-7-48640-2

Relationships

assistant engineer:Jim Campbell (engineer)
Glen "The Snake" Robinson (engineer)
Paul Milner (engineer)
engineer:James “Jimbo” Barton (Australian/US producer/engineer, fl. 1990’s–2020’s)
Paul Northfield
producer:Peter Collins (producer)
assistant mixer:Ronald Prent (Dutch Sound engineer and producer)
mixer:James “Jimbo” Barton (Australian/US producer/engineer, fl. 1990’s–2020’s)
12 string guitar, acoustic guitar and electric guitar:Chris DeGarmo
Michael Wilton
bass guitar:Eddie Jackson (US metal bassist for Queensrÿche)
cello:Michael Kamen (American score composer)
drums (drum set) and percussion:Scott Rockenfield
keyboard, lead vocals and whistling:Geoff Tate
choir vocals:The Moronic Monks of Morin Heights (Operation: Mindcrime)
spoken vocals [Dr.X]:Anthony Valentine (actor)
conductor:Snakemeister (conductor)
chorus master:Michael Kamen (American score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1988, in 2003)
recorded at:Kajem/Victory Studios (An American recording studio and production facility.) in Philadelphia
Le Studio in Morin‐Heights
mixed at:Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/2nUyMD5cvEwiB6EuLFyCHo [info]
recording of:The Needle Lies

Related works

The Needle Lies

writer:Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
publisher:Queensrÿche Publishing Company
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)