Talk:American Soldier (album)

10th or 12th?

Regarding this edit: The band itself calls American Soldier their ”12th studio album” but that figure apparently includes the Queensrÿche EP and the Take Cover cover album. Which should it be? –Kooma (di algo) 11:56, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Good question. I thought about that myself when I saw that edit. Considering the fact that the Queensrÿche EP was originally an EP and not a full-length album, and was reissued with bonus tracks on a later date, I wouldn't consider American Soldier their 12th full-length album. Also, considering the fact that Take Cover was an album consisting entirely of covered songs, and tribute albums have their own infobox type, I wouldn't consider American Soldier as Queensrÿche's 11th studio album. Therefore, I think that the anonymous editor's edit should stay as it is. Thanks for your interest. BT^C 20:12, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Seeing that it was changed again, I rephrased it as ”10th full-length studio album with original material”. Slightly pedantic but it should at least be clear to all. –Kooma (di algo) 08:11, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

I would consider that an agreeable edit. Thank you. BT^C 20:04, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Four years after this discussion, I am changing it to "eleventh studio album" for the following reasons:

1. In the official discography, Take Cover is considered the tenth studio album (hence, American Soldier is the eleventh), so i am changing it to achieve consistency, and thus I may do so without prior discussion. Should you want to discuss changing it structurally, please see the next reason.
2. Studio albums are studio albums, whether they contain original material or covers. This is why Take Cover is indeed a studio album in its full right, while the EP is not, because they are "too short to qualify as a full studio album or LP" (source: extended play). This consistency is applied on Wikipedia in among others Queensrÿche's discography and other cover albums such as Big Bang Theory. Should you disagree with this, the "Album article style guide" does not explicate this at the moment, so you may put it up for discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums/Album article style guide.
3. Deviating from what is generally accepted is confusing. The forthcoming records by either version of Queensrÿche are identified everywhere as the "thirteenth album" (1, 2, 3, 4). So in order to keep things comprehensible for the casual reader, we will need to avoid causing confusion.

Thank you. --Eddyspeeder (talk) 11:18, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Tour Events

I don't know if this is worth mentioning or if there is even a good source out there to back this up, but while on tour for Soldier they stopped at the Army/Air Force Exchange (AAFEES) store on Buckley AFB, just outside of Denver, for a meet & greet with service members, retirees, and family members. I don't know if they did this at other bases, or if the Denver stop was the only one, but it was a class move on Queensryche's part. Thanks for listening! FiggazWithAttitude (talk) 16:08, 12 July 2019 (UTC)