I found Empire to be one of the best, period. When we had a studio (commercial recording studio) back in the day, we used Empire as a reference for our behind desk monitors. It was SO crisp. Brilliantly mixed and produced.
FWIW, we also used - get this - ABBA cds. Yes, ABBA. Hard to believe, but they had some righteous production to use as a reference, even though their original recordings were years before the actual "compact disk" came out.
BUT!! Not a hijack, Empire reigns as a killer album.
Peace,
V.