after the ep tour, queensrÿche travelled to london to record their first full-length album. the band worked with producer james guthrie, who had worked with pink floyd and judas priest. released in september 1984, "the warning" showed the band in an early stage of development, playing classic heavy metal songs. it peaked at no. 61 on the billboard album chart, a moderate commercial success. while none of the singles released from "the warning" charted domestically, "take hold of the flame" was a hit for the band outside the u.s., and particularly in japan. the band's first full-scale u.s. tour (in support of this album) was as the opening act for kiss on their "animalize" tour and iron maiden on their "world slavery tour".