Title: Operation: Mindcrime
Artist: Queensrÿche
Genre: Heavy Metal
Released: 1988
Tracks:
1 - I Remember Now - 1:17
2 - Anarchy-X - 1:27
3 - Revolution Calling - 4:39
4 - Operation: Mindcrime - 4:45
5 - Speak - 3:42
6 - Spreading the Disease - 4:07
7 - The Mission - 5:47
8 - Suite Sister Mary - 10:39
9 - The Needle Lies - 3:08
10 - Electric Requiem - 1:22
11 - Breaking the Silence - 4:34
12 - I Don't Believe in Love - 4:23
13 - Waiting for 22 - 1:05
14 - My Empty Room - 1:32
15 - Eyes of a Stranger - 6:53
16 - The Mission (live) - 6:11
17 - My Empty Room (live) - 2:42
Overview:
Artist: Queensrÿche
Genre: Heavy Metal
Released: 1988
Tracks:
1 - I Remember Now - 1:17
2 - Anarchy-X - 1:27
3 - Revolution Calling - 4:39
4 - Operation: Mindcrime - 4:45
5 - Speak - 3:42
6 - Spreading the Disease - 4:07
7 - The Mission - 5:47
8 - Suite Sister Mary - 10:39
9 - The Needle Lies - 3:08
10 - Electric Requiem - 1:22
11 - Breaking the Silence - 4:34
12 - I Don't Believe in Love - 4:23
13 - Waiting for 22 - 1:05
14 - My Empty Room - 1:32
15 - Eyes of a Stranger - 6:53
16 - The Mission (live) - 6:11
17 - My Empty Room (live) - 2:42
Overview:
Operation: Mindcrime is a concept album by American progressive metal band Queensrÿche. Released on May 3, 1988, it is the band's third full-length album. A rock opera, its story follows a man who becomes disillusioned with the society of the time and reluctantly becomes involved with a revolutionary group as an assassin of political leaders. In January 1989, it ranked #34 on Kerrang! magazine's "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time".
During the tour promoting the 1990 album Empire, Operation: Mindcrime was performed in its entirety. The stage show featured video, animation and guest singer Pamela Moore as Sister Mary. This live show was successful enough that the band released it as a box set called Operation: LIVEcrime. The story was initially explored in a series of video clips for MTV in the 1989 VHS video, Video: Mindcrime.
Before filming Video: Mindcrime, the band shot a one-off promotional video in 1988 for the song "Speak" which only consisted of performance footage and did not include any of the story concepts that dominated the album.
In the United States, the album was certified gold a year after its release and was certified platinum in 1991.
In 2003, a 24-bit remastered version of Operation: Mindcrime was released that included live versions of "The Mission" and "My Empty Room" as bonus tracks. In 2006, EMI released a deluxe Operation: Mindcrime box set that included the 2003 remaster, as well as an audio disc of a November 15, 1990 Hammersmith Odeon concert, with the band performing the entire album, and a bonus DVD containing Video: Mindcrime and bonus clips.
A sequel, Operation: Mindcrime II, was released on April 4, 2006, with Ronnie James Dio taking over the role of Dr. X. The subsequent tour consisted of the band performing both Operation: Mindcrime and its sequel in their entirety, back-to-back, with actors, props, an elaborate stage set, and a video screen. The live act from that tour also portrayed Mary's death clearly for the first time. It was later released on the 2007 DVD Mindcrime at the Moore, which included a recording of Dio's only live performance of "The Chase".
During the tour promoting the 1990 album Empire, Operation: Mindcrime was performed in its entirety. The stage show featured video, animation and guest singer Pamela Moore as Sister Mary. This live show was successful enough that the band released it as a box set called Operation: LIVEcrime. The story was initially explored in a series of video clips for MTV in the 1989 VHS video, Video: Mindcrime.
Before filming Video: Mindcrime, the band shot a one-off promotional video in 1988 for the song "Speak" which only consisted of performance footage and did not include any of the story concepts that dominated the album.
In the United States, the album was certified gold a year after its release and was certified platinum in 1991.
In 2003, a 24-bit remastered version of Operation: Mindcrime was released that included live versions of "The Mission" and "My Empty Room" as bonus tracks. In 2006, EMI released a deluxe Operation: Mindcrime box set that included the 2003 remaster, as well as an audio disc of a November 15, 1990 Hammersmith Odeon concert, with the band performing the entire album, and a bonus DVD containing Video: Mindcrime and bonus clips.
A sequel, Operation: Mindcrime II, was released on April 4, 2006, with Ronnie James Dio taking over the role of Dr. X. The subsequent tour consisted of the band performing both Operation: Mindcrime and its sequel in their entirety, back-to-back, with actors, props, an elaborate stage set, and a video screen. The live act from that tour also portrayed Mary's death clearly for the first time. It was later released on the 2007 DVD Mindcrime at the Moore, which included a recording of Dio's only live performance of "The Chase".
