Description
US First Pressing
Absolutely mint copy of the first pressing! We had to dig through all sorts of archives to find this baby! Grab it before it’s gone!
Tracklisting:
Side one
01. “I Remember Now”
02. “Anarchy—X” (instrumental)
03. “Revolution Calling”
04. “Operation: Mindcrime”
05. “Speak”
06. “Spreading the Disease”
07. “The Mission”
Side two
08. “Suite Sister Mary”
09. “The Needle Lies”
10. “Electric Requiem”
11. “Breaking the Silence”
12. “I Don’t Believe in Love”
13. “Waiting for 22” (instrumental)
14. “My Empty Room”
15. “Eyes of a Stranger”
Operation: Mindcrime is the third studio album by the American progressive metal band Queensrÿche. Originally released on May 3, 1988, the album was reissued on May 6, 2003 with two bonus tracks, and again in 2006 as a deluxe box set.
A concept album and a rock opera, its story follows Nikki, a recovering drug addict who becomes disillusioned with the corrupt society of his time and reluctantly becomes involved with a revolutionary group as an assassin of political leaders. In January 1989, it ranked at No. 34 on Kerrang! magazine’s “100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time”.
The album was certified by the RIAA as ‘gold’ a year after its release, and it was certified as ‘platinum’ in 1991. A sequel, Operation: Mindcrime II, was released on April 4, 2006. – But the less said about that disaster the better!
