THE HIDDEN ROOM: Queensrÿche : Mindcrime (Deluxe Edition)

Queensrÿche : Mindcrime (Deluxe Edition)

I DON'T BELIEVE IN LOVE

I NEVER HAVE

I NEVER WILL

I DON'T BELIEVE IN LOVE

IT'S NEVER WORTH

THE PAIN THAT YOU FEEL

Operation: Mindcrime

is the third

studio album

by 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

Double CD

box set.

Operation: Mindcrime

is a concept album

and a rock opera.

Its story follows

Nikki,

a 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"

Operation: Mindcrime

was Queensrÿche's

breakthrough album,

reaching number 50

on the

Billboard 200

while its

last two singles

"Eyes of a Stranger"

and

"I Don't Believe in Love"

served as the band's

first charting hits

in the United States.

The album was certified

by the RIAA

as gold

in early 1989,

and was certified

as platinum

two years later.

A sequel,

Operation: Mindcrime II,

was released on

April 4, 2006.

In 2006,

Operation: Mindcrime

was re-released

as a deluxe box set,

containing the

2003 remaster,

a live CD

with the album

played in its entirety

at the

Hammersmith Odeon

November 15, 1990,

TRACKLIST

CD 1

(2003 Remaster)

I Remember Now

[Remastered 2003]

Anarchy-X

[Remastered 2003]

Revolution Calling

[Remastered 2003]

Operation Mindcrime

[Remastered 2003]

Speak

[Remastered 2003]

Spreading The Disease

[Remastered 2003]

The Mission

[Remastered 2003]

Suite Sister Mary

[Remastered 2003]

The Needle Lies

[Remastered 2003]

Electric Requiem

[Remastered 2003]

Breaking The Silence

[Remastered 2003]

I Don't Believe In Love

[Remastered 2003]

Waiting For 22

[Remastered 2003]

My Empty Room

[Remastered 2003]

Eyes Of A Stranger

[Remastered 2003]

The Mission

[Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London, England/1990 Remastered]

My Empty Room

[Live At The Astoria Theatre, London, England/1994 Remastered]

CD 2

(Hammersmith Odeon 11/15/90)

I Remember Now