QUEENSRYCHE - stub review added 27th November 2008
Album Review: Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
For fans of: prog rock... and monstrous concept albums
The first 'big' album from Queensrÿche, Operation: Mindcrime (their 3rd full length release) is a concept album featuring plots, characters, interludes and even a few songs. This is a full theatrical experience and, although it features some impossibly strong tracks, it won't appeal to everyone.
Whilst 'Revolution Calling', 'I Don't Believe In Love' and the planet-sized 'Eyes Of A Stranger' are the supreme moments, this album is about the ride. This is a record you play from start to finish and revel in the narrative. Listening to individual songs defeats the object of this sublime release.
Maybe not as accessible as the follow up album, Empire, Operation: Mindcrime is a landmark release that has inspired numerous bands to make monumentally pretentious albums ever since.
Check out... 'Eyes Of A Stranger'. Wow!
Track List:
1. I Remember Now
2. Anarchy X
3. Revolution Calling
4. Operation Mindcrime
5. Speak
6. Spreading The Disease
7. The Mission
8. Suite Sister Mary
9. The Needle Lies
10. Electric Requiem
11. Breaking The Silence
12. I Don't Believe In Love
13. Waiting For 22
14. My Empty Room
15. Eyes Of A Stranger
Band websites: Queensrÿche
