Operation: Mindcrime

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stars. Well it's even better then I remember. The energy and heaviness is right up my alley, and th I Remember You" opens the album up with samples and spoken words while "Anarchy-X" is like the short intro song to the Ultratop.be – Queensrÿche – Operation: Mindcrime" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 22, 2021. The story details Nikki, played by the singer Geoff Tate, an amnesiac drug addict who suddenly regains his memory. He remembers that he was an idealistic revolutionary fighting on the side of a shadowy Lenin-esque figure by the name of Dr. X. After meeting a nun by the name of Mary, played by singer Pamela Moore, he grows disillusioned with the Doctor's movement. Nikki falls in love with Mary and realizes that Dr. X led the movement for his own personal gain. Nikki finds Mary dead, and was taken subsequently to a mental hospital, blamed for the murder. in Montreal for a while. It was there in a church where the ideas came for the concept that would be "Operation:Mindcrime". I was at

The original "Operation: Mindcrime" album weaved themes of religion, drug abuse and underground, radical politics. By contrast, 2006's "Operation: Mindcrime II" was regarded as an unnecessary sequel that many felt cheapened the original album, despite being a decent record in its own right. Essentially, while it is by no means some kind of pop-oriented, image-obsessed hair metal, it's still the type of music that was essentially commercially annihilated by Nirvana's Nevermind in the early '90s -- in a way that rougher bands like Metallica or Megadeth or Pantera, for example, were not.

In 2011, LA Weekly ranked the album at No. 14 on their Top 20 Hair Metal Albums Of All Time calling it "Queensyche's magnum opus" and "a masterpiece". [21] About the production. Of course, totally perfect. The guitars deserve to be highlighted. They have great strength to them, without their sound being too sharp or too aggressive. Obviously, this record's production is not something anyone would complain about, and I'm no exception. What's flawless is flawless. The song " I Don't Believe in Love" was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1990 in the category " Best Metal Performance". [22] The compositions on "Operation : Mindcrime" offer almost everything a fan of good music (and i'm not just talking about metal my friends) should like. From faster parts/songs like "Speak" and "The Needle Lies" to songs with balladesque parts "The Mission" on to progressive (almost classical) structures in a song like "Suite Sister Marry" - this album offers everything . Actually i shouldn't have taken out specific songs, since the whole album only works perfect as a union. Of course every song on the album could speak for himself, but only by listening to the whole album, reading through the lyrics you will find out what a fantastic piece of music Queensryche created at the peak of their career.

The guitars, by contrast, sound heavenly all the way through. They are the driving force behind this entire album, as they flow in tandem with each other, smothering you in monstrously catchy hooks and, crucially, conveying emotion in a way that Tate's vocals cannot. In fact, the guitars sound so expressive that they basically do Tate's job for him. "Breaking The Silence" and "I Don't Believe In Love" are perfect examples of this, and my favorites on here. During "The Needle Lies", the music even goes through the pop cliche of moving the final chorus a few notes higher, and it actually works, the result being a creepy escalation of the song's mood that greatly compliments the whole "struggle with drug addiction" theme. Dutchcharts.nl – Queensrÿche – Operation: Mindcrime II" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 7, 2022. Englishman Collins had collaborated with Gary Moore, Billy Squier and even Tom Jones, but it was his work on three Rush albums that endeared him to Queensrÿche. Once on board, Collins engaged himself with the minutiae of the sessions

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a b Huey, Steve. "Operation: Mindcrime - Queensrÿche". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation . Retrieved October 22, 2011. And maybe Nikki would have felt responsible for her death even if he hadn’t actually pull the trigger. After all, meeting him had set in train the events that led to Mary’s death. They weren’t safe to have a real relationship within the organization, nor could they be permitted to leave. So, as for Romeo and Juliet, the tragedy was inevitable. It’s a classic storyline to go onto a classic heavy metal record.