TWO NEW OPERATION: MINDCRIME PACKAGES TO BE UNLEASHED JUNE 20 BY EMI:
Press Release / To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the 1981 formation of Queensrÿche, one of the world's most acclaimed progressive metal bands, EMI will release two expanded Operation: Mindcrime packages on June 20.
A new 2-CD set adds two bonus tracks to the Platinum-certified, Grammy-nominated 1988 album/rock opera and pairs the disc with a previously unreleased live performance of the album's tracks in sequence. The 2-CD+DVD Operation: Mindcrime - Deluxe Edition, packaged in a four-panel digipak with slipcase, contains the 2-CD set and its 24-page booklet and adds Video: Mindcrime, making its DVD debut with two previously unreleased video clips.
The Rolling Stone Album Guide described Operation: Mindcrime, Queensrÿche's landmark narrative album/rock opera, as "a full-blown concept album that spins Reagan-era media manipulation into a nightmarish vision of the future." It was this album that landed Queensrÿche on the map.
Featuring orchestration by the late Oscar-nominated composer Michael Kamen (X-Men, Band of Brothers), Operation: Mindcrime was an ambitious studio outing. The band's third album, Operation: Mindcrime remained on Billboard's album chart for more than a year, selling more than one million copies, and was met with international critical acclaim and comparisons to the Who's "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia" rock operas. The album's powerful message of political disillusionment still resonates today.
"Seventeen years after Operation: Mindcrime's release, it's now considered one of the finest rock operas ever recorded and universally regarded as one of the greatest metal albums of all time." (PopMatters - March 16, 2006)
The expanded 2-CD set's first disc includes the full original album with two bonus tracks, live renditions of The Mission (recorded in 1990 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London) and My Empty Room (from the "Bridge" CD single). Its second disc adds a previously unreleased live representation of the entire Operation: Mindcrime album, recorded live at London, England's Hammersmith Odeon on November 15, 1990.
The 2-CD+DVD Deluxe Edition contains the 2-CD Operation: Mindcrime set plus Video: Mindcrime, the acclaimed filmed companion to the album that spawned two MTV favorites, "Eyes of a Stranger" and "I Don't Believe In Love." Video: Mindcrime makes its DVD debut with this release, adding two previously unreleased clips: a behind-the-scenes look at "The Making Of Operation: Mindcrime" and an original television ad for the album.
Earlier this year, Queensrÿche launched a sold-out tour featuring the original Operation: Mindcrime performed in its entirety with actors on stage portraying the narrative album's characters alongside the band. On April 4, Rhino released Queensrÿche's new sequel album, Operation: Mindcrime II, which debuted at #14 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart. Geoff Tate has announced that the band plans to stage performances of both Mindcrime albums in their entirety on the upcoming tour, and that he is putting the finishing touches on a screenplay of the original Mindcrime. For updates, please visit the band's official site: www.queensryche.com.
Operation: Mindcrime - Disc 1 - 1. I Remember Now (DeGarmo) . 2. Anarchy-X (DeGarmo) . 3. Revolution Calling (Tate/Wilton) . 4. Operation: Mindcrime (DeGarmo/Tate/Wilton) . 5. Speak (Tate/Wilton) . 6. Spreading The Disease (Tate/Wilton) . 7. The Mission (DeGarmo) . 8. Suite Sister Mary (DeGarmo/Tate) . 9. The Needle Lies (Tate/Wilton) . 10. Electric Requiem (Rockenfield/Tate) . 11. Breaking The Silence (DeGarmo/Tate) . 12. I Don't Believe In Love (DeGarmo/Tate) . 13. Waiting For 22 (DeGarmo) . 14. My Empty Room (Tate/Wilton) . 15. Eyes Of A Stranger (DeGarmo/Tate).
Bonus Tracks: 16. The Mission (Live) - recorded at Hammersmith Odeon (London): 11/14-15/90 . 17. My Empty Room (Live) - from "Bridge" single; recorded at the Astoria Theater (London): 10/20/94 (special promotional show).
Disc 2 - Previously Unreleased - Recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon (London, England): 11/15/90 - I Remember Now . Anarchy X . Revolution Calling . Operation: Mindcrime . Speak . Spreading The Disease . The Mission . Suite Sister Mary . The Needle Lies . Electric Requiem . Breaking The Silence . I Don't Believe In Love . Waiting For 22 . My Empty Room . Eyes Of A Stranger.
Operation: Mindcrime (Deluxe Edition) - Contains Operation: Mindcrime 2-CD set + Video: Mindcrime DVD. Previously Available Only On VHS - Video: Mindcrime - I Remember Now . Anarchy-X . Revolution Calling . Operation: Mindcrime . Speak . Breaking The Silence . I Don't Believe In Love . Waiting For 22 . Eyes Of A Stranger . Extras: The Making Of Operation: Mindcrime [promotional piece] . Operation: Mindcrime TV spot.
Press Release / To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the 1981 formation of Queensrÿche, one of the world's most acclaimed progressive metal bands, EMI will release two expanded Operation: Mindcrime packages on June 20.
A new 2-CD set adds two bonus tracks to the Platinum-certified, Grammy-nominated 1988 album/rock opera and pairs the disc with a previously unreleased live performance of the album's tracks in sequence. The 2-CD+DVD Operation: Mindcrime - Deluxe Edition, packaged in a four-panel digipak with slipcase, contains the 2-CD set and its 24-page booklet and adds Video: Mindcrime, making its DVD debut with two previously unreleased video clips.
The Rolling Stone Album Guide described Operation: Mindcrime, Queensrÿche's landmark narrative album/rock opera, as "a full-blown concept album that spins Reagan-era media manipulation into a nightmarish vision of the future." It was this album that landed Queensrÿche on the map.
Featuring orchestration by the late Oscar-nominated composer Michael Kamen (X-Men, Band of Brothers), Operation: Mindcrime was an ambitious studio outing. The band's third album, Operation: Mindcrime remained on Billboard's album chart for more than a year, selling more than one million copies, and was met with international critical acclaim and comparisons to the Who's "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia" rock operas. The album's powerful message of political disillusionment still resonates today.
"Seventeen years after Operation: Mindcrime's release, it's now considered one of the finest rock operas ever recorded and universally regarded as one of the greatest metal albums of all time." (PopMatters - March 16, 2006)
The expanded 2-CD set's first disc includes the full original album with two bonus tracks, live renditions of The Mission (recorded in 1990 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London) and My Empty Room (from the "Bridge" CD single). Its second disc adds a previously unreleased live representation of the entire Operation: Mindcrime album, recorded live at London, England's Hammersmith Odeon on November 15, 1990.
The 2-CD+DVD Deluxe Edition contains the 2-CD Operation: Mindcrime set plus Video: Mindcrime, the acclaimed filmed companion to the album that spawned two MTV favorites, "Eyes of a Stranger" and "I Don't Believe In Love." Video: Mindcrime makes its DVD debut with this release, adding two previously unreleased clips: a behind-the-scenes look at "The Making Of Operation: Mindcrime" and an original television ad for the album.
Earlier this year, Queensrÿche launched a sold-out tour featuring the original Operation: Mindcrime performed in its entirety with actors on stage portraying the narrative album's characters alongside the band. On April 4, Rhino released Queensrÿche's new sequel album, Operation: Mindcrime II, which debuted at #14 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart. Geoff Tate has announced that the band plans to stage performances of both Mindcrime albums in their entirety on the upcoming tour, and that he is putting the finishing touches on a screenplay of the original Mindcrime. For updates, please visit the band's official site: www.queensryche.com.
Operation: Mindcrime - Disc 1 - 1. I Remember Now (DeGarmo) . 2. Anarchy-X (DeGarmo) . 3. Revolution Calling (Tate/Wilton) . 4. Operation: Mindcrime (DeGarmo/Tate/Wilton) . 5. Speak (Tate/Wilton) . 6. Spreading The Disease (Tate/Wilton) . 7. The Mission (DeGarmo) . 8. Suite Sister Mary (DeGarmo/Tate) . 9. The Needle Lies (Tate/Wilton) . 10. Electric Requiem (Rockenfield/Tate) . 11. Breaking The Silence (DeGarmo/Tate) . 12. I Don't Believe In Love (DeGarmo/Tate) . 13. Waiting For 22 (DeGarmo) . 14. My Empty Room (Tate/Wilton) . 15. Eyes Of A Stranger (DeGarmo/Tate).
Bonus Tracks: 16. The Mission (Live) - recorded at Hammersmith Odeon (London): 11/14-15/90 . 17. My Empty Room (Live) - from "Bridge" single; recorded at the Astoria Theater (London): 10/20/94 (special promotional show).
Disc 2 - Previously Unreleased - Recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon (London, England): 11/15/90 - I Remember Now . Anarchy X . Revolution Calling . Operation: Mindcrime . Speak . Spreading The Disease . The Mission . Suite Sister Mary . The Needle Lies . Electric Requiem . Breaking The Silence . I Don't Believe In Love . Waiting For 22 . My Empty Room . Eyes Of A Stranger.
Operation: Mindcrime (Deluxe Edition) - Contains Operation: Mindcrime 2-CD set + Video: Mindcrime DVD. Previously Available Only On VHS - Video: Mindcrime - I Remember Now . Anarchy-X . Revolution Calling . Operation: Mindcrime . Speak . Breaking The Silence . I Don't Believe In Love . Waiting For 22 . Eyes Of A Stranger . Extras: The Making Of Operation: Mindcrime [promotional piece] . Operation: Mindcrime TV spot.
I'll definitely be checking these out. I like live stuff.
