[Displaced Flames fan]

With my next pick, I'm very happy to select in the Metal category, Queensryche's Operation: Mindcrime.



Metal purists won't consider this metal, but it falls closer to metal than any other category in the draft. Besides, my favorite metal (purist approved) album of all time was taken months ago.

Operation: Mindcrime is a phenomenal piece of art. I implore any fan of hard rock/heavy metal who has not listened to it to give it a spin. Queensryche is too often lumped in with the 'hairband' craze of the 80's due to simple timing. This band, however, is full of great musicians who write meaningful songs with important lyrics. To top it all off, they have one of the great vocalists in hard rock history. Geoff Tate's voice has a great range and unique sound. I'm a big fan, and they have put out a couple of lackluster albums early this decade, but they seem to be moving back to the hard rocking style of their first 3 records. The sequel to this album (Mindcrime is a rock opera) came out a couple of years ago and was solid. I was pleasantly surprised. The original, however, remains one of my favorite rock albums of all time. The flow of the record is perfect, IMHO, and I often find it impossible to listen to just one track. Give it a shot!

Wikiness
Operation: Mindcrime is Queensrÿche's third full-length album, which was released on May 3, 1988. It is a concept album about a man becoming disillusioned with American society, and joining in a conspiratorial plot to assassinate its corrupt leaders, with spoken dialogue between songs that advances the story and ties the songs together. The album is generally considered to be the first, and still one of the most important and popular, progressive metal recordings. In January 1989, it ranked #34 on Kerrang! magazine's "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time".

[edit] Track listing

1. "I Remember Now" (Chris DeGarmo, Geoff Tate, Michael Wilton [1]) – 1:17
2. "Anarchy-X" (DeGarmo) – 1:27
3. "Revolution Calling" (Tate, Wilton) – 4:42
4. "Operation: Mindcrime" (DeGarmo, Tate, Wilton) – 4:43
5. "Speak" (Tate, Wilton) – 3:42
6. "Spreading the Disease" (Tate, Wilton) – 4:07
7. "The Mission" (DeGarmo) – 5:46
8. "Suite Sister Mary" (DeGarmo, Tate) – 10:41
9. "The Needle Lies" (Tate, Wilton) – 3:08
10. "Electric Requiem" (Scott Rockenfield, Tate) – 1:22
11. "Breaking the Silence" (DeGarmo, Tate) – 4:34
12. "I Don't Believe in Love" (DeGarmo, Tate) – 4:23
13. "Waiting for 22" (DeGarmo) – 1:05
14. "My Empty Room" (Tate, Wilton) – 1:28
15. "Eyes of a Stranger" (DeGarmo, Tate) – 6:39

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