Queensr˙che scored their breakthrough success with the ambitious concept album Operation: Mindcrime, which tells the story of a fortune hunter whose disillusionment with Reagan-era American society leads him to join a shadowy plot to assassinate corrupt leaders. For such a detailed story line (there is also a tragic romance thrown in), the band keeps its focus remarkably well, and the music is just as ambitious, featuring a ten-minute track with orchestrations by Michael Kamen. Those experiments don't tend to work as well as the tighter, more melodic prog metal songs, which are frequently gems, especially the singles "Eyes of a Stranger" and "I Don't Believe in Love." Granted, the lyrics and political observations can sometimes be too serious and intellectual for their own good (few bands, metal or otherwise, can make lines like "There's no raison d'ętre" work). But despite the occasional flaws, it's surprising how well Operation: Mindcrime does work, and it's a testament to Queensr˙che's creativity and talent that they can pull off a project of this magnitude.
I wore the shit out of this album. I miss albums. Bigass covers. Artwork. Big piece of vinyl stamped into a huge disc. "be careful with that!!" Shit.I say we ditch cd's and go back to vinyl. That shit rocked.rock opera type album from an awesome heavy rock band. Cool song. Probably a big reason why I have holes in my eardrums:People used to bag on Goeff Tate for being too operatic. I ...
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So, what is the favored portable music player out there? My guess would, quite obviously, be the iPod, Apple's amazing little player that holds some ungodly amount of market share, like 83%. But, the Zune is coming out in a month of so, we may have a competitor, everybody says. But here's my opinion - if you say it's a competitor, it's not. The only thing that's gonna dislodge the iPod fro...
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Alright, so I thought I had something for each letter turns out Q was a tough one. Nobody has turned me on (yet) to a band starting with the letter Q but awhile back Mogger Darmuzz and I were talking about how great this album was which made me go through my bins and dig out my cigarette burnt jewel case of "Operation Mindcrime" and revisit the days. So in a sense Darmuzz reintroduced me to th...
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I wore the shit out of this album. I miss albums. Bigass covers. Artwork. Big piece of vinyl stamped into a huge disc. "be careful with that!!" Shit.I say we ditch cd's and go back to vinyl. That shit rocked.rock opera type album from an awesome heavy rock band. Cool song. Probably a big reason why I have holes in my eardrums:People used to bag on Goeff Tate for being too operatic. I ...
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Yeah baby!The concert freakin' rocked! Thank you Queensryche and Queensryche fan club for setting me up with FRONT ROW CENTER seats! Yeah!I've been going to concerts since I was 11 years old and this IS A FIRST for me. Never has any band EVER played two albums back-to-back in concert!Let alone two theme albums that kick freakin' ass!The concert was so good that I had to go and buy tickets to...
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So, what is the favored portable music player out there? My guess would, quite obviously, be the iPod, Apple's amazing little player that holds some ungodly amount of market share, like 83%. But, the Zune is coming out in a month of so, we may have a competitor, everybody says. But here's my opinion - if you say it's a competitor, it's not. The only thing that's gonna dislodge the iPod fro...
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| 1 I Remember Now |
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| 2 Anarchy-X |
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| 3 Revolution Calling |
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| 4 Operation: Mindcrime |
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| 5 Speak |
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| 6 Spreading the Disease |
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| 7 The Mission |
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| 8 Suite Sister Mary |
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| 9 The Needle Lies |
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| 10 Electric Requiem |
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| 11 Breaking the Silence |
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| 12 I Don't Believe in Love |
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| 13 Waiting for 22 |
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| 14 My Empty Room |
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| 15 Eyes of a Stranger |
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