Operation Mindcrime Music Cd

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime

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Operation: Mindcrime      Artist : Queensrÿche      List Price : $16.98 USD        Your Price : $9.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2003-05-06      Studio : Capitol      Label : Capitol      Avg. Customer Rating : (104 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Operation Mindcrime      What is the big deal about this left wing tripe?      Rating:      Don't get me wrong. I enjoy Queensryche's earlier stuff like anyone else, but everyone seems to think that this is the ultimate concept album. Whatever. The storyline is simply nonsense, not to mention uninspiring. Unless of course you are some sort of commie-pinko liberal. Which I am not. Checked out Iced Earth for some truly inspiring concepts. Not to mention music that is actually heavy.     Customer Reviews for Operation Mindcrime Cd      Fantastic, seminal album; horrific re-mastering job.      Rating:      How is it possible that such an abysmal sounding re-mastering job could have gotten past the members of Queensryche and the label? Mindcrime is, in my opinion, the greatest metal CD of the entire 80s, and was due for a re-mastering to take advantage of today's superior A/D conversions and dynamics...unfortunately, it sounds worse than the original: there is a lot of clipping, and in an effort to make the CD as loud as everything else out there right now, many of the dynamics that make the original such a masterpiece are gone. Stick with the original CD if you have it or can find it; the re-mastered version is useless to anyone with good ears. Editorial Reviews for Operation Mindcrime Audio Cd      Amazon.com      Long dubbed "the thinking man's metal band," Queensryche have always been difficult to classify; somewhere between Iron Maiden and Pink Floyd. Mindcrime was their breakthrough album, garnering the band commercial and critical success. Arguably their best release, this is a complex, ambitious effort, with top-notch music and a complicated storyline (a disillusioned fortune hunter of the Reagan era joins an underground movement to assassinate political scumbags) that flows smoothly from start to finish. The combination of experimental, progressive music with shorter, more radio-friendly songs works well, and enabled the band to release singles from the album while keeping the story intact. These shorter songs provide the album's most exciting moments; "Revolution Calling," "Eyes of a Stranger," and "I Don't Believe in Love" are some of the best metal songs out there. --Genevieve Williams