Artist: QUEENSRYCHE
Album: "OPERATION: MINDCRIME DELUXE BOX (2CD+DVD)"

Year: 1988/ 2006
Media type: CD

How do you make a bona fide classic better? EMI certainly has their idea. There was no way they could let Rhino steal the glory -- and the money -- with their fine issue of Operation: Mindcrime II. That recording had all the elements that made the Queensrяche original great, using '80s studio technology to create a seamless sequel to the original. EMI has hustled out (a mere three months later), two different editions of the original Operation: Mindcrime. This two-CD, single-DVD package offers the same remastered edition as the original, with a pair of bonus tracks recorded live at both Hammersmith Odeon (on December 15, 1990) and one from London's Astoria in 1994. Included, as on the bonus edition, is a live concert at Hammersmith of the entire album performed live on December 14, 1990. While the bonus cuts on disc one are throwaways -- and appeared on the first remastered edition of Operation: Mindcrime - the live disc is not, and features a stellar performance by Queensrяche, inspired and on fire. This Deluxe Edition slipcased box also includes file footage of eight songs from the album, a promotional piece on the making of the album, and a TV spot for it as well. What hardcore fans have to ask themselves is if the music is enough (the live concert CD is amazing) because the DVD is essentially just a toss in and really adds little to the Queensrяche myth or legacy.

CD 1:

01:I Remember Now (1:17)
02:Anarchy - X (1:27)
03:Revolution Calling (4:39)
04: Operation: Mindcrime (4:45)
05:Speak (3:42)
06:Spreading The Disease (4:07)
07:The Mission (5:47)
08:Suite Sister Mary (10:39)
09:The Needle Lies (3:08)
10:Electric Requiem (1:22)
11:Breaking The Silence (4:34)
12:I Don't Believe In Love (4:23)
13:Waiting For 22 (1:05)
14:My Empty Room (1:32)
15:Eyes Of A Stranger (6:53)

Bonus Tracks:
16:The Mission (Live v.14.-15.11.1990) (6:11)
17:My Empty Room (Live v. 20.10.1994) (2:41)

CD 2:
Das Album "Operation: Mindcrime": London, England 15.11.1990

01:I Remember Now (1:12)
02:Anarchy-X (1:28)
03:Revolution Calling (4:51)
04:Operation: Mindcrime (4:16)
05:Speak (3:47)
06:Spreading The Disease (5:13)
07:The Mission (5:50)
08:Suite Sister Mary (12:04)
09:The Needle Lies (3:27)
10:Electric Requiem (1:16)
11:Breaking The Silence (4:34)
12:I Don't Believe In Love (4:29)
13:Waiting For 22 (1:12)
14:My Empty Room (1:27)
15:Eyes Of A Stranger (7:53)

DVD:

01:Video Mindcrime:
i. I Remember Now
ii. Anarchy - X
iii. Revolution Calling
iv. Operation: Mindcrime
v. Speak
vi. Breaking The Silence
vii. Waiting For 22
viii. Eyes Of A Stranger

02:Making Of Operation: Mindcrime
03:TV Spot