QUEENSRŸCHE - Two-CD, Deluxe Reissues Of Operation: Mindcrime Announced
April 25, 2006, 18 years ago
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1981 formation of QUEENSRŸCHE, 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 two-CD+DVD Operation: Mindcrime - Deluxe Edition, packaged in a four-panel digipak with slipcase, contains the two-CD set and its 24-page booklet and adds Video: Mindcrime, making its DVD debut with two previously unreleased video clips.
The expanded two-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.
The expanded reissue of Operation: Mindcrime will feature the following tracks:
Disc 1: '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'.
Bonus tracks include 'The Mission' (Live - recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in London, UK on November 14-15, 1990), 'My Empty Room' (Live - from 'Bridge' single; recorded at the Astoria Theater in London, UK on October 20, 1994.
Disc 2 (previously unreleased - recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, UK on November 15, 1990): '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 only available on VHS). Video: Mindcrime DVD features the following tracks: '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 include: The Making Of Operation: Mindcrime (promotional piece) and Operation: Mindcrime TV spot.