Operation Overload 7 [Import]

1. Sweet Vibration

2. Gamble Rumble

3. Planet Rock

4. Extasy In My Dream

5. Mugen

6. Stay With Me....

7. Gimme

8. Destiny

9. Lazy Cat Vs Silly Dog

10. A Rule Between You And Me

11. Operation Overload 7

12. Strike On

13. Weeds

14. Spring Breeze

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Average customer rating: Tim Goes Roots Punk is dead Tim Armstrong shows his reggae side A non groupie review...what a concept Now this is a surprise...

A Poet's Life Tim Armstrong Manufacturer: Hellcat Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ska Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Reggae Hit L.A. The Aggrolites Music from Regions Beyond ...And Out Come The Wolves Lars Frederiksen & The Bastards ASIN: B000OY8NEM Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

1. Wake Up
2. Hold On
3. Into Action
4. Translator
5. Take This City
6. Inner City Violence
7. Oh No
8. Lady Demeter
9. Among the Dead
10. Cold Blooded

Album Description

This began as a thank you from Tim to Rancid fans, to be released one track at a time on the Internet to tide fans over until the next Rancid full-length. But when KROQ in LA began heavily playing the explosive track, "Into Action", plans changed. So here's Armstrong's first solo release, backed by some of the strongest radio support since the days of "Time Bomb" and "Ruby Soho". With a killer old-school two-tone groove, helped along by Hellcat label mates The Aggrolites, "A Poet's Life" is loose, punky, infectious, and shamelessly danceable. Bonus DVD features videos of every song and a cool featurette on the making of the album and videos.

Customer Reviews:

Tim Goes Roots.......2007-07-03

This won't be long winded... This album is great, it's fun and done very well. It's a perfecrt record for this summer. Reggae goes great in the heat... Buy this now, thank me later.

Punk is dead.......2007-06-28

I was so excited to see Tim Armstrong had a new CD out. I love Rancid. I bought Boxcar Racer and the Transplants because he was on them. But don't expect anything even close to any of that. It's a slow, boring mixture of reggae, steel drums, horns, and more reggae. I think 6 of the 10 songs start out exactly the same, the other 4 begin and you wonder if its going to be a Billy Joel song. His voice just isn't fitting to the music being played.
He sings about Rock and Roll and Punk but never plays any.
It makes you wonder is this really him and he's been fooling us for all those years? Poetry it is not.

Tim Armstrong shows his reggae side.......2007-06-19

I've been a big fan of The Aggrolites for a while and a Op Ivy and Rancid fan for much longer. I heard a couple of these tracks on the website before this was an actual album. I'm not going to jump on the bandwagon right away and say this is amazing. The reggae music is awesome and really makes this worthwhile courtesy of The Aggrolites, but Tim as a solo vocalist is pretty disappointing. When he's with Lars and Rancid he can be amazing, but on some of the tracks on this album he sounds a little like he's trying to be raggaetone which is weird (especially on Into Action).

As far as comparisons to Op Ivy, I'm not sure you can even make a comparison. Op Ivy was extremely punky, fast and skacore. Not like this album at all. I would compare this one to Rancid's Life Won't Wait album a lot more easily than Op Ivy.

I'm glad he leaves out the gangster stuff he was getting into with the Transplants. There is definitely some Clash influence on this album. Overall, if you want a good pick-me-up reggae/ska album with some Tim Armstrong spirit pick this up.

A non groupie review...what a concept.......2007-06-15

The first three songs on this album are really song. Great reggae and ska inspired tunes, reminiscent of Op IVY. I can even overlook that Tim is singing with a pop punk teenager on "into action" and enjoy the tune. What I can't over look is that the album really falls apart after the first three songs. The rest of the album sound like demos...or transplants outtakes. Pretty disappointing. I love ska, punk, and reggae, but these are dull tunes. The only song I can stand on the rest of the album is "among the dead" and that's because it hints at an OP Ivy reunion. I can only hope after hearing this record....

Now this is a surprise..........2007-06-14

It's been quite a while since a Rancid record (or a Rancid side project record) hasn't dissapointed me. The two Transplants records bored me, the second Lars Frederickson solo record embarassed me and "Indestructible" gave me the sense of deja vu that only having heard "Life Won't Wait" or "...and out come the wolves" could illict.
So when I heard that Tim Armstong was releasing a solo record I merely shrugged it off and went on about my day. Then I heard that he was giving it away for free, one song at a time, on his website(like that was gonna happen). So after hearing the first two tracks, the excellent "Wake Up" and "Hold On", my interest grew a little. And while Armstrong decided not to give the whole thing out on his website(again, not really a big surprise), when I saw it in stores recently I decided to give it a shot.
"A Poet's Life" will surprise anyone who is expecting a record that sounds like Rancid. While Rancid always had a ska/ reggae vibe to many of their songs they always backed them up with a a harder, more '77 vibe that is lacking from this record. This record is straight up reggae/ ska which is actually the smartest move that Armstrong could've made as it gives "A Poet's Life" a laid back, melodic, off the cuff groove that is infectious and impossible to resist. This record sounds like it was a lark, something fun to make while hanging out with one's friends, and that vibe is felt by listener.
Every track on "A Poet's Life" is strong, even if not every song is amazing. The first four songs--- the aforementioned "Wake Up" and "Hold On", the nearly perfect "Into Action" and the roots sounding "Translators"--- set the tone a little too well, as the songs that follow fail to keep the same energy and songwritting level. Also, like the last few records, Armstrong's lyrics are fairly spotty, though vocally he's never been in better form than he is here.
So "A Poet's Life" isn't perfect? Who expected it to be? But what "A Poet's Life" is fun, entertaining, melodic, energetic, brief and engaging. It's everything that you want and more.
Welcome back Tim. It's good to have ya back.

Average customer rating: One of my all time Favorites!! Dated but very good One of the Greatest Albums EVER Classic Album! Ignore MTV rocks....

Operation: Mindcrime Queensrÿche Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Empire Operation: Mindcrime II Rage for Order Queensryche - Operation Livecrime Queensryche - Greatest Hits ASIN: B0000931QA Release Date: 2003-05-06

Tracks:

1. Remember Now
2. Anarchy-X
3. Revolution Calling
4. Operation: Mindcrime
5. Speak
6. Spreading The Disease
7. The Mission
8. Suite Sister Mary
9. The Needle Lies
10. Electric Requiem
11. Breaking The Silence
12. I Don't Believe In Love
13. Waiting For 22
14. My Empty Room
15. Eyes Of A Stranger
16. The Mission (Live)
17. My Empty Room (Live)

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

Customer Reviews:

One of my all time Favorites!!.......2007-03-29

It's always fascinated me when "stuffy" rock journalists criticize Concept albums. In my opinion a good Concept album is even more difficult to create than a "normal" album simply because it requires a coherent story line. And a good concept album is closer to pure art than a normal album because it can be readily turned into a book, play or even a movie (think of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" or The Who's "Tommy").

And I think "Operation Mindcrime" is one of the best, not quite up there with "The Wall" but I personally like it even more than "Tommy" simply because it's more "my kind of music". Tommy, after all, is really rock Opera and I don't really like Opera!!! In fact I don't like a lot of sides 3 & 4 of The Wall either, for the same reason. Mindcrime is not just pure rock, it's really good progressive influenced Heavy Metal!!!

And many of the songs also stand alone just fine, "Eyes of a Stranger" is my personal favorite and one of my all time favorite songs period. "Revolution Calling", the title track, "The Needle Lies", "I Don't Believe In Love" and the center piece; "Suite Sister Mary" are also standouts.

In fact, this was turned into a "movie" which was really more of a collection of MTV styled videos, which, unfortunately, is missing some songs (guess they had a limited budget and decided to spend it on quality rather than make videos for every single song) but the story still flows well. This came out on VHS before the "Operation Livecrime" box set, a couple of the videos were shown on MTV at the time and I have never seen a DVD of it, though they did release "Livecrime" on DVD.

As for the band, I have always thought Scott Rockenfield is one of THE great overlooked drummers and Chris DeGarmo is sadly missed and his absence (especially his compositional skills) had a very apparent effect on the band as a whole. And Geoff Tate has one of THE great voices in rock PERIOD.

The band also released a companion follow-up, "Operation Mindcrime II" in 2006 and I have seen a lot of criticism of it because it's not as good. Well, come on folks, how could it be?!? I personally feel it IS a worthy companion to this original. Even if it's not as good as the original, it's still better than a lot of the stuff out there masquerading as prog-metal!! So I would tell anyone who does like this original to shell out a few $$ for a used version of the new one.

Bottom line, if you like rock at all, in any form, you should already own this album!!!

Dated but very good.......2007-03-28

A friend recommended this to me and it was surprisingly better than I had expected. This is certainly no "Scenes From a Memory" by Dream Theater or "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floydd (two of my favorite concept albums), but the fact that it is not the best concept album I've heard doesn't mean it is not worth checking out for the great music. It sounds a bit dated, but the story line is interesting (if somewhat convoluted and lacking in originality) and the guitar work delivers when it is needed. Overall, I imagine when this first came out, I would have given it five stars, but it just doesn't stand up as well to the test of time compared to DT or PF concept albums (or even Symphony X or Rush).

One of the Greatest Albums EVER.......2007-03-28

When I first bought this on cassette (dating myself) there was a sticker on the front that equated this album with "The Wall" and "Tommy". Pretty high praise, indeed. And it lives up to it in every way. Interestingly enough, the political circumstances that seem to have inspired this concept album have reared their ugly head again (how odd that this was recorded with a Bush in the White House), and that makes this album just as relevant today as it was when it was first released. If you're a fan of progressive metal, concept albums, or simply mind blowing, blazing metal with an IQ above 50 then this is the perfect disc for you.

Classic Album!.......2007-03-11

Top notch job from Tate, deGarmo and the crew. Unfortunately, it was all downhill from here. If you want a great example of what a concept album should be, pick this up!

Ignore MTV rocks...........2007-03-01

Anyone who says led zepplin 2, master of puppets, megadeth greatist hits, and iron maiden suck should even get our attention. put lindsay lohan at 5, and avril what's her face too. just because it's not on the radio doesnt mean it's not good. Are we posers? not even close. posers are defined by only following what is popular.


-Peace

Average customer rating: A comeback- Sort of. QUEENSRYCHE rocks NOW, as THEN!! excellent If you like progressive, then progress!! When it Works it Works

Operation: Mindcrime II Queensrÿche Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Operation: Mindcrime Karmacode A Matter Of Life And Death IV Educated Horses ASIN: B000E1ZBHM Release Date: 2006-04-04

Tracks:

1. Freiheit Ouverture
2. Convict
3. I'm American
4. One Foot in Hell
5. Hostage
6. Hands
7. Speed of Light
8. Signs Say Go
9. Re-Arrange You
10. Chase
11. Murderer?
12. Circles
13. If I Could Change It All
14. An Intentional Confrontation
15. Junkie's Blues
16. Fear City Slide
17. All The Promises

Amazon.com

Queensrÿche's sequel to the classic 1998 concept piece Operation: Mindcrime is not as good as the original. Mindcrime II lacks the sense of sweeping cinematic awe found on the original and although the quintet has managed to create an album that's equal to or above any studio outing it's done in recent years, there's nothing here that will bolster the band back to its former glory. A distinct lack of standout songs is perhaps the greatest problem. "Revolution Calling," "I Don't Believe In Love," and "Speak" became Queensrÿche classics not because they were part of the grand concept found on O:M, but because they could be drawn out and held up as fine examples of writing that probed the corrupt spirit of the age. O:M bled heavy truths from its deepest grooves.

Those familiar with the concept from the first album should note that this second installment focuses on protagonist Nikki and his desire to exact revenge on the corrupt Doctor X, making for a more insular narrative. That's a problem because one of the great thrills of the original Mindcrime was the scope of its scorn; here, the band never reaches beyond the confines of the world it created for this updated fantasy. The urgency that emanated from the earlier affair hasn't become muted, it has simply faded.

Yet, this new record's better than you might first believe and proves difficult to fully dismiss. In the 18 years since the original installment the band has become leaner, often more exacting, possessing a confidence that was less pronounced on earlier recordings. Scott Rockenfield's drumming has grown more interesting with time and the years have done little to lessen vocalist Geoff Tate's multi-octave expertise. The dual guitar attack of Michael Wilton and Mike Stone lacks the depth that the classic Wilton/Chris DeGarmo pairing had, but it proves enamoring on tracks such as "The Chase" (featuring a surprisingly pallid-sounding Ronnie James Dio), the swaggering "Junkie's Blues," and the near return-to-form "Fear City Slide."

No matter its strengths, O:M II ultimately reinforces the idea that while Queensrÿche's greatest moments may still lie ahead, the prospects of that being true become increasingly scant with each passing record. A decent enough stab at rekindling old glory that fails with admirable flair. --Jedd Beaudoin

Album Description

Seattle quintet Queensryche has always stood apart from other heavy metal bands through their artful progressive bent and intense observations on the world around them. With their third album, 1988's Grammy-nominated and critically acclaimed Operation: Mindcrime-a concept opus born out of Reagan-era disilllusionment-Queensryche transcended the metal label and sealed their reputation for cerebral musci and heady lyrical vision. Set 20 years later, and awash in "rock, revenge, and redemption," this brilliant new sequel was inspired by current political and social climates.

Customer Reviews:

A comeback- Sort of........2007-06-19

I have to admit that this album is growing on me when I listen to it more and more. At first I thought "blasphemy!", or "how could they do this"?
However, as I thought about it more and more, and read over interviews and years and years of discussion, studied Queensryche's history (one of my favorite bands at this moment), I began to see the reasons why the band chose to tackle this task. Its an enormous task, to be certain, because following up an album that is such a classic etched in time is not easy feat. On one level, OMCII is a very shallow sequel storywise. In fact, the story seems almost unnecessary when one looks at the album. Nikki gets revenge, then dies. I think it sums up most of the album's storyline, I feel that its a bit dissapointing in that regard. But the real motivation I believe for the band to do it, is not for a return to previous financial glory, but to PROVE TO THEMSELVES that they could do such an album without the input of one Chris Degarmo.
Its apparent that since his depature, the band has fumbled in the dark creatively (and critically, considering the scorn critics have lashed at their two previous releases) and the band wanted SOMETHING, ANYTHING to give them the motivation to do a good album again. So the results (this is only one persons opinion of course) are that the band chose to do Operation Mindcrime II.

Did they succeed? Yes and no. As previously stated, the storyline doesn't have that much depth. Sure it goes into Nikki's mind (in my opinion not enough), and his conscience, but I don't know if the story does anything but give an overview of a tortured soul.

Musically, however, Operation Mindcrime II is definitely back to where Queensryche were years ago.

Some "alternative" trappings remain (despite some previous statements to the contrary, there are some dropped d tuned songs on the record, more beatlesque or Zepelinish parts), and this is mixed with a mid period dual guitar format that QR used to explore on such records as Rage for Order or the original Mindcrime. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Its not that they totally abandoned the more alternative (or 70's rock based) sound of albums Promised Land onwards, but its not a one hundred percent trip back to the Eighties sound either.

The songs are there. Songs such as "the Hands" and "I'm American" are the best Queensryche have sounded in years. The album gets a little long winded in the second half, but thats ok, because the music is still more impassioned and epic then they've been for many years. Tate's singing is the best its been in years as well.

All is not great however. I don't feel the emotion is present that was on the original, even though it could have been.

Overall though, I think this is a step in the "Ryche" direction (couldn't resist the pun)!
I think that they have solidified the new lineup, and while Degarmo is not with the band anymore, they have proved that they are not creatively bankrupt with regards to writing music. The problem I see with it, is that they're halfway up to their previous glory, and its going to take more than a sequel to their best loved album to get there. I would have given this album four or five stars if the album was shorter, and it wasn't a sequel to Mindcrime (and the production was less muddy at times). It would have been still cool to have as a concept album, but by all means they could have come up with a different story and make that one more dramatic and convincing. By the way, rumor has it that the next album is being written, and that it will be a concept album, not at all related to the Mindcrime opus.

QUEENSRYCHE rocks NOW, as THEN!!.......2007-06-18

Everyone gets older, even those complaining about rock stars aging and "losing their pipes." I don't care if Geoff's pipes seem a little worn out. The fact of the matter is that Queensryche is a great rock band overall, with or without Chris DeGarmo. From what I've seen and heard, apparently it sounds like sour grapes on Chris DeGarmo's part, as he really is being inconsiderate to the fans of Queensryche while he was in the group. By abandoning Queensrych, he's abandoning Queensryche fans. Perhaps he think he's better than the other members of Queensryche. If that's the case, I don't care if he EVER comes back to Queensryche. There's nothing more I hate than a STUCK UP MUSICIAN! There will ALWAYS be someone better, including someone BETTER than you, Chris DeGarmo. Of course, he added his 2 cents to the band, as did the other members and all members' contributions are critical. I really enjoy Queensryche's song "Open" on the Tribe album. This, in fact, could have very well been a track on Empire. I will always be a Queensryche follower/fan. Just remember: All musicians are gifted and there is no room for conceit among the multitude of talented musicians.

excellent .......2007-06-10

If your a Q fan than yes this release has some great moments and is worth picking up!It took me awhile to buy it only because of the name they used for a title. Anytime you see a part 2 you have be on artist cashing in alert if you know what I mean. But this cd could have been called anything else and is still very good!! This cd is more of a rocker than tribe. The only thing that I would of liked to see is a free bonus dvd with this release it probably would of helped the sales of this effort of a band that was on top in the early 90s.

If you like progressive, then progress!!.......2007-05-11

Dictionary definition: "Pro-gres-sive a: characterized by progress b: interested in new ideas c: moving forward or onward : ADVANCING Antonyms: dormant, lazy, sluggish, static, conventional, mainstream." What part of this don't we understand?

Why listen to "Operation: Mindcrime II" if you already have "Operation: Mindcrime"? Well, why listen to "Wish You Were Here" or "The Wall" if you already have "Dark Side of the Moon"? Why listen to "Red" if you already have "In the Court of the Crimson King"? Why listen to "Thick As A Brick" if you already have "Aqualung"? Why listen to "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" if you already have "Images and Words"? Why listen to "10,000 Days" if you already have "Lateralus"?

"Hello? McFly!?" It's "progressive" music. It progresses. It presents new ideas (musically and lyrically). It moves forward and onward. It advances. It is not dormant, lazy (sticking with the "same old same old"), sluggish, static, conventional, and definitely NOT mainstream.

No Queenryche, much like Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Dream Theater, or Tool are not "starving for popularity." ("Middle age will do that to you"?!?!! Please!! If progressive artists were interested in popularity they would do the same things over and over that brought them to popularity at periods of their careers. If anything, middle age has made these artists some of the finest musicians in the world and able to do what they want to do. After all, do you want an intern operating on you or a seasoned surgeon?) Whew!! Glad I got all that out of the way, aren't you?

Fellow fans of progressive music, please do us all a favor. UNITE!! DON'T PAY HEED TO THE THREE-STAR REVIEWS!! "Operation: Mindcrime II" is an excellent album and it deserves the attention of progressive music fans everywhere. And the sheer fact that it came along some 18 years after the original and is still coherent and excellent is even more astonishing.

We often hear of the "big four" bands of grunge music, those being Soundgarden, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and Pearl Jam. (Love `em all, by the way.) I believe we can also speak of the big three bands of progressive metal, those being Tool, Dream Theater, and, yes, Queensryche.

The music on "Operation: Mindcrime II" is impeccable, as we have come to expect from Queensryche, and Geoff Tate's vocals are definitely not middle-aged sounding. This guy has one he** of a set of lungs. The unique lyrical rhyming is present as well. I defy the other (emphasis on "other") armchair critics here to produce something that is a fraction, a miniscule fraction, as creative and interesting.

While "Operation: Mindcrime II" might not be as memorable as the original, it is still more than worth owning and will make hard core progressive music/concept album fans happier than a kid in a candy store.

I conclude by explaining my 5-star rating. I feel that this album deserves four stars but I am so annoyed by the average three-and-a-half rating that I feel compelled to do what I can to raise the average. GO TEAM PROGRESSIVE!! RAH! RAH! RAH!

When it Works it Works.......2007-04-16

I was not a fan until Empire so this whole Operation Mindcrime saga was new to me.

At least 5 of the tracks on this album are almost unforgettable

this includes:

Hostage
Speed of Light
One Foot in Hell

Geoff Tate's vocal's alone merit buying an album. even his uneven solo album had its moments. But when QR sings and plays about the challenges of mid-life and given any background into QR and the intelligence of their message (and any self-awareness) the only logical and emotional response is to buy this cd and crank it up - way UP.

Average customer rating: Re-release is coming out May 1st! WAAAAAARRRRR!!! Just another crowd. sound system brought me back up, yeah this album is a classic (sort of) Modern Classic

Operation Ivy (Energy) Operation Ivy Manufacturer: Lookout Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ska Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Third Wave Ska | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Ska | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Ska Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: ...And Out Come The Wolves Let's Go Lars Frederiksen & The Bastards Life Won't Wait Rancid ASIN: B00004W52U Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Knowledge
2. Sound System
3. Jaded
4. Take Warning
5. The Crowd
6. Bombshell
7. Unity
8. Vulnerability
9. Bankshot
10. One of These Days
11. Gonna Find You
12. Bad Town
13. Smiling
14. Caution
15. Freeze Up
16. Artificial Life
17. Room Without a Window
18. Big City
19. Missionary
20. Junkie's Runnin' Dry
21. Here We Go Again
22. Hoboken
23. Yellin' in My Ear
24. Sleep Long
25. Healthy Body
26. Officer
27. I Got No

Customer Reviews:

Re-release is coming out May 1st!.......2007-04-23

If you've been having trouble finding a copy of Operation Ivy's CD since Lookout lost the rights to it DON'T BUY A OVERPRICED USED COPY. Rancid will be self releasing a brand new version of the CD, digitally remastered and in a new digipak case on May 1st. For some reason Amazon has not listed it yet but they should soon.

WAAAAAARRRRR!!! Just another crowd........2007-01-28

That pretty much sums it up right there. this great album is sadly now out of print. I Love this whole album and opivy was one of the greats with their belief in peace and unity. Their antiwar pro peace songs were the best. If you like this then check out common rider. Go, now look at common rider, now!!!!!!!

sound system brought me back up, yeah.......2006-09-10

I don't know who couldn't like this CD. This is anything you could ever want by Op Ivy. You won't find trumpets and the like in this CD though. the occasional sax here and there but it's not like catch 22 and those ska type bands. this is pretty much it by op ivy except for one other CD. This was worth every little penny i payed for. there really isn't much else to say. there wasn't a single bad song on the CD and you should just check it out because if you want to get into op ivy this is the place.

this album is a classic (sort of).......2006-03-28

This is a must-listen. You may not like it, but it is certainly worthy of the praise it gets. I personally don't think it's the "best album ever" but I do think it's better than 95% of music. Even if their songs are a bit simplistic, every song is very very catchy (in a good way).

Sample these tracks above to see just how great this album is: Knowledge, Sound System, Jaded, The Crowd, Unity, One of These Days, Gonna Find You, Bad Town, Aritificial Life, Room Without A Window, Junkies Running Dry, Yelling In My Ear, I Got No.

Modern Classic.......2006-03-18

Energy is, without a doubt, one of the greatest ska/punk albums of all time. Released in 1991, this album shows so much raw emotion. This single album influenced so many well-known bands that you here these days, such as Green Day, Sum 41, and NOFX. Operation Ivy sang about controversial issues such as the East Bay, police, and violence. Every time you listen, you can here the urgent plea of Operation Ivy begging us to unite.

One of the reasons this album is a classic is its musicianship. Simple, yet perfectly arranged guitars from Tim Armstrong (credited as Lint), excellent drumming courtesy of Dave Mello, brilliant bass from Matt Freeman (credited as Matt McCall) and raw, passionate vocals from Jesse Michaels. To some, Energy may be poorly recorded. This is true, but it shows the passion of the band.

Although short-lived, Operation Ivy left a huge mark on modern music as we see it today. This excerpt from "Journey to the End of the East Bay" recorded by Rancid (formed by Tim and Matt after Operation Ivy) tells the story through their perspective. "Started in '87 ended in '89, you got a garage or an amp, we'll play anytime. It was just the four of us, yea the core of us, too much attention unavoidably destroyed us. Four kids on tour three thousand miles in a four door car not knowing what was going. Years it would turn out like this. Hell, no no premonition could have seen for."

Average customer rating: Operation Mindcrime improved and remastered I like this version better than Livecrime. Incredible Definately milking it Amazing album...average edition

Operation: Mindcrime (2 CDs + 1 DVD) Queensrÿche Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Operation: Mindcrime II Building Empires Queensrÿche: Mindcrime at the Moore Q2K Queensryche - Operation Livecrime ASIN: B000FOQ0TG Release Date: 2006-06-20

Tracks:

1. I Remember Now
2. Anarchy-X
3. Revolution Calling
4. Operation:mindcrime
5. Speak
6. Spreading the Disease
7. The Mission
8. Suite Sister Mary
9. The Needle Lies
10. Electric Requiem
11. Breaking the Silence
12. I Don't Believe in Love
13. Waiting for 22
14. My Empty Room
15. Eyes of a Stranger
16. The Mission (Live-bonus track)
17. My Empty Room (Live-bonus track)

Tracks:

1. I Remember Now (Live)
2. Anarchy-X (Live)
3. Revolution Calling (Live)
4. Operation:mindcrime (Live)
5. Speak (Live)
6. Spreading the Disease (Live)
7. The Mission (Live)
8. Suite Sister Mary (Live)
9. The Needle Lies (Live)
10. Electric Requiem (Live)
11. Breaking the Silence (Live)
12. I Don't Believe in Love (Live)
13. Waiting for 22 (Live)
14. My Empty Room (Live)
15. Eyes of a Stranger (Live)

Tracks:

1. I Remember Now (DVD)
2. Anarchy-X (DVD)
3. Revolution Calling (DVD)
4. Operation:mindcrime (DVD)
5. Speak (DVD)
6. Breaking the Silence (DVD)
7. I Don't Believe in Love (DVD)
8. Waiting for 22 (DVD)
9. Eyes of a Stranger (DVD)
10. The Making of Operation:mindcrime (previously unreleased)
11. Operation:mindcrime TV spot (previously unreleased)

Album Description

Queensryche's "Operation:mindcrime" Deluxe Edition features the original album tracklist plus bonus live tracks and a previously unreleased live performance of the entire "mindcrime" album recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England on November 15, 1990. Also includes the "Video:mindcrime" DVD (previously available on VHS only) with two new previously unreleased bonus clips. Packaged in four panel deluxe DigiPak with 24-page booklet and special slipcase.

Customer Reviews:

Operation Mindcrime improved and remastered.......2007-04-10

Anyone reading these pages already agrees that the OPERATION MINDCRIME album by QUEENSRYCHE is a true metal masterpiece. Arguably their best even those others might site EMPIRE as superior but I think that is lunacy. The Mindcrime album holds a very special place in my heart. The summer that it was released or at least when I discovered it was not one of my best. I played the vinyl album (remember those?) daily until I wore it out. I never thought that an album could be played until its death but I found this out and had to buy another copy. I saw the tour for this when they opened for Metallica and did only a few songs from this plus other live favorites in about a 50 minute set. I have since bought this on cassette and CD. I have seen the VHS LIVECRIME years back and unfortunately, that did not hold my interest as much as the videos. OK, I hear you, get to the point. I found this collection and have to admit, it has everything that a Queensryche/Operation Mindcrime could ask for. Remastered original studio album, how can that ever get a less than 5 rating? New London live version which I think sounds better than the LiveCrime CD released a few years back. 4 ½ stars. Third disc is the videos. I like this so much more than seeing them perform this masterpiece live. The videos give the fan a view of what the band was thinking about with their presentation on film of the true concept of "OPERATION MINDCRIME". Using Dr. X and Nicky with news clips other than band miming still makes for a more energetic and enjoyable view. Some may complain about 5.1 sound and all that but I think this is the deluxe treatment, remastered studio, entire album performed live and videos. If you are a Queensryche fan, you will buy this and enjoy it. It may not be perfect but it is a great package! I just wish Mindcrime 2 would have been better. A new assassination plan with modern day terrorists or a story line like something from the show 24 would have been much better than thinking Nicky would be let out of jail and try and continue a story that really ended with Eyes of a Stranger. My thoughts.

I like this version better than Livecrime. .......2006-11-20

I read some negative reviews but being a huge QR fan I had to buy it. I don't have videocrime so that is cool to have. The live concert however I like better than Livecrime. It is a year earlier and you can tell. Geoff's voice is just better. He sings a much better representation of Mindcrime. Yes Livecrime may be a bit more polished but it is supposed to be. It is from two nights put together. It isn't actually a straight through concert. This one is. One night. A couple missed notes here and there but that's real. Geoff doesn't lower near as many parts vocally. I Don't Believe in Love and Eyes of a Stranger are sung perfectly. You can tell the tour took a little from him if you listen to both this and Livecrime. The sound I thought is also pretty good. I didn't have a problem with it. It didn't sound like a bootleg or anything. I love it.

Incredible.......2006-08-20

OMCII is just plain great. It is not just like the first but has melodies and beats that have been updated since "6500 days" to show how much they have grown as a band and how far they have come. Vocals are amazing, music is perfect, tight and you feel the musicians love of playing. The story captures you and carries you through Nikki's life and experiences after he is released from jail. You feel the intense emotion Geoff is trying to portray. The pain and suffering Nikki is going through is apparent in the songs. They never try to be like they were, and they shouldn't, even though alot of people always compare anything new they do to operation mindcrime and empire. Their love of just playing and creating means more to the people that appreciate them than how many cd's they've sold. Hearing DIO on this is one of the coolest things I've heard and just shows how great of a band Queensryche is.

Definately milking it.......2006-08-15

I love this album. One of my favorite of all time. But this is a sorry excuse for DVD package. I just don't understand why they couldn't have redone the music for the video in the very least in stereo, but should be in 5.1. How hard could it possibly be? And the live version included is very bad too. I have every version this came out on except LP including the Livecrime CD live version is much worse.

Stick with the remastered CD and don't bother with this.

Amazing album...average edition.......2006-07-29

Truly an all-time classic album, and one of the greatest metal/prog records ever, `Operation: Mindcrime' has a hallowed place in metal's canon, not to mention Queensrÿche's discography. It's clearly their best record (even if the follow up `Empire' was their big hit).

What to say about the original? Well, it was a very intelligent piece of art, recorded in cutting edge technology, with no compromises, and released at a time when all the rage in heavy music was either stupid-minded glam/pop metal or war/fantasy obsessed thrash.

O:M has stood the test of time, and has become something like "the metal 'The Wall'" and very deservedly so, for its quality is as high. So now that QR retrace their roots with its recently released sequel, out comes this "Deluxe Edition", surely to the joy of fans!!

Maybe not...

The one thing that needed improvement on this album (remember, the original came out on vinyl!) was the mastering for CD, and a remastered version already came out a couple of years ago, and that's the version included here. It sounds great, so no complaints here.

However, the remainder of this special edition is a CD containing a full live rendition of the album recorded in 1990, plus a DVD of the late 80's VHS release `Video:Mindrime'; which are both frankly poor.

The live CD is awash in reverb and sounds like an average mixing desk recording. It doesn't sound at all like a proper mix from master tapes. It comes from the `Empire' tour (as the 1991 live release `Operation: Livecrime' did).

The DVD is a digital version of the old `Video: Mindcrime' videotape, which is just a video EP, and features *mono* sound (not even stereo)!! It's comprised of a series of promo clips made for the album in the late 80's, basically the band acting `live' on a soundstage plus interspersed images of the plot by actors, plus bonus interviews; all of which looks very dated by today's standards.

Finally, the cover artwork gets killed by the new `design', the booklet features pictures form the wrong era and even some inaccurate info.

I mean the package is ok, but this is hardly a deluxe treatment. Seeing that a much better live version of O:M (`Operation: Livecrime') is available on DVD and CD, why not couple *that* with the remastered O:M, and add `Video:Mindcrime' as a *bonus* on the DVD??

Or if the intention is to keep `Livecrime' as a separate release, why not then couple O:M with a 5.1 surround remix of the album on DVD?? (like Queen did with `A Night at the Opera's excellent collector's edition). Now, *that* would have been deluxe treatments!!

But as it stands now, this edition sadly does not do justice to this great masterpiece.

Average customer rating: Tight LUNIZZZZZZZZZ Bay Area Cali had It lock'd during 95'. bay area classic Is this the best or what!!!

Operation Stackola The Luniz Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lunitik Muzik Seasoned Veteran Regulate...G Funk Era Get in Where You Fit In AmeriKKKa's Nightmare ASIN: B000000W98 Release Date: 1995-07-03

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Put The Lead On Ya
3. I Got 5 On It
4. Broke Hos
5. Pimps, Playas & Hustlas
6. Playa Hata
7. Broke Niggaz
8. Operation Stackola
9. 5150
10. 900 Blame A Nigga
11. Yellow Brick Road
12. So Much Drama
13. She's Just A Freak
14. Plead Guilty
15. I Got 5 On It (Reprise)
16. Outro

Amazon.com

In Luniz lingo, you got your playa (i.e. "player") and you got your playa hata ("player hater"). And when the twain doth meet, well, you have two things: trouble and fodder for a new rap. In fact, the Lunz's second single from this 1995 collection was "Playa Hata." The Luniz are self-proclaimed playas. Notes to the Luniz's debut CD posit the duo as crown-princes of the "crazy, comical, wild-side of gangsta hip-hop," but it's fair to say they're not loony in the Bugs Bunny sense of the word. The group's logo is a scowling cartoon figure draped in a used condom and wielding a handgun. Operation Stackola, is a loose concept album about the protagonists' criminal and sexual exploits as they go about accumulating money "by any means necessary." The twosome's contrasting rapping style and the booming beats assembled by eight different producers make for an involving album, but you don't have to hypersensitive to be bothered by the misogyny of "She's a Freak. And the N-word surfaces enough in the album's 16 tracks to make Mark Fuhrman feel at home. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Tight.......2006-04-06

the reprise of i got 5 on it is NOT the remix with spice 1, e-40, Richie Rich, Dru Down and Shock G. this album is a klassic bay area cd. i just got it, and i phuckkin luv it. the whole cd is good. i recommend u buy it if u dont have it awready

LUNIZZZZZZZZZ.......2006-02-23

i just bought this yesterday and i think its a classic bay area cd. i dont know why so many people think i got 5 on it is the only good track. the remix of i got 5 on it is so much better. if u dont have this cd go buy it now.

Bay Area Cali had It lock'd during 95'........2005-11-06

Yes Indeed. This Is a must have c.d. These young catZ str8 outta Oak town Ca. They was putting It down. "I got 5 on It". Man please! This was a banger through out the ENTIRE world of hip hop. And I can't forget "playa hater" A diss record towards MR. EAST OAKLAND himself.....Too $hort! It was raw and uncut. However! Todd Shaw Or shall I say "TOO $HORT" Came back and hunting for heads. I mean $hort Dog didn't waste any time playin' with these kids. $hort Came.. $hort saw.. And ya know da rest. Still PPl this one Is a must have. These kidz got down for theirs. The luniz was spitin' fire for da 95'.

bay area classic.......2005-05-02

I got 5 on it. Every one knows that songs. I got this when I was heavey on the bay sound in 95. This album is the bomb and its kind of funny to, because of the slangs words they use and their clever wordplay. Just listen to song 13 where they use the barney songs chourus lyrics. THey have pimp songs,dance songs, smoke songs. I like song 6 the best ,its smooth. This is the begging of yukmouths career he went solo after the luniz broke up and he hot. He isnt a to comical now though he is more gangsata now. Check him out also. Get the luniz too.

Is this the best or what!!!.......2003-11-06

I believe that this cd is one of the greatest cd's ever made! If I could, I would reccomend that Luniz win an Emmy, Grammy, an Oscar, and a Music Award! It is a must own album that every rap fan should have!

Average customer rating: Gang Starr's statement of superiority COME ON, NOW!!!!! Gang Starr's best work. Gang Starr - Daily Operation Daily Operation operates correctly

Daily Operation Gang Starr Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Step in the Arena Hard to Earn Moment of Truth The Ownerz Mecca and the Soul Brother ASIN: B000007NZV Release Date: 1992-05-05

Tracks:

1. Daily Operation
2. The Place Where We Dwell
3. Flip The Script
4. Ex Girl To Next Girl
5. Soliloquy Of Chaos
6. I'm The Man
7. 92 Interlude
8. Take It Personal
9. 2 Deep
10. 24-7/365
11. No Shame In My Game
12. Conspiracy
13. The Illest Brother
14. Hardcore Composer
15. B.Y.S.
16. Much Too Much
17. Take Two And Pass
18. Stay Tuned

Amazon.com essentials

On their third outing, Guru and Premier continue to deliver intellectual hardcore, mixing deft rhymes with serious beatology. Premier continues to mine the jazz vaults, uncovering some seriously dusty grooves, with which he concocts some of the best minimalist hip-hop to ever be committed to wax. Just listen to "The Place Where We Dwell." Made up of nothing more than a looped drum track and scratching, it illustrates the less-is-more aesthetic to a T. Guru once again lets loose with the monotone flow that is his trademark--a flow that tastes like slow-roasted butter. Furthermore, jams like "Ex Girl to the Next Girl" prove that there is such a thing as a good hip-hop love song that exudes street cred rather than syrupy wackness. The album is especially noteworthy for containing the progressive "I'm the Man," which marked the recorded debut of both Jeru the Damaja and Little Dap. Plus, "Soliloquy of Chaos" not only gets the Mensa award for word choice but also serves as an eloquent condemnation of the violence that had become de rigueur at hip-hop shows. --Spence Abbott

Customer Reviews:

Gang Starr's statement of superiority.......2007-04-07

While it wasn't their groundbreaking album (that'd be Step in the Arena) nor their best (in my opinion Moment of Truth), "Daily Operation" is perhaps the most important album of the Gang Starr discography, the one that put them on top of the early-90s east coast hip hop world and established Guru and Premier as hip hop legends. Widely imitated but never duplicated, this album helped define the jazzy hip hop sound that became synonymous with New York hip hop for years to come. Musically "Daily Operation" ranks with Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's Mecca and the Soul Brother and A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders as the greatest albums of an era. DJ Premier's productions are incredible, using a wide range of instrumentation including horns, keyboards, and some clever sampling to make a sound that is rich and tasteful, while maintaining a street feel with the grimy hooks and tough drumbeats. Some of these tracks are just masterpieces in themselves, and the prominence of sampled "Daily Operation" beats over the years is a testament to this. Guru holds his own on the mic as always. While not yet the wise teacher he would become on Moment of Truth, Guru drops knowledge and wisdom more than he ever had to this point, but also maintains a foot in the street with his classic bragadagio and battle raps. Religion starts to play a part in some of his rhymes, and he is supported by some guests from the young Gang Starr foundation including Group Home and Jeru the Damaja. This is a rare album where you can just pop it in and play it without ever wanting to skip a track. Overall, "Daily Operation" is fantastic, one of the very greatest albums of hip hop's golden age.

After an instrumental intro, albeit one that shows every bit of Premo's genius, the album begins with the short and gritty "The Place Where We Dwell," where Guru praises his hometown of Brooklyn over a tough, simple beat. "Flip the Script" has a great beat and hook and some nice rhymes, just a solid song. Perhaps the group's best known song appears here, "Ex Girl to Next Girl." This song has gorgeous horns in it, and Guru tells likable tales of female troubles, and this song shows everything lovable about the early-90s rap style. Over truly luscious strings, Guru addresses one of his prevalent pet-peeves, violence at rap concerts, on "Soliloquy of Chaos." Lil Dap and Jeru the Damaja are introduced on "I'm the Man," a great track full of very clever battle raps and punchlines. "Take It Personal" is classic Gang Starr material, preceded and succeeded by two excellent instrumental interludes. "2 Deep" is tough lyrically and rich musically, with horns and plentifully creative sampling. My favorite song may be "No Shame in My Game," mostly just because the beat is perfect. This beat is pure joy on a track. "Conspiracy" shows Guru's increasing social consciousness, addressing media injustice and the SAT's unfairness, and the beat features a very nice keyboard line and horn notes. "The Illest Brother" and "Hardcore Composer" are further classic material, and "B.Y.S." is similarly nice. "Much Too Much" makes a great trombone sample into a loop, and Guru does it justice. The laidback weed ode "Take Two and Pass" rounds out the album along with the closer, "Stay Tuned."

All praise that "Daily Operation" has ever received is warranted, but I feel it's still underrated. This album is a classic in every sense of the word. I hate to sound like this, but they really don't make rap albums like this anymore. This is an album I could spend my whole life listening to, in every way it's engineered to perfection. A must buy for any hip hop fan.

COME ON, NOW!!!!!.......2007-02-18

these negative reviews make me HO HUM!!!! my chest hurts from doing it so much. how does one diss the guru? no, he is not the best mc around, but the man delivered classic material!!!!! he is NOT the worst rapper ever. the man just has his own style. that, again, is what i like about him. mix that with primo's beats, and you have ESSENTIALITY at its best. it is presented brilliantly here.

Gang Starr's best work........2006-08-05

Gang Starr really put out some classic ish here. This is one of those albums that you may dismay as being sub-par, or even bad first listen if you arn't into underground, but you soon relize how this album is a gem. DJ Premeir, and Guru have been putting out classic material sence the late 80's, with there first full album "No More Mr. Nice Guy". Premo is widely regaurded as one of the finest producers to ever grace the boards in hip hop history, and his partner in crime Guru is known as The King Of monotone Rap.

This is artistically a incredible peice of work. Guru & Premo put out a style of Rap that wasnt commen in the 90's, and is non-existant now! A Minimalistic Producer known for playing a melody of three keys, and a obsession for scratching teaming up with a monotone soft spoken slow tempo rapper. Sound like a weird combonation right? Wrong... If Being a Hip Hop duo was a marrige Gang Starr would have been couple of the year for 10 years straight. This is the type of album you have to spend some time listening to, sure I have my favorite songs of the batch, but they are all solid, and the way Premo mixed together the songs, and even transitions is strokes of genius. Sure you can listen to "Im the man" 5 times, but you will get the full effect of "Im The Man" in the way Gang Starr men't for you to hear it if you listen to the tracks leading to it.

Everything seems timed perfectly. Strong in your face, phony rapper, and conspiracy theorys come in at the proper time for a full listen thru. The Interludes are also excellently timed. After hearing "Im The Man" you want something a little chill, & relax, so Premo follows it up with "92 Interlude" a soft short, but sweet 30 second paino riff. And even the intro is a great beat, than instead of it sounding like a new track they programmed it to go immediatly into the next track, cause the beats mix together. Guru lyrically is sharp, and he does not need much help, with only 2 guest appearences, and literally 2 guest appearences, sence premo controlls all the hook's with mastery Guru shows his lyrical powress, consistently spitting 30 plus bars in his monotone serious voice every track, except the interludes. In this album DJ premier seems to be the Architect, and Guru seems to be the foundation. Premier uses his mastery of beatmaking, programming, mixing, scatching, and especially sampling to construct a masterpeice around Guru's lyrics which are the foundation. Bottomline, you gotta pick this up if your a Hip Hop Head.

Gang Starr - Daily Operation.......2006-04-22

This album gets a 4.5 star from me. Falls shortly from bein 5. Guru is known for droppin ill rhymes on ill production. And he comes with it good on this album. Came out in 1992, so fairly old, but the replay value is high. All the songs on the album, I like them, all the lyrics you know of course, Guru is always keeping it real. Hell speak on girls, but in a more talented way, not a bubblegum way, which I repsect. Hell also speak on REAL topics, which gets all of my respect to emcees who do this. If you want a real hiphop album by a good emcee, then check this album out. And yes Guru has been known for having a lazy and non-enthusiastic flow, but hes on point with the lyrics and sh**, so just check it out. If you like real hiphop that is!

My Top 5 Songs
1.2 Deep
2.B.Y.S
3.Hardcore Composer
4.Im The Man
5.Soliloquy Of Chaos

Daily Operation operates correctly.......2006-04-16

To my mind, the three greatest hip-hop producers of all time is a set list that is not going to change for quite a while. The Wu-Tang Clan's Rza, Westcoast Kingpin Dr. Dre, and Eastcoast legend DJ Premier are the three sole producers in hip-hop who transcend the genre: their consistency, years in the game, and sheer impact upon the ever-changing sound of rap music is unrivalled. Others like Pete Rock, Havoc and Erick Sermon all have their respective claims, but none are on the same scale as these three. DJ Premier has been less well represented by me. That's all about to change. But, enough of that mini-digression.

Gang Starr are one of hip-hop's immortal duos. Taking the classic rapper-producer combination, this time with Guru as the emcee and the aforementioned DJ Premier as the man behind the boards, the Brooklyn, New York duo have been represented by some of the most consistent records hailing from the Eastcoast. Blending Guru's baritone, fierce opposition to the increasing influencing of the commercial world in hip-hop with Premier's astoundingly sophisticated blend of hard, sparse hip-hop rhythms and flamboyant jazz influences, Gang Starr released a string of top-notch releases throughout the 90's including the excellent "Step in the Arena", "Hard to Earn" and"Moment of Truth". But 1992's "Daily Operation" stands alone as arguably the duo's standout moment: and as my favourite Gang Starr release.

Track Listing

1. Daily Operation Intro
2. The Place Where We Dwell. (4 Stars)
3. Flip the Script. (5 Stars)
4. Ex Girl to Next Girl. (5 Stars)
5. Soliloquy of Chaos. (5 Stars)
6. I'm the Man. Feat Lil Dap & Jeru the Damaja. (5 Stars)
7. 92 Interlude
8. Take it Personal. (5 Stars)
9. 2 Deep. (5 Stars)
10. 24-7 / 365
11. No Shame in My Game. (5 Stars)
12. Conspiracy. (5 Stars)
13. The Illest Brother (5 Stars)
14. Hardcore Composer. (4 Stars)
15. B.Y.S. (4 Stars)
16. Much Too Much (Mack a Mill) (4 1/2 Stars)
17. Take Two and Pass. (5 Stars)
18. Stay Tuned. (4 Stars)

Average customer rating: Amazing!! Enjoyable! None Better those magnificent men in their flying machines

Film Music of Ron Goodwin Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Goodwin, Ron | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Film Music of Clifton Parker Battle of Britain The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 3 The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2 ASIN: B00069DM7S Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

1. 633 Squadron: Main Theme
2. Frenzy: The London Theme
3. Lancelot And Guinevere: Main Theme
4. Deadly Strangers: Main Theme
5. Battle Of Britain Suite: Luftwaffe March (Aces High)
6. Battle Of Britain Suite: Prelude To Battle
7. Battle Of Britain Suite: Work And Play
8. Battle Of Britain Suite: Battle Of Britain Theme
9. Battle Of Britain Suite: Early Encounter
10. Battle Of Britain Suite: Epilogue
11. Whirlpool: Main Theme
12. The Trap: Main Theme 'The London Marathon Theme'
13. Of Human Bondage: Main Theme
14. Monte Carlo Or Bust: Suite
15. 633 Squadron: Love Theme
16. Submarine X-1: Main Theme
17. Miss Marple Theme
18. Operation Crossbow: Main Theme
19. Clash Of Loyalties: Suite
20. Beauty And The Beast: Belle's Love Theme
21. Force Ten From Navarone: Main Theme
22. Where Eagles Dare: Main Theme
23. Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines (Selection)

Customer Reviews:

Amazing!!.......2007-02-23

Great music performed by one of the best orchestras in the world. What more can you ask for?Ron Goodwin is a genius. The music that he wrote is incredible. His best pieces are featured here on this cd. From the great marches like " Force ten from Navarone" to great romantic sounding pieces like "Deadly Stranger" and the love theme from 633 Sqadron. I also really like the selections from "Monte Carlo or Bust"(almost seven minutes long) and the selections from "Those magnificent men in Their flying machines" (six minutes long). Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic do a great job performing all the pieces, and add another great cd to the Chandos movie series. This is a must have for fans of Ron Goddwin or great film music in general. It well deserves the 5 stars and maybe even more.

Enjoyable!.......2007-01-10

Ron Goodwin is a fine composer. I particularly enjoyed listening to the music from the early 1960's Miss Marple films, starring Margaret Rutherford. But, to let one know; the Marple music is different from most of the Goodwin scores on this CD. His music is mostly of the rousing march or military variety.

None Better.......2006-10-31

Goodwin's music is outstanding. His World War II scores are outstanding. They have drive and purpose. They sound good too.

those magnificent men in their flying machines.......2005-08-05

This CD provides a range of music mainly from films and concerned with epic war dramas all from the pen of the well known Ron Goodwin. Films such as 633squadron, submarine - X, operation strongbow, force ten from navarone, where eagles dare are just some which are represented. I was particularly looking for the title'Those magnificant men in their flying machines' to add to a slide show of vintage planes in flight and on exhibition. This fitted the bill just fine.

Average customer rating: Excellent Album, Poor Mastering better than Livecrime A VERY FINE ALBUM Mindcrime is still a masterpiece nearly 20 years on! Queensryche's classic masterwork gets a majestic upgrade!

Operation: Mindcrime Queensryche Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Warning Promised Land Q2K Empire Empire ASIN: B000FCUV5C Release Date: 2006-06-20

Tracks:

1. I Remember Now
2. Anarchy-X
3. Revolution Calling
4. Operation:mindcrime
5. Speak
6. Spreading the Disease
7. The Mission
8. Suite Sister Mary
9. The Needle Lies
10. Electric Requiem
11. Breaking the Silence
12. I Don't Believe in Love
13. Waiting for 22
14. My Empty Room
15. Eyes of a Stranger
16. The Mission (Live-bonus track)
17. My Empty Room (Live-bonus track)

Tracks:

1. I Remember Now (Live)
2. Anarchy-X (Live)
3. Revolution Calling (Live)
4. Operation:mindcrime (Live)
5. Speak (Live)
6. Spreading the Disease (Live)
7. The Mission (Live)
8. Suite Sister Mary (Live)
9. The Needle Lies (Live)
10. Electric Requiem (Live)
11. Breaking the Silence (Live)
12. I Don't Believe in Love (Live)
13. Waiting for 22 (Live)
14. My Empty Room (Live)
15. Eyes of a Stranger (Live)

Album Description

Queensryche's "Operation:mindcrime" 2 CD edition features the original album tracklist plus bonus live tracks and a previously unreleased live performance of the entire "mindcrime" album recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England on November 15, 1990. Includes special 24-page booklet.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Album, Poor Mastering.......2007-05-22

I can see why this album is a classic masterpiece of hard rock, with the story it tells and the excellent arrangements. The music is varied in feel and takes the listener along for the ride through the story. I think it would be a good idea to make it into a film, as Geoff Tate has been considering. This music is a very good example of intelligent hard rock/metal.

I first heard OM many years back when I picked up Empire, but it didn't really grab me for some reason. I revisited it recently and decided to finally pick it up. I found this 'remastered' version with a complete live performance on a second disc. I assumed this would be the best presentation of the album. I was sadly mistaken. The person who mastered this re-release (Everen Goeknar according to the notes) did a poor job in my opinion. The entire set is overmodulated, i.e. the volume level is too high. This results in distortion of the bad kind, which sounds somewhat like static from a poor radio reception. It's not too bad on the studio disc, just a little bit in the more intense sections of the music. But the live disc suffers much more. You can even hear it right at the beginning with the nurse's voice.

Honestly, I'm not sure what you could do to make a late-80's recording sound noticably better. So I don't think it needed a remastering so to speak (it would be interesting to do a side-by-side comparison with the original CD release). It is a real shame that they tried to and made it worse. Quit trying to make the CD's themselves louder! That's what the volume knob is for!

I'd give this set 5 stars if it wasn't for the sub-par mastering.

better than Livecrime.......2006-11-20

I read some negative reviews but being a huge QR fan I had to buy it. I don't have videocrime so that is cool to have. The live concert however I like better than Livecrime. It is a year earlier and you can tell. Geoff's voice is just better. He sings a much better representation of Mindcrime. Yes Livecrime may be a bit more polished but it is supposed to be. It is from two nights put together. It isn't actually a straight through concert. This one is. One night. A couple missed notes here and there but that's real. Geoff doesn't lower near as many parts vocally. I Don't Believe in Love and Eyes of a Stranger are sung perfectly. You can tell the tour took a little from him if you listen to both this and Livecrime. The sound I thought is also pretty good. I didn't have a problem with it. It didn't sound like a bootleg or anything. I love it.

A VERY FINE ALBUM.......2006-07-01

OPERATION MINDCRIME IS A VERY FINE COLLECTION FROM ONE OF THE GREATEST GREATEST HARD ROCK BANDS WHO ARE MUCH BETTER THAN DISCO BANDS LIKE SCISSOR SISTERS WHO MUST BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS.BUY THIS AND GET RESPECT FROM YOUR PEERS.QUEENSRYCHE ARE GREAT,PLAY GREAT GUITARS AND WRITE THEIR OWN SONGS UNLIKE POP ARTISTS WHO DONT WRITE THEIR OWN SONGS AND LIP SYNCH AT CONCERTS.

Mindcrime is still a masterpiece nearly 20 years on!.......2006-07-01

Triple H(mocking Fed Up): Queensryche is trash, buy Scissor Sisters. Shawn Michaels(mocking Hellraiser): Please buy those cool disco queens Scissor Sisters instead! Triple H: Whoever degraded Queensryche needs a pedigree. This album rocks especially Revolution Calling, I Don't believe in Love and Eyes of a Stranger. Shawn Michaels: The Heartbreak Kid says you deserve SWEET-CHIN MUSIC if you prefer The Spirit Squad and their off-shoots like Scissor Sisters and Britard to Queensryche. Triple H: You mean Hedgeclipper F*gg*ts! Shawn Michaels: if you are not down with us and Queensryche, we got TWO WORDS FOR YA (crowd yells S*CK IT!!)!

Queensryche's classic masterwork gets a majestic upgrade!.......2006-06-26

Seattle based hard rockers Queensryche's third album Operation: Mindcrime was released in April of 1988.
The prog-tinged metal quintet, which comprised of lead singer Geoff Tate, guitarists Chris DeGarmo and Michael Wilton, bass player Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield, had released a modest receives self-titled EP and two full length albums(their classic debut The Warning and the equally impressive Rage For Order) which tanked. Despite opening up for great bands like AC/DC, KISS, Iron Maiden and trash like Ratt and Bon Jovi, commercial success ignored Queensryche until Operation Mindcrime.
Operation: Mindcrime was a concept album, in the vain of other classic concept albums like Pink Floyd's The Wall and The Who's Tommy. Mindcrime tells the story of an anarchist named Nikki whose disillusionment with Reagan-era American society leads him to join a shadowy plot to assassinate corrupt leaders.
I Remember Now begins the album in a hospital ward where Nikki after a pain shot from a nurse who calls him an obscenity and recalls the recent rash of murders he may or may not have committed at the request of Doctor X. Anarchy-X is next and is a killer overture to the album. Revolution Calling gets more into the nitty gritty of our anti-hero Nikki, a psychotic, cynical individual who was recruited and brainwashed by the infamous Dr. X who was a power crazed evangelical preacher, leader of 'The Order', to be his personal assassin. The title track is next and has Nikki addicted to drugs and brainwashed by Dr. X. Next is Speak which is a driving rocker which sends Nikki first out to kill an unnamed corrupt politician. Spreading the Disease is next and is about Mary, a prostitute, whom Nikki tries to save by getting a priest to take her off the streets. This track rocks. The Mission is next and is possibly DeGarmo's best track he ever wrote himself for Queensryche and professed Nikki's love for Mary.
The second half of the album opens with the epic Suite Sister Mary which opens with Dr. X ordering Nikki to go out and kill Mary and the priest after which the track opens with a solo melodic guitar and a Choir which goes on to accompany Tate throughout the song. The number is a wonderful confluence of rock/metal and opera with Pamela Moore singing superbly the role of Mary. Next is another killer rocker The Needle Lies which was about Nikki's love for drugs turning bad. Electric Requiem is next and is the track which has Nikki discover his beloved Mary had been murdered. Breaking the Silence is next and has Nikki seeing and hearing Mary in his head and a great rocker. I Don't Believe in Love is next and is a great rocker which had our character Nikki deny his love for Mary because he cannot face the fact that she died. This track was a major hit on rock radio. Waiting For 22 is a great instrumental with some great guitar work from DeGarmo. My Empty Room is next and has our anti-hero Nikki wondering about what has become of him and what he will do. The album ends with Queensryche's first big rock radio smash Eyes of a Stranger. This track is a great song and what a way to end the album. Some think Nikki dreamed this and some thought he committed suicide but we wouldn't find out his fate until 2006's Operation:Mindcrime II.
The original Operation: Mindcrime peaked at #50 in 1989 and gave Queensryche their first US Gold album(eventually Platinum).
In 2003, the album was re-released in a digitally remastered version with two bonus tracks which were a live version of The Mission recorded in 1990 at The Hammersmith Odeon, London and My Empty Room recorded in October of 1994 in London.
Then in June of 2006, the album was re-released again to cash in on the success of Operation: Mindcrime II as a 2-CD set and a 2-CD and DVD set. This version, the 2-CD version's second disc comprises of the live performance of Operation: Mindcrime that the band performed on November 15, 1990 at The Hammersmith Odeon in London. It slightly differs from 1991's Operation: LIVECrime which was recorded in Wisconsin in May of 1991. The versions here are slightly different to the 1991 performances but an awesome time capsule.
RECOMMENDED!

Average customer rating: Queensrÿche greatest achievement The top of the mountain Almost 20 years later...still an amazing album Dystopia never sounded better! brilliant, almost timeless metal

Operation: Mindcrime Queensrÿche Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Empire Rage for Order Promised Land The Warning Queensrÿche ASIN: B000002UEB Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Remember Now
2. Anarchy-X
3. Revolution Calling
4. Operation: Mindcrime
5. Speak
6. Spreading The Disease
7. The Mission
8. Suite Sister Mary
9. The Needle Lies
10. Electric Requiem
11. Breaking The Silence
12. I Don't Believe In Love
13. Waiting For 22
14. My Empty Room
15. Eyes Of A Stranger

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

Customer Reviews:

Queensrÿche greatest achievement.......2007-07-07

This is the best album from Queensrÿche and it is one of the best Rock album ever made. If you like rock music, you can't go wrong with this one, it is just great from the first track to the last one.
When you talk about Rock albums, this one is for sure in the top ten.

The top of the mountain.......2007-06-01

This is the greatest begining to end disc I have ever owned. Queensryche opened for Metallica on this tour and played Operation Mindcrime from start to finish sorry Metallica bad move. It was and still is the best complete disc I can think of. AC/DC has "Back in Black" Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" Rush "2112" but Mindcrime is still on top.

Almost 20 years later...still an amazing album.......2007-03-19

Funny how things can come full circle. After a number of years I found myself staring at my copy of Operation: Mindcrime. It had been many years since I had listened to this...what is an applicable term...monstrosity of an album. I don't necessarily consider myself a fan of Queensryche so much as a fan of this album. Read almost every review here and one can determine how people feel about this album. Looking back on the Queensryche catalog, this album stands out like a sore thumb, however. It is so well crafted on every level, one has to wonder if Geoff Tate and Co. sold their souls to the devil, ala Robert Johnson, to get this album made! It is an enigma. It's well-known that Queensryche garnered commercial success post-Mindcrime, but this album remains, if legitimate music reviews are to be believed, arguably the greatest concept albums of ALL TIME. I count myself in that category. Listen to Revolution Calling and it's lyrics. Very smart, and hard-hitting. 'He takes her once a week on the altar like a sacrifice'...amazing. Run, don't walk, and buy this album.

Dystopia never sounded better!.......2006-10-17

A progressive metal/rock masterpiece. As is frequently cited in the reviews, this is perhaps the ultimate rock concept album of all time. There had been concept albums before this, but none that did what this album does. That is weave one continuous story seamlessly into each and every song on the album. This is what I found most startling upon first listening to it (back in 1988) - that I was being thrown into a story in which each successive song expounded on it. Equally startling are the fluid instrumental transitions from song to song which are nothing short of perfect - a credit to Queensryche's exceptional musicianship and Michael Kamen's masterful orchestration.

The album tells the story of a character, Nikki, who has been caught up in a shadowy underground movement in which he is an assassin. The plot involves a mysterious leader named Doctor X, Nikki's priest Father William, and Sister Mary, a former whore turned Nun (she was saved by Father William.) who shares an unspoken love with Nikki. The story plays out in a dystopian vision that is the landscape of a 1980's Reagan America.

The songs range from hard rocking radio/video friendly types to ambitious long operatic overtures. The instrumental work on the songs is incredible. With soaring guitar arpeggios often flowing into melodious transitions. Geoff Tate excels with his soaring operatic tenor and guest vocalist Pamela Moore is a fantastic foil to Tate's tenor on the ambitious Suite Sister Mary, the ten and one-half minute crescendo in the middle of the story.

At times, the album's political and social commentary can be overly ambitious, but for the most part - Queensryche pulls it off. This is their crowning achievement. (It allows me to forgive and forget the commercial cash-in Empire that succeeded this.)

In short, Operation Mindcrime is a must have for any music lover and serious audiophile. It is a landmark album and the concept album on which other concept albums will be judged for a long time to come.

brilliant, almost timeless metal.......2006-07-14

I rediscovered this email after a few years and bought it again... without hesitation.. for my music collection. So much of the metal and/or other genres this album and Queensryche gets sadly pigeonholed into sounds so dated and weak, but Queensryche are so much more than "metal" or "hard rock" or categories at least for Operation Mindcrime. The music is merely a vehicle for a story, and what a story!

The story of disillusionment with the government transcends, though written under the oppression, government lies and corruption, that was the Reagan years, this album's themes are equally at home under the current Bush regime where the leaders lie, and innocents die, and anyone with half a brain feels numb and helpless.

This album shines on all levels, the musicians are all at the tops of their games, nary a note is wasted, and as others have comments Geoff Tate's voice is a wonder, right behind Freddy Mercury in range and power, ability to carry and convey every single song, note, mood, and emotion with conviction. Both he and this album are so sadly underrated it's quite heartening to see all the five star reviews here of so many that get and appreciate this album's utter brilliance.

For those who don't believe in timeless metal? Buy this album. Those who like hard hard rock? Buy this album. Those who even like heavy rock theatre, again, buy this album. It's appeal is tremendous, it's music sheer power, and it's scope transcending so many music genres genius.

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