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Welcome text here. Operation: Mindcrime is the third studio album by the American progressive heavy metal band Queensrÿche, released on May 3, 1988. The album was re-released on 6 May 2003 with two bonus tracks, and in 2006 as a deluxe box set.

It is a concept album and a rock opera, its story following a recovering drug addict who becomes disillusioned with the corrupt society of his time and becomes involved with a revolutionary group as an assassin of political leaders. In January 1989, it ranked at No. 34 on Kerrang! magazine's "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".

The album was certified by the RIAA as 'gold' a year after its release, and it was certified as 'platinum' in 1991. A sequel, Operation: Mindcrime II, was released on April 4, 2006.

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( MAY 3, 1988 )

The album begins with the protagonist, Nikki, in a hospital. He lies in a near catatonic state, unable to remember anything but snippets from his past. Suddenly, Nikki's memories come flooding back in a torrent. He remembers how, as a heroin addict and would-be political radical frustrated with contemporary society due to the economic inequality, corruption, and hypocrisy around him, he was manipulated into joining a supposed secret organization dedicated to revolution. At the head of this organization is a mysterious political and religious demagogue known only as Dr. X, who manipulates Nikki through a combination of his heroin addiction and brainwashing techniques to become an assassin.

Whenever Dr. X uses the word "mindcrime", Nikki becomes his docile puppet, a state which Dr. X uses to command Nikki to undertake any murder that the Doctor wishes. Through one of Dr. X's probable associates, a corrupt priest named Father William, Nikki is offered the services of a prostitute-turned-nun named Sister Mary. Through his friendship and growing affection toward Sister Mary, Nikki begins to question the nature of what he is doing, seeing that Dr. X has his own nefarious agenda. Dr. X takes notice and, seeing a potential threat in Mary to his cult of personality, orders Nikki to kill both her and the priest. Nikki goes to Mary's church and kills the priest, but, after confronting Mary, he fails to comply with the command to murder her. He and Mary decide to leave the organization together, and Nikki goes to Dr. X to tell him that they are out. Dr. X, however, reminds Nikki that he is an addict, and that he is the one who can provide him with his daily fix. Nikki leaves, conflicted and uncertain, and he returns to Mary only to find her dead.

Nikki cannot cope with the loss, as well as the possibility that he himself may have killed her without knowing it (whether her death occurred at his hand or at the hand of someone else such as Dr. X is left deliberately ambiguous), and he begins to succumb to insanity. He runs through the streets calling her name. The police arrive and attempt to subdue him. A gun is found on Nikki, and they take him into custody under suspicion of Mary's murder and the murders he committed for Dr. X. Suffering from an almost complete loss of memory, Nikki is put into a mental hospital, where he sees a news report on the recent spree of political homicides. This jogs his memory and returns us to the beginning where he remembers what has happened and begins to tell his story.

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Dec 14, 2012 1:46:00 GMT -5

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Post by Alfred "America" F. Jones on Dec 14, 2012 1:46:00 GMT -5

I swear I saw one of these on here before (watch, I'll probably find it now that I've posted this). XD Anyway, it's late, so I'm not gonna post too much tonight, but I thought I'd start off by posting my headcanons for Alfred's physical age progression. Note that this is not 100% solid, and may be subject to change, but not TOO much. I guess this is sorta for reference for you guys, if you want...but it's also a reference for me to use. =P

Appearance of 2 years old - At the time of his first memories at Roanoke island in the 1580s

Appearance of 3 years old - When he first meets Arthur in Jamestown in 1607

Appearances between 4 and 6 years old - He ages slowly and steadily, about 1 physical year for every 25 to 30 years. His physical appearance is at age 6 at 1700.

Appearances between 7 and 8 - The first half of the 18th century he appears at these ages, again aging gradually. He is physically at age 8 around 1760...and that's when things begin to speed up (i.e. the build up to the American Revolution XD).

Appearance of 9 years old - 1764-1765

Appearance of 10 years old - 1766

Appearance of 11 years old - 1767-1768

Appearance of 12 years old - 1769

Appearance of 13 years old - 1770-1772

Appearance of 14 years old - 1773 - April 18, 1775

Appearance of 15 years old - April 19, 1775 to July 3, 1776 (if you know some about the American Revolution, you'll recognize the significance of these dates in particular XD)

Appearance of 16 years old - July 4, 1776 to 1803 (Louisiana Purchase)

Appearance of 17 years old - 1803 (again, Louisiana Purchase) to 1877 (widely considered to be the end of Reconstruction after the Civil War)

Appearance of 18 years old - 1878 - 1941

Appearance of 19 years old - Entrance into World War II onward to the present

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In the United States, the album was certified Gold a year after its release, and certified Platinum in 1991.[8]

The band shot a one-off promotional video in 1988 for the song "Speak" using performance footage. It did not include a dramatization of any of the story's concepts.

The song "I Don't Believe in Love" was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1990 in the category "Best Metal Performance".[9]

During the tour promoting the 1990 album Empire, Operation: Mindcrime was performed in its entirety. The stage show featured video, animation and guest singer Pamela Moore as Sister Mary. A recording was released as Operation: Livecrime. The story was initially explored in a series of video clips for MTV in the 1989 VHS video, Video: Mindcrime.

In 2006, Operation: Mindcrime was re-released as a deluxe box set, containing the 2003 remaster, a live CD with the album played in its entirety at the Hammersmith Odeon on 15 November 1990, and a bonus DVD containing the 1989 Video: Mindcrime and bonus clips.