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Mary's murder and the murders he committed for Dr. X ("I Don't
Believe in Love"). Suffering from an almost complete loss of memory, Nikki is put into a mental hospital, where he retraces in his mind his last moments with Mary ("Waiting for 22", "My Empty Room"). Back in the present in the hospital room at the beginning of the story Nikki has regained his memory, but now stares at his image in a mirror, unable to recognize who he is and what he has become ("Eyes of a Stranger").
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who had grown friendly with him, some of whom were in organizations which engaged in bombing and terrorism. He also incorporated some of his memories of friends who had become derelicts due to heavy drug use. While working on the basic storyline behind the album, Tate had to convince the rest of his
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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 ("I Remember Now"). He remembers how, as a heroin addict and would-be political radical
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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
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DVD that Mary killed herself after Dr. X threatened to kill Nikki) and he begins to succumb to insanity. He runs through the streets calling her name ("Breaking the
Silence"). The police arrive and attempt to subdue him. A gun is found on Nikki, and they take him into custody under suspicion of
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the
Disease"). 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 ("The Mission"). Dr. X takes notice and, seeing a potential threat in Mary to his
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found some flaws only in the apparently incomplete storyline and wondered if the "highly socio-political" topic could "be enough to clinch the continued support of their existing fan base and turn on a whole lot more". Bernard Doe of
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for its conceptual brilliance" and lauded
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appreciated how "the involved, heavy-handed storytelling" was paired "with the band's most urgent, up-front metal display since the
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taking over the role of Dr. X. The subsequent tour consisted of the band performing both
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as gold in early 1989, and was certified as platinum two years later. A sequel,
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as an assassin of political leaders. In
January 1989, it ranked at No. 34 on
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Wilding, Phil (January 21, 1989). "Queensrÿche 'Operation: Mindcrime'".
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was Queensrÿche's breakthrough album, reaching number 50 on the
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The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties
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on April 14, 1989, and certified Platinum two years later.
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2483:"SCANS + READ: M Shadows Interview With RockZone Magazine"
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magazine's "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".
2353:"TOP 20 HAIR METAL ALBUMS OF ALL TIME: THE COMPLETE LIST"
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Classic Rock Revisited Vol. 1:Rock Icons & Metal Gods
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was re-released as a deluxe box set, containing the 2003
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1940:. No. 222. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd.
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2559:"Dutchcharts.nl – Queensrÿche – Operation: Mindcrime"
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as the best heavy metal album of 1988. In June 2017,
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2013:"RIAA Searchable Database: search for Queensryche"
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2078:. Vol. 3, no. 11. June 6, 1988
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2256:"Queensrÿche 'Operation: Mindcrime'"
2180:"Operation: Mindcrime - Queensrÿche"
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2508:Beyer, Lenz (February 22, 2010).
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2435:Divita, Joe (January 25, 2017).
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1335:"My Empty Room" (live at the
343:. Its story follows Nikki, a
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2571:Pennanen, Timo (2006).
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992:"Spreading the Disease"
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385:Operation: Mindcrime II
376:I Don't Believe in Love
259:I Don't Believe in Love
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2145:Mindcrime at the Moore
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1148:"Breaking the Silence"
948:"Operation: Mindcrime"
836:Mindcrime at the Moore
753:Best Metal Performance
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2288:Doe, Bernard (1988).
2118:. Rock N Roll Books.
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2978:Condition Hüman
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1681:Certified units
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1463:James Barton –
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3278:Concert tours
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2850:Chris DeGarmo
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1400:
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1385:
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1056:Total length:
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1039:DeGarmo, Tate
1038:
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1019:
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1014:"The Mission"
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