As part of Amazon’s monthly $5 MP3 album deal for June 2012, Queensryche‘s Operation: Mindcrime is on sale for only $5.

If you would like a physical copy of Operation: Mindcrime, the CD is available for only $8.97.

Operation: Mindcrime was the definitive rock concept album of the 1980s and Queensryche’s third full-length studio release. Each song tells the story of Nikki, a junkie turned assassin, and Sister Mary, a prostitute turned nun, and the conflicted lives they lead under the heavy influence of the nasty Dr. X and a shady priest named Father William. The band has played the entire album live as a rock opera, incorporating actors to play the parts of Nikki and Sister Mary and even recording Ronnie James Dio‘s one-time live performance as Dr. X which was played on a screen during all other live performances. There have been talks for years about staging Operation: Mindcrime on Broadway, but nothing has been set as of this writing.

Browse the main sale page to see the other 99 albums on sale for only $5 each in MP3 format through the end of June 2012.

Track Listing

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

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