When Queensrÿche toured in 1991 in support of Empire, EMI released Operation: LIVEcrime, a limited-edition set containing both a videocassette and a CD of live performances. Interestingly, nothing from Empire is included on this hour-long CD, which instead focuses strictly (and obviously, from the title) on material from the acclaimed Operation: Mindcrime. While EMI would have done better to release an official live album (perhaps a two-CD set?) that also contained some of the songs from Empire, inspired live performances of such gems as "The Needle Lies," "Eyes of a Stranger," "Anarchy-X," and "Electric Requiem" are nothing to complain about. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
Dan Gellert (Mixing Assistant), Pamela Moore (?), Gordon Garrison (Remote Recording Crew), Tom T. Hall (Engineer), Eddie Jackson (Bass), Tom Abraham (Monitor Engineer), John Whynot (Mixing Assistant), Jimmy George (Drum Technician), Scott Rockenfield (Drums), Robert Savage (?), Geoff Tate (Vocals), T.J. Thompson (?), Darrell Peters (Guitar Technician), Kenny Nemes (Project Manager), Debbie Wheeler (?), Michael Baxter (Guitar Technician), Queensrÿche (Producer), Mark Wilczak (Mastering), Harold Sinclair (Photography), Bryan Kelley (Producer), Chris Cuffaro (Photography), Mike Snyder (?), Darren Wong (Art Direction), Michael Wilton (Guitar), Dave Brown (Reissue Producer), Michael Kamen (Orchestration), Ross Halfin (Photography), Dave Perkins (Remote Recording Crew), Peter Dokus (Photography), Chris DeGarmo (Guitar), Anthony Valentine (?), Cheryl Pawelski (Associate Producer), Scott Mateer (?), Matt Mahurin (Photography), James Barton (Mixing)
Operation: LIVEcrime is a live album, covering the album Operation: Mindcrime by American heavy metal band Queensrÿche. It was released by EMI in 1991. After Queensrÿche toured in 1991 in support of Empire, record label EMI released this limited-edition set containing both a videocassette and a CD of live Operation: Mindcrime performances.
In 2003 the CD was re-mastered along with the rest of the Queensrÿche catalog. The video was also re-released as a DVD.
