History YMMV / OperationMindcrime

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The band's dislike of problems such as religious and political corruption, income inequality, and drug addiction is not exactly expressed subtly here, and yet the album is arguably stronger for it. This is also a case of ValuesResonance as these problems have only gotten even worse since the album was released.

--> '''''"NOW WHO WILL COME TO WASH AWAY MY SINS?! CLEAN MY ROOM, FIX MY MEALS, BE MY FRIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEND?!?"'''''

** The original ''Mindcrime'' has been lauded as one of the best heavy metal albums of all time. It is also considered one of the first examples of {{progressive metal}}.

** In specific to the album, the last track concludes with an [[MadnessMontage increasingly louder and more congested cacophony of music, sounds and voices]] from the rest of the album, which -- if you have allowed yourself to fall into the world the album creates -- ''very'' effectively feels like what the inside of Nikki's head must sound. Then, as it reaches a crescendo (screaming into the words "***REVOLUTION!***"), it rings to a sudden, complete, spine-tingling silence with just Nikki's voice saying, "I remember now"

** In specific to the album, the last track concludes with an [[MadnessMontage increasingly louder and more congested cacophony of music, sounds and voices]] from the rest of the album, which -- if you have allowed yourself to fall into the world the album creates -- ''very'' effectively feels like what the inside of Nikki's head must sound. Then, as it reaches a crescendo, it rings to a sudden, complete, spine-tingling silence with just Nikki's voice saying, "I remember now"

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The original ''Mindcrime'' has been lauded as one of the best heavy metal albums of all time. It is also considered one of the first examples of {{progressive metal}}.
** And in specific to the album, the last track concludes with an [[MadnessMontage increasingly louder and more congested cacophony of music, sounds and voices]] from the rest of the album, which -- if you have allowed yourself to fall into the world the album creates -- ''very'' effectively feels like what the inside of Nikki's head must sound. Then, as it reaches a crescendo, it rings to a sudden, complete, spine-tingling silence with just Nikki's voice saying, "I remember now"

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The original ''Mindcrime'' has been lauded as one of the best heavy metal albums of all time. It is also considered one of the first examples of progressive metal.

* FanonDisContinuity: Many fans weren't too pleased with the storyline of [=OM2=], especially the second half, and consider only the original album as canon. (Imagine the vindication they felt when Michael Wilton admitted that the second album suffered from Geoff Tate doing an IAmTheBand.)

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The band's disilke of problems such as religious and political corruption, income inequality, and drug addiction is not exactly expressed subtly here, and yet the album is arguably stronger for it. This is also a case of ValuesResonance as these problems have arguably gotten even worse since the album was released.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The band's disilke of problems such as political corruption, income inequality, environmental degradation, and drug addiction is not exactly expressed subtly here, and yet the album is arguably stronger for it.

* {{Sequelitis}}: Most critics and fans consider ''Operation: Mindcrime II'' to be nowhere near as good as the original.

--> '''''"NOW WHO WILL COME TO WASH AWAY MY SINS?! CLEAN MY ROOM, FIX MY MEALS, BE MY FRIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEND?!?"'''''

* {{Narm}}: '''''"NOW WHO WILL COME TO WASH AWAY MY SINS?! CLEAN MY ROOM, FIX MY MEALS, BE MY FRIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEND?!?"'''''

* {{Sequelitis}}: Most critics and fans consider ''Operation: Mindcrime II'' to be nowhere near as good as the original.

* HilariousInHindsight: "Spreading the Disease" features the lyric "As the one percent rules America".

* FanonDisContinuity: Many fans weren't too pleased with the storyline of [=OM2=], especially the second half, and consider only the original album as canon.

** And in specific to the album, the last track concludes with an [[MadnessMontage increasingly louder and more congested cacophony of music, sounds and voices]] from the rest of the album, which -- if you have allowed yourself to fall into the world the album creates -- ''very'' effectively feels like what the inside of Nikki's head must sound. Then, as it reaches a crescendo, it rings to a sudden, complete, spine-tingling silence with just Nikki's voice saying, "I remember now."