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Dream Theater - Once in a LIVEtime (Live album, 1998)

Album: Once in a LIVEtime
Genre: Progressive metal
Released: October 27 1998

Once in a LIVEtime is a 2CD live album by progressive metal band Dream Theater, and their second live release, which featured most of the songs from the 1997 album Falling Into Infinity recorded at the Bataclan, France and released in 1998.

Covers and Tributes

Dream Theater have often placed riffs or parts of other band's songs into their songs when playing live. On this album, there are several examples of this.

• Before the beginning of "Trial of Tears", John Petrucci plays the famous five tone motif from the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
• The opening of "Trial of Tears" also contains portions of the Rush songs "Xanadu" and "The Trees".
• "Peruvian Skies" contains portions of Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar" and Metallica's "Enter Sandman".
• The end of "Take the Time" contains the outro solo from Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird" and the guitar riff from Led Zeppelin's "Moby Dick".
• John Petrucci's guitar solo is composed almost entirely of Liquid Tension Experiment's "Acid Rain" and parts of "Paradigm Shift". It also contains a portion of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" and The Godfather's Tarantella.The segue from "Just Let Me Breathe" into "Voices" features John Petrucci playing the first half of the Force Theme from "Star Wars".
  

Disc 1
1.	The Crimson Sunrise (A Change of Seasons Part I)	Download
2.	Innocence (A Change of Seasons Part II)	Download
3.	Puppies on Acid	Download
4.	Just Let Me Breathe	Download
5.	Voices	Download
6.	Take the Time	Download
7.	Derek Sherinian Piano Solo	Download
8.	Lines in the Sand	Download
9.	Scarred	Download
10.	The Darkest Of Winters (A Change of Seasons Part IV)	Download
11.	The Ytse Jam	Download
12.	Mike Portnoy Drum Solo	Download
Disc 2
1.	Trial of Tears	Download
2.	Hollow Years	Download
3.	Take Away My Pain	Download
4.	Caught in a Web	Download
5.	Lie	Download
6.	Peruvian Skies	Download
7.	John Petrucci Guitar Solo	Download
8.	Pull Me Under	Download
9.	Metropolis Pt. 1 (medley)	Download
10.	Learning to Live (medley)	Download
11.	The Crimson Sunset (A Change of Seasons Part VII) (medley)	Download
Total playing time		02:34:18

Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity (Full-length, 1997)

Released: September 23, 1997
Recorded: June 2 - July 30, 1997 - Avatar Studios, New York
Genre: Progressive metal
Producer: Kevin Shirley

1. New Millennium	Download
2. You Not Me	Download
3. Peruvian Skies	Download
4. Hollow Years	Download
5. Burning My Soul	Download
6. Hell's Kitchen	Download
7. Lines in the Sand	Download
8. Take Away My Pain	Download
9. Just Let Me Breathe	Download
10. Anna Lee	Download
11. Trial of Tears It's Raining Deep In Heaven The Wasteland	Download

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Line-up :

James LaBrie: vocals
John Myung: bass
John Petrucci: guitar
Mike Portnoy: drums
Derek Sherinian: keyboards

Backing vocals on "Lines In The Sand" by Doug Pinnick of King's X.

Additional info for the notes on the Japanese edition: On the 1st pressing of
the Japanese edition, the two bonus tracks are featured on a separate 3-inch
bonus disc.

The japanese version has two bonus tracks:
12) Take Away My Pain (demo)
13) Speak To Me (demo)

Falling into Infinity is the fourth studio album by influential American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 1997. It was recorded in 1997 at Avatar Studios in New York, a return from their previous album, which was recorded in England. It continued the more progressive metal sound Awake started, but to much less critical and commercial acclaim. It is also the last studio album to feature keyboardist Derek Sherinian. LaBrie's limited vocal range after rupturing his vocal cords is shown on the album, with most of the vocals being in the lower range, in contrast to earlier releases, which were often high-pitched.

History
Despite Awake's relative success, the band was not quite happy with its darker sound, which resulted in the band going back to New York to record their new album. The record label pressured the band to write a more commercial album, much to the band's dismay. It was originally intended to be a 140-minute double album, but the record label refused to release such an album and even recruited Desmond Child to help the band re-write "You Not Me", which was originally titled "You Or Me", to make it more commercial.

Unhappy with the record label's meddling, this would be the last album to feature a traditional producer. Later albums would be produced from within due to the band's unhappy result of Falling Into Infinity. The album is also only one of the few Dream Theater albums to not feature the band's iconic font, as a result of graphic artist Storm Thorgeson's refusal to work with fonts other artists had made.[citation needed] The only other Dream Theater album to contain a different font is their debut When Dream and Day Unite.

Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons (EP, 1995)

Album: A Change of Seasons (EP)
Genre: Progressive metal
Released: May 1995
Label: EastWest
Producer: David Prater and Dream Theater

A Change Of Seasons The Crimson Sunrise Innocence Carpe Diem The Darkest of Winters Another World The Inevitable Summer The Crimson Sunset		Download
Funeral for a Friend - Love Lies Bleeding (Elton John live covers		Download
Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple live cover)		Download
The Rover - Achilles Last Stand - The Song Remains the Same (Led Zeppelin live covers)		Download
The Big Medley (live cover medley)		Download

A Change of Seasons (EP)

A Change of Seasons is a 1995 EP by progressive metal band Dream Theater. Other than Live at the Marquee, this is the only EP release by Dream Theater. It comprises the 23-minute title track and a collection of bonus live covers performed at a fan club concert at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London, England. The title track includes samples from the film Dead Poets Society. The lyrics are about the death of Mike Portnoy's mother. Also, this is the first Dream Theater release featuring Derek Sherinian on keyboards.

An edited version of the title track was used in a downhill skiing feature during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

Note that this is considered an EP only in name - it is actually over 50 minutes in length, which is much longer than a standard EP, and longer than many LPs as well. The EP itself is actually longer than Dream Theater's own first two studio albums. (Quoted from Wikipedia)

Dream Theater - Awake (Full-length, 1994)

Album: Awake
Genre: Progressive metal
Released: October 4, 1994
Label: EastWest
Producer: John Purdell and Duane Baron

1. 6:00		Download
2. Caught In A Web		Download
3. Innocence Faded		Download
4. Erotomania (instrumental)		Download
5. Voices		Download
6. The Silent Man		Download
7. The Mirror		Download
8. Lie		Download
9. Lifting Shadows Off A Dream		Download
10. Scarred		Download
11. Space-Dye Vest		Download

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Awake (1994)

Eager to work on fresh material, Dream Theater retreated to the studio in May 1994. Awake, Dream Theater's third studio album, was released in October 1994 in a hail of controversy among fans. Shortly before the album was mixed, Moore announced to the rest of the band that he wished to concentrate on his own musical interests and would be quitting Dream Theater. Moore was simply no longer interested in touring, nor did he favor the style of music Dream Theater performed. As a result, the band had to scramble to find a replacement keyboardist before a tour could be considered.

Jens Johansson, who would go on to become a member of Stratovarius, was among the biggest names to audition; however, the band members were eager to fill the position with keyboardist Jordan Rudess. Portnoy and Petrucci had come across Rudess in Keyboard Magazine, where he was recognized as "best new talent" in the reader's poll. The two invited him to play a trial gig with the band at the Concrete Foundations Forum in Burbank, CA. For the members of Dream Theater, the show went incredibly well, and Rudess was asked to fill the keyboardist position permanently; however, Rudess opted to tour with The Dixie Dregs instead since it granted him more personal latitude. Disappointed, Dream Theater hired fellow Berklee alumnus Derek Sherinian, whose previous work included stints with Alice Cooper and Kiss, to fill in for the Awake promotional tour. By the conclusion of the tour, the band decided to take Sherinian on as Moore's full-time replacement. (Quoted from Wikipedia)

Dream Theater - Images & Words (Full-length, 1992)

Album: Images And Words
Genre: Progressive metal
Released: July 7, 1992
Label: ATCO Records
Producer: David Prater

1. Pull Me Under		Download
2. Another Day		Download
3. Take The Time		Download
4. Surrounded		Download
5. Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper		Download
6. Under a Glass Moon		Download
7. Wait for Sleep		Download
8. Learning to Live		Download

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Images and Words is the second studio album by influential American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 1992. It was recorded in late 1991 at BearTracks Studios in New York City. The album is the first album to feature James LaBrie on vocals. The album maintains its position as the band's most commercially successful album to date[citation needed], and the song Pull Me Under's status as the only Top 10 hit the band has ever had. Many critics and fans cite this album as a landmark release for the progressive metal genre.

Images and Words has garnered overwhelmingly positive critical and fan acclaim. As of July 5, 2008, heavy metal database The Metal Archives ranks Images and Words as Dream Theater's second best album with a 92% rating based on 11 fan reviews. Murat Batmaz of the popular progressive rock/metal review website Sea of Tranquility awarded the record a perfect score, calling it a "masterpiece" and "the most important Dream Theater album, ever".

Images and Words is currently ranked #2 on Digital Dream Door's list of the top 100 progressive metal albums of all time.

Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite (Full-length, 1989)

Album: When Dream and Day Unite
Genre: Progressive metal
Label: Mechanic Records
Producer: Terry Date and Dream Theater

1. A Fortune in Lies		Download
2. Status Seeker		Download
3. Ytse Jam		Download
4. The Killing Hand The Observance Ancient Renewal The Stray Seed Thorns Exodus		Download
5. Light Fuse and Get Away		Download
6. Afterlife		Download
7. The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun		Download
8. Only a Matter of Time		Download

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With this stability, Dream Theater concentrated on writing more material while playing more concerts in New York and in neighboring states. This eventually attracted the attention of Mechanic Records, a division of MCA. Dream Theater signed their first record contract with Mechanic on June 23, 1988 and set out to record their debut album.

When Dream and Day Unite was released in 1989 to far less fanfare than the band had anticipated. Mechanic ended up breaking the majority of the financial promises they had made to Dream Theater prior to signing their contract, so the band was restricted to playing around New York City. The promotional tour for the album consisted of just five concerts, all of which were relatively local. Their first show was at Sundance in Bay Shore, New York opening for the classic rock power trio Zebra.

After the fourth show, Dominici was fired because of personal and creative differences. Shortly after, however, the band Marillion asked Dream Theater to open for them at a gig at the Ritz in New York, so Dominici was given the opportunity to perform one last time. It would be another two years before Dream Theater had a replacement vocalist.(Quoted from wikipedia)