Images and Words
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| Studio album by Dream Theater | ||
| Released | July 7, 1992 | |
| Recorded | December, 1991 - BearTracks Studios, New York (additional recordings at The Hit Factory, NY) | |
| Genre | Progressive metal | |
| Length | 57:07 | |
| Label | ATCO Records | |
| Producer(s) | David Prater | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Dream Theater chronology | ||
| When Dream and Day Unite (1989) |
Images and Words (1992) |
Live at the Marquee (1993) |
Images and Words is the second album by progressive metal band Dream Theater. It is highly regarded as the bands magnum opus.
It is the first album on which Dream Theater's current singer, James LaBrie, appears, and is considered a seminal release in the progressive metal genre.
"Pull Me Under" received substantial airplay on radio stations and MTV, and to this day remains the band's biggest hit. The album itself is also the most commercially successful of all Dream Theater's albums, attaining gold record certification in the U.S. and platinum in Japan.
The album is also notable as being the only studio album by the group (until Octavarium, almost 15 years later) not to include at least one instrumental track. Ironically some of the additional recordings to this album were recorded in the same studio where Octavarium was recorded, in The Hit Factory.
[edit] Track listing
- "Pull Me Under" (music by Dream Theater, lyrics by Moore) – 8:11
- "Another Day" (Dream Theater and Jay Beckenstein, Petrucci) – 4:22
- "Take the Time" (Dream Theater) – 8:21
- "Surrounded" (Dream Theater, Moore) – 5:30
- "Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper" (Dream Theater, Petrucci) – 9:30
- "Under a Glass Moon" (Dream Theater, Petrucci) – 7:02
- "Wait for Sleep" (Moore) – 2:31
- "Learning to Live" (Dream Theater, Myung) – 11:30
[edit] Personnel
- James LaBrie – vocals
- Kevin Moore – keyboards
- John Myung – bass
- John Petrucci – guitars
- Mike Portnoy – drums
- Jay Beckenstein – saxophone on "Another Day"
[edit] Chart performance
- Images and Words - #61
- Images and Words - #2
Billboard Singles:
- "Pull Me Under" - #10
- "Take the Time" - #22
- "Another Day" - #29
Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time:
- "Under a Glass Moon" - #98
