Images and Words
Dream Theater
Images and Words
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 |
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Pull Me Under | 8:14 | 127,016 | ||
| 2 |
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Another Day | 4:23 | 115,243 | ||
| 3 |
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Take the Time | 8:21 | 91,670 | ||
| 4 |
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Surrounded | 5:30 | 84,756 | ||
| 5 | Metropolis Part I: The Miracle and the Sleeper | 9:32 | 1,583 | |||
| 6 |
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Under a Glass Moon | 7:03 | 93,974 | ||
| 7 |
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Wait for Sleep | 2:33 | 94,012 | ||
| 8 |
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Learning to Live | 11:30 | 83,550 | ||
| Learning To Live (LP Version) | 11:30 | 38 | ||||
| Wait For Sleep (LP Version) | 2:32 | 37 | ||||
| Under A Glass Moon (LP Version) | 7:03 | 37 | ||||
| Metropolis - Part I ("The Miracle And The Sleeper") (LP Version) | 9:32 | 44 | ||||
| Surrounded (LP Version) | 5:30 | 34 | ||||
| Take The Time (LP Version) | 8:21 | 41 | ||||
| Another Day (LP Version) | 4:23 | 49 | ||||
| Pull Me Under (LP Version) | 8:14 | 58 |
About this album
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, and the song Pull Me Under’s status as the only Top 10 hit the band has ever had. This song has also had some very recent success as it has appeared in the video game Guitar Hero: World Tour. Many critics and fans cite this album as a landmark release for the progressive metal genre.
History
After Charlie Dominici’s departure from the band, they auditioned nearly 200 people across the nation before James LaBrie sent the band an audition tape. LaBrie was formerly in the Canadian glam metal band Winter Rose, but saw potential in the band, and thus decided to audition. After a short jam session, the band chose him as their lead singer, and he has been the band’s lead singer ever since.
With LaBrie on board, the band was signed to a seven album contract by Atco Records, and shortly after began recording their new album. The lead single, Pull Me Under gained the band considerable commercial success with its airplay on MTV and radio, garnering them a Top 10 hit on radio charts. When the album was released, it sold at a steady pace, only helped by their relentless touring across the world. Images and Words would go on to be the band’s most commercially successful album, and often is considered a landmark release in the progressive metal genre by many newer bands in the genre such as Tool.
History
After Charlie Dominici’s departure from the band, they auditioned nearly 200 people across the nation before James LaBrie sent the band an audition tape. LaBrie was formerly in the Canadian glam metal band Winter Rose, but saw potential in the band, and thus decided to audition. After a short jam session, the band chose him as their lead singer, and he has been the band’s lead singer ever since.
With LaBrie on board, the band was signed to a seven album contract by Atco Records, and shortly after began recording their new album. The lead single, Pull Me Under gained the band considerable commercial success with its airplay on MTV and radio, garnering them a Top 10 hit on radio charts. When the album was released, it sold at a steady pace, only helped by their relentless touring across the world. Images and Words would go on to be the band’s most commercially successful album, and often is considered a landmark release in the progressive metal genre by many newer bands in the genre such as Tool.
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Shouts
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xPfuntnerx wrote:
As long as the saxophone solo in Another day exists, I cannot call this a perfect record. But yeah, it's still amazing.
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larsbars17 wrote:
I love this album.
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ilovemusix wrote:
The perfection of this album is impossible to be surpassed in the near or distant future
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BFD31095 wrote:
This album is perfect in every aspects, and fuck everyone that hates it. 99/100
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Razor745 wrote:
Learning to live must be one of the best songs to end an album with [2] Fuck the haters in the ass. This album is an all time classic [2]
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the_mighty_pork wrote:
Learning to live must be one of the best songs to end an album with
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carlos_galvan wrote:
images and words and awake!!!!!
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ilovemusix wrote:
Fuck the haters in the ass. This album is an all time classic
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Alasin wrote:
can you overrate this album?
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Razor745 wrote:
It's not overrated AT ALL. It's one of their best, definitely. Probably my fav DT album.
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PrinceReyson wrote:
This album is ridiculously good.
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mhunke wrote:
their best album, Darkes7 doesn't know what he's talking about. not overrated AT ALL
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chaos_internal wrote:
fantastico album
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Darkes7 wrote:
The most overrated DT album and one of the most overrated ever. Very good, but very, very far from being DT's best.
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ozratygollum wrote:
Images And Words is THE DREAM THEATER ALBUM. Easily the best progressive metal record of all times, every note is perfect !!!
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fry1077 wrote:
I never got why people liked this album so much there are much more excellent albums by this band
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lincredible wrote:
great album. strange that last has all the tracks except for Metropolis Part I: The Miracle and the Sleeper.
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InsomniacAttack wrote:
501 plays in your library - Love this album and Awake, they're probably my favourite DT albums.
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Razor745 wrote:
This album easily beats most Metal albums recorded by other bands in my opinion. Learning To Live is my favourite song from it.
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lordcthulhu wrote:
Best album
Listeners
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QoobaN
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to Surrounded -
gbjazzman
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to Learning to Live -
viniciustmetal
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to Wait for Sleep -
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Recent Activity
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GhostOfKarelia added Images and Words to GhostOfKarelia’s library. Saturday morning
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Fant0mas_ tagged Images and Words with ‘progressive metal’. Friday evening
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SiriusPRO tagged Images and Words with ‘1992’. Friday evening
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_acidbath wrote about Images and Words in My CD collection as of November 26, 2009. :). Friday morning
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conorpeterson and He11Kn1ght added Dream Theater – Images and Words to their libraries. Wednesday evening
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Hexoctahedron tagged Images and Words with ‘magnum opus’. last month
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Neve__ wrote about Images and Words in Images and Black Metal. last month
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Marco666_87 wrote about Images and Words in My Cd, Dvd, Box Editon's, Vinyl collection.. last month
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