... It was going to be tough for Dream Theater to make something of such quality as Images and Words, but they have pulled it off really well with the release of Awake.
The album kicks off with the unforgettable drum intro of 6:00 and the chanting '6 o'clock on a christmas morning'. This is ... Read review
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Awake
Some rock & roll purists consider the term "progressive rock" an oxymoron. After all, rock
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& roll is supposed to be about feeling, not thinking. Prog rock bands miss the point by taking the soul out of a musical form that's purposely crass and anti-int...
Awake - Dream Theater
Some rock & roll purists consider the term "progressive rock" an oxymoron. After all, rock
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& roll is supposed to be about feeling, not thinking. Prog rock bands miss the point by taking the soul out of a musical form that's purposely crass and anti-int...
AWAKE
Dream Theater: James LaBrie (vocals), John Petrucci (guitar), Kevin Moore (keyboards),
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John Myung (bass), Mike Portnoy (drums, percussion).Recorded at One On One Studios and Devonshire Studios, North Hollywood, California between May & July 1994.Dream ...
Awake - Dream Theater
Some rock & roll purists consider the term "progressive rock" an oxymoron. After all, rock
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& roll is supposed to be about feeling, not thinking. Prog rock bands miss the point by taking the soul out of a musical form that's purposely crass and anti-intellectual. All the precise, long-winded arrangements, keyboard flourishes, wailing vocals, and over-orchestration of groups like Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and, to a degree, Rush suck the soul out of something that should be less head and more body. Dream Theater, though they possess many of the same characteristics as these bands, still manage to maintain a human element in their music. Awake is at times self-indulgent and pompous, but songs like "Lie", a passionate crusher that finds guitarist John Petrucci launching riff after thunderous riff in a cacophonous volley of crunch, ring true with real passion and base emotion. It's the depth and tonality his guitar brings to the music that keeps Dream Theater from falling into the Styx-isms they often veer dangerously close to. A very solid record for those who don't mind thinking while rocking. --Adem Tepedelen
Advantages: A wonderful mix of heavy-progressive, acoustic and ballad songs Disadvantages: Innocence Faded
This is Dream Theater's 3rd studio album, released 2 years after the groundbreaking Images and Words. It was going to be tough for Dream Theater to make something of such quality as Images and Words, but they have pulled it off really well with the release of Awake.
The album kicks off with the unforgettable drum intro of 6:00 and the chanting '6 o'clock on a christmas morning'. This is a more straight-forward rock piece with some incredible drum ... ...started with.
then things get more pro-metal with Caught In A Web. This is a pretty heavy track, but you either love it or you don't like it as much as the rest. I used to not like it too much, but it gets better with every listen.
Innoncence Faded is one of Dream Theater's less good songs, but they make up for it with the awesome outro of this song. Some people love it though.
Erotomania is the start of A Mind Beside Itself (Erotomania, Voices ...
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Advantages: Mind Bashing, Briliant, Intense Disadvantages: Not quiet as good as Images and Words
Awake really does pick up where Image and Words left off. Awake is the 3rd Studio album from the "without doubt" daddy's of progressive rock / metal. Dream Theater's early years, "when dream and day unite", "images and words", and this, "Awake" manage to d something that I have never heard form a bands before. They not only please, but can convert people. It has a draw to metal heads, yet also to people who are more attached to Clapton and Extreme. ... ...instrumentals. It's all brilliant
Awake has alot more of a seasoned, intense emotion than that shown in Images and Words. The heavy melody musician ship and inginious lyrics are blasted through in the form of Lie, 6 O Clock (6:00) and Mirror with some more bouncy tunes that envoke serious rocking such as Caught in a Web, Innocence Faded, Scarred and Voices. There is, possibly the most famous and loved of all Dream Theater instruMENTAL located at ...
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Advantages: Great album for not just rock music fans Disadvantages: Haven't found none yet
So....have you heard of these guys before? I didn't until last year sometime when I was recommended to them by a friend who thought I would enjoy their music because of my music background of once being a drummer.
He was not wrong, the album starts of with a classic track, showing off Dream Theater's ability to the max. They have the ability to fool your ears, and switch tempos at random, hard to get your head around, but superb. First you think ... ...like, "what the hell is goin on??" :)
This isn't all just clever choreographed rock, it does have some great ballads, "Silent Man" is one. I throughly enjoyed this album, and STILL do. I fall asleep to it many nites and the song at the end ("Space Dye Vest", what is a Space Dye Vest??? :) rounds of what I think is a great album.
If you are a fan of rock...take a look at these guys, this album got me into their kind of music and I continue to expand ...
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Advantages: Techically advanced, great melodies and harmonies - powerful music Disadvantages: Complex melodies not appreciated enough
An earlier release from progressive metal band Dream Theater. I technically complex, yet melodic album - typical of the band. The guitar solo's are fantastic, the ryhthms advanced, and the vocals powerful.
Jordan Rudess shows his stuff on Keyboard - John Petrucci following with interleaving melodies and harmonies. This is a vintage Dream Theater album - that must be owned by any serious fan.
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Album Notes: Dream Theater: James LaBrie (vocals), John Petrucci (guitar), Kevin Moore (keyboards), John Myung (bass), Mike Portnoy (drums, percussion).
Album Reviews: Q (12/94, p.130) - 3 Stars - Good - "...melodramatic New Jersey outfit who marry metal with what used to be called progressive rock. All the trademarks of the latter are here: the cryptic voiceovers...the epic scale...and, amid madly frenetic melodies, mellow, reflective passages..."
Titles on disc 1
1.: Lie
2.: 6.00
3.: Erotomania
4.: Silent Man
5.: Lifting Shadows Off A Dream
6.: Scarred
7.: Innocence Faded
8.: Mirror
9.: Voices
10.: Caught In A Web
11.: Space Dye Vest
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