GRAMMY® Award-winning progressive metal trailblazers Dream Theater will unveil their massive new 7LP Box Set, Dream Theater Vol. 1, on September 27th. It notably includes four highly sought-after seminal albums on vinyl, namely Images And Words, Awake, Falling Into Infinity, and Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory. It will be exclusively available on Rhino.com in North America and via select Warner Music Group stores internationally. Limited to only 2,500 copies worldwide, it will be priced at $174.98. Pre-order here.
Assembling an essential package, Hugh Syme notably designed brand new slipcase art for Vol. 1. Over the years, fans have gone to great lengths to track down long out-of-print or rare vinyl pressings of these classic releases. Now, Dream Theater presents these albums in one comprehensive set. Plus, it paves the way for the release of box sets for Vol. 2 and Vol. 3 in 2025.
Vol. 1 traces Dream Theater’s trajectory throughout the nineties, highlighting the natural evolution of their signature sound in the span of an important decade and their uncanny interplay. Among many accolades, Images And Words [1992] not only reached gold status, but it also claimed a spot on Rolling Stone’s coveted “100 Greatest Metal Albums of All-Time.” Not to mention, it housed signature staples such as Pull Me Under, Another Day, and Metropolis – Part 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper. Meanwhile, Guitar World placed Awake [1994] at #1 on its “Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994.” They maintained the momentum of this creative run with Falling Into Infinity [1997]. Finally, Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory [1999] has cemented a surefire legacy of its own. In a Rolling Stone poll, audiences overwhelmingly cast votes in favor of Metropolis Pt. 2 as the “Number One All-Time Progressive Rock Album.” Classic Rock chose it as the “15th Greatest Concept Album.” The band celebrated its 20th anniversary by playing the record in its entirety on a sold-out 2019 tour.
Check out the full tracklisting below. Be on the lookout for more news from Dream Theater soon.
LP #1 Images And Words:
Side 1:
1. Pull Me Under
2. Another Day
3. Take The Time
4. Surrounded
Side 2:
1. Metropolis – Part 1
2. Sunder A Glass Moon
3. Wait For Sleep
4. Learning To Live
LP#2 Awake:
Side 1:
1. 6:00
2. Caught In A Web
3. Innocence Faded
Side 2:
1. Erotomania
2. Voices
3. The Silent Man
Side 3:
1. The Mirror
2. Lie
3. Lifting Shadows Off A Dream
Side 4:
1. Scarred
2. Space Dye-Vest
LP#3 Falling Into Infinity:
Side 1:
1. New Millennium
2. You Not Me
3. Peruvian Skies
Side 2:
1. Hollow Years
2. Burning My Soul
3. Hell’s Kitchen
Side 3:
1. Lines In The Sand
2. Take Away My Pain
3. Just Let Me Breathe
Side 4:
1. Anna Lee
2. Trial Of Tears (Medley) I. It’s Raining, II. Deep In Heaven, III. The Wasteland
LP#4 Metropolis PT. 2:
Side 1:
1. Scene One: Regression
2. Scene Two: I. Overture 1928, II. Strange Deja Vu
3. Scene Three: I. Through My Words, II. Fatal Tragedy
Side 2:
1. Scene Four: Beyond This Life
2. Scene Five: Through Her Eyes
Side 3:
1. Scene Six: Home
2. Scene Seven: I. The Dance Of Eternity, II. One Last Time
Side 4:
1. Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On
2. Scene Nine: Finally Free
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5 Responses
My favorite Dream Theater song is As I Am. That riff is so damn powerful! Some of their stuff I dig but there’s also an equal amount of stuff that I don’t care for. Regardless they are a great band of musicians.
RPS, that’s a great song! Did you know that song was written about Dream Theater’s early 2000’s tour with Queensryche, where a Queensryche guitarist was trying to give guitar playing tips to John Petrucci? And that whole album, Train of Thought, is awesome. It’s DT’s heaviest album and it’s the only “heavy metal” album the band ever made.
A Change of Seasons is my favorite DT song……a 20 minute epic on the cycle of life and the death of Mike Portnoy’s mom.
Rattle,
I never knew that was about Portnoy’s mom. Very cool!
Portnoy must be in at least 7 bands at all times. I guess he left the Winery Dogs, or is just taking a break from them. They seem somewhat energized since Mike’s return.
I remember when Mike left Dream Theater and joined some band called Adrenaline Mob. I thought oh man this is going to be huge, the next great thing! Little did I realize 15 bands later that most of the bands he’s been in did little for me musically. The main one that many people seemed to like are The Winery Dogs. I like some of their stuff but not all of it.