DREAM THEATER
''METROPOLIS, PT. 2: SCENES FROM A MEMORY"
OCTOBER 26 1999
77:12
1 Act I - Scene One. Regression 02:06
2 Act I - Scene Two I. Overture 1928 03:37
3 Act I - Scene Two II. Strange Deja Vu 05:12
4 Act I - Scene Three I. Through My Words 01:02
5 Act I - Scene Three II. Fatal Tragedy 06:49
6 Act I - Scene Four. Beyond This Life 11:22
7 Act I - Scene Five. Through Her Eyes 05:29
8 Act II - Scene Six. Home 12:53
9 Act II - Scene Seven I. The Dance Of Eternity 06:13
10 Act II - Scene Seven II. One Last Time 03:46
11 Act II - Scene Eight. The Spirit Carries On 06:38
12 Act II - Scene Nine. Finally Free 11:59
James LaBrie/Vocals
John Myung/Bass Guitar
John Petrucci/Guitars, Vocals
Mike Portnoy/Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Jordan Rudess/Keyboards, Choir Arrangements and Conducted
Theresa Thomason/Additional Vocals On 7, 11; Gospel Choir On 11
Mary Canty, Shelia Slappy, Mary Smith, Jeanette Smith, Clarence Burke Jr., Carol Cyrus, Dale Scott/Gospel Choir On 11
Dream Theater is almost aggressively out of fashion in 1999. Few bands subscribe to their dense blend of progressive rock and post-Halen metal, and those that do usually don't have major-label contracts, the way Dream Theater does. There was a point where they tried to straighten out their sound somewhat, as they flirted with straight-ahead, laid-back metal on 1997's Falling into Infinity, but with its 1999 studio sequel, Scenes from a Memory, Dream Theater delves straight into old-fashioned prog rock. Scenes from a Memory is an unabashed concept album, told in two acts, about the 1928 murder of a young woman and how a modern man is haunted by the crime. A convoluted, difficult tale is told in a convoluted, difficult fashion, with no less than four tracks clocking in at well over ten minutes and three others ranging from 6:30 to 8:50. Clearly, this is intended as some sort of masterwork, and what's remarkable is that Dream Theater comes close to creating a masterwork with Scenes from a Memory. The album plays more like a suite than a collection of individual songs. At times, that means the album can bog down slightly in its own flights of fancy and long instrumental sections, but concentrated listens reveal the intricacies of the song structures and the musicianship. Occasionally, it can seem as if James Labrie oversings, but that's a minor point -- the overall end result of the album is quite impressive indeed.
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