DREAM THEATER'S GREATEST HIT (...and 21 other pretty cool songs) - due April 1st
Added on 01-12-2007
DREAM THEATER COLLECT THEIR GREATEST HIT
(...& 21 other pretty cool songs)
The Acclaimed Bands First-Ever Best-Of Compilation Spans 14 Years of Progressive Hard Rock and Includes Rare Edits and B-Sides
Features Three New Remixes by Kevin Shirley of
Pull Me Under, Take The Time and Another Day
Two-Disc Set Available April 1 from Rhino
LOS ANGELES - After recently celebrating the bands 20-year anniversary, Dream Theater returns with its first-ever best-of collection. Spanning 1991-2005, the two-disc set contains rare single edits, B-sides and a trio of new remixes that spotlight that bands nonpareil musicianship, complex arrangements and amazing songwriting. Dream Theaters GREATEST HIT (...& 21 other pretty cool songs) will be available from Rhino on April 1 at all physical retail outlets and
www.rhino.com for a suggested retail price of $19.98 and at all digital retail outlets for a suggested retail price of $12.99.
Referring to Dream Theaters first and only major radio hit, Pull Me Under, the compilations tongue-in-cheek title is a testament not only to the bands sense of humor but also highlights the acclaimed New York-based quintets ability to make music and cultivate a legion of fans on its own terms, without help from radio or MTV. The collection features more than two hours of progressive hard rock from James LaBrie (vocals), John Myung (bass), John Petrucci (guitar/vocals), Mike Portnoy (drums/vocals) and Jordan Rudess (keyboards).
The collection contains three newly remixed versions of tracks from Dream Theaters breakout 1992 album, Images And Words: the aforementioned Pull Me Under as well as Take The Time and Another Day. Portnoy says this album presented the perfect opportunity to give the songs a bit of a facelift. The original mixes always sounded a bit 80s to me, so we had our good friend and longtime mixer Kevin Shirley give the tracks a bit of an update to sound more like the rest of the Dream Theater catalog. The songs remain the same (no pun intended-Kevin just mixed that album as well), but there are little nuances in the tracks that I forgot were originally there, and its very cool to hear them again.
The collections 22 songs are split evenly between two discs, which are divided into The Dark Side (the metallic) and The Light Side (the melodic). Filled with some of the bands most sinister sounds, the first disc lives up to the billing of The Dark Side. Longtime fans will appreciate the abundance of alternative versions of classic tracks, including single edits of Lie, Home, and Misunderstood. Disc One concludes with two tracks from the bands 2005 album Octavarium: The Root Of All Evil and Sacrificed Sons.
The second disc, The Light Side, spotlights the bands melodic side and features an alternate mix of Through Her Eyes, a single edit of Solitary Shell and To Live Forever, a 1994 B-side from the U.K.-only single of Lie.
A grassroots phenomenon for 20 years, Dream Theater continues to record studio albums acclaimed for award-winning musicianship as well as artistic vision. To meet the demands of a demanding global fan base, the band also maintains an active touring schedule that regularly includes sold-out performances around the world.
Dream Theater has currently been on the road since June 2007, traveling the globe in support of their latest studio album Systematic Chaos. Their world tour will conclude with a final run throughout North America in May as they premiere their Progressive Nation package tour with Opeth, Between The Buried And Me, and 3 supporting.
DREAM THEATERS GREATEST HIT
(...& 21 other pretty cool songs)
Track Listing
Disc 1: (The Dark Side)
Pull Me Under (2007 Remix)
Take The Time (2007 Remix)
Lie (Single Edit)
Peruvian Skies
Home (Single Edit)
Misunderstood (Single Edit)
The Test That Stumped Them All
As I Am
Endless Sacrifice
The Root Of All Evil
Sacrificed Sons
Disc 2: (The Light Side)
Another Day (2007 Remix)
To Live Forever
Lifting Shadows Off A Dream
The Silent Man
Hollow Years
Through Her Eyes (Alternate Album Mix)
The Spirit Carries On
Solitary Shell (Single Edit)
I Walk Beside You
The Answer Lies Within
Disappear