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Music : Greatest Hit (...and 21 other pretty cool songs)
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Greatest Hit (...and 21 other pretty cool songs) from: Rhino Records List Price: $19.98 CD-Charts Price: $14.99 You Save: $4.99 (25%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0081227993818 Label: Rhino Records Manufacturer: Rhino Records Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Rhino Records Release Date: April 01, 2008 Studio: Rhino Records Sales Rank: 4307 MPN: 429948 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: First Ever Best-Of Spanning 1991-2005 22 Songs On 2CDs Featuring Rare Radio Edits, 3 New Re-Mixes, and Liner Notes After recently celebrating the band's 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 band's nonpareil musicianship, complex arrangements, and amazing songwriting. Referring to Dream Theater's first and only major radio hit, "Pull Me Under," the compilation's tongue-in-cheek title is a testament not only to the band's sense of humor but also highlights the acclaimed New York-based quintet's 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). " 22 songs spanning 14 years including 3 newly remixed versions of tracks from their 1992 breakout album. " Images And Words by Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin). " Divided into Disc 1, "The Dark Side" (metallic) and Disc 2, "The Light Side (melodic). " "The Dark Side" stand-outs include new remixes of "Pull Me Under" and "Take The Time" plus rare single edits of "Lie," "Home," and "Misunderstood." " "The Light Side" highlights includes a remix of "Another Day," an alternate mix of "Through Her Eyes," a single edit of "Solitary Shell" and "To Live Forever," a rare U.K.-only b-side from the single "Lie." Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - No Metropolis!? C'mon!!!How could this be DT's best album without Metropolis? It just doesn't make sense. It's even worth eliminating a couple of songs for. I know they couldn't put everything particularly epics like "A change of seasons" and "Octavarium". AS a DT fan, I can even live without "Lines in the sand" and "Blind faith" on this, but Metropolis... In my opinion, the best albums are for non-fans. The song represents what DT is about. To anybody who doesn't know DT, the very first song I'd play is Metropolis. People can get the right idea about the band from the song. I'm quite sure DT fans out there agree with me on this. (I can't believe MP missed this one) And what is "Misunderstood" doing in the disc 1? Rating:  - Even though this release is filled with edited or remixed versions of DT songs, it's still a nice package THE BAND: James LaBrie (vocals), John Petrucci (guitars), John Myung (bass), Jordan Rudess (keyboards), Kevin Moore (keyboards on 7 songs), Derek Sherinian (keyboards on 2 songs), Mike Portnoy (drums & percussion). THE DISCS: (2008) 22 songs on 2 discs clocking in at approximately 138 minutes (79+ minutes on disc-1, 58+ minutes on disc-2). Included with the discs is a 14-page booklet containing band photos, a 2-page intro regarding song choices from drummer Mike Portnoy, 4-pages of historic text about the band from author Rich Wilson who wrote DT's authorized biography ("Lifting Shadows"), and what songs came from which albums and year released. This compilation follows DT from 1992-2005. Remastered sound. Label - Atlantic / ... Read More: Rating: - The True Purpose Behind This Album...First off, I would like to say that Dream Theater is one of the greatest bands of all time! If it weren't for them, I'd still be stuck listening to the mainstream crap that's being played today. On to the review.... I've been reading a lot of reviews about this compilation and trying to decide whether to purchase this album or not. I already have all of their studio albums (minus "When Dream and Day Unite") so purchasing this album wasn't really necessary. But there are remixes of songs as well as edited versions...and also an unreleased song. Well, after hearing a short clip from the "Pull Me Under" remix, I decided to buy the album. A couple of issues to address...what many, many people fail to realize is that ... Read More: Rating: - Not the very best of, but a great compilation.This is a great set, as would be any set by Dream Theater, but for this to be a 5 star release, it would need to be the VERY best of, not just 22 cool songs. So why isn't it the very best? If you haven't heard much Dream Theater before, this is a great place to start, but for the sake of a review, I'll list off my personal Dream Theater 'Best of' 2 Disk Compilation. Strangely, it is TOTALLY different from the products set. Ultimately, this is a best of set of opinion. And that's what favorite songs come down to. Opinion. So you won't be disappointed with the official release unless Dream Theater turns out to be not for you. Chances are though, you'll like the light side or the dark side alone, if not both. If you're looking for further ... Read More: Rating:  - Decent introduction to the bandI am a long time Dream Theater fan who began to lose interest in the band with Six Degrees, since at that point it seemed like they were making long songs just to be long, and it was more about instrumental wizardry than songwriting. Recently, I have rarely been listening to the band - but I picked this up since I wanted to see how these songs stood up now, many years later. First, this set does contain almost all of their great songs (note, nothing from Systematic Chaos or When Dream and Day Unite - I assume rights/permissions issues , or from any of their many live albums). If you have heard much from the band, then this is a decent introduction. However, I don't like the separation of the 'dark' (heavier) and ... Read More: |
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