music.wikisort.org - CompositionGreatest Hit (...And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) is a compilation album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater released in Australia on March 29, 2008, and by Rhino Records in the United States on April 1.[3] The title alludes to their only top 10 radio hit, "Pull Me Under". It features three songs from their breakthrough album Images and Words remixed by Kevin Shirley: "Pull Me Under", "Take the Time", and "Another Day". It also features the song "To Live Forever", an Awake-era re-recording of the song from the Images and Words sessions (featured as a B-side of the single "Lie"), which was previously unreleased on a full-length album. Several single edits of popular Dream Theater songs are also featured on this compilation.
2008 greatest hits album by Dream Theater
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Released | March 29, 2008 |
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Recorded | October 14, 1991 – February 25, 2005 at various studios |
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- Progressive metal
- progressive rock
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Length | 138:16 |
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Label | Rhino |
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Producer | John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, David Prater, Duane Baron, John Purdell, Kevin Shirley |
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Source | Rating |
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Allmusic |     [1] |
Sputnikmusic |     [2] |
The songs have been divided in two discs: the first one, dubbed "The Dark Side", features heavy, metal-influenced songs, while the second one, entitled "The Light Side", spotlights the band's melodic side. The set spans the years from 1991 to 2005, therefore it doesn't include any songs from Dream Theater's debut album, When Dream and Day Unite, their A Change of Seasons EP (although it was released in 1995) or their 2007 release Systematic Chaos.
Then-drummer Mike Portnoy explained in the album's booklet that the selection of songs were carefully made to appeal both to new listeners and already existing fans by offering different versions of songs on other albums to "make the newcomer want to buy the albums from whence they came" and to "give different versions of songs already on other albums" to the current fan. He also suggests that a third disc should have been included called "The Epic Side".
Track listing
Disc one ("The Dark Side")
Title | Lyrics | Music | Original album |
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1. | "Pull Me Under" (2007 remix) | Kevin Moore | Dream Theater | Images and Words, 1992 | 8:13 |
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2. | "Take the Time" (2007 remix) | Dream Theater | Dream Theater | Images and Words | 8:22 |
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3. | "Lie" (Single edit) | Moore | Dream Theater | Awake, 1994 | 5:02 |
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4. | "Peruvian Skies" | John Petrucci | Dream Theater | Falling into Infinity, 1997 | 6:42 |
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5. | "Home" (Single edit) | Mike Portnoy | Dream Theater | Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, 1999 | 5:38 |
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6. | "Misunderstood" (Single edit) | Petrucci | Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess, Portnoy | Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, 2002 | 5:14 |
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7. | "The Test That Stumped Them All" (Single edit) | Portnoy | Petrucci, Myung, Rudess, Portnoy | Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | 5:00 |
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8. | "As I Am" (Clean single edit) | Petrucci | Petrucci, Myung, Rudess, Portnoy | Train of Thought, 2003 | 7:14 |
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9. | "Endless Sacrifice" | Petrucci | Petrucci, Myung, Rudess, Portnoy | Train of Thought | 11:23 |
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10. | "The Root of All Evil" (Edited version) | Portnoy | Dream Theater | Octavarium, 2005 | 7:16 |
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11. | "Sacrificed Sons" (Edited version) | James LaBrie | Dream Theater | Octavarium | 9:41 |
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Disc two ("The Light Side")
Title | Lyrics | Music | Original album |
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1. | "Another Day" (2007 remix) | Petrucci | Dream Theater | Images and Words | 4:25 |
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2. | "To Live Forever" | Petrucci, Moore | Dream Theater | B-side to the "Lie" single, 1994 | 4:56 |
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3. | "Lifting Shadows off a Dream" | Myung | Dream Theater | Awake | 6:09 |
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4. | "The Silent Man" | Petrucci | Petrucci | Awake | 3:47 |
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5. | "Hollow Years" | Petrucci | Dream Theater | Falling into Infinity | 5:55 |
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6. | "Through Her Eyes" (Alternate album mix) | Petrucci | Dream Theater | Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory | 6:03 |
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7. | "The Spirit Carries On" | Petrucci | Dream Theater | Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory | 6:40 |
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8. | "Solitary Shell" (Single edit) | Petrucci | Petrucci, Myung, Rudess, Portnoy | Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | 4:10 |
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9. | "I Walk Beside You" | Petrucci | Dream Theater | Octavarium | 4:28 |
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10. | "The Answer Lies Within" (Edited version) | Petrucci | Dream Theater | Octavarium | 5:15 |
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11. | "Disappear" | LaBrie | Petrucci, Myung, Rudess, Portnoy | Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | 6:45 |
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Personnel
Song notes
- The versions of "As I Am" and the four songs originally released on Octavarium differ slightly from the original versions, although the album credits do not state this. "As I Am" omits the opening orchestral chord and the use of profanity, while the songs from Octavarium omit the sound effects that served as interludes between songs on the original album, for instance, the opening F note played on keyboard and one minute intro to "The Root of All Evil" is omitted and starts at exactly 1:00 into the song.
- On the album cover, the "s" in "Greatest" and "hit" in "Hit" are printed in a subtle shade of red, making the word "shit", as a remark on the band's known frustrations with the status of "Pull Me Under". The album artwork continues this theme, with the stain of seagull feces on an armchair printed with the Dream Theater logo.
Chart positions
References
- Jurek, Thom (2011). "Greatest Hit (....And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) - Dream Theater | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- "Dream Theater - Greatest Hit (... and 21 Other...) (staff review) | Sputnikmusic". sputnikmusic.com. 2011. Archived from the original on June 1, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- "DREAM THEATER'S GreateSt HIT (...and 21 other pretty cool songs) - due April 1st". Dream Theater/Mark Bredius. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved February 5, 2008.
- "Ultratop.be – Dream Theater – Greatest Hit (... And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- "Dutchcharts.nl – Dream Theater – Greatest Hit (... And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2008. 14. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- "Italiancharts.com – Dream Theater – Greatest Hit (... And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- グレイテスト・ヒット+21ソングス ドリーム・シアター [Greatest Hit (...And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) - Dream Theater] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
- "Norwegiancharts.com – Dream Theater – Greatest Hit (... And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- "Swedishcharts.com – Dream Theater – Greatest Hit (... And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- "Swisscharts.com – Dream Theater – Greatest Hit (... And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- "Chart Log UK". Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
- "Dream Theater". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
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[es] Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)
Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) es un álbum recopilatorio de la banda de metal progresivo Dream Theater lanzado el 1 de abril de 2008.[1] El humorístico título hace referencia al único éxito radial de la banda (Pull Me Under, del álbum Images and Words).
[ru] Greatest Hit (…and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)
Greatest Hit (…and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) (рус. Величайший хит (...и ещё 21 довольно клёвая песня) — первая и единственная компиляция американской прогрессив-метал группы Dream Theater, вышедшая в 2008 году.
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