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This Complete List Of Dream Theater Albums And Songs presents the entire Dream Theater discography of studio albums. Dream Theater stands as one of the most successful and powerful progressive rock bands in classic rock history. They are also one of the most modern as the band was not formed until the late 1980s. This Dream Theater discography also includes many of the most popular compilations and every single Dream Theater live albums. All these progressive metal Dream Theater albums have been presented below in chronological order. We have also included all original release dates with each Dream Theater album as well as all original album covers. Every Dream Theater album listed below includes all of the Dream Theater songs released on each album.
Dream Theater Studio Albums
When Dream and Day Unite
Released March 6, 1989
Dream Theater’s debut album featured Charlie Dominici on vocals, John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Kevin Moore on keyboards and Mike Portnoy on drums.
CD Track Listing:
1. A Fortune in Lies (5:09)
2. Status Seeker (4:14)
3. The Ytse Jam (5:43)
4. The Killing Hand (8:38)
5. Light Fuse and Get Away (7:20)
6. Afterlife (5:24)
7. The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun (8:01)
8. Only a Matter of Time (6:35)
Images and Words
Released July 7, 1992
Dream Theater’s second album featured a new vocalist in James LaBrie plus John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Kevin Moore on keyboards and Mike Portnoy on drums.
CD Track Listing:
1. Pull Me Under (8:14)
2. Another Day (4:23)
3. Take the Time (8:21)
4. Surrounded (5:30)
5. Metropolis, Part I: The Miracle and the Sleeper (9:32)
6. Under a Glass Moon (7:03)
7. Wait for Sleep (2:32)
8. Learning to Live (11:30)
Awake
Released October 4, 1994
Dream Theater’s third album featured James LaBrie on vocals, John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Kevin Moore on keyboards and Mike Portnoy on drums.
CD Track Listing:
1. 6:00 (5:31)
2. Caught in a Web (5:28)
3. Innocence Faded (5:42)
4. A Mind Beside Itself: I. Erotomania (6:44)
5. A Mind Beside Itself: II. Voices (9:53)
6. A Mind Beside Itself: III. The Silent Man (3:47)
7. The Mirror (6:45)
8. Lie (6:33)
9. Lifting Shadows Off a Dream (6:05)
10. Scarred (10:59)
11. Space-Dye Vest (7:29)
Falling into Infinity
Released September 23, 1997
Dream Theater’s fourth album featured a new keyboardist in Derek Sherinian replacing Kevin Moore, with James LaBrie on vocals, John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, and Mike Portnoy on drums.
CD Track Listing:
1. New Millennium (8:20)
2. You Not Me (4:58)
3. Peruvian Skies (6:43)
4. Hollow Years (5:53)
5. Burning My Soul (5:29)
6. Hell’s Kitchen (4:16)
7. Lines in the Sand (12:05)
8. Take Away My Pain (6:03)
9. Just Let Me Breathe (5:28)
10. Anna Lee (5:52)
11. Trial of Tears (13:05)
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
Released October 26, 1999
Once again the band found themselves with a new keyboard player in Jordan Rudess replacing Derek Sherinian who replaced Kevin Moore. The rest of the band stayed the same as it included James LaBrie on vocals, John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, and Mike Portnoy on drums.
CD Track Listing:
1. Act I: Scene One: Regression (2:06)
2. Act I: Scene Two: I. Overture 1928 (3:37)
3. Act I: Scene Two: II. Strange Déjà Vu (5:12)
4. Act I: Scene Three: I. Through My Words (1:02)
5. Act I: Scene Three: II. Fatal Tragedy (6:49)
6. Act I: Scene Four: Beyond This Life (11:22)
7. Act I: Scene Five: Through Her Eyes (5:29)
8. Act II: Scene Six: Home (12:53)
9. Act II: Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Eternity (6:13)
10. Act II: Scene Seven: II. One Last Time (3:46)
11. Act II: Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On (6:38)
12. Act II: Scene Nine: Finally Free (11:59)
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Released January 29, 2002
Dream Theater’s sixth album featured James LaBrie on vocals, John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Portnoy on drums.
CD Track Listing:
Disc 1:
1. The Glass Prison (13:52)
2. Blind Faith (10:21)
3. Misunderstood (9:32)
4. The Great Debate (13:45)
5. Disappear (6:45)
Total Time: 54:18
Disc 2:
1. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: I. Overture (6:50)
2. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: II. About to Crash (5:50)
3. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: III. War Inside My Head (2:08)
4. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: IV. The Test That Stumped Them All (5:03)
5. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: V. Goodnight Kiss (6:17)
6. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: VI. Solitary Shell (5:47)
7. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: VII. About to Crash (reprise) (4:04)
8. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: VIII. Losing Time / Grand Finale (5:59)
Train of Thought
Released November 11, 2003
Dream Theater’s seventh album featured James LaBrie on vocals, John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Portnoy on drums.
CD Track Listing:
1. As I Am (7:47)
2. This Dying Soul (11:27)
3. Endless Sacrifice (11:24)
4. Honor Thy Father (10:14)
5. Vacant (2:57)
6. Stream of Consciousness (11:16)
7. In the Name of God (14:14)
Octavarium
Released June 7, 2005
Dream Theater’s eighth album featured James LaBrie on vocals, John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Portnoy on drums. The album also featured an entire orchestra of musicians including Elena Barere,
Carol Webb, Katharine Fong, Ann Lehmann, Katherine Livolsi-Stern, Laura McGinniss,
Catherine Ro,Ricky Sortomme, Yuri Vodovoz all on violin, Vincent Lionti and Karen Dreyfus on viola, Richard Locker and Jeanne LeBlanc on cello, Pamela Sklar on flute and Joe Anderer and Stewart Rose on French horn.
CD Track Listing:
1. The Root of All Evil (8:25)
2. The Answer Lies Within (5:33)
3. These Walls (7:36)
4. I Walk Beside You (4:29)
5. Panic Attack (8:13)
6. Never Enough (6:46)
7. Sacrificed Sons (10:42)
8. Octavarium (24:00)
Systematic Chaos
Released June 4, 2007
Dream Theater’s ninth album featured James LaBrie on vocals, John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Portnoy on drums. The album also featured the voices of Mikael Akerfedt, Jon Anderson, David Ellefson,
Daniel Gildenlow, Steve Hogarth, Chris Jericho, Neal Morse, Joe Satriani, Corey Taylor,
Steve Vai and Steve Wilson.
CD Track Listing:
1. In the Presence of Enemies, Part I (9:00)
2. Forsaken (5:35)
3. Constant Motion (6:55)
4. The Dark Eternal Night (8:53)
5. Repentance (10:43)
6. Prophets of War (6:00)
7. The Ministry of Lost Souls (14:57)
8. In the Presence of Enemies, Part II (16:38)
Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Released June 23, 2009
Dream Theater’s tenth album featured James LaBrie on vocals, John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Portnoy on drums.
CD Track Listing:
Disc One:
1. A Nightmare to Remember (16:10)
2. A Rite of Passage (8:36)
3. Wither (5:25)
4. The Shattered Fortress (12:49)
5. The Best of Times (13:09)
6. The Count of Tuscany (19:16)
Disc Two:
1. Stargazer (Rainbow cover) (8:11)
2. Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley (Queen cover) (8:18)
3. Odyssey (Dixie Dregs cover) (8:00)
4. Take Your Fingers From My Hair (Zebra cover) (8:18)
5. Larks Tongues in Aspic, Part 2 (King Crimson cover) (6:32)
6. To Tame a Land (Iron Maiden cover) (7:15)
Disc Three:
1. A Nightmare to Remember (instrumental) (15:39)
2. A Rite of Passage (instrumental) (8:36)
3. Wither (instrumental) (5:28)
4. The Shattered Fortress (instrumental) (12:47)
5. The Best of Times (instrumental) (13:20)
6. The Count of Tuscany (instrumental) (18:47)
A Dramatic Turn of Events
Released September 13, 2011
Dream Theaters eleventh album see a change in the drummers chair as Mike Mangini replaces Mike Portnoy on drums. The rest of the album featured James LaBrie on vocals, John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass and Jordan Rudess on keyboards.
CD Track Listing:
1. On the Backs of Angels (8:42)
2. Build Me Up, Break Me Down (6:59)
3. Lost Not Forgotten (10:11)
4. This is the Life (6:57)
5. Bridges in the Sky (11:01)
6. Outcry (11:24)
7. Far From Heaven (3:56)
8. Breaking All Illusions (12:25)
9. Beneath The Surface (5:26)
Dream Theater
Released September 24, 2013
Dream Theaters twelfth studio album featured James LaBrie on vocals, John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass and Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Mangini on drums.
CD Track Listing:
1. False Awakening Suite (2:42)
I. Sleep Paralysis
II. Night Terrors
III. Lucid Dream
2. The Enemy Inside (6:17)
3. The Looking Glass (4:53)
4. Enigma Machine (6:01)
5. The Bigger Picture (7:40)
6. Behind The Veil (6:52)
7. Surrender To Reason (6:34)
8. Along For The Ride (4:45)
9. Illumination Theory (22:17)
I. Paradoxe de la Lumière Noire
II. Live, Die, Kill
III. The Embracing Circle
IV. The Pursuit of Truth
V. Surrender, Trust & Passion
The Astonishing
Released January 29, 2016
Dream Theater’s thirteenth studio album was a mega two disc set that featured James LaBrie on vocals, John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass and Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Mangini on drums.
CD Track Listing:
Disc One:
1. Descent Of The Nomacs (1:10)
2. Dystopian Overture (4:50)
3. The Gift Of Music (4:08)
4. The Answer (1:52)
5. A Better Life (4:39)
6. Lord Nafaryus (3:28)
7. A Savior In The Square (4:13)
8. When Your Time Has Come (4:19)
9. Act Of Faythe (5:00)
10. Three Days (3:44)
11. The Hovering Sojourn (0:27)
12. Brother, Can You Hear Me? (5:11)
13. A Life Left Behind (5:49)
14. Ravenskill (6:01)
15. Chosen (4:31)
16. A Tempting Offer (4:19)
17. Digital Discord (0:47)
18. The X Aspect (4:13)
19. A New Beginning (7:41)
20. The Road To Revolution (3:35)
Disc Two:
1. 2285 Entr’acte (2:20)
2. Moment Of Betrayal (6:11)
3. Heaven’s Cove (4:19)
4. Begin Again (3:54)
5. The Path That Divides (5:09)
6. Machine Chatter (1:03)
7. The Walking Shadow (2:58)
8. My Last Farewell (3:44)
9. Losing Faythe (4:13)
10. Whispers On The Wind (1:37)
11. Hymn Of A Thousand Voices (3:38)
12. Our New World (4:12)
13. Power Down (1:25)
14. Astonishing (5:51)
Distance over Time
Released February 22, 2019
Dream Theater’s fourteenth studio album that featured James LaBrie on vocals, John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass and Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Mangini on drums.
CD Track Listing:
1. Untethered Angel (6:14)
2. Paralyzed (4:17)
3. Fall into the Light (7:04)
4. Barstool Warrior (6:43)
5. Room 137 (4:23)
6. S2N (6:21)
7. At Wit’s End (9:20)
8. Out of Reach (4:04)
9. Pale Blue Dot (8:25)
A View from the Top of the World
Released October 22, 2021
Dream Theater’s fifteenth studio album featured James LaBrie on vocals, John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass and Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Mangini on drums.
CD Track Listing:
1. The Alien (9:32)
2. Answering The Call (7:35)
3. Invisible Monster (6:31)
4. Sleeping Giant (10:05)
5. Transcending Time (6:25)
6. Awaken The Master (9:47)
7. A View From The Top Of The World (20:24)
Dream Theater Live Albums
Live at the Marquee
Released September 4, 1993
Dream Theater’s first live album featured Dream Theater’s second album featured a new vocalist in James LaBrie plus John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Kevin Moore on keyboards and Mike Portnoy on drums.
CD Track Listings:
1. Metropolis (9:33)
2. A Fortune in Lies (5:15)
3. Bombay Vindaloo (6:59)
4. Surrounded (6:00)
5. Another Hand / The Killing Hand (10:46)
6. Pull Me Under (8:22)
Once in a LIVEtime
Released October 27, 1998
Dream Theater’s second live album featured James LaBrie on vocals, John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Derek Sherinian on keyboards and Mike Portnoy on drums.
CD Track Listings:
Disc One:
1. A Change of Seasons: I. The Crimson Sunrise (3:56)
2. A Change of Seasons: II. Innocence (3:05)
3. Puppies on Acid (1:24)
4. Just Let Me Breathe (5:53)
5. Voices (10:34)
6. Take the Time (12:20)
7. Derek Sherinian Piano Solo (1:54)
8. Lines in the Sand (13:13)
9. Scarred (9:27)
10. A Change of Seasons: IV. The Darkest of Winters (3:17)
11. Ytse Jam (4:09)
12. Mike Portnoy Drum Solo (6:59)
Disc Two:
1. Trial of Tears (14:11)
2. Hollow Years (7:01)
3. Take Away My Pain (6:16)
4. Caught in a Web (5:16)
5. Lie (6:45)
6. Peruvian Skies (7:50)
7. John Petrucci Guitar Solo (8:06)
8. Pull Me Under (8:15)
9. Metropolis (6:16)
10. Learning to Live (4:13)
11. A Change of Seasons: VII. The Crimson Sunset (3:49)
Live Scenes from New York
Released September 11, 2001
Dream Theater’s third live album featured James LaBrie on vocals John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Portnoy on drums.
CD Track Listings:
Disc One:
1. Regression (2:46)
2. Overture 1928 (3:32)
3. Strange Déjà Vu (5:02)
4. Through My Words (1:42)
5. Fatal Tragedy (6:21)
6. Beyond This Life (11:16)
7. John & Theresa Solo Spot (3:17)
8. Through Her Eyes (6:17)
9. Home (13:21)
10. The Dance of Eternity (6:24)
Disc Two:
1. One Last Time (4:11)
2. The Spirit Carries On (7:40)
3. Finally Free (10:59)
4. Metropolis, Part I: The Miracle and the Sleeper (10:36)
5. The Mirror (8:15)
6. Just Let Me Breathe (4:02)
7. Acid Rain (Liquid Tension Experiment cover) (2:34)
8. Caught in a New Millennium (6:21)
9. Another Day (5:12)
10. Jordan Rudess Keyboard Solo (6:40)
Disc Three
1. A Mind Beside Itself: I. Erotomania (7:22)
2. A Mind Beside Itself: II. Voices (9:44)
3. A Mind Beside Itself: III. The Silent Man (5:09)
4. Learning to Live (14:01)
5. A Change of Seasons (24:35)
Live at Budokan
Released October 5, 2004
Dream Theater’s fourth live album featured James LaBrie on vocals John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Portnoy on drums
CD Track Listings:
Disc One:
1. As I Am (7:26)
2. This Dying Soul (11:44)
3. Beyond This Life (19:37)
4. Hollow Years (9:18)
5. War Inside My Head (2:22)
6. The Test That Stumped Them All (5:00)
Disc Two:
1. Endless Sacrifice (11:18)
2. Instrumedley (12:15)
3. Trial of Tears (13:49)
4. New Millennium (8:02)
5. Keyboard Solo (3:57)
6. Only a Matter of Time (7:21)
Disc Three:
1. Goodnight Kiss (6:16)
2. Solitary Shell (5:58)
3. Stream of Consciousness (10:54)
4. Disappear (5:56)
5. Pull Me Under (8:38)
6. In the Name of God (15:48)
Score
Released August 29, 2006
Dream Theater’s fifth live album featured James LaBrie on vocals John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Portnoy on drums.
CD Track Listings:
Disc 1
1. The Root of All Evil (8:22)
2. I Walk Beside You (4:10)
3. Another Won (5:21)
4. Afterlife (5:56)
5. Under a Glass Moon (7:28)
6. Innocence Faded (5:36)
7. Raise the Knife (11:43)
8. The Spirit Carries On (9:46)
Disc 2
1. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (41:33)
2. Vacant (3:01)
3. The Answer Lies Within (5:35)
4. Sacrificed Sons (10:38)
Disc 3
1. Octavarium (27:16)
2. Metropolis (10:39)
Chaos in Motion: 2007–2008
Released September 30, 2008
Dream Theater’s sixth live album featured James LaBrie on vocals John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Portnoy on drums
CD Track Listings:
- Disc one
- Intro/Also sprach Zarathustra
- Constant Motion
- Panic Attack
- Blind Faith
- Surrounded
- The Dark Eternal Night
- Keyboard Solo
- Lines in the Sand
- Scarred
- Forsaken
- The Ministry of Lost Souls
- Take the Time
- In the Presence of Enemies
- Schmedley Wilcox:
- I. Trial of Tears
- II. Finally Free
- III. Learning to Live
- IV. In the Name of God
- V. Octavarium: V – Razor’s Edge
Live at Luna Park
Released November 5, 2013
Dream Theater’s seventh live album featured James LaBrie on vocals John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Mangini on drums
CD Track Listings:
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Released September 29, 2014
Dream Theater’s eighth live album featured James LaBrie on vocals John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Mangini on drums
Blu Ray Track Listings:
- “The Enemy Inside”
- “The Shattered Fortress”
- “On the Backs of Angels”
- “The Looking Glass”
- “Trial of Tears”
- “Enigma Machine”
- “Along for the Ride”
- “Breaking All Illusions”
- “The Mirror”
- “Lie”
- “Lifting Shadows Off a Dream”
- “Scarred”
- “Space-Dye Vest”
- “Illumination Theory”
- “Overture 1928”
- “Strange Déjà Vu”
- “The Dance of Eternity”
- “Finally Free”
Distant Memories
Released November 27, 2020
Dream Theater’s ninth live album featured James LaBrie on vocals John Petrucci on guitars, John Myung on bass, Jordan Rudess on keyboards and Mike Mangini on drums
CD Track Listings:
Set 1:
1. Untethered Angel (5:56)
2. A Nightmare To Remember (16:37)
3. Fall Into The Light (7:26)
4. Barstool Warrior (6:43)
5. In The Presence Of Enemies – Part I (8:43)
6. Pale Blue Dot (8:52)
7. Scenes Live Intro (1:45)
8. Scene One: Regression (2:06)
9. Scene Two: I. Overture 1928 (3:38)
10. Scene Two: II. Strange Deja Vu (5:04)
11. Scene Three: I. Through My Words (1:02)
12. Scene Three: II. Fatal Tragedy (6:53)
13. Scene Four: Beyond This Life (11:26)
14. Scene Five: Through Her Eyes (6:46)
15. Scene Six: Home (13:02)
16. Scene Seven: I. The Dance Of Eternity (6:10)
17. Scene Seven: II. One Last Time (3:49)
18. Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On (6:40)
19. Scene Nine: Finally Free (12:55):
20. At Wit’s End (9:42)
21. Paralyzed (4:35)
Dream Theater Compilations
Greatest Hit (…And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)
CD One:
1. Pull Me Under (2007 remix) (8:13)
2. Take the Time (2007 remix) (8:22)
3. Lie (single edit) (5:01)
4. Peruvian Skies (6:42)
5. Scene Six: Home (single edit) (5:38)
6. Misunderstood (single edit) (5:14)
7. The Test That Stumped Them All (single edit) (5:00)
8. As I Am (Clean single edit) (7:14)
9. Endless Sacrifice (11:23)
10. The Root of All Evil (edited version) (7:16)
11. Sacrificed Sons (edited version) (9:41)
CD Two:
1. Another Day (2007 remix) (4:25)
2. To Live Forever (4:56)
3. Lifting Shadows Off a Dream (6:09)
4 . The Silent Man (2007 remaster) (3:47)
5. Hollow Years (5:55)
6. . Scene Five: Through Her Eyes (alternate album mix) (6:03)
7. Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On (6:39)
8. Solitary Shell (single edit) (4:10)
9. I Walk Beside You (4:28)
10. The Answer Lies Within (edited version) (5:15)
11. Disappear (6:45)
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