| CD Reviews Last updated: 10.8.05 Dream Theater Live Scenes From New York Tracklist: Disc 1 1. Regression (2:46) (Lyrics, Music: Petrucci) 2. Overture 1928 (3:32) (Music: Dream Theater) 3. Strange D�ja Vu (5:02) (Lyrics: Portnoy, Music: Dream Theater) 4. Through My Words (1:42) (Lyrics, Music: Petrucci) 5. Fatal Tragedy (6:21) (Lyrics: Myung, Music: Dream Theater) 6. Beyond This Life (11:16) (Lyrics: Petrucci, Music: Dream Theater) 7. John & Theresa Solo Spot (3:17) (Lyrics, Music: Petrucci) 8. Through Her Eyes (6:17) (Lyrics: Petrucci, Music: Dream Theater) 9. Home (13:21) (Lyrics: Portnoy, Music: Dream Theater) 10. The Dance Of Eternity (6:24) (Music: Dream Theater) Total � 59:58 Disc 2 1. One Last Time (4:11) (Lyrics: LaBrie, Music: Dream Theater) 2. The Spirit Carries On (7:40) (Lyrics: Petrucci, Music: Dream Theater) 3. Finally Free (10:59) (Lyrics: Portnoy, Music: Dream Theater) 4. Metropolis, Pt. 1 (10:36) (Lyrics: Petrucci, Music: Dream Theater) 5. The Mirror (8:15) (Lyrics: Portnoy, Music: Dream Theater) 6. Just Let Me Breathe (4:03) (Lyrics: Portnoy, Music: Dream Theater) 7. Acid Rain (2:34) (Music: Liquid Tension Experiment) 8. Caught In A New Millennium (6:21) (Lyrics: LaBrie/Portnoy/Petrucci, Music: Dream Theater) 9. Another Day (5:13) (Lyrics: Petrucci, Music: Beckenstein, Dream Theater) 10. Jordan Rudess Keyboard Solo (6:40) (Music: Rudess) Total � 1:06:32 Disc 3 1. A Mind Beside Itself I. Erotomania (7:22) (Music: Dream Theater) 2. II. Voices (9:44) (Lyrics: Petrucci, Music: Dream Theater) 3. III. The Silent Man (5:09) (Lyrics: Petrucci, Music: Dream Theater) 4. Learning To Live (14:01) (Lyrics: Myung, Music: Dream Theater) 5. A Change Of Seasons (24:33) (Lyrics: Portnoy, Music: Dream Theater) Total � 1:00:49 Introduction: Dream Theater�s third live album is their longest one yet. The band plays the entire Scenes From A Memory album as well as some favorites spanning several of their past albums. The total length of this entire album spans over three hours! That�s a hell of a lot of music. This is also their first live album to feature Rudess on keys. Synopsis: This amazing concert begins with the performance of the entire Scenes From A Memory album. I won�t go in depth into those songs, but I�ll just say that some of the tracks sound somewhat similar to the album versions. Despite this, they have some amazing performances of the songs off of the album, my two favorites being �The Dance Of Eternity� and �Home�. The Scenes From A Memory performance spans from all of Disc 1 to track 3 of Disc 2. Afterward, the band plays �Metropolis, Pt. 1�. Dream Theater�s performance of �Metropolis, Pt. 1� is really good; it�s even better than the album version. LaBrie plugs the DVD release midway through the song. It�s not all bad, though, as he stops talking right before the best part (�Before the mist has fallen��). Anyway, �The Mirror� is up next, and it is yet another good performance. �Just Let Me Breathe� follows up �The Mirror�. I can�t really say much about this one, particularly because I�m not too fond of the song. Oh well. Next, Dream Theater covers an excerpt of �Acid Rain�, a Liquid Tension Experiment song. The band nails the song extremely well--probably because � of Liquid Tension Experiment is IN Dream Theater. The songs �Caught In A Web� and �New Millennium� are combined into �Caught In A New Millennium�, and the result fairly good and interesting. I like both songs, but would�ve rather liked to hear the songs played back to back, as opposed to being combined, but what was given was nice. Next, a beautiful performance of �Another Day�, complete with Jay Beckenstein, who was on the album version, is played. And the amazing �Jordan Rudess Keyboard Solo� concludes Disc 2. In his solo, he demonstrates how much talent he has in his two hands. Oh yeah, and he quotes �Universal Mind� by Liquid Tension Experiment in his solo too. Disc 3 starts off with the �A Mind Beside Itself� trilogy, with �Erotomania� leading the way. I really like this performance of �Erotomania�; it�s a bit better than the album version. A cool performance of �Voices� is next, followed by an electric version of �The Silent Man�. An awesome performance of one of my personal favorites, �Learning To Live� is the fourth track on Disc 3. The fan favorite �A Change Of Seasons,� is played as an encore�in its entirety. The band is fairly tired by this point, but they still manage to pull of an amazing performance. During �The Darkest Of Winters� instrumental portion, Petrucci quotes the theme song of The Simpsons, and Rudess plays the end of �Universal Mind� as well. After the song is over, LaBrie thanks everyone for coming and jokingly says, �Sorry about the short set!� Highlights: (Favorites from each disc) �The Dance of Eternity�, �Metropolis, Pt. 1�, �A Change Of Seasons� Overall: If you�re a Dream Theater fan, you simply have to check out Live Scenes From New York. It�s one of their best and longest performances to date. Final Score: A Any questions, comments, submissions, or anything related to the site should be e-mailed to me: shadowdragonxx [at] hotmail [dot] com. Don't take anything from the site without permission. |
| Live Scenes From New York Album line-up: James LaBrie - Vocals and percussion John Myung - Bass guitars John Petrucci - Guitars and vocals Mike Portnoy - Drums and vocals Jordan Rudess - Keyboards Additional Personnel: Theresa Thomason - Guest vocals on �Through Her Eyes� and �The Spirit Carries On� Jay Beckenstein - Soprano sax on �Another Day� Kent Broadhurst � Voice of The Hypnotherapist Release Year: 2001 Label: Elektra Records Produced by: Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci |
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