Best Dream Theater
Images and Words is the second studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 1992. It marks the first appearance of Canadian vocalist James LaBrie, whose addition solidified the band's classic lineup. The album was their commercial breakthrough, largely driven by the rad...
Dream Theater’s Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory is a complex progressive metal album released in 1999. It expands upon the narrative introduced in "Metropolis—Part I," creating a detailed story about a futuristic city and its inhabitants. The album showcases exceptional musicianship with intr...
Dream Theater’s *Images and Words* is a pivotal progressive metal album released in 1992. Featuring vocalist James LaBrie for the first time, it showcases the band's exceptional technical skill and complex arrangements. The track "Pull Me Under" achieved significant commercial success, reaching numb...
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence is the sixth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 2002 as a double album. The first disc contains five standalone tracks exploring themes ranging from religious conflict to the cyclical nature of history. The second disc is occupi...
Awake is the third studio album by the American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 1994. The album exhibits a notably darker and heavier guitar-driven tone compared to the band's previous release, incorporating complex time signatures and virtuosic performances. It features the core l...
Octavarium is the eighth full-length studio album by the American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 2005. The record is a concept album built around a thematic framework of the number eight, featuring eight tracks that span various musical styles. It is best known for its closing tit...
Octavarium is the eighth studio album by the American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 2005. Its centerpiece is the 24 minute title composition, which moves through several sections and incorporates orchestral instrumentation alongside the band's standard lineup. Recurring musical a...
A Dramatic Turn of Events is the eleventh studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 2011 through Roadrunner Records. The album is the first to feature drummer Mike Mangini, who joined the band following the departure of founding member Mike Portnoy in 2010. The album...
Systematic Chaos is the ninth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 2007 on Roadrunner Records. The album marks the band's first release with the label after departing from Atlantic Records. It features seven tracks including 'In the Presence of Enemies,' a multi...
A View from the Top of the World is the fifteenth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 2021. The album was recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic while the band members were isolated together, and it closes with its 20-minute title track. The song 'The Alien' fro...
A View from the Top of the World is the fifteenth studio album by the American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in October 2021. It marks the band's first album to be recorded entirely at their own custom-built studio, DTHQ (Dream Theater Headquarters). The record consists of seven tra...
A Dramatic Turn of Events is the eleventh studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 2011. The record marks a significant lineup change, being the first to feature drummer Mike Mangini following the departure of founding member Mike Portnoy. It returns to a more melod...
Train of Thought is the seventh studio album by the American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 2003. Written with a deliberately heavier direction, it combines extended compositions and instrumental complexity with dense guitar riffs and influences associated with thrash and contempo...
Distance Over Time is the fourteenth studio album by the American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 2019. The band wrote and recorded the album in a rented house in upstate New York to foster a more collaborative and live-in-the-studio environment. It features seven tracks that empha...
Systematic Chaos is the ninth studio album by American progressive-metal band Dream Theater, released in 2007. It was the band's first album issued through Roadrunner Records and was produced by drummer Mike Portnoy and guitarist John Petrucci. The record is framed by the two-part composition "In th...
Dream Theater's 2009 tenth studio album was the last to feature co-founding drummer Mike Portnoy, who announced his departure from the band the following year.
Dream Theater's 2013 self-titled twelfth studio album was the first in which drummer Mike Mangini participated fully in the compositional process alongside the other members.
Dream Theater's 2016 double concept album The Astonishing spans two discs and is set in a dystopian future America where government has banned live musical performance.
