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Awake |  | Artist: Dream Theater
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  217 reviews
Sales Rank: 15467
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 90126
UPC: 075679012623
EAN: 0075679012623
ASIN: B000002JKA
Release Date: October 4, 1994
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| Tracks:
| • | 6:00 | | • | Caught in a Web | | • | Innocence Faded | | • | Erotomania [Instrumental] | | • | Voices | | • | Silent Man | | • | Mirror | | • | Lie | | • | Lifting Shadows off a Dream | | • | Scarred | | • | Space-Dye Vest |
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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 4-OCT-1994
Amazon.com
Some rock & roll purists consider the term "progressive rock" an oxymoron. After all, rock & roll is supposed to be about feeling, not thinking. Prog rock bands miss the point by taking the soul out of a musical form that's purposely crass and anti-intellectual. All the precise, long-winded arrangements, keyboard flourishes, wailing vocals, and overorchestration of groups like Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and, to a degree, Rush suck the soul out of something that should be less head and more body. Dream Theater, though they possess many of the same characteristics as these bands, still manage to maintain a human element in their music. Awake is at times self-indulgent and pompous, but songs like "Lie," a passionate crusher that finds guitarist John Petrucci launching riff after thunderous riff in a cacophonous volley of crunch, ring true with real passion and base emotion. It's the depth and tonality his guitar brings to the music that keeps Dream Theater from falling into the Styx-isms they often veer dangerously close to. A very solid record for those who don't mind thinking while rocking. --Adem Tepedelen
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 one of the best albums of all time September 6, 2009
J. Dooley (Baltimore, MD)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Forget Scenes from a Memory. Forget Images and Words. Awake is Dream Theater's best album and one the best albums of all time, period. As a concept it is seamless. The production is excellent. The lyrics and vocals are beautiful. The musicianship is top notch, as opposed to the shredding Dream Theater have been prone to in their later releases.
The balance between the heavy and the soft stuff is perfect. Each track is a masterpiece in its own right. This is Dream Theater at their artistic peak. I've seen them live twice, but unfortunately they haven't played any cuts from Awake. "Voices," "The Mirror," and "Lifting Shadows off a Dream" are all favorites of mine, but honestly the band could play the whole album live and receive no complaint from me.
An early but very good album June 10, 2009
Roger Berlind (NY, USA)
My exposure to Dream Theater started two years ago with "Images and Words" and "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence". Liking both of them but preferred 6DoIT. I then moved forward to "Octavarium" and "Systematic Chaos" which I thought were brilliant albums. Recently, I've started working my way backwards through Dream Theater's discography. With some bands, this could be a disappointing experience since their earlier works might lack the maturity or sophistication of their later albums. But I'm pleased to report that "Awake" is a very good album that showcases the mature Dream Theater sound and musicality despite its age.
The main difference between "Awake" and "Images and Words" is that James LaBrie developed his own, more distinctive vocal style; on the previous album, he had sounded a lot like Rush's Geddy Lee. Also, the band significantly increased their use of speaking and playing of sound clips that have been featured in some songs on many DT albums. The main difference between "Awake" and more recent DT albums is that their original keyboardist, Kevin Moore, is still in the band. While the current keyboardist, Jordan Rudess, is more talented, Moore is also quite good; on this album, he plays a lot of (non-electric) piano.
I like all the songs on the album, but my favorites are "Caught in a Web", "Innocence Faded", the 3-part "A Mind Beside Itself" (which is where the album title "Awake" comes from), "Lie", "Lifting Shadows Off a Dream", and the peculiar but beautiful "Space-Dye Vest". All of these and the others I did not list feature good melodies, vibrant instrumentals, and thoughtful lyrics.
Pleased that DT continues to be great! May 31, 2009
D. katharyn Ahart (Williamston NC)
As the second DT disc with James LaBrie at the microphone, this was the perfect continuation to Images and Words. The only downside was that the keyboards sounded a little stale and under-inspired. On wonder...with Kevin Moore leaving as he did. The rest of the band's contributions were supurb.
Not much to say. March 7, 2009
J. Damon (LA, CA USA)
If you like progressive rock, if you like heavy metal, just buy this record. It speaks for itself. I do recommend the purchase of Images and Words first, just so you can survey the transition and evolution of this remarkable band.
I'd be remiss, however, not to give the album's single hiccup a mention, namely, The Mirror. For me, if lyrics are atrocious enough, they can break a song completely. "Temptation, why don't you leave me alone?"??? Sorry-- Not feeling it. No disrespect intended. Dream Theater IS one of the greatest bands of all time.
 Who is Adem that wrote the Amazon Review for this? July 31, 2008
Bob Brooks (Milan, IL)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I can't believe that I have ever seen a rant about prog rock, instead of a review for CD before. Who the heck is this Adem dude anyway? "Rock is supposed to be mindless". Well that is nice to know, now that I have listened to decades of great music with great lyrics by many, many bands that so many other people think are wonderful.
By the way, this is an excellent recording. Don't always pay attention to all of the reviews by the Amazon personnel!
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