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- 5.1
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- 14
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Tracklist
- 1Pull Me Under8:14
- 2Another Day4:23
- 3Take the Time8:21
- 4Surrounded5:30
- 5Metropolis, Part I: The Miracle and the Sleeper9:32
- 6Under a Glass Moon7:03
- 7Wait for Sleep2:32
- 8Learning to Live11:30
Reviews
Rated 10/10
Great album! Should've been on the list
Rated 4/10
Tylsempää progea. 2.5/5
Rated 4/10
Oh, I get it. It's like Rush but replace the amazing instrumentation for just good instrumentation! ...I'll stick with Rush.
Rated 8/10
Favorite songs: Pull Me Under, Metropolis - Part 1: "The Miracle and the Sleeper", Take the Time
Least favorite songs: Another Day
4/5
Rated 2/10
So cheesy I had it with crackers and grapes.
Rated 8/10
Overlong and overblown, but with nothing that could sensibly be cut.
Prog good, metal good, prog metal good!
Rated 4/10
I feel so conflicted on Dream Theater. At some points I really dig it, but at others it's so goofy and theatrical in the worst ways and it really takes me out. Overall not something I'd listen to super regularly.
Rated 4/10
Think this just sounds like dated over the top metal to me.
Rated 6/10
Dream Theater are really conservatory players with metal hearts, and Images and Words makes that obvious from the very first note. The technical brilliance is staggering: Petrucci, Moore, Myung, Portnoy, and newcomer James LaBrie all sound like they are born for this. The production is crystal clear, every riff and run perfectly audible, and “Pull Me Under” remains a classic that deserved its unlikely MTV run.
And yet, as much as I admire the skill, I’ve never fully connected to it. Too often the songs feel more like showcases of musicianship than pieces that grab you emotionally. It’s dazzling, but also distant. And at times it feels like fretwanking.
I get why this album is revered as the blueprint for modern prog-metal, and it absolutely earns its reputation for influence. But for me, it’s a 3.5* listen: impressive, but it never resonated.