Awake

1994 · 11 tracks · 1h 15m
Progressive
Added November 2020

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Dream Theater's 1994 album, Awake, was recorded after a year-and-a-half of touring to support their previous CD, "Images And Words", and offers a look into all that the band had come to realize and recognize on that adventure. Awake, which blends progressive hard rock and metal, features the hammering instrumental "Erotomania", the dark, brooding "The Mirror", the intense "6:00", and the heavily throbbing "Caught In A Web" -- all examples of Petrucci, Portnoy and company at their heaviest -- only letting up for melodic moments in songs such as "Voices" and the acoustic "The Silent Man". Guitar fans will revel in "Lie", with its dropped "D" tuning, and riff upon heavy riff from Petrucci's axe - blazing solos that leave other progressive guitarists in the dust.

Tracks — 1 of 11 instrumental

1	6:00	5:31
2	Caught In A Web	5:28
3	Innocence Faded	5:42
4	Erotomania Inst. guitar	6:44
5	Voices	9:54
6	The Silent Man	3:48
7	The Mirror	6:45
8	Lie	6:34
9	Lifting Shadows Off A Dream	6:05
10	Scarred	10:59
11	Space-Dye Vest	7:29