Track Listing

1. Fortune in Lies
2. Status Seeker
3. Yts� Jam [Instrumental]
4. Killing Hand
5. Light Fuse and Get Away
6. Afterlife
7. Ones Who Help to Set the Sun
8. Only a Matter of Time

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #124544 in Music
• Released on: 1996-02-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Customer Reviews

A CRIMINALLY OVERLOOKED MASTERPIECE
This is dream theaters' most overlooked album, which in my opinion is a terrible oversight. As most of the other reviews have mentioned, the production is much more primitive sounding than later releases, but for me this is a positive thing as it allows the listener to hear the sound of a legendary band in their infancy. Everyone has to start somewhere!
The signiture sound of the band is evident from the very beginning and what the album lacks in polish it more than makes up for in quality, as it contains some of DT's finest songs to date such as "a fortune in lies", "the killing hand" and the wonderfully epic combination of "afterlife" and "only a matter of time". Origional vocalist Charlie Dominici really shines on this album, hitting notes in places that James LaBrie could only dream of, and turning in performances of the songs that LaBrie has yet to equal on the live stage.
This album laid the foundations for the classic follow up album "images and words", and stands head and shoulders above laclucstre subsequent albums by the band such as "awake", "train of thought" and "falling into infinity".
If you are a Dream Theater fan then this is an ESSENTIAL PURCHASE.
Dont make the mistake that many have made before you and overlook this little beauty.

An insight to dream theaters apprenticeship for DT Anoraks
Although this album is not the most succesful recordings DT ever endeavoured to produce it still has all the mental prog outs that you may have come to expect. A product of their early years it features Vocalist Charlie Dominici on vocals. Although Dominici is obviously a highly trained singer his style is a little wailing. Some tracks on here can also be found on live albums with James Labrie on the Mic and this proves that if you can get past the vocals the Music Is still DT. The sound is also unusual with the guitar and bass highly compressed and focused to the mid frequencies. When all is said an done, however, this albumn did spawn classic tunes such as YTSE jam, The Killing hand and A Fortune in Lies (the latter two featured on Live at the Marquee with Labrie). Other personal faves of mine are Light fuse and get away (with a great intro) and Afterlife. A must buy to complete the collection of the Avid DT fan

weak debutalbum as far as the singer concerns
On this album one can find some incredible tracks, musically spoken. For example The ytse-jam. The big weakness of their debut is the singer. He is replaced after this album, which makes the following works much better. For the person who likes symphonic rock this album and their followers are a must. Check also the newest, just released, album.