Kevin Moore wrote some great keyboard parts. He might not have been a shredder like DT later recruited, but he was creative. He gave DT an emotive quality.
One day back in 1992 I called out “sick” from work.....I was 21 years old....I was watching MTV and up pops the video for Pull Me Under. I watched it, hopped in my car and drove straight to the mall to buy the CD. It was love at first listen. Thanks Dream Theater for all these years of influence and enjoyment.
John is so humble. Pull Me Under stood out because it is a great great song. This album is one of the greatest masterpiece ever in prog history. Love it so much.
You said it man, couldn't agree more. Although 'Awake' is my favourite DT record. When I heard "Lie" for the first time, if blew me away. 'Images and Words' is right up there 👌🏼
@@BreakingAllIllusions Dream Theater is certainly a miracle. I started listening to them 2 years ago and haven't listened to anything else but them on a consistent basis. what regularly happens is that i re-discover a part of their discography that i previously dismissed. the same happened with Awake and ACoS recently, and 6 degrees a few months ago. I'm loving the Lie - so groovy.
@@BreakingAllIllusions I started to following this band when Awake came out. I was like 'OMG is this real? This is too good to be true. ' And then I listened to I&W. I immedietly knew I would love this band forever but I didn't know they could last over 35 years. I thank DT so much for making my life more happier and worthier.
My Images and Words story. I was 19 in 1992 and working at Hazeltine national golf course in Minnesota, when some kid working there gave me Images and words on cassette. Now, being a Rush and Van Halen fan since I was ten (1983), and just been introduced to Live in Leningrad by Malmsteen And Justice for all in 1989, both Cowboys from hell in 90 and Pornographiti by extreme (yes, I consider Nuno Bettencourt the most creatively technical player up to that point), I didn't think it could get better. But, when I finished Images, I thought that was the best album I heard, and I was hooked.
One of my favorite solos ever. I can’t think of another solo that covers quite as much varied musical ground in such a short time. Shades of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, Al Di Meola, Steve Morse, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Schenker, and Allan Holdsworth all in one cohesive whole. Badass.
Everyone talking about Kevin Moore but no one seems to reconize how great La Brie's voice was here. In this era (for me) he was the best singer alive. But yeah I also wished Kevin would've stayed for atleast some more albums. Imagine how his emotional play throughout Metropolis part 2 would've been! But Jordan is carrying the band with John now so I do have massive respect for him and his genius
Solo guitarist instrumental records are very hit or miss for me but Terminal Velocity is incredible start to finish. John is just an excellent songwriter.
I heard dream theater for the 1st time in 1992 on an old radio i had playing in the garage in one evening while i was lifting weights. Pull me under came on and i was completely blown away. I went to the record shop later that week and had to get the cd imported. Still to this day i think images and words is the best album ive ever heard..
The Kevin Moore era of this band will forever be my favourite. While this was their breakthrough record, I heard When Dream and Day Unite around the same time, and love it just as much as subsequent works. Also love Charlie Dominici's pure power metal vocals, and he can still hit all those notes.
@@melodic777 that has nothing to do with hitting notes. It’s vocal health and a singer’s health in general that plays a big part in sustaining their range along with age that is a factor and proper training and warmup that goes along with that. LaBrie has had vocal problems in his past such as the 90’s incident with food poisoning that affected his range a little after that for awhile and I don’t think he ever truly got back to that “high” although close in some years perhaps. James is older now and they don’t write parts like that anymore for him or he himself knows he can’t hit those extremely high notes anymore. Just how it goes with the older we get and how our voices are different for everyone too.
Learning To Live up until today my favourite DT song. It’s just the perfect DT song. All elements coming together. I did buy this record based on a review in a Dutch pop music magazine, not even a metal or prog rock magazine. Didn’t listen to it at the store with those handheld headphones, if anyone remembers that. Just bought it and it went straight into the CD-player like for how many weeks or months. One of the greatest experiences in my life, truly.
This album is on the same level of others which changed my life, including hearing Moving Pictures for the first time in '81, Van Halen in '78, KISS in '77, etc.
Headbangers Ball introduced me to "Pull Me Under". I was hooked. Saw the "Images and Words" tour in Seattle for $9.99. I was even more hooked! Met the members multiple times by the tour bus. Stand up guys and just down to earth.
30 years!!!!! Damn! Time flies! It is the greatest Prog Metal album of all time!!!! A masterpiece!!! Been a fan ever since i first heard Pull Me Under on the radio!!!
Kevin was a divine gift for DT band,After he leaving piece by piece the band was changing,sometimes that was a good change but with Kevin the keyboards speak to your Heart deeply...i follow chromakey and osi project with much appreciation but if Kevin never leaved DT what Will be now that band?the rest was history...🔥
I've always thought the production on I&W is crisp as hell, its got that clear and vintage sound that a lot of 80's hard rock/AOR albums had, the kind of stuff that metal bands tended to avoid due to its associations, but I think it really gives I&W something unique, the album's mood, songwriting and imagery all play into it Fantastic record, and always will be
"It's meant to be listened to like we listened to records". The funny thing is... That's something I actually learned from Dream Theater. Before that I never thought of records as a whole piece of art. I was just thinking in single songs. But when I started listening to DT I instantly felt that there was a huge connection between their songs. And then all of a sudden I started to recognize the same thing with other artists and records as well.
I remember coming home with Images and Words borrowed from a friend on a cold night in 1993. First play, my life was not the same after this. Certainly one of the most memorable moments for me - so thankful for it.
I remember my first and only Dream Theater gig, when they came in my little town in France. It was at the time of Systematic Chaos, but the album wasn't out yet, they only had Constant Motion running... (And they played it! Amazing song of course!) But the set list wasn't known until they hit the stage. And what they did is they played Images & Words... All the album... And I remember how happy I was because it was, and still is, my favourite DT album! Now I also remember my friend who came with me. His favourite album was Train of Thought... He didn't enjoy the gig as much as i did, haha! Anyway, thank you, Dream Theater!
I remember that tour! Went and saw them in Bonn, Germany in 2007, the 15th anniversary of this album! I think they played a few newer songs in the beginning before doing the whole album, and had Riverside as an opening act, also a very good band.
Man I can’t believe this was released 12 years before I was born exactly on my birthday date, July 7th. I instantly fell in love with the band after listening to Wait for Sleep. Images & Words, Awake, and A Change of Seasons really got me through some difficult, and depressing times in my life. Wait for Sleep along with Learning to Live will forever hold such a deep place in my heart and I can’t thank them enough for all of these beautiful pieces of music. Thank you Portnoy, Moore, Petrucci, Myung, and La’brie ❤️
Awake was my favorite Dream Theater album growing up, but Images and Words is my favorite as an adult. It's a masterpiece. The songs never get old. Take the Time and Another Day especially are to die for. It's easily in my top 10 albums of all time.
I'm totally hooked to "Lost Not Forgotten Archives" stuff which DT released in a jiffy. 11 albums released thus far and there is one more in the que waiting to be released already ('Live In Berlin, 2019'). I cannot wait to hear the remastered version of 'Images and Words Demos 1989 - 1991'. Super stoked 🙌🏼 Dream Theater FOREVER 🤘🏼🤘🏼
@@tns4421 : The live show was recorded on March 4th, 1993. It sounds phenomenal indeed and glad you got yourself a copy of it. It was also originally part of the "Official Bootleg" catalogue. I don't understand why the liner notes on the new releases are missing though. Mike Portnoy documented those so precisely and it's a treat to read them while listen to the album!
@@ronnelson1979: The production on it is ACE and is a must have for every die hard out there. You wouldn't regret your purchase. My only gripe about these releases is the missing liner notes which were originally documented by Mike Portnoy for each of those "Official Bootleg" releases!
This was the first DT album I listened to.. never thought before clicking play I my brain was gonna explode and the way I heard music was gonna change forever
Love Dream Theater, in their music I hear Kansas, ELP, queen…. And sooo many more. And at the same time I hear a sound all their own. And watching and listening to them mature to what they have become today has been awesome
I drove up to Baltimore from Richmond to see them on the Images and Words 25th anniversary tour. Phenomenal. It is on my top 5 favorite albums. Whenever I hear "Learning To Live" I am transported back to high school in the 90s when I first heard it.
So many great songs on this album. I didn't hear it until about 8 years after, but tracks like Learning to Live, Take the Time, Surrounded... they really spoke to me as someone who had developed a taste for metal, but had grown up in a household playing Pink Floyd, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, etc.
As a drummer, I’ve been a fan of Dream Theater for many years. It still boggles my mind how these guys write these amazing songs. And “Images and Words” is no exception. The whole album rocks! 🤘So does the “Awake” album. Erotomania is a masterpiece! 🤘
This was my first DT album that I purchased. I was turned onto them by a fellow Rush fan in a Yahoo! music chat room back in the summer of 1999. I bought the CD, loved it and still do to this day. I’ve never looked back since.
DT always has been my favourite band. Congratulations to DT for 30th Anniversary of I&W. Another day is melodies song I have ever heard till now which has always carried me on in my hard times. Thank you DT for your great prog music. 🙏🏾
I used to work at Camelot Music years ago and one of my co-workers handed me the Images and Words album and said, Dude. You have to listen to these guys! Man. So glad I did. Images and Words still today is my go to travel CD when I am traveling. Every song is AMAZING! It was Labrie's that kept me coming back! Love his voice. John's guitar work is just so creative and great!!
One of the few albums that on first listen you knew this was a game changer. Metropolis Pt. 1 to me is still one of the most ambitious creations ever recorded. The whole album is a masterpiece.
I&W was the first album of DT I heard. Only listened to it in the store because I thought I had read somewhere that Brian May produced it or something (which wasn't true). I was complete blown away. Didn't buy the record then (a budget thing), but a week later I went back because it still echoed in my head. To this day still the best album of DT in my opinion. Sure, there are some tracks on other albums that are great, but this album as a whole is just so brilliant.
I'll never forget listening to Pull Me Under on the radio when it came out and was like wow that is really good. Then buying the album and was blown away literally by Metropolis and Learning to Live... and been a fan ever since. Music with substance!!!
This album is a personal favourite of mine, not just from Dream Theater, but in general, and I had the greatest experience watching them play it in it's entirety back in 2017. Thanks guys :D
I was 12 years old in 1992 when I heard "Pull Me Under" on the radio; I was blown away. "Take the Time" got lots of airplay too. What special time period in music. There was so much going on musically. My only criticism of Images and Words is the drum sound. Glad they fixed that for Awake.
Yeah exactly, always thought the drum sounds were weird in some strange way, like the snare is definitely augmented with a sample or something, sounds dead and not organic at all, cymbals have also a weird artificial quality, like they totally killed off the dynamics.
An Absolutely Splendid Classic Record...The First DREAM THEATER Record I Ever Purchased On Cassette In 1992...Except For Pull Me Under I Didn't The Record At First Returned It Within The Hour Of Purchasing It...Till 1 Year Later In 1993 A Friend Convinced Me Its A Good Album...So I Purchased It Again On CD...And Was Glad I Did...I Have 2 Copies Of The Album Now...I Wish It Could Be This Lineup...But Kevin Moore Felt He Had To Move On...
What I can say about Images And Words is that this album is, for me, by far, the best Rock album of all times! I bought one CD back in 1999 and after lending it to a friend that never returned it to me I bought another one, even after I had all the songs in the computer.
While a couple other DT albums hold an even more special place in my heart, I can't deny that Images & Words is untouched. It's so packed with raw musical energy, it's just unreal.
Two albums I bought as a teenager that changed my world: Gretchen Goes to Nebraska and Images and Words. Each morning after the first listen nothing was ever the same again.
Take the time might be my favorite DT song, I like how it`s unobtrusive with that clean funky guitar in the beginning and then guitars are like hurricane, and then chorus, of course.
John, should you ever read this; i watched Headbangers Ball in 1991 where you came with 'Lie', and while i listened to it, i remember saying 'this band is going to go the distance, this is amazing music', and look at you now. Congratulations on making your dreams come true.
I'm all emotion here right now! Listening to John tell stories about my favorite album of all times makes me not only remember how these guys are creative and talented but also remember how I would connected with the album back then. I wish John and the guys tells more stories like these about all the recent albuns.
METROPOLIS PART 1 is something else! When i heard METROPOLIS first time thats how i fell in love with DREAM THEATER and started to play guitar... Metropolis Part1 is a Legend💜 LOVE YOU DT💜✌🏽
Congrats fellas from an old KP neighbor!!! Amazing album!! The solo from Under a glass moon still makes me smile like its 1992. I still recall seeing the show at Sparks! We had all just come home from our first semester break at college! What a great time for music and thank you for the memories!!!
I was 15 back then and being a drummer in a band myself I was floored upon the first hearing. They were so tight, clean, precise while heavy and the same time. I remembered saying myself that it was impossible to play like that. My favorite band ever since and my favorite album. I even got my i&W CD signed by John P. and Mike P. later while meeting them.
Heard PULL ME UNDER on the radio show Sound and Fury out of Utica, NY. Immediately hooked. Listened to that song on my way to school nearly everyday after buying the cassette. Then, I saw em live in Syracuse. Mind blown.
Images and words has been my favourite album ever since i first heard it in 2008. It honestly brings me so much happiness whenever i hear it. SOO many memories flood back into my brain. Im so thankful they made this album
I listened to A dramatic turn of events TOT I&W Awake Mt pt2 Sdoit Change of seasons Few songs from other albums Take the time is still my favourite DT song ever, and metropolis pt 1 ROCKS
Such fond memories seeing DT on the Images and Words tour at the Cathouse in Glasgow and at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. Great gigs and made me a lifelong fan.
This was one of the first albums I bought on CD as a kid. Saw Pull Me Under on MTV and had to have it. Some of the songs were unlike anything I'd ever heard before. I can't say I've followed the band closely throughout the years, but I hold this entire album close to my heart. It instantly transports me back to 1992. Fave at the time - Pull Me Under. Current fave - Surrounded.
Such an epic genre defining album! My favorite is still Scenes from a Memory, but if it weren't for Images and Words we wouldn't be here together enjoying this amazing musical career. Congrats, DT!
I have recently been amazed that you guys are just recently being discovered by a lot more people than I could imagine. I was going to different gigs and open mic sessions and spoken with some band members and onlookers, I was really surprised that those of us older people (some actually in their 70s) have been to more than one of your concerts, and the excitement your band creates is something else, and 30 years later people are still noticing. Amazing. Well deserved.
I was 12 years old when Pull Me Under came out and it changed the trajectory of my taste in music.. thank you DT. I can't imagine my life without metal.
Happy anniversary guys. Wow what an album. I was introduced to DT with Images. I've enjoyed following the bands journey. Here's to 30 more years of great music. Congratulations
I picked this album up when I was 10 in a German flee market on holiday based on the cover art and have been a fan ever since. My dad just got me a special birthday present last week. The scenes from a Memory London live cd/dvd and it had our first ever ticket stump from 20 years ago in it along with the insert from the og scenes album... Gone full circle
Kevin Moore wrote some great keyboard parts. He might not have been a shredder like DT later recruited, but he was creative. He gave DT an emotive quality.
agreed. not hating Jordan Rudess, I love and admire him as a musician. but Kevin's keyboard part is more emotionally sweet than Jordan's
I love the Derek and Jordan eras, but in many ways I wish Kevin never left.
“Space Dye Vest” was written by Moore and it’s one of Dream Theater’s most underrated tracks.
@@siwhotmahendra not only that but his creative thought provoking lyrics are some of my all time favorites from the band.
I think it all went pear-shaped for Kevin when he wanted to call the album "Images and Turds"
One day back in 1992 I called out “sick” from work.....I was 21 years old....I was watching MTV and up pops the video for Pull Me Under. I watched it, hopped in my car and drove straight to the mall to buy the CD. It was love at first listen. Thanks Dream Theater for all these years of influence and enjoyment.
Except you worked at the music store and they immediately fired you. Then the they realized you had good taste and hired you back the next day.
Hope u r feeling better
John is so humble. Pull Me Under stood out because it is a great great song. This album is one of the greatest masterpiece ever in prog history. Love it so much.
You said it man, couldn't agree more. Although 'Awake' is my favourite DT record. When I heard "Lie" for the first time, if blew me away. 'Images and Words' is right up there 👌🏼
@@BreakingAllIllusions Dream Theater is certainly a miracle. I started listening to them 2 years ago and haven't listened to anything else but them on a consistent basis. what regularly happens is that i re-discover a part of their discography that i previously dismissed. the same happened with Awake and ACoS recently, and 6 degrees a few months ago.
I'm loving the Lie - so groovy.
@@BreakingAllIllusions I started to following this band when Awake came out. I was like 'OMG is this real? This is too good to be true. '
And then I listened to I&W. I immedietly knew I would love this band forever but I didn't know they could last over 35 years. I thank DT so much for making my life more happier and worthier.
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Easily one of the nicest guys in the music business.
Possibly the nicest, most intelligent man in rock music. Imagine being so humble, knowing full well you are better than anyone else. haha
He has his own heroes he sees in the same way we see him.
He likely doesn’t view himself as better than everyone else. You only get as good as he is by learning from those who have come before who were great.
Images and Words could be released TODAY and still hold up. This was my first experience with DT and I have been addicted ever since.
My Images and Words story. I was 19 in 1992 and working at Hazeltine national golf course in Minnesota, when some kid working there gave me Images and words on cassette. Now, being a Rush and Van Halen fan since I was ten (1983), and just been introduced to Live in Leningrad by Malmsteen And Justice for all in 1989, both Cowboys from hell in 90 and Pornographiti by extreme (yes, I consider Nuno Bettencourt the most creatively technical player up to that point), I didn't think it could get better. But, when I finished Images, I thought that was the best album I heard, and I was hooked.
Under A Glass Moon has my favorite guitar solo of all time. Still gives me goosebumps to this day.
Still my favorite DT song
@@Toddzilla1967 Absolutely - my second favorite behind Bridges in the Sky. I especially enjoy the live version on Score.
One of my favorite solos ever. I can’t think of another solo that covers quite as much varied musical ground in such a short time. Shades of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, Al Di Meola, Steve Morse, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Schenker, and Allan Holdsworth all in one cohesive whole. Badass.
And it was included in the top 50 solos of all time. Mr John Petrucci was humble enough to not even bring that fact up. Class act.
i used to call it a "cat howling at the moon" solo ;) gives me that feel
Everyone talking about Kevin Moore but no one seems to reconize how great La Brie's voice was here. In this era (for me) he was the best singer alive. But yeah I also wished Kevin would've stayed for atleast some more albums. Imagine how his emotional play throughout Metropolis part 2 would've been! But Jordan is carrying the band with John now so I do have massive respect for him and his genius
Up till the food poisoning he was an absolute monster
James Labrie on Awake was so good
Anyone who hasn't heard John's Terminal Velocity album should give it a whirl... it's joyous and melodic, something you can't say about many albums.
Be amazed if any dream theater fan hasn't heard it
Solo guitarist instrumental records are very hit or miss for me but Terminal Velocity is incredible start to finish. John is just an excellent songwriter.
glassy eyed zombies!!!!!
I heard dream theater for the 1st time in 1992 on an old radio i had playing in the garage in one evening while i was lifting weights. Pull me under came on and i was completely blown away. I went to the record shop later that week and had to get the cd imported. Still to this day i think images and words is the best album ive ever heard..
The last minute and half of Learning To Live is still one of the best album closers i've ever heard
i agree learning to live is my favorite song of all time, from any band.
The Kevin Moore era of this band will forever be my favourite. While this was their breakthrough record, I heard When Dream and Day Unite around the same time, and love it just as much as subsequent works. Also love Charlie Dominici's pure power metal vocals, and he can still hit all those notes.
I’m sure Charlie can hit all those notes considering he hasn’t gigged thousands of times like LaBrie.
@@melodic777 that has nothing to do with hitting notes. It’s vocal health and a singer’s health in general that plays a big part in sustaining their range along with age that is a factor and proper training and warmup that goes along with that. LaBrie has had vocal problems in his past such as the 90’s incident with food poisoning that affected his range a little after that for awhile and I don’t think he ever truly got back to that “high” although close in some years perhaps. James is older now and they don’t write parts like that anymore for him or he himself knows he can’t hit those extremely high notes anymore. Just how it goes with the older we get and how our voices are different for everyone too.
Images and words - the reason I've been listening to DT albums for nearly 20 years. And THIS in my opinion is the best one!
their best LP no question
The bar by which all prog metal albums are measured - Images and Words is a masterfreakinpiece! 💯🔥❤️
Images and words is just perfect. You cannot change one note.
This record literally changed my life in so many ways. Will always be one of my top 5 of all time. 😭❤
One of the most brilliant and influential masterpieces ever recorded. A 10/10 with no weak point.
This album to me is their best one. It's just perfect and changed progressive metal forever.
for me it changed everything!!! no only metal! everything
can't say the same but yeah! it was the album that blew my mind and got me digging into DT further. definitely one of the best
I never cared for dream theater outside of the guitar niche until I listened to images and words. That album has had me captivated for 2 years now.
their best album hands down
Learning To Live up until today my favourite DT song. It’s just the perfect DT song. All elements coming together. I did buy this record based on a review in a Dutch pop music magazine, not even a metal or prog rock magazine. Didn’t listen to it at the store with those handheld headphones, if anyone remembers that. Just bought it and it went straight into the CD-player like for how many weeks or months. One of the greatest experiences in my life, truly.
"Learning to live" is my favorite DT song ever. I love it!
I heard Pull Me Under on the Friday Rock Show and couldn't believe what I was hearing!
One of my favorite albums of all time. A true masterpiece.
This album is on the same level of others which changed my life, including hearing Moving Pictures for the first time in '81, Van Halen in '78, KISS in '77, etc.
Indeed...There Is Rather Alot Of RUSH Influences In Their Music...
I think Geddy, Alex and Neil (RIP) must be proud of what they inspired.
Headbangers Ball introduced me to "Pull Me Under". I was hooked. Saw the "Images and Words" tour in Seattle for $9.99. I was even more hooked! Met the members multiple times by the tour bus. Stand up guys and just down to earth.
30 years!!!!! Damn! Time flies! It is the greatest Prog Metal album of all time!!!! A masterpiece!!! Been a fan ever since i first heard Pull Me Under on the radio!!!
Kevin was a divine gift for DT band,After he leaving piece by piece the band was changing,sometimes that was a good change but with Kevin the keyboards speak to your Heart deeply...i follow chromakey and osi project with much appreciation but if Kevin never leaved DT what Will be now that band?the rest was history...🔥
I've always thought the production on I&W is crisp as hell, its got that clear and vintage sound that a lot of 80's hard rock/AOR albums had, the kind of stuff that metal bands tended to avoid due to its associations, but I think it really gives I&W something unique, the album's mood, songwriting and imagery all play into it
Fantastic record, and always will be
"It's meant to be listened to like we listened to records".
The funny thing is... That's something I actually learned from Dream Theater. Before that I never thought of records as a whole piece of art. I was just thinking in single songs. But when I started listening to DT I instantly felt that there was a huge connection between their songs. And then all of a sudden I started to recognize the same thing with other artists and records as well.
I remember coming home with Images and Words borrowed from a friend on a cold night in 1993. First play, my life was not the same after this. Certainly one of the most memorable moments for me - so thankful for it.
I remember my first and only Dream Theater gig, when they came in my little town in France. It was at the time of Systematic Chaos, but the album wasn't out yet, they only had Constant Motion running... (And they played it! Amazing song of course!) But the set list wasn't known until they hit the stage. And what they did is they played Images & Words... All the album... And I remember how happy I was because it was, and still is, my favourite DT album!
Now I also remember my friend who came with me. His favourite album was Train of Thought... He didn't enjoy the gig as much as i did, haha!
Anyway, thank you, Dream Theater!
I remember that tour! Went and saw them in Bonn, Germany in 2007, the 15th anniversary of this album! I think they played a few newer songs in the beginning before doing the whole album, and had Riverside as an opening act, also a very good band.
@@HNedel Right, they had Riverside, same tour man! And yes, very good band, I was happily surprised. Cheers!
Man I can’t believe this was released 12 years before I was born exactly on my birthday date, July 7th. I instantly fell in love with the band after listening to Wait for Sleep. Images & Words, Awake, and A Change of Seasons really got me through some difficult, and depressing times in my life. Wait for Sleep along with Learning to Live will forever hold such a deep place in my heart and I can’t thank them enough for all of these beautiful pieces of music. Thank you Portnoy, Moore, Petrucci, Myung, and La’brie ❤️
Awake was my favorite Dream Theater album growing up, but Images and Words is my favorite as an adult. It's a masterpiece. The songs never get old. Take the Time and Another Day especially are to die for. It's easily in my top 10 albums of all time.
I'm totally hooked to "Lost Not Forgotten Archives" stuff which DT released in a jiffy. 11 albums released thus far and there is one more in the que waiting to be released already ('Live In Berlin, 2019'). I cannot wait to hear the remastered version of 'Images and Words Demos 1989 - 1991'. Super stoked 🙌🏼
Dream Theater FOREVER 🤘🏼🤘🏼
The Falling into Infinity demos are my fav so far
I just got the 1993 live NYC from that series and it is superb and true live!!!
the Falling Into Infinity demos album has been the one that's tempted me the most to purchase. It's good hearing some praise for it here.
@@tns4421 : The live show was recorded on March 4th, 1993. It sounds phenomenal indeed and glad you got yourself a copy of it. It was also originally part of the "Official Bootleg" catalogue. I don't understand why the liner notes on the new releases are missing though. Mike Portnoy documented those so precisely and it's a treat to read them while listen to the album!
@@ronnelson1979: The production on it is ACE and is a must have for every die hard out there. You wouldn't regret your purchase. My only gripe about these releases is the missing liner notes which were originally documented by Mike Portnoy for each of those "Official Bootleg" releases!
I bought this album in 1996 cause i thought it has an interesting cover, that album introduced me to DT, prog and music in general. Thx guys!
This was the first DT album I listened to.. never thought before clicking play I my brain was gonna explode and the way I heard music was gonna change forever
Love Dream Theater, in their music I hear Kansas, ELP, queen…. And sooo many more. And at the same time I hear a sound all their own. And watching and listening to them mature to what they have become today has been awesome
If you like kansas get symphony x paradise lost.
Images and words is what turn me into dream theater now I'm 25 years strong as a fan..
DT is my favorite band!!!
Sill! An absolutely perfect album. Changed my life, for the better. Listening to it today, I still get chills.
I drove up to Baltimore from Richmond to see them on the Images and Words 25th anniversary tour. Phenomenal. It is on my top 5 favorite albums. Whenever I hear "Learning To Live" I am transported back to high school in the 90s when I first heard it.
So many great songs on this album. I didn't hear it until about 8 years after, but tracks like Learning to Live, Take the Time, Surrounded... they really spoke to me as someone who had developed a taste for metal, but had grown up in a household playing Pink Floyd, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, etc.
As a drummer, I’ve been a fan of Dream Theater for many years. It still boggles my mind how these guys write these amazing songs. And “Images and Words” is no exception. The whole album rocks! 🤘So does the “Awake” album. Erotomania is a masterpiece! 🤘
i remember standing in the CD store, with headphones on, hearing this for the first time. i can still live it in my mind.
This was my first DT album that I purchased. I was turned onto them by a fellow Rush fan in a Yahoo! music chat room back in the summer of 1999. I bought the CD, loved it and still do to this day. I’ve never looked back since.
Under a Glass Moon : best solo ever written and played.
32 years today! Here to celebrate this masterpiece again!
DT always has been my favourite band. Congratulations to DT for 30th Anniversary of I&W. Another day is melodies song I have ever heard till now which has always carried me on in my hard times. Thank you DT for your great prog music. 🙏🏾
I used to work at Camelot Music years ago and one of my co-workers handed me the Images and Words album and said, Dude. You have to listen to these guys! Man. So glad I did. Images and Words still today is my go to travel CD when I am traveling. Every song is AMAZING! It was Labrie's that kept me coming back! Love his voice. John's guitar work is just so creative and great!!
One of the few albums that on first listen you knew this was a game changer. Metropolis Pt. 1 to me is still one of the most ambitious creations ever recorded. The whole album is a masterpiece.
This album made me a better drummer. Thanks DT and MP for inspiration! This record has to be one of the greatest out there!
I&W was the first album of DT I heard. Only listened to it in the store because I thought I had read somewhere that Brian May produced it or something (which wasn't true). I was complete blown away. Didn't buy the record then (a budget thing), but a week later I went back because it still echoed in my head. To this day still the best album of DT in my opinion. Sure, there are some tracks on other albums that are great, but this album as a whole is just so brilliant.
I'll never forget listening to Pull Me Under on the radio when it came out and was like wow that is really good. Then buying the album and was blown away literally by Metropolis and Learning to Live... and been a fan ever since. Music with substance!!!
This album is a personal favourite of mine, not just from Dream Theater, but in general, and I had the greatest experience watching them play it in it's entirety back in 2017. Thanks guys :D
T.G.T.D.T ! Thank God There's Dream Theater! Hard to believe it's been 30 years . . . Wow
Rock on Gentleman !
Love this album till death.
I was 12 years old in 1992 when I heard "Pull Me Under" on the radio; I was blown away. "Take the Time" got lots of airplay too. What special time period in music. There was so much going on musically. My only criticism of Images and Words is the drum sound. Glad they fixed that for Awake.
Yeah exactly, always thought the drum sounds were weird in some strange way, like the snare is definitely augmented with a sample or something, sounds dead and not organic at all, cymbals have also a weird artificial quality, like they totally killed off the dynamics.
An Absolutely Splendid Classic Record...The First DREAM THEATER Record I Ever Purchased On Cassette In 1992...Except For Pull Me Under I Didn't The Record At First Returned It Within The Hour Of Purchasing It...Till 1 Year Later In 1993 A Friend Convinced Me Its A Good Album...So I Purchased It Again On CD...And Was Glad I Did...I Have 2 Copies Of The Album Now...I Wish It Could Be This Lineup...But Kevin Moore Felt He Had To Move On...
What I can say about Images And Words is that this album is, for me, by far, the best Rock album of all times! I bought one CD back in 1999 and after lending it to a friend that never returned it to me I bought another one, even after I had all the songs in the computer.
Glad I managed to see them on this tour
While a couple other DT albums hold an even more special place in my heart, I can't deny that Images & Words is untouched. It's so packed with raw musical energy, it's just unreal.
Two albums I bought as a teenager that changed my world: Gretchen Goes to Nebraska and Images and Words. Each morning after the first listen nothing was ever the same again.
Take the time might be my favorite DT song, I like how it`s unobtrusive with that clean funky guitar in the beginning and then guitars are like hurricane, and then chorus, of course.
under a glass moon is still my favourite solo ever to this date.. nothin has topped it .
I recently heard that as someone's phone ringtone, I was very surprised to say the least
How were they only like 25 when they wrote this album? That’s hella young to write such a masterpiece.
John, should you ever read this; i watched Headbangers Ball in 1991 where you came with 'Lie', and while i listened to it, i remember saying 'this band is going to go the distance, this is amazing music', and look at you now. Congratulations on making your dreams come true.
I'm all emotion here right now! Listening to John tell stories about my favorite album of all times makes me not only remember how these guys are creative and talented but also remember how I would connected with the album back then. I wish John and the guys tells more stories like these about all the recent albuns.
you should read the DT's biography book
This album was a soundtrack of a very special time if my live. So many good memories!!
Thanks John!!
METROPOLIS PART 1 is something else! When i heard METROPOLIS first time thats how i fell in love with DREAM THEATER and started to play guitar... Metropolis Part1 is a Legend💜 LOVE YOU DT💜✌🏽
Congrats fellas from an old KP neighbor!!! Amazing album!! The solo from Under a glass moon still makes me smile like its 1992. I still recall seeing the show at Sparks! We had all just come home from our first semester break at college! What a great time for music and thank you for the memories!!!
I was 15 back then and being a drummer in a band myself I was floored upon the first hearing. They were so tight, clean, precise while heavy and the same time. I remembered saying myself that it was impossible to play like that. My favorite band ever since and my favorite album. I even got my i&W CD signed by John P. and Mike P. later while meeting them.
Heard PULL ME UNDER on the radio show Sound and Fury out of Utica, NY. Immediately hooked. Listened to that song on my way to school nearly everyday after buying the cassette. Then, I saw em live in Syracuse. Mind blown.
Time passes. This record has been with me all this time. Thanks.
Images and words has been my favourite album ever since i first heard it in 2008. It honestly brings me so much happiness whenever i hear it. SOO many memories flood back into my brain. Im so thankful they made this album
Thank you John for the history and for the album! It remains my favorite album of all time. Such a Masterpiece
Humble and a true gentleman.
“Face the candle to the wind” still gets me 30 years later 😢😢
All time classic album.
Take The Time, Wait for Sleep, Learning to Live especially, for me.
The last few minutes of LtL is magic.
I listened to
A dramatic turn of events
TOT
I&W
Awake
Mt pt2
Sdoit
Change of seasons
Few songs from other albums
Take the time is still my favourite DT song ever, and metropolis pt 1 ROCKS
Such fond memories seeing DT on the Images and Words tour at the Cathouse in Glasgow and at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. Great gigs and made me a lifelong fan.
My dad was at them both!
@@zakcostello8119 Nice one Zak!
Life changing record. I can't thank Dream Theater enough for continuing to create music after all these decades.
Wow, an actual interesting interview with some specific insights into the record! Love the guitar recording experimental
techniques.
This was one of the first albums I bought on CD as a kid. Saw Pull Me Under on MTV and had to have it. Some of the songs were unlike anything I'd ever heard before. I can't say I've followed the band closely throughout the years, but I hold this entire album close to my heart. It instantly transports me back to 1992. Fave at the time - Pull Me Under. Current fave - Surrounded.
Such an epic genre defining album! My favorite is still Scenes from a Memory, but if it weren't for Images and Words we wouldn't be here together enjoying this amazing musical career. Congrats, DT!
I have recently been amazed that you guys are just recently being discovered by a lot more people than I could imagine. I was going to different gigs and open mic sessions and spoken with some band members and onlookers, I was really surprised that those of us older people (some actually in their 70s) have been to more than one of your concerts, and the excitement your band creates is something else, and 30 years later people are still noticing. Amazing. Well deserved.
John Petrucci is the musician why I’m still listening Dream Theater plus love his personality
I was 12 years old when Pull Me Under came out and it changed the trajectory of my taste in music.. thank you DT. I can't imagine my life without metal.
I could listen to Petrucci discussing music and guitar like...forever....
Watched them in Singapore for the Images and Words 25th anniversary tour. Had sore throat the 3 days following. 2nd best time of my life!
Legendary album. Still my favorite. Back in the 90's metal was: DT, Pantera, Megadeth, Priest, and Symphony-X.
( And a bunch of bands from Europe! )
Dude, you mentioned my favorite bands!!!
Right on, let's keep on rocking🤘🏻
@@willmolina7395 Have you discovered LOVEBITES yet? My life changed, the day I found them.
And we still enjoy listening to it
Happy anniversary guys. Wow what an album. I was introduced to DT with Images. I've enjoyed following the bands journey. Here's to 30 more years of great music. Congratulations
Genius on keyz
One of the greatest albums of all time
92 was a killer year for great albums!
I&W
Countdown to extinction
Demanfacture
Symphony X was born around that time..
One of the best records of all time, I would listen to this everyday in university, still bad ass music it doesn't get old to me
I picked this album up when I was 10 in a German flee market on holiday based on the cover art and have been a fan ever since. My dad just got me a special birthday present last week. The scenes from a Memory London live cd/dvd and it had our first ever ticket stump from 20 years ago in it along with the insert from the og scenes album... Gone full circle
An album that is utter perfection, it's been in my regular music rotation for the majority of my adult life.
Hence, my username!
The golden egg of progressive music
Looking more like Paul Giamatti every day, JP is a legend!