- Dream Theater discography
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Dream Theater discography 
Dream Theater in Paris, 2005
From left to right: Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, James LaBrie, John Myung, and Jordan RudessReleases ↙Studio albums 11 ↙Live albums 5 ↙Compilation albums 1 ↙EPs 2 ↙Singles 18 ↙Video albums 7 ↙Music videos 11 ↙Official bootlegs 20 The discography of Dream Theater, an American progressive metal band, consists of eleven studio albums, two extended plays, five live albums, one compilation, four videos, seven singles, and eleven music videos. The band was formed under the name Majesty by guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung, and drummer Mike Portnoy while the three of them were attending Berklee College of Music in September 1985. The trio added keyboard player Kevin Moore and vocalist Chris Collins in order to complete their lineup.[1] After the band released a demo entitled Majesty Demos, Collins was replaced by Charlie Dominici in November 1987.[2]
The group signed with Mechanic Records, and released its debut album When Dream and Day Unite in 1989. After the album's release the group agreed to change their name to "Dream Theater", inspired by a now-demolished California movie theater. After firing Dominici, Dream Theater hired Canadian vocalist James LaBrie in 1991.[1] LaBrie's debut album was Images and Words, was the band's first gold-certified album by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having sold more than 500,000 copies.[3] Moore left the group after the recording of 1994's Awake and was replaced by Derek Sherinian for the album's tour—he was later hired as a full member. Dream Theater's first live album, Once in a Livetime, was released in 1998.[2]
In 1999, Jordan Rudess was hired to replace Sherinian. Rudess's first work was Scenes from a Memory, a concept album that followed the story of a murder mystery. In 2002, the group released Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, followed by Train of Thought in 2003, and Octavarium in 2005. The live album Score was released for the band's 20th anniversary and featured the band backed by a 29-piece orchestra. It was followed a year later by their ninth studio album, Systematic Chaos.[1] Dream Theater has sold over two million records and DVDs in the United States and over ten million records and DVDs throughout the world.[4][5][6] Dream Theater's tenth studio album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings, the band's second under Roadrunner Records; was released on June 23, 2009.[7] On September 13, 2011 Dream Theater released their eleventh studio album A Dramatic Turn of Events, their first album without former drummer Mike Portnoy. The band released their eleventh music video for On the Backs of Angels on October 4 2011.
Contents
Albums
Studio albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions US
[8]FIN
[9]FRA
[10]GER
[11]JPN
[12]NLD
[13]NOR
[14]SWE
[15]SWI
[16]UK
[17]1989 When Dream and Day Unite — — — — 98 — — — — — 1992 Images and Words * - Released: July 7, 1992
- Label: Atco
- Format: CD, cassette, LP
61[18] — — 94 30 — — — — — 1994 Awake - Released: October 4, 1994
- Label: East West
- Format: CD, cassette, LP
32 — — 15 7 33 — 5 12 65 1997 Falling into Infinity - Released: September 23, 1997
- Label: East West
- Format: CD, cassette
52 5 42 9 16 16 20 14 43 163 1999 Scenes from a Memory - Released: October 26, 1999
- Label: Elektra
- Format: CD, cassette
73 6 40 8 19 28 28 44 44 131 2002 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - Released: January 29, 2002
- Label: Elektra
- Format: CD, cassette
46 2 17 12 15 14 16 12 52 — 2003 Train of Thought - Released: November 14, 2003
- Label: Elektra
- Format: CD, cassette
53 9 24 16 12 21 9 9 44 146 2005 Octavarium - Released: June 7, 2005
- Label: Atlantic
- Format: CD, cassette
36 2 18 15 10 9 9 4 25 72 2007 Systematic Chaos - Released: June 4, 2007
- Label: Roadrunner
- Format: CD, DVD, LP
19 3 17 7 12 2 3 5 14 25 2009 Black Clouds & Silver Linings - Released: June 23, 2009
- Label: Roadrunner
- Format: CD, DVD, LP
6 1 9 3 8 3 7 3 9 23 2011 A Dramatic Turn of Events - Released: September 13, 2011
- Label: Roadrunner
- Format: CD, DVD, LP
8 1 16 3 8 2 5 3 6 17 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. ^ * Images and Words was certified Gold in the United States[3] and the Netherlands.[19]
Live albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions US
[8]FIN
[9]FRA
[10]GER
[11]ITA
[20]JPN
[12]NLD
[13]NOR
[14]SWI
[16]UK
[17]1993 Live at the Marquee - Released: September 3, 1993
- Label: Warner Music
- Format: CD, cassette, LP
— — — 36 57 36 57 — — — 1998 Once in a Livetime - Released: October 27, 1998
- Label: Elektra
- Format: CD, cassette
157 — — 59 — 49 58 — — — 2001 Live Scenes from New York - Released: September 11, 2001
- Label: Elektra
- Format: CD, cassette
120 — 117 71 — 60 — — — — 2004 Live at Budokan - Released: October 5, 2004
- Label: Atlantic
- Format: CD, cassette
— — — 91 — 63 91 — — — 2006 Score - Released: August 29, 2006
- Label: Rhino
- Format: CD
— 36 — 40 14 50 34 18 72 94 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. Compilation albums
Year Album details Peak chart positions US
[8]GER
[11]JPN
[12]NLD
[13]NOR
[14]SWE
[15]SWI
[16]UK
[17]2008 Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) - Released: April 1, 2008
- Label: Rhino
- Format: CD
122 77 28 52 12 46 62 113 Extended plays
Year EP details Peak chart positions US
[8]FIN
[9]GER
[11]JPN
[12]NLD
[13]SWE
[15]UK
[17]1995 A Change of Seasons - Released: September 19, 1995
- Label: East West, Elektra, WEA
- Format: CD, cassette
58 17 50 16 39 13 88 2009 Wither "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. Singles
Year Song Peak chart positions Album US US
Main.
[21]JPN
[22]UK
[17]1989 "Status Seeker" — — — — When Dream and Day Unite "Afterlife" — — — — 1992 "Another Day" — 22 — — Images and Words "Pull Me Under" — 10 — — 1993 "Take the Time" — 29 — — 1994 "The Silent Man" — — — — Awake "Caught in a Web" — — — — "Lie" — 38 — 175 1995 "Tears" — — — — Acoustic Dreams 1997 "Burning My Soul" — 33 — — Falling into Infinity "Hollow Years" — — — — "You Not Me" — 40 — — 1999 "Home" — — — — Scenes from a Memory 2000 "Through Her Eyes" — — 72 — 2003 "As I Am" — — — — Train of Thought 2007 "Constant Motion" — — — — Systematic Chaos 2008 "Forsaken" — — — — 2009 "A Rite of Passage" — — — — Black Clouds & Silver Linings "Stargazer" — — — — "Tenement Funster/Flick of the Wrist/Lily of the Valley" — — — — "Odyssey" — — — — "Take Your Fingers from My Hair" — — — — "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2" — — — — "To Tame a Land" — — — — "Wither" 4[A] — — — 2010 "Raw Dog" — — — — God of War 3 EP 2011 "On the Backs of Angels" — — — — A Dramatic Turn of Events - "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
Notes
- A. ^ "Wither" peaked on the US Hot 100 Singles Sales chart.
Video albums
Year Video details Peak chart positions Certifications US
[23]AUT
[24]FIN
[9][25]GER
[11]ITA
[26]NLD
[27]NOR
[28]SWE
[15]1993 Images and Words: Live in Tokyo - Released: November 16, 1993
- Label: Atlantic, East West
- Format: VHS
13 — — — — — — — 1998 5 Years in a Livetime - Released: October 27, 1998
- Label: East West
- Format: VHS
— — — — — — — — 2001 Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York - Released: March 20, 2001
- Label: Elektra
- Format: DVD, VHS
5 — 2 — — — 1 — US: Gold[3]
ARG: Platinum[29]2004 Images and Words: Live in Tokyo/5 Years in a Livetime - Released: June 29, 2004
- Label: Rhino
- Format: DVD
9 — — — — — 3 — US: Platinum[3]
ARG: Platinum[29]2004 Live at Budokan - Released: October 5, 2004
- Label: Atlantic
- Format: DVD
4 — 3 — — — 9 — US: Platinum[3]
ARG: Platinum[29]2006 Score - Released: August 29, 2006
- Label: Rhino
- Format: DVD
1 3 1 — 2 — 2 — US: Platinum[3]
ARG: Platinum[29]2008 Chaos in Motion: 2007–2008 - Released: September 30, 2008
- Label: Roadrunner
- Format: DVD, CD
2 — 22 37 1 3 1 16 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. Music videos
Year Title Director 1992 "Pull Me Under" David Roth[30] "Another Day" Chris Painter[31][32] 1993 "Take the Time" 1994 "Lie" Ralph Ziman[33] "The Silent Man" Pamela Birkhead[34] 1997 "Hollow Years" Axel Baur[35] 2007 "Constant Motion" Andrew Bennett[36] 2008 "Forsaken" Yasufumi Soejima[37] 2009 "A Rite of Passage" Ramon Boutiviseth[38] "Wither" 2011 "On the Backs of Angels" Official bootlegs
Year Title Category 2003 The Majesty Demos 1985–1986 Demo Series 2003 Los Angeles, California 5/18/98 Live Series 2003 The Making of Scenes from a Memory Studio Series 2004 Selfish Demo Demo Series 2004 Tokyo, Japan 10/28/95 Live Series 2004 Master of Puppets Cover Series 2005 Images and Words Demos 1989–1991 Demo Series 2005 The Number of the Beast Cover Series 2005 When Dream and Day Reunite Live Series 2005 When Dream and Day Reunite DVD Live Series 2006 Awake Demos 1994 Demo Series 2006 Old Bridge, New Jersey 12/14/96 Live Series 2006 The Dark Side of the Moon Cover Series 2006 The Dark Side of the Moon DVD Cover Series 2007 New York City 3/4/93 Live Series 2007 Falling into Infinity Demos Demo Series 2007 Made in Japan Cover Series 2007 Bucharest, Romania 7/4/02 DVD Live Series 2009 The Making of Falling Into Infinity Studio Series 2009 Train of Thought Instrumental Demos 2003 Demo Series 2009 Uncovered 2003-2005 Cover Series 2009 Santiago, Chile 12/6/05 DVD Live Series Other
Year Title Description 2010 Raw Dog An instrumental track written for the Blood & Metal EP which accompanies the PlayStation 3 game God of War III. This is the final Dream Theater release to include Mike Portnoy on drums. References
- General
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- ^
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External links
- Dream Theater discography at their official website
- Dream Theater discography at Discogs
- Dream Theater discography at MusicBrainz
Dream Theater Studio albums When Dream and Day Unite · Images and Words · Awake · Falling into Infinity · Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory · Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence · Train of Thought · Octavarium · Systematic Chaos · Black Clouds & Silver Linings · A Dramatic Turn of EventsLive releases Live at the Marquee · Once in a LIVEtime · Live Scenes from New York · Live at Budokan · Score · Chaos in Motion 2007–2008Compilations EPs A Change of Seasons · WitherVideos Songs "Pull Me Under" · "Through Her Eyes" · "Twelve-step Suite" · "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" · "Stream of Consciousness" · "Octavarium" · "Wither" · "On the Backs of Angels"Tours Progressive Nation 2009 · The Final Frontier World Tour · A Dramatic Turn of Events TourAssociated acts Other Discography · Band members · Songs by lyricist · Majesty Demos · Lifting Shadows · G3 · Gigantour · Roadrunner RecordsCategories:- Dream Theater albums
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