Live at Budokan [Digipak] by Dream Theater (CD, Oct-2004, 3 Discs, Atlantic)

Album Features
UPC:	081227654528
Artist:	Dream Theater
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2004
Record Label:	Atlantic
Genre:	Hard Rock, Rock & Pop
Number Of Discs:	3

Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. As I Am
2. This Dying Soul
3. Beyond This Life
4. Hollow Years
5. War Inisde My Head
6. Test That Stumped Them All, The

DISC 2:
1. Endless Sacrifice
2. Instrumedley
3. Trial of Tears
4. New Millennium
5. Keyboard Solo
6. Only a Matter of Time

DISC 3:
1. Goodnight Kiss
2. Solitary Shell
3. Stream of Conciousness
4. Disappear
5. Pull Me Under
6. In the Name of God

Details
Playing Time:	166 min.
Producer:	Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci
Distributor:	WEA (Distributor)
Recording Type:	Live
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Dream Theater: James LaBrie, John Myung, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, Mike Portnoy .Personnel: John Petrucci (vocals, guitar); Mike Portnoy (vocals, drums); James LaBrie (vocals, percussion); Jordan Rudess (keyboards); John Myung (bass guitar, Chapman stick); Bert Baldwin (keyboard programming).Audio Mixer: Kevin Shirley.Liner Note Authors: James LaBrie; John Myung; Mike Portnoy ; Jordan Rudess.Recording information: Budokan, Tokyo, Japan (04/26/2004); The Budoken, Tokyo, Japan (04/26/2004).Steadfast at the apex of the prog-metal heap, Dream Theater has reached the coveted position where it can do no wrong in the eyes and chops-hungry ears of its international fan base. LIVE AT BUDOKAN is the band's third full-length live offering, a mammoth three-CD affair with a set list that leans heavily towards the studio albums SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE (2002) and TRAIN OF THOUGHT (2003).As with any Dream Theater concert, the crown jewel of LIVE AT BUDOKAN is its legendary "Instrumedley." The awe-inspiring epic puts the metallic virtuosos through a series of strung-together touchstone themes culled from both "Metropolis" pieces, "Erotomania," "A Change of Seasons," and "Ytse Jam," plus two excerpts drawn from Liquid Tension Experiment (an instrumental side-project featuring 3/5ths of Dream Theater). With this performance, there are notable upgrades in the group's live act. Vocalist James LaBrie gets better with each tour, and the background vocals have never sounded so spot-on. To top it all off, guitarist John Petrucci continues to push the six-string-shredding envelope to its furthest reaches with his rapid-fire soloing palette.