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DREAM THEATER Falling Into Infinity (1997 UK 11-track CD for the 4th studio album by the American progressive metal band lyric booklet picture sleeve)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This was nearly the last DT release - apparently they considered calling it a day during the recording sessions.
It is a bit patchy, the band wrote a song with Desmond Child aiming for the "hit", and the album doesn't have the cohesive feel of the rest of DT's catalogue .
But it still has some great songs on it, and one number that could have fitted onto MTV (Take Away My Pain)is a superb rock ballad IMHO.
Plus some of the instrumental sections are just phenomenal.
Fans should own this.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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'Falling Into Infinity', the only album to feature keyboardist Derek Sherinian (bearing in mind A Change of Seasons is an EP), was a record biased towards what the general public 'wanted to hear' in '97 by the producers.
What resulted is a lot more ear and radio friendly listen (the fact that the only DT song on my local Riley's jukebox is 'Hollow Years' kind of shows that), but still DT were kept in the shadows.
At first listen I can't believe what this album looks like - 5 minute tracks all in 4/4? What's going on here then lads? Opener 'New Millenium' is more progressive DT, lots of strange time signatures and Myung's Chapman Stick work to get your teeth into, and the album still contains compulsary 'epics', in the form of Lines In The Sand and Trial of Tears, both songs 'padded' with classic DT instrumental.
Tracks like 'You Not Me', 'Peruvian Skies' and 'Hollow Years' (infact pretty much the rest of the album), the former aided in lyrics by Desmond Child, definitely shows a more 'song' based approach from the guys (as opposed to the Rudess flashy 'jam sessions').
'Anna Lee' is a beautiful piano ballad, great relaxing track.
All the guys once again get a chance to show their instrumental flair across the album.
It's not an album I listen to heavily, but occasionally I like to dig it out and have a listen, it shows a much different side of DT and as a person who appreciates a lot of different music this is all heavily appreciated by me.
I'm giving it 4* because I think this record is dwarved by my other favourites, but still a good listen for anyone who's as entranced as me by the rest of their work.
What resulted is a lot more ear and radio friendly listen (the fact that the only DT song on my local Riley's jukebox is 'Hollow Years' kind of shows that), but still DT were kept in the shadows.
At first listen I can't believe what this album looks like - 5 minute tracks all in 4/4? What's going on here then lads? Opener 'New Millenium' is more progressive DT, lots of strange time signatures and Myung's Chapman Stick work to get your teeth into, and the album still contains compulsary 'epics', in the form of Lines In The Sand and Trial of Tears, both songs 'padded' with classic DT instrumental.
Tracks like 'You Not Me', 'Peruvian Skies' and 'Hollow Years' (infact pretty much the rest of the album), the former aided in lyrics by Desmond Child, definitely shows a more 'song' based approach from the guys (as opposed to the Rudess flashy 'jam sessions').
'Anna Lee' is a beautiful piano ballad, great relaxing track.
All the guys once again get a chance to show their instrumental flair across the album.
It's not an album I listen to heavily, but occasionally I like to dig it out and have a listen, it shows a much different side of DT and as a person who appreciates a lot of different music this is all heavily appreciated by me.
I'm giving it 4* because I think this record is dwarved by my other favourites, but still a good listen for anyone who's as entranced as me by the rest of their work.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Yes, I know - this is not Images and Words. It is not Awake either. But let's remember that DT were under immense pressure by their somewhat dictatorial record label to ditch the long, complex songs and write hits (Capitalism is the bane of human society, in my opinion, and this epitomises that, but I digress.) Firstly, from what I've read, there was to be a second disc. If you've heard Score, the song Raise the Knife is to be heard, it's a great song, and it was apparantly to be on the second disc, (also, part of it is to be heard at the end of You Not Me) as well as other material, that I've no knowledge of. Then there's the Desmond Child collaboration, which, let's face it, is not the best (although DT do deliver it very well; I don't think I could stand it coming from any other band). All that said though, the fantastic Hollow Years could have stood good stead in the charts (Maybe it did). Probably my album highlight, along with Take Away My Pain, which I love. Very accessible, melodic and uplifting, both. Lines in the Sand is a great song, with a superb solo, Anna Lee is quite a nice ballad-ish song (with a nice Petrucci solo also) and Trial of Tears. New Millenium has a different flavour to what we were used to from I&W and Awake, perhaps, but still a good song, as is Peruvian Skies, particularly the heavy rhythms in the latter half of the song. I can't say that I like Just Let Me Breathe as much, but that's just personal preference - it's a good song. I think the thing to remember is that, no, it's not as good as the others perhaps, but remember that they pretty much had a noose about their necks from the record label. Thankfully, this was resolved, which is probably why Scenes from a Memory was so fantastic. I wouldn't recommend this as an introduction to DT (I would buy Images and Awake first, then get Six Degrees/Scenes, Octavarium, then Train of Thought, as a rough order). Your DT collection isn't complete without this piece!
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Great Instumentalists
I bought this mostly for the track "Hells Kitchen" and as an introduction to Dream Theatre. I mostly listen to instrumental music and I'm afraid the vocals in Dream Theatre aren't... Read more
Published 1 month ago by drummerboy
A master piece of Progressive Metal-Rock
This is one of my Dream Theater favorite albums. After having recorded more metal-fashioned CDs, Dream Theater tried to go back to the begining of the progressive rock. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Anheru
What's wrong with you?
This is a great album! How can anyone say that it is so bad? Said shortly: Hollow Years is one of many good reasons to buy this album. It is probably the best song I've ever heard. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2008 by Kimmie Lee Petersen-Westergaard
Superb!
Oh my word. I've been a great fan of DT for years but have just never quite got round to getting this cd. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2008 by Hodge
It's Dream Theater, so don't worry, it's great
You can see it now; a massive battlefield full of angry Dream Theater fans, one side declaring 'Falling Into Infinity' to be the only duffer in the band's back catalogue and their... Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2007 by I. Lehnert
Brilliant
Well, i'll be honest, this is the album that got me properly into Dream Theater. I say 'properly' because the first album i heard was Awake, which is great but quite dark sounding... Read more
Published on 4 Jun 2007 by Sam Gallagher
An excellent album, despite what some may say
Whatever you do, don't fall into the trap of thinking this album isn't worth buying on account of some of the negative feedback from supposed DT fans. Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2006 by gingerguru
A very good melodic prog-rock album
This is not your usual DT album and I think, is all the better for it. DT are an awesome band but sometimes I feel the infinite time changes actually serve to detract from the... Read more
Published on 19 May 2004 by Proudmomofagayson
Less progressive than their other stuff...
but definitely still worth a listen.
They've simplified their sound a bit on this release, and therefore you won't find as epic and complex songs as "Metropolis, Pt. 1". Read more
They've simplified their sound a bit on this release, and therefore you won't find as epic and complex songs as "Metropolis, Pt. 1". Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2003 by "equilateral"
Good, but not great...
'Falling into infinity' takes alot of listens, its very mellow and very melodic, there isn't really a bad song on it to be perfectly honest, although some sections of 'Burning my... Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2003 by Bruce Turnbull
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