Liquid Tension Experiment 2

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Liquid Tension Experiment 2
Studio album by Liquid Tension Experiment
Released	June 15, 1999
Recorded	October and November of 1998 - Millbrook Sound Studios
Genre	Progressive metal Instrumental rock Progressive rock Jazz fusion
Length	73:55
Label	Magna Carta
Producer	Liquid Tension Experiment
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Liquid Tension Experiment chronology
Liquid Tension Experiment (1998) Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999) Spontaneous Combustion (2007)

Liquid Tension Experiment 2 is the second album by the band Liquid Tension Experiment. The tracks were largely improvised with little rehearsal, and there are no vocals.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Acid Rain" – 6:36
2. "Biaxident" – 7:40
3. "914" – 4:01
4. "Another Dimension" – 9:50
5. "When The Water Breaks" – 16:58
6. "Chewbacca" – 13:35
7. "Liquid Dreams" – 10:48
8. "Hourglass" – 4:25

[edit] Personnel

• John Petrucci - guitars
• Tony Levin - bass, Chapman stick
• Mike Portnoy - drums and percussion
• Jordan Rudess - keyboards

[edit] Notes

• The piano intro of Biaxident is very similar to the piano in About to Crash from the 2002 album Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
• A keyboard riff in 'Acid Rain' is very similar to the riff in Wait for Sleep on the Dream Theater album Images and Words.
• Part of Acid Rain is played on the Dream Theater album Live Scenes from New York.
• A riff also on Acid Rain (specifically at 4:15) is very similar to the song Race With Devil On Spanish Highway by Al Di Meola, of whom Petrucci is a fan.
• "When The Water Breaks" is so named because when the band was writing the central section, John Petrucci got word that his wife's water had broken. There is a "baby soundscape" to landmark the part of the piece being written when he got the news.
• John Petrucci has stated that the notes to the album that "Hourglass" was written and recorded in the wee hours with old strings.