When Dream and Day Unite

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When Dream and Day Unite
When Dream and Day Unite cover
Studio album by Dream Theater
Released March 6, 1989
Recorded July 18 - August 12, 1988 - Kajem/Victory Studios (Gladwyne, PA)
Genre Progressive metal
Length 51:25
Label Mechanic Records
Producer Terry Date and Dream Theater
Professional reviews
Dream Theater chronology
The Majesty Demos
(1986)
When Dream and Day Unite
(1989)
Images and Words
(1992)

When Dream and Day Unite (1989) is the first studio album released by progressive metal band Dream Theater, on March 6, 1989. This is the only Dream Theater album not to feature a song over 10 minutes in length.

[edit] History

The album was recorded in the summer of 1988 at Kajem/Victory Studios in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, and is the only Dream Theater album to feature Charlie Dominici on vocals.

On March 12, 2002, a 32-bit remaster of the album was released.

On the 15th anniversary of the album, the current line-up of Dream Theater performed the album in its entirety in Los Angeles, California, and during two additional songs in the encore special guests Charlie Dominici and Derek Sherinian (both now former Dream Theater members) performed. The entire performance was recorded live and later released on CD and DVD under the title When Dream and Day Reunite through the band's independent label YtseJam Records. The album also featured a live version of "Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper", which was originally from the album Images and Words, and an unreleased track titled "To Live Forever".

The title comes from the lyrics of "Only a Matter of Time".

[edit] Track listing

# Title Writer Composer Time
1. "A Fortune in Lies" John Petrucci Dream Theater 5:12
2 "Status Seeker" Charlie Dominici, Petrucci 4:15
3. "Ytse Jam" (instrumental) Petrucci, John Myung, Kevin Moore, Mike Portnoy 5:43
4. "The Killing Hand"
  • I. The Observance
  • II. Ancient Renewal
  • III. The Stray Seed
  • IV. Thorns
  • V. Exodus
Petrucci Dream Theater 8:40
5. "Light Fuse and Get Away" Moore 7:23
6. "Afterlife" Dominici 5:27
7. "The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun" Petrucci 8:04
8. "Only a Matter of Time" Moore 6:35

[edit] Credits