Dream Theater in Paris, 2005 From left to right: Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, James LaBrie, John Myung, and Jordan Rudess |
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Releases | ||
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↙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 |
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
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US [8] |
FIN [9] |
FRA [10] |
GER [11] |
JPN [12] |
NLD [13] |
NOR [14] |
SWE [15] |
SWI [16] |
UK [17] |
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1989 | When Dream and Day Unite | — | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | |
1992 | Images and Words *
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61[18] | — | — | 94 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | |
1994 | Awake
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32 | — | — | 15 | 7 | 33 | — | 5 | 12 | 65 | |
1997 | Falling into Infinity
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52 | 5 | 42 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 43 | 163 | |
1999 | Scenes from a Memory
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73 | 6 | 40 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 28 | 44 | 44 | 131 | |
2002 | Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
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46 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 52 | — | |
2003 | Train of Thought
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53 | 9 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 146 | |
2005 | Octavarium
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36 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 72 | |
2007 | Systematic Chaos
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19 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 25 | |
2009 | Black Clouds & Silver Linings
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6 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | |
2011 | A Dramatic Turn of Events
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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]
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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US [8] |
FIN [9] |
FRA [10] |
GER [11] |
ITA [20] |
JPN [12] |
NLD [13] |
NOR [14] |
SWI [16] |
UK [17] |
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1993 | Live at the Marquee
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— | — | — | 36 | 57 | 36 | 57 | — | — | — |
1998 | Once in a Livetime
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157 | — | — | 59 | — | 49 | 58 | — | — | — |
2001 | Live Scenes from New York
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120 | — | 117 | 71 | — | 60 | — | — | — | — |
2004 | Live at Budokan
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— | — | — | 91 | — | 63 | 91 | — | — | — |
2006 | Score
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— | 36 | — | 40 | 14 | 50 | 34 | 18 | 72 | 94 |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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US [8] |
GER [11] |
JPN [12] |
NLD [13] |
NOR [14] |
SWE [15] |
SWI [16] |
UK [17] |
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2008 | Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)
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122 | 77 | 28 | 52 | 12 | 46 | 62 | 113 |
Year | EP details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||||
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US [8] |
FIN [9] |
GER [11] |
JPN [12] |
NLD [13] |
SWE [15] |
UK [17] |
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1995 | A Change of Seasons
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58 | 17 | 50 | 16 | 39 | 13 | 88 | ||||||||
2009 | Wither | |||||||||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
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US | US Main. [21] |
JPN [22] |
UK [17] |
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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 | ||
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Notes
Year | Video details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
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US [23] |
AUT [24] |
FIN [9][25] |
GER [11] |
ITA [26] |
NLD [27] |
NOR [28] |
SWE [15] |
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1993 | Images and Words: Live in Tokyo
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13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1998 | 5 Years in a Livetime
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2001 | Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York
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5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | US: Gold[3] ARG: Platinum[29] |
2004 | Images and Words: Live in Tokyo/5 Years in a Livetime
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9 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | US: Platinum[3] ARG: Platinum[29] |
2004 | Live at Budokan
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4 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 9 | — | US: Platinum[3] ARG: Platinum[29] |
2006 | Score
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1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | US: Platinum[3] ARG: Platinum[29] |
2008 | Chaos in Motion: 2007–2008
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2 | — | 22 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Year | Title | Director |
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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][39] |
"Wither" | ||
2011 | "On the Backs of Angels" |
Year | Title | Category |
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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 |
Year | Title | Description |
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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. |
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