Parallels (album)

Parallels
Studio album by Fates Warning
Released	November, 1991
Recorded	1991
Genre	Progressive metal
Length	45:27
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Terry Brown
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Fates Warning chronology
Perfect Symmetry (1989) Parallels (1991) Inside Out (1994)

Parallels is the sixth album by progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in 1991. It has sold over 150,000 copies due to the success of the singles "Eye to Eye", "Point of View", and "We Only Say Goodbye". On March 16, 2010 Metal Blade Records released a special edition of Parallels. The special edition included remastered audio of the original album, live and demo tracks, and a DVD.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 2010 deluxe edition bonus tracks 2 Personnel 3 Trivia

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Jim Matheos.

1. "Leave the Past Behind" - 6:13
2. "Life in Still Water" - 5:44
3. "Eye to Eye" - 4:05
4. "The Eleventh Hour" - 8:11
5. "Point of View" - 5:07
6. "We Only Say Goodbye" - 4:55
7. "Don't Follow Me" - 4:42
8. "The Road Goes on Forever" - 6:28

2010 deluxe edition bonus tracks

Disc 2

1. "Leave the Past Behind" [Live] - 4:39
2. "Don't Follow Me" [Live] - 5:19
3. "The Eleventh Hour" [Live] - 8:09
4. "Point of View" [Live] - 4:20
5. "Eye to Eye" [Live] - 4:06
6. "Nothing Left to Say" [Live] - 7:59
7. "Quietus" [Live] - 4:00
8. "Through Different Eyes" [Live] - 4:39
9. "Leave the Past Behind" [Demo Version] - 5:50
10. "Eye to Eye" [Demo Version] - 4:06
11. "The Eleventh Hour" [Demo Version] - 7:39
12. "Point of View" [Demo Version] - 4:50
13. "Don't Follow Me" [Demo Version] - 4:17
14. "The Road Goes on Forever" [Demo Version] - 5:43

• Tracks 1-8 recorded at the Palace Theater in Hollywood, California on January 23, 1992.

DVD

1. "Leave the Past Behind"
2. "Static Acts"
3. "Don't Follow Me"
4. "Part of the Machine"
5. "The Eleventh Hour"
6. "Point of View"
7. "Silent Cries"
8. "Life in Still Water"
9. "Eye to Eye"
10. "Nothing Left to Say"
11. "Quietus"
12. "Damnation/In a Word"
13. "Through Different Eyes"

• Filmed live in concert in New Haven, Connecticut on February 13, 1992.
• Features current interviews with all band members as well as acclaimed producer Terry Brown and Metal Blade Records CEO Brian Slagel.
• Rare and exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from the 1992 U.S. tour.
• Includes music videos for "Eye to Eye" and "Point of View."

Personnel

• Ray Alder - Vocals
• Jim Matheos - Guitars
• Frank Aresti - Guitars
• Joe DiBiase - Bass
• Mark Zonder - Drums and percussion

Trivia

• James LaBrie, the lead singer for Dream Theater, is a guest artist on "Life in Still Water."
• In the liner notes the band thanks "Dream Theatre". Dream Theater, who find this common misspelling annoying, jokingly thank "Fatez Warning" in the liner notes for their album Images and Words.

Fates Warning Ray Alder  · Jim Matheos  · Joey Vera John Arch  · Victor Arduini · Frank Aresti · Joe DiBiase · Steve Zimmermann · Mark Zonder Studio albums Night on Bröcken · The Spectre Within · Awaken the Guardian · No Exit · Perfect Symmetry · Parallels · Inside Out · A Pleasant Shade of Gray · Disconnected · FWX Live albums Still Life · Live in Athens Compilations Chasing Time