Train of Thought (Dream Theater album)

Train of Thought

Cover art by Jerry Uelsmann
Studio album by Dream Theater
Released November 11, 2003 (2003-11-11)
Recorded March 10 – September 2003 in Cove City Sound Studios, Pie Studios and Beat Street Studios in New York City
Genre Progressive metal
Length 69:21
Label Elektra
Producer Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci
Dream Theater chronology
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
(2002)
Train of Thought
(2003)
Live at Budokan
(2004)
Singles from Train of Thought
  1. "As I Am"
    Released: October 29, 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
IGN[2]
Metal Review[3]

Train of Thought is the seventh studio album by progressive band Dream Theater, released on November 11, 2003 through Elektra Records.

Inspired by the audience response to Dream Theater's heavier songs while on tour,[4] in the "Chaos in Progress" documentary, Portnoy says that they wanted Train of Thought to be a "balls to the wall" album with heavier, darker riffing, exposing them to a number of new metal fans. The album was written in three weeks.[5] It was engineered by Doug Oberkircher and mixed by Kevin Shirley.[6] Most of the album was played in concert for the Live at Budokan DVD. All songs from it have been played live to date.

Writing

As mentioned in videos of the recording/writing sessions, which were filmed by Mike Portnoy, the band "cooped themselves in a rehearsal studio" in New York, and wrote the full album from March 10 through April 3, in a record time of three weeks, after which they began recording, starting with the drum tracks and ending with the vocals.

Songs

Track listing

All music composed by John Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess and Mike Portnoy except where noted.

No. TitleLyrics Length
1. "As I Am"  Petrucci 7:47
2. "This Dying Soul"
  • "IV. Reflections of Reality (Revisited)"
  • "V. Release"  
Portnoy 11:27
  • 6:31
  • 4:57
3. "Endless Sacrifice"  Petrucci 11:24
4. "Honor Thy Father"  Portnoy 10:14
5. "Vacant" (music: Myung, Rudess)James LaBrie 2:57
6. "Stream of Consciousness"  (instrumental) 11:16
7. "In the Name of God"  Petrucci 14:16
Total length:
69:21

Chart performance

Personnel

Additional personnel

References

  1. Jurek, Thom (2011). "Train of Thought - Dream Theater | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  2. Patrizio, Andy (2011). "Train of Thought - Music Review at IGN". music.ign.com. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  3. Dreilinger, Ian (2011). "Review of Dream Theater - Train of Thought | Metal Review". metalreview.com. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  4. As discussed by John Petrucci in the 20th Anniversary Documentary "The Score So Far", found on the Score DVD
  5. "The writing of Train of Thought". Video.google.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  6. For immediate release: Dream Theater - Train Of Thought at the Wayback Machine (archived October 14, 2007)
  7. Archived August 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. Dream Theater - Honor Thy Father - Movie Samples on YouTube
  9. "LaBrie's Songs' MeaningS ***James' Responds******". Jameslabrie.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  10. Archived August 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

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