Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

9 | 1676 votes |

Release date:	25 October 1999
Style:	Progressive metal
Owners:	2104 have it 94 want it 3 trade it

Act I
01. Scene One: Regression
02. Scene Two: I. Overture 1928
03. Scene Two: II. Strange Deja Vu
04. Scene Three: I. Through My Words
05. Scene Three: II. Fatal Tragedy
06. Scene Four: Beyond This Life
07. Scene Five: Through Her Eyes

Act II
08. Scene Six: Home
09. Scene Seven: I. The Dance Of Eternity
10. Scene Seven: II. One Last Time
11. Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On
12. Scene Nine: Finally Free

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Top 200 albums of all time: 23

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Line-up
James LaBrie - vocals
Jordan Rudess - keyboards
John Petrucci - guitars, backing vocals
Mike Portnoy - drums, backing vocals
John Myung - bass

Guest musicians
Theresa Thomason - vocals
Jay Beckenstein - saxophone

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Rating:
10

Together with Images And Words this is the most important and beautiful Progressive Metal album ever made. It's my favourite Dream Theater album and one of my favourite albums of all time. It's a true classic.

Scenes From A Memory is meant to be the sequel to the song Metropolis Part I "The Miracle And The Sleeper", released 7 years before on Images And Words. According to the band, that Part I was just a joke: there wasn't any project about a second part and the band members had always called it just Metropolis since it was an instrumental. But the band wasn't allowed to record a long instrumental and John Petrucci added those strange lyrics. Once Metropolis became Metropolis Part I, the fans couldn't resign themselves: they wanted a Part II. So the band began to record some demos in 1996, together with Derek Sherinian. In the beginning, Metropolis Pt.2 was a 30 minutes song. In the end, the band decided to create a 77 minute concept album, featuring an intricate plot and familiar melodies taken from the first chapter.

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Kropy Posts: 108 From: Czech Republic	30.12.2010 - 02:11 Rating: 10 Kropy Posts: 108 From: Czech Republic Musicianship: 10 Vocal: 9 Atmosphere: 10 Melody: 9 Originality: 9 Production: 10 CD Covers: 8 Best Songs: 01. Scene One: Regression 02. Scene Two: I. Overture 1928 05. Scene Three: II. Fatal Tragedy 07. Scene Five: Through Her Eyes 08. Scene Six: Home 10. Scene Seven: II. One Last Time 11. Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On Loading...
ErnilEnNaur Account deleted	01.02.2011 - 02:32 ErnilEnNaur Account deleted 9/10. A Masterpiece, but only barely, it's on the border of being an album that tried very, very, very hard but failed to be a mastepriece and only the superb technical abilities of the band save it, making it indeed a masterwork of prog. If only the two effortless, boring as hell ballads weren't here and were replaced by good songs, I would have no doubts about giving it a perfect score. Loading...
erykk Posts: 48 From: Mexico	+1 09.04.2011 - 21:46 Rating: 10 erykk Posts: 48 From: Mexico Beautiful album and great history. In my opinion this album is perfect to make a movie, maybe in the future. ---- Open your eyes Loading...
Metal_4Ever Posts: 874 From: Syria	03.07.2011 - 00:09 Rating: 10 Metal_4Ever Posts: 874 From: Syria Yeah it will get popular ---- My Last Fm Profile Loading...
merkuri Posts: 5 From: New Zealand	18.09.2011 - 05:35 merkuri Posts: 5 From: New Zealand I like it! Loading...
Mehdi Taba Mehdi Taba Posts: 408 From: Iran	06.11.2011 - 22:55 Rating: 10 Mehdi Taba Mehdi Taba Posts: 408 From: Iran The best Dream Theater album ever. Loading...
Xfushion Posts: 8 From: Mexico	11.11.2011 - 04:25 Rating: 10 Xfushion Posts: 8 From: Mexico What can I say? Great story, Great Music, Great band = Great Album a great masterpiece Loading...
Theberzerker Posts: 20 From: USA	+1 14.02.2012 - 09:11 Rating: 10 Theberzerker Posts: 20 From: USA This album represents what the progressive metal is. Loading...
nilbe Posts: 2 From: Chad	28.04.2012 - 06:17 nilbe Posts: 2 From: Chad My favorite of DT. Loading...
musicalkaratekid Posts: 1504 From: UK	05.08.2012 - 01:36 Rating: 9 musicalkaratekid Posts: 1504 From: UK Well this album is the very definition of a concept, and a very good one at that. The longest songs are obviously amongst the best, but that's not to say that excellent songs such as 'Fatal Tragedy' and 'The Spirit carries on' don't prove their worth either. Both 'Through my Words' and 'Through my Eyes' I think the album could have done without, but even then that is only six minutes less of a superb album. Loading...
LordHypnos Account deleted	02.10.2012 - 16:45 LordHypnos Account deleted My first DT album (and my first prog metal album)! But I think Images And Words is a lot better, though. I feel bad for what happened to James and his voice at that time... Loading...
megadeath13 Account deleted	+1 02.12.2012 - 14:44 megadeath13 Account deleted Under my top 3 albums of all time, just beautiful! Its a must have for everyone whos into prog metal/rock music. Loading...
Rhiannon Account deleted	+1 26.03.2013 - 12:40 Rhiannon Account deleted This album is magical, a masterpiece of prog metal. Loading...
(o> . <o> ) Posts: 143 From: Slovak Republic	+1 08.03.2014 - 19:42 Rating: 10 (o> . <o> ) Posts: 143 From: Slovak Republic Absolute top of the progressive metal that ever was and will ever be, in my opinion of course . This album delivers very interesting and chilling story, progression and outstanding performance on each one of the instruments. ---- The only valid black metal list on this site you fools Loading...
mikeprado30 Posts: 1064 From: Costa Rica	+1 12.09.2016 - 01:49 Rating: 10 mikeprado30 Posts: 1064 From: Costa Rica It they touched the glory with Images & Words, this album make them be THE GLORY!!! ---- BARDS WE ARE, BARDS WE WILL BE! Loading...
Mountain King K i K o Posts: 1186 From: Slovak Republic	27.12.2018 - 14:54 Rating: 7 Mountain King K i K o Posts: 1186 From: Slovak Republic If not for a few filler songs and some unnecessary instrument wankery, this would be a great album. "Fatal Tragedy" is a great piece, "Spirit Carries On" has a great solo and "Home" has this great riff and oriental feel. Other than that, nothing that touches me personally. Loading...
JoHn DoE Posts: 1353	01.03.2019 - 20:30 JoHn DoE Posts: 1353 Written by Peasant on 01.03.2019 at 19:55 A wankery fair by a group of megalomaniacs. actually that's the description for Systematic Chaos my only complaint with this album is that is a bit too long (to put it nicely). ---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions. Loading...
doez Posts: 84 From: France	19.09.2020 - 16:58 Rating: 10 doez Posts: 84 From: France My favorite album of all times, what more is there to say ? I never felt as many emotions in any other album, and it's probably the only record that I know absolutely every line of by heart. Such a wonderful piece of music, can't really find any flaw in it. Loading...