Dream Theater discography
Band discography
Dream Theater discographyDream Theater in Paris, 2005 (From left to right: Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, James LaBrie, John Myung, and Jordan Rudess)
Studio albums 16 EPs 1 Live albums 9 Compilation albums 1 Singles 9 Video albums 9 Music videos 21
The discography of Dream Theater , an American progressive metal band, consists of fifteen studio albums , one extended play , nine live albums , one compilation album , eight video albums, nine singles , and twenty-one 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 The 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. Before 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 , which was the band's first and only 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, appearing on the EP A Change of Seasons and the full album Falling Into Infinity . The double 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 Metropolis Pt. 2: 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. Two more live albums were also released in this time period, and a new one, titled 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's tenth studio album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings , the band's second under Roadrunner Records ; was released on June 23, 2009.[ 4]
In September 2010, founding drummer Mike Portnoy announced that he was leaving the band. The band filmed a documentary ("The Spirit Carries On") of their search for a replacement who they found in Berklee professor Mike Mangini .[ 5] In 2011, Dream Theater released their eleventh studio album A Dramatic Turn of Events and its eponymous album in 2013, their first album featuring composition from him. The band released their eleventh music video for "On the Backs of Angels " on October 4, 2011, a song which was subsequently nominated for a Grammy award.[ 6]
On December 6, 2013, it was announced that the lead single from Dream Theater's self-titled album , "The Enemy Inside" was nominated for the Best Metal Performance Grammy Award. This is the band's second consecutive Grammy nomination. The band's thirteenth studio album, The Astonishing , was released in January 2016. It was followed with the release of their fourteenth studio album, Distance over Time , in February 2019.
On November 27, 2020, Dream Theater released their ninth live album, Distant Memories - Live in London . This was soon followed by the release of their 15th studio album, A View from the Top of the World , which won the band their first Grammy with its lead single, "The Alien."
On October 25, 2023, Dream Theater announced that original drummer Mike Portnoy was returning to the band.
Dream Theater has sold over two million records and DVDs in the United States and over 12 million records and DVDs throughout the world.[ 7] [ 8]
Albums
Studio albums
Title
Album details
Peak chart positions
Sales
Certifications(sales thresholds )
US [ 9]
FIN [ 10]
FRA [ 11]
GER [ 12]
JPN [ 13]
NLD [ 14]
NOR [ 15]
SWE [ 16]
SWI [ 17]
UK [ 18]
When Dream and Day Unite
Released: March 6, 1989
Label: Mechanic, MCA
Format: CD , CS , LP
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98
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—
—
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Images and Words
Released: July 7, 1992
Label: Atco
Format: CD, CS, LP
61
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94
30
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—
—
—
—
Awake
Released: October 4, 1994
Label: East West
Format: CD, CS, LP
32
—
—
15
7
33
—
5
12
65
Falling into Infinity
Released: September 23, 1997
Label: East West
Format: CD, CS, LP
52
5
42
9
16
16
20
14
43
163
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
Released: October 26, 1999
Label: Elektra
Format: CD, CS, LP
73
6
40
8
19
28
28
44
44
131
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Released: January 29, 2002
Label: Elektra
Format: CD, CS, LP
46
2
17
12
15
14
16
12
52
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Train of Thought
Released: November 11, 2003
Label: Elektra
Format: CD, CS, LP
53
9
24
16
12
21
9
9
44
146
Octavarium
Released: June 7, 2005
Label: Atlantic
Format: CD, CS, LP
36
2
18
15
10
9
9
4
25
72
Systematic Chaos
19
3
17
7
12
2
3
5
14
25
Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Released: June 23, 2009
Label: Roadrunner
Format: CD, LP, DL
6
1
9
3
8
3
7
3
9
23
A Dramatic Turn of Events
Released: September 13, 2011
Label: Roadrunner
Format: CD, DVD, LP, DL
8
1
16
3
8
2
5
3
6
17
Dream Theater
Released: September 24, 2013
Label: Roadrunner
Format: CD, DVD, LP, DL
7
2
18
4
10
4
4
5
5
15
The Astonishing
Released: January 29, 2016
Label: Roadrunner
Format: CD, LP, DL
11
2
13
5
10
4
2
3
5
11
Distance over Time
24
4
16
1
10
3
3
4
1
12
A View from the Top of the World
Released: October 22, 2021
Label: Inside Out Music
Format: CD, LP, DL
52
1[ 25]
30
2
8
3
13[ 26]
21[ 27]
3
21
Parasomnia
To be released: February 7, 2025
Label: Inside Out Music
Format: CD, LP, DL
To be released
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
Live albums
Title
Album details
Peak chart positions
Sales
US[ 9]
FIN[ 29]
FRA[ 11]
GER[ 12]
ITA [ 30]
JPN[ 13]
NLD[ 14]
NOR[ 15]
SWI[ 17]
UK[ 18]
Live at the Marquee
Released: September 1993
Label: Atco
Format: CD, CS, LP
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36
57
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Once in a LIVEtime
Released: October 27, 1998
Label: Elektra
Format: CD, CS
157
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59
—
49
58
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—
—
Live Scenes from New York
Released: September 11, 2001
Label: Elektra
Format: CD, CS, DVD
120
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117
71
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60
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—
—
Live at Budokan
Released: October 5, 2004
Label: Atlantic
Format: CD, DVD, BD , LP
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—
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91
—
63
91
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—
—
Score
Released: August 29, 2006
Label: Rhino
Format: CD, DVD, LP
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36
—
40
14
50
34
18
81
94
Chaos in Motion: 2007–2008
Released: September 30, 2008
Label: Roadrunner
Format: CD, DVD
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22
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37
—
—
—
—
—
—
Live at Luna Park
Released: November 5, 2013
Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment
Format: CD, DVD, BD
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—
—
17
—
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52
—
—
—
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Released: September 29, 2014
Label: Roadrunner
Format: CD, DVD, BD
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28
—
—
—
—
—
—
Distant Memories – Live in London
Released: November 27, 2020
Label: Inside Out Music
Format: CD, DVD, BD, LP
—
13
122
9
39
44
31
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9
81
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
Compilation albums
Extended plays
Singles
Main singles
A^ - Record Store Day exclusive.
B^ - Released on December 1, 2020, for the help of the touring crew of Dream Theater because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Other appearances
Year
Title
Description
2006
Gigantour
Dream Theater performed The Glass Prison and Panic Attack on this live CD/DVD release of the 2005 Gigantour .
2010
Raw Dog
An instrumental track written for the Blood & Metal EP which accompanies the PlayStation 3 game God of War III . It is notable as the last song Mike Portnoy recorded with Dream Theater until his return to the band in 2023.
2017
Xanadu
Included on the 40th Anniversary reissue of A Farewell to Kings by Rush .
Videos
Video albums
Title
Video details
Peak chart positions
Certifications
US[ 34]
AUT[ 35]
FIN[ 36]
GER[ 12]
ITA[ 37]
NLD[ 38]
JPN[ 13]
SWE[ 39]
Images and Words: Live in Tokyo
Released: November 16, 1993
Label: Atlantic, East West
Format: VHS
13
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—
—
—
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5 Years in a Livetime
Released: October 27, 1998
Label: East West
Format: VHS
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York
Released: March 20, 2001
Label: Elektra
Format: DVD, VHS
5
—
2
—
—
—
22
5
Live at Budokan
Released: October 5, 2004
Label: Atlantic
Format: DVD, BD
4
—
3
91
—
—
24
3
Images And Words: Live In Tokyo / 5 Years in A Livetime
Released: June 1, 2004
Label: Rhino Home Video
Format: DVD
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Score
Released: August 29, 2006
Label: Rhino
Format: DVD
1
3
1
40
2
—
28
1
Chaos in Motion: 2007–2008
Released: September 30, 2008
Label: Roadrunner
Format: DVD, CD
2
—
—
37
1
3
38
—
Live at Luna Park
Released: November 5, 2013
Label: Roadrunner
Format: DVD, CD, BD
1
—
1
17
5
11
74
1
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Released: September 30, 2014
Label: Roadrunner
Format: DVD, CD, BD
—
—
1
28
2
2
94
1
Distant Memories - Live in London
Released: November 27, 2020
Label: Inside Out Music
Format: DVD, CD, BD
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.
Music videos
Year
Title
Director
1992
"Pull Me Under"
David Roth[ 43]
"Another Day"
Chris Painter[ 44] [ 45]
1993
"Take the Time"
1994
"Lie"
Ralph Ziman[ 46]
"The Silent Man"
Pamela Birkhead[ 47]
1997
"Hollow Years"
Axel Baur[ 48]
2007
"Constant Motion"
Andrew Bennett[ 49]
2008
"Forsaken"
Yasufumi Soejima[ 50]
2009
"A Rite of Passage"
Ramon Boutviseth[ 51] [ 52]
"Wither"
2011
"On the Backs of Angels"
2013
"The Enemy Inside"
Bill Fishman
"Metropolis Pt. 1" (Luna Park)
Mike Leonard
2014
"The Looking Glass"
Ramon Boutviseth
"Enigma Machine"
Maria Spivakova
"Metropolis Pt. 2 Encore" (Breaking the Fourth Wall)
Pierre & François Lamoreux
2016
"The Gift of Music"
Wes Teshome
"Our New World"
Filo Baietti
2021
"The Alien"
Wayne Joyner
"Invisible Monster"
William "Wombat" Felch
"Awaken The Master"
Wayne Joyner
2022
"Transcending Time"
2023
"Answering The Call"
2024
"Night Terror"
Mike Leonard
Fanclub releases
Year
Title
Format
Description
1996
International Fanclub Christmas CD
CD
Exclusive cover songs plus messages from the band.
1998
Once in a LIVEtime Outtakes
CD
Unused songs from the live recordings for the Once in a LIVEtime album.
1999
Cleaning Out the Closet
CD
A compilation of previously unreleased studio recordings.
2000
Scenes from a World Tour
CD
Live recordings from the World tour for the Scenes from a Memory album.
2001
Four Degrees of Radio Edits
CD
4 radio edits of songs from the Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence album.
2002
Taste the Memories
CD
Live recordings from 1992 and 1993 in Japan, plus a full version of A Change of Seasons in New York.
The Atco Demos
CD
3-track demo released to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Images and Words album.
2003
Graspop Festival 2002
CD
Full set from the Graspop Festival in Belgium in 2002.
2004
A Sort of Homecoming
CD
Set of live recordings in United States and Canada in 2004.
2005
A Walk Beside The Band
DVD
Backstage interviews with the band.
2006
Romavarium
DVD
A performance of the entire Octavarium album filmed live in Rome 2005.
2007
Images and Words 15th Anniversary Performance
CD
Live recording of Images & Words in Bonn, Germany in 2007.
2008
Progressive Nation 2008
CD
Live recording at Terminal 5 in New York in 2008.
2013
Happy Holidays 2013
Digital
Compilation of live tracks recorded in 2011 and 2012.
Official bootlegs
Year
Title
Category
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
When Dream and Day Unite Demos 1987-1989
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
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
2007
New York City 3/4/93
Live Series
2007
Bucharest, Romania – 7/4/02
Live Series
2007
Falling into Infinity Demos 1996-1997
Demo Series
2007
Made in Japan
Cover 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
Live Series
2021
Images and Words: Live in Japan, 2017
Live Series
2021
A Dramatic Tour of Events - Select Board Mixes
Live Series
2022
...And Beyond - Live In Japan 2017
Live Series
2022
Live In Berlin, 2019
Live Series
2022
Live at Wacken, 2015
Live Series
2023
Live at Madison Square Garden, 2010
Live Series
2023
Distance over Time Demos (2018)
Demo Series
See also
References
General
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