Personnel: John Petrucci (vocals, guitar); Mike Portnoy (vocals, drums, percussion); James LaBrie (vocals); Anne Lehmann, Catherine Ro, Elena Barere, Carol Webb, Katherine Fong, Yuri Vodovoz (violin); Karen Dreyfus, Vince Lionti (viola); Richard Locker (cello); Pamela Sklar (flute); Jay Beckenstein (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Joe Anderer, Stewart Rose (French horn); Derek Sherinian, Jordan Rudess (keyboards); John Myung (bass guitar).
Audio Remixer: Kevin Shirley.
Liner Note Authors: Rich Wilson; Mike Portnoy .
Illustrator: Hugh Syme.
Photographers: William Hames; Tim Pearson ; Colin Lane; John Harrell; Hugh Syme; Ken Schles; Dan Muro; Darko.
One of progressive metal's leading voices, Dream Theater have been consistently doing their thing since forming in 1985. Sporting all three founding members and a modest but adoring legion of fans, they've racked up awards and accolades for being serious musicians with the chops that go along with a Berklee School of Music education. The two-disc GREATEST HIT (AND 21 OTHER COOL SONGS) is broken up into "The Dark Side" and "The Light Side". "The Dark Side" is aimed at satisfying headbangers with its atmospheric excursions into heaviness, and the "Light Side" represents the band's more melodic abilities. The "Hit" of the collection's title refers to "Pull Me under," the band's lone moment in the mainstream spotlight and represented here by an updated 2007 version. In fact, many of the Tracks on GREATEST HIT are remixes or alternate takes, which avoids redundancy for the diehards and makes it a fine intro for newbies.
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