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Title: Awake: Dream Theater's Best
Review: When Dream Theater is more concerned with songwriting than technical indulgence, greatness happens.Awake is Dream Theater at their best.Awake is all about great songs. Whether it is brutally aggressive tunes like "The Mirror" and "Lie" or soaring beauty like "Lifting Shadows Off A Dream" or "Space Die Vest", this album succeeds on every level. Dream Theater even shows us that they can be technical and write a great song all at the same time as is the case with "Erotomania".Unfortunately, Dream Theater has forgotten the lessons they learned on Awake and has now almost completely left their progressive side in favor of a more technical direction.But this album remains a progressive metal masterpiece.If you like prog rock bands such as Kansas, Rush and early Genesis and you don't mind that type of music mixed with, say, the heaviness of a Metallica or Queensryche, pick up this gem of an album.
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