5 Years in a Livetime
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5 Years in a LIVEtime | ||||
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Released | October 27, 1998 | |||
Recorded | Various | |||
Genre | Progressive metal, progressive rock | |||
Label | EastWest Records | |||
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5 Years in a LIVEtime is the second video album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. The video contains a mix of concert footage, promotional video clips, and behind-the-scenes and interview footage from the five years in between the release of their previous home video, Images and Words: Live in Tokyo, and this video. Included in the video are the following:
- The making of their 1994 album, Awake.
- Footage from the "Waking Up the World" tour.
- Footage from the 1995 "Uncovered" show at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.
- The making of their 1997 album, Falling into Infinity.
- Footage from the "Touring into Infinity" tour, including the Paris concert featured on the accompanying Once in a LIVEtime CD and the "unplugged" fan club show in Rotterdam.
- Video clips for the songs "Lie", "The Silent Man", and "Hollow Years".
Track listing
[edit]- "Burning My Soul"
- "Cover My Eyes"
- "Lie" (video clip)
- "6:00"
- "Voices"
- "The Silent Man" (video clip)
- "Damage, Inc." (With Barney Greenway of Napalm Death)
- "Easter" (With Steve Hogarth and Steve Rothery of Marillion)
- "Starship Trooper" (With Steve Howe)
- "Hollow Years" (video clip)
- "Puppies on Acid"
- "Just Let Me Breathe"
- "Perfect Strangers"
- "Speak To Me"
- "Lifting Shadows Off A Dream"
- "Anna Lee"
- "To Live Forever"
- "Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper"
- "Peruvian Skies"
- "Learning to Live"
- "A Change of Seasons"
The album cover is created by Storm Thorgerson (Pink Floyd).
Re-releases
[edit]In 2004, 5 Years in a LIVEtime was released on DVD as disc 2 of the Images and Words: Live in Tokyo / 5 Years in a LIVEtime set. A commentary track by the band members was included on the DVD.
Connections
[edit]As with many of their live shows, Dream Theater included many references and connections to other artist's songs, including the following examples:
- During the performance of 'Peruvian Skies', riffs from Metallica's "Enter Sandman" and Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar" are incorporated into the song. This song is one of the songs filmed in Paris that is featured on the Once in a LIVEtime CD.
References
[edit]- ^ Hill, Gary (2011). "5 Years in a LIVEtime [DVD] - Dream Theater | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 August 2011.