Dream Theater’s latest CD Train Of Thought is tentatively scheduled for release on November 11th 2003.
The track listing is:
As I Am (7:47)
This Dying Soul (11:28 )
Endless Sacrifice (11:23)
Honor Thy Father (10:14)
Vacant (2:58 )
Stream Of Consciousness (11:16)
In The Name Of God (14:16)
Produced by John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy
Engineered by Doug Oberkircher
Mixed by Kevin Shirley
From DTFAQ.com:
Why didn’t Dream Theater record at BearTracks for this record? Where was it recorded?
We didn’t do this album at Beartracks, simply because we wanted to be fair to John and John. We have done the last 2 or 3 albums at Beartracks, which is up where Jordan and I live and both Johns had to commute while making those rcords. So therefore they asked if we could make an album nearer to them this time.
We did the drum tracks and most of the guitar tracks at a studio called Cove City Studios. Then we moved into another studio on Long Island called Pie Studios and that’s where we did all the overdubs…
– Mike Portnoy, Summer 2003 issue of Theater of Dreams
From DTFAQ.com:
Is This Dying Soul a continuation of The Glass Prison?
The Glass Prison was written about the first 3 steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-Step Program, and after Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence came out Mike said he would like to write a song on each album that continued with the next 3 steps. This Dying Soul is about steps 4-6.
The two songs share some lyrics and a riff, and there is also some small references to The Mirror, which is about the same subject.
From DTFAQ.com:
Did Mike Portnoy write Honor Thy Father about his dad?
The following is from a recent IRC chat with Mike Portnoy:
[AgentCooper] I was wondering whom the lyrics of Honor Thy Father were directed at? They seemed quite brutal, and personal.
[Portnoy] Let me clear this up right now… .
[Portnoy] It is NOT directed at my father, Howard Portnoy… we have a GREAT relationship and I love him dearly…
[Portnoy] It is aimed directly at somebody else in my immediate family… .
[Portnoy] If you take the key word from the title as well as the key word from the bridge (Crooked _____), you can figure out who it was written for… [note: he means ’step father ]
[Portnoy] I’ve never been ghood at writing love songs, so i decided to write a HATE song!!!!
From DTFAQ.com:
What are the vocals in the background at the end of In The Name Of God?
The chant/hymn is called The Battle Hymn of the Republic, written by Julia Ward Howe in 1861 during the Civil War, and put to the tune of a popular camp-song of the time.
The verse sung in In The Name Of God is as follows:
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
Currently it’s unknown if this is a sample or sung by Mike Portnoy/John Petrucci/James LaBrie.
From DTFAQ.com:
How come John Myung didn’t contribute any lyrics for Train Of Thought?
In an IRC fan-chat, Mike had this to say about John Myung’s decline in lyrical contribution:
[Portnoy] starting with Scenes From A Memory, we kinda layed down a new lyric rule… .if you are going to present lyrics, they must be properly formed, phrased, constructed, etc. to go with the melodies
[Portnoy] John Myung’s lyrics were always kind of presented in a more free form poetic manner and it was up to us (Kevin Moore, John Petrucci or myself) to kind of shape them to the song
[Portnoy] to be blatently honest, we wanted everybody to kind of carry their own weight when writing lyrics, and since then John has kind of backed off
[Portnoy] the door is always open to him to contribute again if he’d like…
From DTFAQ.com:
Will there be a DVD-A release of Train Of Thought?
Kevin Shirley did mix the album in 5.1 for a possible DVD-A release, but it all depends on the labels willingness to release it. Assuming Train Of Thought’s sales are high, there should be no problem and it could be released as early as the beginning of next year.
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