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词条 Greatest Hit (...And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)
释义

  1. Track listing

     Disc one ("The Dark Side")  Disc two ("The Light Side") 

  2. Personnel

  3. Song notes

  4. Chart positions

  5. References

{{Infobox album
| name = Greatest Hit (...And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)
| type = greatest
| artist = Dream Theater
| cover = Greatest_hit_big.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cover art by Hugh Syme
| released = {{flagicon|Australia}} March 29, 2008
{{flagicon|USA}} April 1, 2008
| recorded = October 14, 1991 – February 25, 2005 at various studios
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Progressive metal, progressive rock
| length = 138:16
| label = Rhino
| producer = John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, David Prater, Duane Baron, John Purdell, Kevin Shirley
| prev_title = Systematic Chaos
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Chaos in Motion 2007–2008
| next_year = 2008
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[1]
| rev2 = Sputnikmusic
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.0|5}}[2]

}}{{italic title|all=yes|noerror}}

Greatest Hit (...And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) is a compilation album by progressive metal band Dream Theater released by Rhino Records on April 1, 2008.[3] The title alludes to their only top 10 radio hit, "Pull Me Under". It features three songs from their breakthrough album Images and Words remixed by Kevin Shirley: "Pull Me Under", "Take the Time", and "Another Day". It also features the song "To Live Forever", an Awake-era re-recording of the song from the Images and Words sessions (featured as a B-side of the "Lie" single), which was previously unreleased on a full-length album. Several single edits of popular Dream Theater songs are also featured on this compilation.

The songs have been divided in two discs: the first one, dubbed "The Dark Side", features heavy, metal-influenced songs, while the second one, entitled "The Light Side", spotlights the band's melodic side. The set spans the years from 1991 to 2005, therefore it doesn't include any songs from Dream Theater's debut album, When Dream and Day Unite, their A Change of Seasons EP (although it was released in 1995) or their 2007 release Systematic Chaos.

Then-drummer Mike Portnoy explained in the album's booklet that the selection of songs were carefully made in order to appease both the newcomer and the already existing fan by offering up different versions of songs on other albums to "make the newcomer want to buy the albums from whence they came" and to "give different versions of songs already on other albums" to the current fan. He also suggests that a third disc should've been included called "The Epic Side".

Track listing

Disc one ("The Dark Side")

{{tracklist
| extra_column = Original album
| title1 = Pull Me Under
| note1 = 2007 remix
| lyrics1 = Kevin Moore
| music1 = Dream Theater
| extra1 = Images and Words, 1992
| length1 = 8:13
| title2 = Take the Time
| note2 = 2007 remix
| lyrics2 = Dream Theater
| music2 = Dream Theater
| extra2 = Images and Words
| length2 = 8:22
| title3 = Lie
| note3 = Single edit
| lyrics3 = Moore
| music3 = Dream Theater
| extra3 = Awake, 1994
| length3 = 5:02
| title4 = Peruvian Skies
| lyrics4 = John Petrucci
| music4 = Dream Theater
| extra4 = Falling into Infinity, 1997
| length4 = 6:42
| title5 = Home
| note5 = Single edit
| lyrics5 = Mike Portnoy
| music5 = Dream Theater
| extra5 = Scenes from a Memory, 1999
| length5 = 5:38
| title6 = Misunderstood
| note6 = Single edit
| lyrics6 = Petrucci
| music6 = Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess, Portnoy
| extra6 = Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, 2002
| length6 = 5:14
| title7 = The Test That Stumped Them All
| note7 = Single edit
| lyrics7 = Portnoy
| music7 = Petrucci, Myung, Rudess, Portnoy
| extra7 = Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
| length7 = 5:00
| title8 = As I Am
| note8 = Clean single edit
| lyrics8 = Petrucci
| music8 = Petrucci, Myung, Rudess, Portnoy
| extra8 = Train of Thought, 2003
| length8 = 7:14
| title9 = Endless Sacrifice
| lyrics9 = Petrucci
| music9 = Petrucci, Myung, Rudess, Portnoy
| extra9 = Train of Thought
| length9 = 11:23
| title10 = The Root of All Evil
| note10 = Edited version
| lyrics10 = Portnoy
| music10 = Dream Theater
| extra10 = Octavarium, 2005
| length10 = 7:16
| title11 = Sacrificed Sons
| note11 = Edited version
| lyrics11 = James LaBrie
| music11 = Dream Theater
| extra11 = Octavarium
| length11 = 9:41
}}

Disc two ("The Light Side")

{{tracklist
| extra_column = Original album
| title1 = Another Day
| note1 = 2007 remix
| lyrics1 = Petrucci
| music1 = Dream Theater
| extra1 = Images and Words
| length1 = 4:25
| title2 = To Live Forever
| lyrics2 = Petrucci, Moore
| music2 = Dream Theater
| extra2 = B-side to the "Lie" single, 1994
| length2 = 4:56
| title3 = Lifting Shadows off a Dream
| lyrics3 = Myung
| music3 = Dream Theater
| extra3 = Awake
| length3 = 6:09
| title4 = The Silent Man
| lyrics4 = Petrucci
| music4 = Petrucci
| extra4 = Awake
| length4 = 3:47
| title5 = Hollow Years
| lyrics5 = Petrucci
| music5 = Dream Theater
| extra5 = Falling into Infinity
| length5 = 5:55
| title6 = Through Her Eyes
| note6 = Alternate album mix
| lyrics6 = Petrucci
| music6 = Dream Theater
| extra6 = Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
| length6 = 6:03
| title7 = The Spirit Carries On
| lyrics7 = Petrucci
| music7 = Dream Theater
| extra7 = Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
| length7 = 6:40
| title8 = Solitary Shell
| note8 = Single edit
| lyrics8 = Petrucci
| music8 = Petrucci, Myung, Rudess, Portnoy
| extra8 = Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
| length8 = 4:10
| title9 = I Walk Beside You
| lyrics9 = Petrucci
| music9 = Dream Theater
| extra9 = Octavarium
| length9 = 4:28
| title10 = The Answer Lies Within
| note10 = Edited version
| lyrics10 = Petrucci
| music10 = Dream Theater
| extra10 = Octavarium
| length10 = 5:15
| title11 = Disappear
| lyrics11 = LaBrie
| music11 = Petrucci, Myung, Rudess, Portnoy
| extra11 = Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
| length11 = 6:45
}}

Personnel

  • James LaBrie – vocals
  • John Petrucci – guitar, backing vocals
  • John Myung – bass
  • Mike Portnoy – drums, backing vocals
  • Jordan Rudess – keyboards (tracks 5–11 on disc one and tracks 6–11 on disc two)
  • Kevin Moore – keyboards (tracks 1–3 on disc one and tracks 1-4 on disc two)
  • Derek Sherinian – keyboards, backing vocals on "Peruvian Skies" and "Hollow Years"
  • Jay Beckenstein – saxophone on "Another Day" and "Through Her Eyes"
  • Theresa Thomason – additional vocals on "Through Her Eyes" and "The Spirit Carries On"

Song notes

  • The versions of "As I Am" and the three songs originally released on Octavarium differ slightly from the original versions, although the album credits do not state this. "As I Am" omits the opening orchestral chord and the use of profanity, while the songs from Octavarium omit the sound effects that served as interludes between songs on the original album.
  • On the album cover, the "s" in "Greatest" and "hit" in "Hits" are printed in a subtle shade of red, making the word "shit", as a remark on the band's known frustrations with the status of "Pull Me Under". The album artwork continues this theme, with the stain of seagull feces on an armchair printed with the Dream Theater logo.

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
2008Italian Albums Chart27
2008Japanese Albums Chart28[4]
2008UK Albums Chart113
2008Billboard 200122

References

1. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1340789 |title=Greatest Hit (....And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) - Dream Theater | AllMusic |first=Thom |last=Jurek |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=3 August 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/15693/Dream-Theater-Greatest-Hit-%28...-and-21-Other...%29/ |title=Dream Theater - Greatest Hit (... and 21 Other...) (staff review) | Sputnikmusic |first= |last= |work=sputnikmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=3 August 2011}}
3. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.dreamtheater.net/archive_dreamtheater.php?y=2008#dtgh |publisher= Dream Theater/Mark Bredius |title= DREAM THEATER'S GreateSt HIT (...and 21 other pretty cool songs) - due April 1st |accessdate= 2008-02-05 |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090213131909/http://dreamtheater.net/archive_dreamtheater.php?y=2008#dtgh |archivedate= 2009-02-13 |df= }}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/117140/products/755656/1/|script-title=ja:グレイテスト・ヒット+21ソングス ドリーム・シアター|accessdate=2016-09-14|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=Japanese}}
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