Images And Words

Images and Words is the second album by progressive metal band Dream Theater.

It is the first album on which Dream Theater's current singer, James LaBrie, appears; and is today seen as a landmark album in the development of progressive metal.

"Pull Me Under" received substantial airplay on radio stations and MTV, and to this day remains the band's biggest hit. The album itself is also the most commercially successful of all Dream Theater's albums, attaining gold record certification in the U.S. and platinum in Japan.

Track listing

1. Pull Me Under (8:11) (music by Dream Theater, lyrics by Moore)
2. Another Day (4:22) (Dream Theater and Jay Beckenstein , Petrucci)
3. Take the Time (8:21) (Dream Theater)
4. Surrounded (5:28) (Dream Theater, Moore)
5. Metropolis Pt. 1: "The Miracle and the Sleeper" (9:30) (Dream Theater, Petrucci)
6. Under a Glass Moon (7:02) (Dream Theater, Petrucci)
7. Wait for Sleep (2:31) (Moore)
8. Learning to Live (11:30) (Dream Theater, Myung)

Personnel

• James LaBrie – vocals
• Kevin Moore – keyboards
• John Myung – bass
• John Petrucci – guitars
• Mike Portnoy – drums

• Jay Beckenstein - saxophone on "Another Day"

Chart performance

Billboard 200:

• Images and Words - #61

Heatseekers:

• Images and Words - #2

Billboard Singles:

• "Pull Me Under" - #10
• "Take the Time" - #22
• "Another Day" - #29