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Dream Theater: 'When Dream and Day Unite' Album Review

Dream Theater's debut may have been rough around the edges, but it laid the groundwork for what would come later

Matthew Clouse
Jan 12, 2018
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Dream Theater: 'When Dream and Day Unite' Album Review
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This album features:

Charlie Dominici – lead vocals

John Petrucci – guitar

Kevin Moore – keyboard

John Myung – bass

Mike Portnoy – drums

Terry Date – producer, engineer, mixing

When Dream and Day Unite is the debut studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on March 6, 1989 through Mechanic/MCA Records. Its total length is 51:25. It is the only Dream Theater album to feature Charlie Dominici on vocals, as James LaBrie replaced Dominici as the lead vocalist on subsequent albums. This album was pretty groundbreaking at the time of its release because of its progressive metal sound.

The band's debut is a bit unrefined due to thin production that just did not do the music justice on the record. While the vocals on the album are not bad, they simply do not compare to LaBrie's vocals from subsequent releases. The song writing is also a bit inconsistent on this album as well. The strengths of the album include the great musicianship and creativity throughout.

Recommend Tracks:

1. "The Ytse Jam"

2. "Afterlife"

3. "The Killing Hand"

Grading Scale:

0-0.5: Worthless

1-1.5: Garbage

2-2.5: Awful

3-3.5: Poor

4-4.5: Below Average

5-5.5: Average

6-6.5: Above Average

7-7.5: Good

8-8.5: Great

9-9.5: Awesome

10: Perfect

My Verdict:

When Dream and Day Unite is definitely the band's most raw album due to pedestrian production and inconsistent song writing, but it still had its stellar moments. Dream Theater would become much better in the future, but this was a promising starting point.

Grade: 6/10

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