Silent Man / Take the Time / Eve [Single, Import]

Dream Theater | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 2, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Import
• Label: Wea International
• ASIN: B000006YCT
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,265 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Silent (Lp Version)

2. Take The Time (Demo Version)

3. Eve (Non-Album Track)

Editorial Reviews

1994 EastWest release, a color picture disc featuring'Silent Man' (LP Version) and two non-album tracks: 'TakeThe Time' (Demo Version) and 'Eve'. Slimline jewelcase.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it for "Eve" alone..., June 11, 2000

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Lord Chimp (Monkey World) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silent Man / Take the Time / Eve (Audio CD)

"The Silent Man" is a great song. This version of "Take The Time" is also quite excellent. But "Eve"...the English language is inadequate to describe this song...it's so good that our vocabulary would need endless synonyms for "beautiful" to accurately convery the sheer beauty of this tune. It is without a doubt one of the greatest instrumental rock songs I've ever heard in my life, and it is brimming with emotional power. It exudes a slow, silent intensity and is tremendously vocal despite the fact that James never even says a word. Simply beautiful. I'd happily pay five times the cost of this disc for "Eve" alone.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They Said It..., July 25, 2003

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Nicholas Alla Koholick "anonymousnick2001" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silent Man / Take the Time / Eve (Audio CD)

Almost every review here seems to ignore the greatness of "The Silent Man." An acoustic guitar, cello, and James LaBrie together making one of the better ballads in the DT catalog. There's also "Take The Time," a demo version at that, with crisper sound and a few subtle differences. With good reason, however...

...and now I'll join them.

"Eve" is amazing. Beautiful. Pulchritudinous. Sweet. Heartwarming. Cool. Dreamy. Out Of This World. Efflorescent. Ambient. Lovely. Astouding. Relaxing. Ad infinitum. There are few words to describe it. Completely instrumental, and yet it speaks volumes about the soul. I can picture myself sitting on a beach at sunset, listening to this as I stare out at the ocean. Spray from the waves lightly caresses my face, and seagulls circle off in the distance. Or perhaps I'm in an endless field of barley, laying flat on my back staring up at a few wisps of cloud up in an azure sky. Whatever.

What I'm saying is that DT have crafted a song here that defeats much criticism from non-fans, saying that they are technical machines that create masturbatory music devoid of feeling, simply to show off how good they are. I dare any of them to listen to this piece, stare into a mirror, and say that. I have heard few pieces of music that can evoke a similar mood within my core.

"Take The Time" is great. "Silent Man" is better. But this disc is worth ten times its price for "Eve."

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Believe the hype, December 25, 1999

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rob (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silent Man / Take the Time / Eve (Audio CD)

It is all true: Eve is by some measure the most beautiful rock instrumental I have ever heard, and in some ways Dream Theater's finest moment. It is stately, pure, deep and tear-jerking. The other tracks? Take them or leave them, good stuff as far as I am concerned, but Eve is a landmark. A classic.