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Through Her Eyes

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Any Dream Theater fan will want to own this import. It improves upon the European releases with an extra track - the Home radio edit - which is very nice to have, plus better liner notes and photos in the cd package. It also comes housed in an actual jewel box, not the thin kind where the cd goes in face down.

As far as the quality of the music, if you are a DT fan, you already know. If not, then you need to prepare to be amazed, moved, and totally blown away.

Enjoy!

The best dream ballad I have ever heard(after space-dye vest,of course).This CD contains the great "through her eyes" song,I think James LaBrie had sung very very well on this song that he has never done.Home-live is great(of course) and ,after listening this song,to me,dream theater is the best live group in the world.There is no reason to not get this CD..Don't forget that,The Dream Singles always include much more than you have dreamed!Highly recommended...

Only a band as prolific as Dream Theater can release a CD "single" with over forty minutes of material, all of it good, on the disc. This disc is a good representation of the band - it has one of their slower, softer songs on it, along with impressive live versions of their more typically progressive songs. The power of the band resides in their ability to diversify every song, whether lyrically or musically. A msut have for die-hards, and highly recommended for casual fans as well.

As a big DT fan, I've got to steer you toward better recordings if you are interested in the content of this CD. This CD was released prior to the "Live Scenes from New York" CD and DVD, and I was hungry to hear the live versions contained on this disc. Unfortunately, James LaBrie's strained and tired voice nearly destroys an otherwise desireable recording. I find myself cringing as he drifts out of tune and simply misses the notes during the peak of 'Home'. I don't understand why the band chose to publish this recording because it is certainly not representative of their collective talents. Go buy the full live set on "Live Scenes.." instead - you'll be glad that you did.

This Cd is worth getting just for the two live tracks of Home and the melody of stuff from When Day and Dream Unite and Images and words. The radio edit mix is hardly any different than the cd cut. The only difference is the woman is not humming at the beginning of the radio edit. Hope this helps you all out there.

With any Dream Theater album/recording/etc., for their fans, it will always be a worth while purchase. The single for "Through Her Eyes" is, of course, no exception. However, I feel that it is probably the only piece from Dream Theater I could live without.

It's main drawback is a lack of any new music. I was hoping that a single might produce a few non-"Scenes From A Memory" based b-sides. I'm curious to hear what else Jordan Rudess will contribute to the band. Alas, what we get are two versions of "Through Her Eyes." One is practically identical to the album version, just minus the opening female vocals. The second includes a nice, but rather out-of-place saxaphone solo by Spyro Gyro's Jay Beckstein.

Another question I have is, of all the songs off of "Scenes From A Memory," why make this one the single? "Through Her Eyes" is far from one of the album's leading tracks. "Fatal Tragedy" and the epic "Home" seem to be two more likely candidates.

Our other offerings are two live tracks from the first leg of the Metropolis 2000 tour. The first is the aforementioned "Home." "Home" is the centerpiece of "Scenes" and easily one of DT's best works. The live version, however, leaves something to be offered. To keep with the album's sound of the song, played live "Home" is slowed down, and it feels it. The tempo is sluggish and feels like your just plodding along through it.

The best and only reason to own this is for "When Images and Word Unite." A medley of five songs from the first two Dream Theater albums. Easily, more enjoyable of a romp than "Home" and it's nice to hear James LaBrie's verison of old tracks.

If you're bent on owning all of Dream Theater's works, pick this up. Otherwise, stick with "Scenes From A Memory" and see DT live. It will make up for not buying it.

With four songs and 40 minutes of music (well, 35 if you take into account that there are 2 versions of Through Her Eyes) you really cant't complain considering it is only the price of your average single.

The actual song Through Her Eyes is alright but not brilliant. I don't like pop sounding stuff much (being a metalhead and all) but I did like Another Day on Images and Words. Give it a good listen and you'll appreciate it. Can't see the point in wasting a track by having 2 versions of the song though, considering that one is simply the other with extra bits added on. What I don't get is that this song is not really representative of what the band is about. I mean, I'd rather listen to their pop music than most of the stuff that's out there, but if you think this single is what Dream Theatre are about then no, they're not. And if you only like strictly metal you'll hate this song.

The live songs are good and the band are incredibly tight musically. However, LaBrie sounds [terrible]. He continually misses notes, sings off key, cannot reach the heights he could on the album, sounds tired and his voice lacks the edge it has in the studio. That said, the actual music is very well performed.

Home is pretty good. For a 14 minute long song it doesn't seem to do as much as I'd hoped but it is good.

However, it is the medley, When Images And Words Unite, that is worth the (pretty small) price alone. Pull Me Under (where Mike Portnoy doubles his drum speed in places), Under A Glass Moon, A Fortune In Lies, Only A Matter Of Time and Take The Time are squished into one 16 minute long headbanging track. Absolutely superb.

All in all, it doesn't offer as much as it could, but it is a single not an album and if you can't afford to splash out on the live album but would like to hear the band live, then this is probably worth it.