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Awake is at times self-indulgent and pompous, but songs like "Lie", a passionate crusher that finds guitarist John Petrucci launching riff after thunderous riff in a cacophonous volley of crunch, ring true with real passion and base emotion. It's the depth and tonality his guitar brings to the music that keeps Dream Theater from falling into the Styx-isms they often veer dangerously close to. A very solid record for those who don't mind thinking while rocking.
Tracklist
1 6:00
2 Caught in a Web
3 Innocence Faded
4 Erotomania
5 Voices
6 The Silent Man
7 The Mirror
8 Lie
9 Lifting Shadows Off a Dream
10 Scarred
11 Space-Dye Vest