An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess

[KevShmev]

So good.

I still wish Dream Theater would have made a song out of the main piano melody in Truth.  That is one of the best things Jordan Rudess has ever played.

[Nel_Annette]

I remember that was one of the first things I bought when I was getting into DT. Love that album. It's great on a rainy day.

[hefdaddy42]

One of my favorite albums.  It's a shame that this was just a one-night thing.

[Prog Snob]

I just missed going to that show by a c hair.  It's one of my favorite things to listen to.

[rumborak]

Great album beginning to end. Such a bummer no videos exist of the event.

[Prog Snob]

Great album beginning to end. Such a bummer no videos exist of the event.

There are some...but the quality isn't that great.

[Lolzeez]

If Truth was a DT song,it would be top 5.

[rumborak]

Hang 11 is also pretty phenomenal. Even though the main riff is of course a play on Take 5.

[hefdaddy42]

Black Ice is one of my favorite songs ever.

[sueño]

Just threw it in my Amazon cart.  I cannot keep money after venturing into one of these music threads.   

[Dtman2112]

This is one of the best recordings ever released. A true gem!

[KevShmev]

Still so good.

[Prog Snob]

It's like candy canes from Christmas on a humid summer's day. It just sticks to you and you want to lick it off your fingers and savor every last bit of it.

[IDontNotDoThings]

 

[KevShmev]

It's like candy canes from Christmas on a humid summer's day. It just sticks to you and you want to lick it off your fingers and savor every last bit of it.

Definitely needs more love, here.

[Madman Shepherd]

Used to see this at Best Buy all the time (when I shopped there and they actually carried music).  Never really thought to pick this up because no one ever talked about it.  Glad to hear such positive reviews.  I ordered a copy. 

[pcs90]

Absolutely amazing album. Black Ice and Truth are my favorites but the whole album is excellent.

[LCArenas]

Great album, I love their rendition of State of Grace. Truth is amazing too. I kind of want them to do another evening like that.

[ReaperKK]

I remember that was one of the first things I bought when I was getting into DT. Love that album. It's great on a rainy day.

Same here, now it's the only thing I listen to from DT with any sort of regularity.

[theanalogkid7]

After I "acquired" it from someone on campus in college many years ago, I bought a physical copy because it was just so daggum good.  The Rena Song is fantastic.

[hefdaddy42]

Absolutely one of the best DT-related albums.

[Nefarius]

The Rena Song is right there among the best stuff JP has written.
I'd love to hear a full band version of it.

Greetings...
Nef

[The Hairy Man]

Great album.
Especially love Truth and The Rena Song.
Is it controversial to say Bite of the Mosquito is better and more melodic than Flight of the Bumblebee?

[Chino]

I haven't heard this album in years (lost the CD). I remember track 5 being my favorite.

[KevShmev]

I had never heard the extra songs on the re-release until this week - I bought the original CD right after it came out - but checking out the other songs now...

-The live version of State of Grace is pretty close to the LTE version, except some of JR's synth sounds are missing.  Still, a very nice version.
-The Rena Song is pretty sweet.
-Bite of the Mosquito is pretty awful.  Rudess' piano stuff is great, but Petrucci just shreds away non-stop for two minutes, with a nary a melody to be found.

[wideworldofmike]

Oi. Never heard this record before. So cool! Truth melody is like some elements of spirit carries on, right? So good!

[pcs90]

I had never heard the extra songs on the re-release until this week - I bought the original CD right after it came out - but checking out the other songs now...

-The live version of State of Grace is pretty close to the LTE version, except some of JR's synth sounds are missing.  Still, a very nice version.
-The Rena Song is pretty sweet.
-Bite of the Mosquito is pretty awful.  Rudess' piano stuff is great, but Petrucci just shreds away non-stop for two minutes, with a nary a melody to be found.

The best version of State of Grace for me is the LTE Live in LA one from 2008. So much feeling.
As for BOTM, I think there is a bit of melodic content in there, but overall I agree. It's the one track I pretty much never listen to because it's just really boring. I think it was intended to be just a random extra track on the end though, and I suppose for that purpose it works.

[kaos2900]

Amazing record. I actually play that at work while people are walking into meetings. People always love it!

[Another_Won]

Amazing record. I actually play that at work while people are walking into meetings. People always love it!

Really? That's cool.  What part/song?

[Prog Snob]

I wish they had this on Spotify.

[JRuless]

I wish they had this on Spotify.

Actually it is. At least here in The Netherlands.

[rumborak]

Such an excellent album. And such a shame that they never did something like that again on any of their albums.

[Crow]

everyone is praising this so i guess i should give this a listen

[Prog Snob]

I wish they had this on Spotify.

Actually it is. At least here in The Netherlands.

I haven't seen it. I even tried to search it by song and a few of them didn't come up.  Strange...

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

I would love another album like this one. Absolutely stellar.