Live Scenes from New York
Revised album artwork
Live album by
Dream Theater
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2001
RecordedAugust 30, 2000
VenueRoseland Ballroom, New York
Genre
Length187:31
LabelElektra
ProducerKevin Shirley[1]
Dream Theater chronology
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
(1999) 		Live Scenes from New York
(2001) 		Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
(2002)
Alternative cover
Original album artwork
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Live Scenes from New York is the third live album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, recorded on August 30, 2000, at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Live Scenes from New York is the audio counterpart to the Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York DVD, released in 2001, except only the CD has the full concert. The third disc contains two videos of the concert that are not on the DVD, the music video for "Another Day", and Jordan Rudess's keyboard solo. This is Dream Theater's first live release with Rudess and first full-length live release.

Drummer Mike Portnoy collapsed after the concert. He said, "I collapsed due to over-exhaustion, dehydration, stress, too little food and nutrition, too many Red Bulls, etc. It took me several hours of throwing up, being wrapped in blankets and laying down before I was carried out of the venue hours after the show."[3]

Cover artwork

Coincidentally, the album was originally released on September 11, 2001. Because the cover artwork depicts the New York skyline, including the twin towers of the World Trade Center, in flames, it was recalled and re-released shortly with the band's Majesty symbol in gold instead.[4] The original artwork was based on the cover for Dream Theater's 1992 album Images and Words, which includes a heart in flames and wrapped in barbed wire. In the heart’s place for this release was an apple instead, for New York City’s nickname "The Big Apple".

Track listing

All music was composed by Dream Theater except where noted.

Disc 1
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Regression" (music: Petrucci)John Petrucci2:46
2."Overture 1928"(instrumental)3:32
3."Strange Déjà Vu"Mike Portnoy5:02
4."Through My Words" (music: Petrucci)Petrucci1:42
5."Fatal Tragedy"John Myung6:21
6."Beyond This Life"Petrucci11:16
7."John & Theresa Solo Spot"(instrumental)3:17
8."Through Her Eyes"Petrucci6:17
9."Home"Portnoy13:21
10."The Dance of Eternity"(instrumental)6:24
Total length:59:58
Disc 2
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."One Last Time"James LaBrie4:11
2."The Spirit Carries On" (music: Petrucci)Petrucci7:40
3."Finally Free"Portnoy10:59
4."Metropolis—Part I: "The Miracle and the Sleeper""Petrucci10:36
5."The Mirror" (contains an excerpt from "Lie")Portnoy8:15
6."Just Let Me Breathe"Portnoy4:02
7."Acid Rain" (music: Liquid Tension Experiment)(instrumental)2:34
8."Caught in a New Millennium" (mashup of "Caught in a Web" and "New Millennium", contains elements of "Paradigm Shift" by Liquid Tension Experiment)LaBrie, Petrucci, Portnoy6:21
9."Another Day"Petrucci5:13
10."Jordan Rudess Keyboard Solo (contains elements of "Universal Mind" by Liquid Tension Experiment)" (music: Jordan Rudess)(instrumental)6:40
Total length:66:31
Disc 3
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Erotomania"(instrumental)7:22
2."Voices"Petrucci9:45
3."The Silent Man" (music: Petrucci)Petrucci5:09
4."Learning to Live"Myung14:02
5."A Change of Seasons"Portnoy24:35
Total length:60:53

Disc three also contains the video for "Another Day" and the keyboard solo.

Personnel

Additional personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2001) Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[5] 117
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 71
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[7] 35
Italian Albums (FIMI)[8] 23
US Billboard 200[9] 120
Top Internet Albums (Billboard) 7

References

  1. ^ "Dream Theater". Cavemanproductions.com. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  2. ^ Taylor, Robert (2011). "Live Metropolis, Pt. 2 - Dream Theater | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
  3. ^ "FAQ: What's this I hear about Mike being really sick after the Roseland (DVD) show? What happened?". MikePortnoy.com. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "Faq: Dream Theater - Scenes From New York/Live Scenes From New York". mikeportnoy.com. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  5. ^ "Lescharts.com – Dream Theater – Live Scenes From New York". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  6. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Dream Theater – Live Scenes From New York" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  7. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2001. 44. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  8. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Dream Theater – Live Scenes From New York". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  9. ^ "Dream Theater Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
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