Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)

Album: Images And Words
Genre: Progressive metal
Released: July 7, 1992
Label: ATCO Records
Producer: David Prater

1. Pull Me Under	view lyrics	Download
2. Another Day	view lyrics	Download
3. Take The Time	view lyrics	Download
4. Surrounded	view lyrics	Download
5. Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper	view lyrics	Download
6. Under a Glass Moon	view lyrics	Download
7. Wait for Sleep	view lyrics	Download
8. Learning to Live	view lyrics	Download

Images and Words is the second studio album by influential American progressive metal band Dream Theater,released in 1992. It was recorded in late 1991 at BearTracks Studios in New York City. The album is the first album to feature James LaBrie on vocals. The album maintains its position as the band's most commercially successful album to date[citation needed], and the song Pull Me Under's status as the only Top 10 hit the band has ever had. Many critics and fans cite this album as a landmark release for the progressive metal genre.

Images and Words has garnered overwhelmingly positive critical and fan acclaim. As of July 5, 2008, heavy metal database The Metal Archives ranks Images and Words as Dream Theater's second best album with a 92% rating based on 11 fan reviews. Murat Batmaz of the popular progressive rock/metal review website Sea of Tranquility awarded the record a perfect score, calling it a "masterpiece" and "the most important Dream Theater album, ever".

Images and Words is currently ranked #2 on Digital Dream Door's list of the top 100 progressive metal albums of all time.