Images and Words Demos 1989-1991 is a collection of demos by Dream Theater released by Mike Portnoy on his YtseJam Records label. The album contains both instrumental and pre-production demos of songs from Images and Words as well as rare vocalist audition demos and The ATCO Demos.
Personnel[]
- Mike Portnoy - Drums
- John Petrucci - Guitar
- John Myung - Bass
- Kevin Moore - Keyboard
- John Hendricks - Vocals on some tracks
- Steve Stone - Vocals on one track
- Chris Cintron - Vocals on one track
- James LaBrie - Vocals on some tracks
Tracklist[]
Disc One[]
Instrumental Demos 1989-1991[]
1. Metropolis—Part I: "The Miracle and the Sleeper" (Instrumental) 9:26
2. Take the Time (Instrumental) 9:22
3. Learning to Live (Instrumental) 11:09
4. Under a Glass Moon (Instrumental) 7:25
Vocalist Audition Demos 1990[]
5. Don't Look Past Me (Moore) 6:25
6. To Live Forever (Petrucci) 4:46
7. To Live Forever (Petrucci) 4:44
8. A Change of Seasons (Portnoy) 17:35
Disc Two[]
The ATCO Demos May 1991[]
1. Metropolis—Part I: "The Miracle and the Sleeper" (Petrucci) 9:15
2. To Live Forever (Petrucci) 4:30
3. Take the Time (Portnoy, Petrucci, LaBrie, Moore) 7:58
Images and Words Pre-Production Demos October 1991[]
4. Pull Me Under (Moore) 7:38
5. Another Day (Petrucci) 5:42
6. Surrounded (Moore) 5:42
7. Under a Glass Moon (Petrucci) 7:12
8. Wait for Sleep (Moore) 2:38
9. Learning to Live (Myung) 12:08
10. Oliver's Twist (Instrumental) 9:42