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''Dream Theater'' is the twelfth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released through Roadrunner Records on September 23, 2013, in Europe and a day later in the United States. The album was written, recorded, mixed, and mastered between January and May 2013 at Cove City Sound Studios in Long Island, New York, the same location as the band's previous album, ''A Dramatic Turn of Events'' (2011). The band made ''Dream Theater'' a self-titled album to emphasize that they were moving forward in their career and to make it a reference point for fans. The album's songs are shorter on average than most Dream Theater songs, with the exception of the 20-minute closer "Illumination Theory". Strings for the album were arranged by Eren Başbuğ, a Berklee College of Music student. ''Dream Theater'' moved 34,000 units in the United States in its debut week and became the band's second highest charting album behind 2009's ''Black Clouds & Silver Linings''. For its lead single "The Enemy Inside", the band received their second consecutive Grammy nomination in the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category. In early 2014, the band toured Europe and America in support of the album and recorded their performance at the Boston Opera House for a live release. ==Background== Preliminary writing for Dream Theater's twelfth album commenced on the A Dramatic Turn of Events Tour in April 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.facebook.com/johnpetrucciFB/posts/372291789489506 )〕 During soundchecks, the band would jam and record their ideas, and guitarist John Petrucci would try out independently composed material. They did not enter the recording studio until January 2013, returning to Cove City Sound Studios in Glen Cove, New York, where they recorded ''A Dramatic Turn of Events''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/page/News?news_id=122091 )〕 The first song the band wrote was "Surrender to Reason", which bassist John Myung credited with setting the pace for the remainder of writing. From the start, drummer Mike Mangini was wholly integrated in the creative process,〔 unlike for ''A Dramatic Turn of Events'', where Petrucci programmed the main drum parts during writing and Mangini recorded his own interpretations of them later. Commenting on Mangini's work, Petrucci said, "When people hear the drumming on this album, they’re gonna be pretty freaked out... I feel like now he’s just Mike Mangini unleashed. It's all him. It's all his creativity, all his decisions and ideas - and man, the guy's an animal."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dream Theater - Timeline Photos )〕 During the studio sessions, every band member's instrument was miked and captured as they were writing so they could hear ahead of time how everything would sound when it was recorded. Recording concluded in May,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=566817716703578&set=a.133462500039104.42405.126844294034258&type=1&theater )〕 and mixing was performed by Richard Chycki, who was hired based on Dream Theater's past experiences with him and his history with Rush. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dream Theater (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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