DREAM THEATER — Cleaning Out The Closet (Christmas CD 1999) (review)

DREAM THEATER — Cleaning Out The Closet (Christmas CD 1999) album cover Promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs) · 1999 · Progressive Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
martindavey87
‘Cleaning Out the Closet’ is a compilation album by progressive metal legends Dream Theater, released in 1999, exclusively to fan club members. It features a variety of unreleased songs and singles b-sides, most of which were recorded and intended for 1997’s ‘Falling Into Infinity’, but ended up not making the cut.

And that’s probably a good thing, too, because some of these songs can be pretty average at times. That’s not to say that they’re bad, but they were clearly left unreleased for a reason! However, a number of these have gone on to garner almost classic status. ‘To Live Forever’ has been floating around the bands live set for years, and ‘Raise the Knife’ appeared on their 2006 live album ‘Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour’.

Other notable highlights include ‘The Way It Used to Be’, ‘Cover My Eyes’ and ‘Speak to Me’. Although, in all honesty, while this compilation is decent enough, I don’t think I’d ever choose to listen to any of these songs over any of the bands official studio output. Still, if you can find it, this is worth owning if you’re a die-hard Dream Theater fan.
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