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Theater album to feature multiple songs with lyrics by Mike Portnoy. Portnoy and the rest of the band were forced to write more lyrics following the departure of Kevin Moore. All of Portnoy's lyrics were inspired by his frustration with Elektra Records: "New Millennium" and "Just
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1961:(in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
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2414:Greatest Hit (...And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)
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649:Track listing
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632:According to
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365:Kevin Shirley
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353:John Petrucci
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312:Kevin Shirley
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2184:Mike Mangini
2176:Mike Portnoy
2174:
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2162:James LaBrie
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2146:
2091:. Retrieved
2087:the original
2077:
2067:November 18,
2065:. Retrieved
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2014:
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1920:. Retrieved
1910:
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1894:the original
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1226:. Retrieved
1222:the original
1212:
1193:
1147:
1036:
973:Doug Pinnick
963:
962:
957:Mike Portnoy
930:James LaBrie
923:
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817:James LaBrie
695:"You Not Me"
683:Mike Portnoy
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474:instrumental
468:and bassist
466:James LaBrie
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369:double album
361:
357:Mike Portnoy
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45:Studio album
18:
2749:1997 albums
2657:Discography
2590:Other songs
2538:Another Day
2203:Steve Stone
2189:Kevin Moore
1771:. Billboard
1013:– cover art
1002:Leon Zervos
983:engineering
433:Composition
389:53rd Street
345:Kevin Moore
302:Kevin Moore
2738:Categories
2633:Octavarium
2273:Octavarium
2155:John Myung
1918:. RockBook
1381:October 6,
1176:References
989:, producer
942:John Myung
844:John Myung
813:"Anna Lee"
495:Elton John
470:John Myung
326:Background
155:chronology
64:1997-09-23
2679:Gigantour
2061:Billboard
1819:. YouTube
1272:. YouTube
1160:UK Albums
1148:Billboard
1030:position
1006:mastering
919:Personnel
617:Billboard
423:cover art
405:Manhattan
374:own album
372:into its
320:Manhattan
304:in 1994.
2722:Category
2093:July 21,
1922:July 27,
1900:July 22,
1873:July 22,
1851:July 22,
1823:July 22,
1775:July 27,
1750:Kerrang!
1707:(2007).
1689:July 22,
1660:AllMusic
1606:July 22,
1515:July 21,
1433:July 20,
1354:July 15,
1276:July 23,
1228:July 22,
1111:VG-lista
944:– bass,
894:Petrucci
788:Petrucci
774:Petrucci
732:Petrucci
718:Petrucci
627:AllMusic
574:Kerrang!
525:AllMusic
491:AllMusic
391:between
141:Producer
134:EastWest
72:Recorded
57:Released
47: by
2516:Singles
802:Portnoy
746:Portnoy
501:Release
462:A&R
247:Singles
237:(1999)
228:(1997)
219:(1994)
188:(1998)
179:(1997)
170:(1995)
62: (
2552:Wither
2442:Videos
2007:MAHASZ
1798:
1727:
1717:Canada
1632:
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1300:
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1200:
1099:MAHASZ
987:mixing
908:LaBrie
883:Length
880:Lyrics
671:Length
668:Lyrics
519:Rating
516:Source
112:Length
84:Avatar
80:Studio
2650:Other
2478:Score
2368:Score
2238:Awake
1218:"Bio"
877:Title
858:78:12
848:13:06
777:12:05
665:Title
397:Tenth
393:Ninth
288:band
249:from
215:Awake
129:Label
92:Genre
2095:2012
2069:2021
1924:2015
1902:2012
1875:2012
1853:2012
1825:2012
1796:ISBN
1777:2015
1755:EMAP
1725:ISBN
1691:2012
1630:ISBN
1608:2012
1575:ISBN
1550:ISBN
1517:2012
1484:ISBN
1454:ISBN
1435:2012
1402:ISBN
1383:2014
1356:2012
1323:ISBN
1298:ISBN
1278:2012
1249:ISBN
1230:2012
1198:ISBN
1169:163
1075:SNEP
1028:Peak
911:6:25
897:6:49
821:5:51
805:5:28
791:6:03
763:4:16
749:5:29
735:5:53
721:6:43
707:4:58
687:8:20
567:7/10
395:and
2424:EPs
1942:RPM
1164:OCC
1154:52
1150:200
1145:US
1140:43
1128:14
1116:20
1104:10
1080:42
1056:16
1044:53
1038:RPM
873:No.
826:11.
810:10.
661:No.
619:200
2740::
2674:G3
2058:.
1966:^
1945:.
1939:.
1719::
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1711:.
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981:–
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782:8.
768:7.
754:6.
740:5.
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