WHEN DREAM AND DAY UNITE

In a few words : excellent debut album. As it was said and said through the years, the main negative point about this release is the quality of the mix. Otherwise, the musicians are outstanding, the songs good or great (songs like "Ytsejam", "Only A Matter Of Time" or "The Killing Hand" always are a nice treat in live). Overall more than sufficient for a debut album of a prog band (it was released during my year of birth). Mike Portnoy said that at the time, 8 out of 10 reviews cited RUSH as a main and hearable influence. NOTE : The recent re-editions of this album are not legal in some way, because Dream Theater don't get any royalties of it, as they changed for Atlantic Records, but didn't buy the rights still held by Mechanic Records. If you want to support the band, go to www.ytsejamrecords.com , where you will be able to find the official live recording of the 15th anniversary of the album for pre-order (which will get the band some money for what they've written).