The Astonishing

Artist	Dream Theater
Type	Studio Full-length
Released	2016-01-29
Genres	Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Rock Opera
Labels	Roadrunner Records
Format	CD, Digital, Vinyl (LP)
Length	2:10:23

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The Astonishing Information

Track listing (Songs)

	Title	Length	Rating	Votes
Disc 1 - Act 1
1.	Descent of the NOMACS	1:10	-	0
2.	Dystopian Overture	4:50	-	0
3.	The Gift of Music	4:00	85	1
4.	The Answer	1:52	-	0
5.	A Better Life	4:39	-	0
6.	Lord Nafaryus	3:28	-	0
7.	A Savior in the Square	4:13	-	0
8.	When Your Time Has Come	4:19	-	0
9.	Act of Faythe	5:00	-	0
10.	Three Days	3:44	-	0
11.	The Hovering Sojourn	0:27	-	0
12.	Brother, Can You Hear Me?	5:11	-	0
13.	A Life Left Behind	5:49	-	0
14.	Ravenskill	6:01	-	0
15.	Chosen	4:31	-	0
16.	A Tempting Offer	4:19	-	0
17.	Digital Discord	0:47	-	0
18.	The X Aspect	4:13	-	0
19.	A New Beginning	7:41	95	1
20.	The Road to Revolution	3:35	-	0

Disc 2 - Act 2
1.	2285 Entr'acte	2:20	-	0
2.	Moment of Betrayal	6:11	80	1
3.	Heaven's Cove	4:19	-	0
4.	Begin Again	3:54	-	0
5.	The Path That Divides	5:09	-	0
6.	Machine Chatter	1:03	-	0
7.	The Walking Shadow	2:58	-	0
8.	My Last Farewell	3:44	-	0
9.	Losing Faythe	4:13	-	0
10.	Whispers on the Wind	1:37	-	0
11.	Hymn of a Thousand Voices	3:38	-	0
12.	Our New World	4:12	-	0
13.	Power Down	1:25	-	0
14.	Astonishing	5:51	-	0

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The Astonishing Lyrics (34)

Line-up (Members)

James LaBrie : Vocals
John Petrucci : Guitars, Songwriting, Lyrics
John Myung : Bass
Mike Mangini : Drums
Jordan Rudess : Keyboards, Songwriting

Guest / session musicians

Eric Rigler : Bagpipes (disc 1; track 18)
FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague : Orchestra
Pueri Cantores : Choirs
Susan Youngblood : Choirs
Fred Martin and the Levite Camp : Vocals (gospel choirs)
Richard Chycki : Spoken Words
David Campbell : Orchestrations

Production staff / artist

John Petrucci : Producer
Gary Chester : Engineer
Mike Schuppan : Engineer
Travis Warner : Engineer
James "Jimmy T" Meslin : Assistant Engineer
Dave Rowland : Assistant Mixing Engineer
Jason Staniulis : Assistant Mixing Engineer
Richard Chycki : Engineer, Mixing Engineer
Ted Jensen : Mastering Engineer
David Campbell : Choirs Arrangements
Jie Ma : Artwork
Sean Mosher-Smith : Art Direction
Richard Fiocca : Conductor

Additional notes

Recorded at Cove City Sound Studios, Glen Cove, New York.
Piano and organ recorded at The Samurai Hotel, Astoria, New York.
Vocals recorded at Street of Dreams, Toronto, Canada.
Mixed at Germano Studios, New York, New York.

Dream Theater Discography

Album title	Type	Released	Rating	Votes	Reviews
When Dream and Day Unite (1989)	Studio	1989-03-06	90	2	1
Images and Words (1992)	Studio	1992-07-07	98.3	6	2
Live at the Marquee (1993)	Live	1993-09-03	90	2	0
Awake (1994)	Studio	1994-10-04	91.7	3	1
A Change of Seasons (1995)	EP	1995-09-15	85	2	1
Falling Into Infinity (1997)	Studio	1997-09-19	85	2	1
Once in a Live Time (1998)	Live	1998-10-26	85	1	0
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory (1999)	Studio	1999-10-26	95	6	2
Live Scenes From New York (2001)	Live	2001-09-11	85	2	1
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)	Studio	2002-01-12	90	2	1
Train of Thought (2003)	Studio	2003-11-11	92.5	2	1
Live At Budokan (2004)	Live	2004-10-05	85	2	0
Octavarium (2005)	Studio	2005-06-07	83.3	3	1
Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour (2006)	Live	2006-08-29	95	1	0
Systematic Chaos (2007)	Studio	2007-06-04	80	1	0
Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009)	Studio	2009-06-23	88.3	3	0
A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011)	Studio	2011-09-13	86	5	0
Dream Theater (2013)	Studio	2013-09-24	-	0	0
▶ The Astonishing (2016)	Studio	2016-01-29	-	0	0
Distance Over Time (2019)	Studio	2019-02-22	-	0	0