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Release Date
15 March 2005
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Length
12 tracks
Elements of Persuasion is Dream Theater lead singer James LaBrie's third solo album, his first two being Keep It To Yourself and MullMuzzler 2, which were released under his band MullMuzzler. Elements of Persuasion was released on March 29, 2005. The album has since become a big hit among progressive metal fans.
Unlike his previous solo works, this one is released under his name - as suggested by his publisher. He also hired some new musicians, among others the new guitar virtuoso Marco Sfogli from Italy and Richard Chycki as sound engineer. All in all, the album is very much different from his previous solo works. He combines heavy metal with a sort of Dream Theater style to this mastered album.
Personnel
James LaBrie - vocals
Marco Sfogli - guitars
Matt Guillory - keyboards
Bryan Beller - bass
Mike Mangini - drums
Track listing
Crucify – 6:03 (Music: Guillory/LaBrie, Lyrics: Guillory)
Alone – 5:36 (Music: Guillory/LaBrie, Lyrics: Guillory)
Freak – 5:38 (Music: Guillory/LaBrie/Wherry, Lyrics: LaBrie)
Invisible – 5:42 (Music: Guillory/LaBrie/Wherry, Lyrics: LaBrie)
Lost – 3:41 (Music: Guillory/LaBrie, Lyrics: Guillory)
Undecided – 5:30 (Music: Guillory/LaBrie/Wherry, Lyrics: LaBrie)
Smashed – 5:31 (Music: Guillory/LaBrie, Lyrics: LaBrie)
Pretender – 5:36 (Music: Guillory/LaBrie/Wherry, Lyrics: LaBrie)
Slightly Out of Reach – 5:51 (Music: Guillory/LaBrie, Lyrics: LaBrie)
Oblivious – 5:20 (Music: Guillory/LaBrie/Wherry, Lyrics: LaBrie)
In Too Deep – 6:56 (Music: Guillory/LaBrie, Lyrics: LaBrie)
Drained – 5:14 (Music: Guillory/LaBrie, Lyrics: LaBrie)
Confusion with Dream Theater's Octavarium
Leading up to the release of Dream Theater's album Octavarium, Elements of Persuasion was labeled as a pre-release leak of Octavarium; some radio stations even played some songs off this album claiming them to be tracks from Octavarium. Also, the song "Undecided" is often confused with "Panic Attack", "Pretender" is often confused with "Never Enough", "Alone" is often confused with "The Answer Lies Within", "Freak" is often confused with "These Walls," "Drained" is often confused with "Octavarium", "Oblivious" is often confused with "Sacrificed Sons", "Invisible" is often confused with "I Walk Beside You", and "Crucify" is often confused with "The Root of all Evil". In fact, limewire is the primary and ongoing source of this confusion by causing users to mistake many of these songs for work of Dream Theater.
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