Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory

Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory is the fifth studio album and first concept album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on October 26, 1999, through Elektra Records. It was recorded at BearTracks Studios in Suffern, New York, where the band had previously recorded their second studio album, Images and Words (1992), and the EP A Change of Seasons (1995).

For the Chris Burden kinetic sculpture, see Metropolis II (sculpture).

Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
Cover art by Dave McKean
Studio album by
Dream Theater
ReleasedOctober 26, 1999 (1999-10-26)
Recorded1999
StudioBearTracks Studios in Suffern, New York
Genre
Length77:06
LabelElektra
Producer
Dream Theater chronology
Once in a LIVEtime
(1998)		 Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
(1999)		 Live Scenes from New York
(2001)
Dream Theater studio album chronology
Falling into Infinity
(1997)		 Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
(1999)		 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
(2002)
Singles from Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
  1. "Through Her Eyes"
    Released: February 2000

The album is the sequel to "Metropolis—Part I: 'The Miracle and the Sleeper'", a song featured on the band's 1992 album Images and Words. It was the first album to feature Jordan Rudess on keyboards.

For the album's twentieth anniversary, the band performed the album live in its entirety throughout the Distance over Time Tour (as documented on Distant Memories - Live in London).

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