Elements of Persuasion
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| Elements Of Persuasion | ||||
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| Studio album by James LaBrie | ||||
| Released | March 29 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004-2005 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal Progressive metal |
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| Length | 66:38 | |||
| Producer | James LaBrie, Matt Guillory | |||
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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[citation needed].
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, resulting in a different sound. Despite the changes, the album is still based on the same formula used on the past two albums, although with a much heavier sound.
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[edit] Track listing
- Crucify – 6:03 (Music: Guillory/LaBrie, Lyrics: Guillory)
- Alone – 5:36 (Music: Guillory/LaBrie, Lyrics: Guillory)
- Freaks – 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)
[edit] Production
- Produced By James LaBrie & Matt Guillory
- Engineerd & Mixed By Richard Chycki
[edit] Personnel
- James LaBrie - vocals
- Marco Sfogli - lead and rhythm guitars
- Matt Guillory - keyboards, additional guitars
- Bryan Beller - bass
- Mike Mangini - drums
[edit] 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.
