Dream Theater - Images and Words

Album: Images And Words
Genre: Progressive metal
Released: July 7, 1992
Label: ATCO Records
Producer: David Prater

1. Pull Me Under		Download
2. Another Day		Download
3. Take The Time		Download
4. Surrounded		Download
5. Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper		Download
6. Under a Glass Moon		Download
7. Wait for Sleep		Download
8. Learning to Live		Download

Images and Words is the second studio album by influential American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 1992. It was recorded in late 1991 at BearTracks Studios in New York City. The album is the first album to feature James LaBrie on vocals. The album maintains its position as the band's most commercially successful album to date[citation needed], and the song Pull Me Under's status as the only Top 10 hit the band has ever had. Many critics and fans cite this album as a landmark release for the progressive metal genre.

Images and Words has garnered overwhelmingly positive critical and fan acclaim. As of July 5, 2008, heavy metal database The Metal Archives ranks Images and Words as Dream Theater's second best album with a 92% rating based on 11 fan reviews. Murat Batmaz of the popular progressive rock/metal review website Sea of Tranquility awarded the record a perfect score, calling it a "masterpiece" and "the most important Dream Theater album, ever".

Images and Words is currently ranked #2 on Digital Dream Door's list of the top 100 progressive metal albums of all time.