Elements of Persuasion

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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.

Contents

1 Personnel
2 Confusion with Dream Theater's Octavarium
3 Track listing
4 Reception
5 External links

Personnel

Unlike his previous solo works, this one is released under his name - as suggested by his publisher. He also hired some new musicians. All in all, the album is very much different from his previous solo works.

Confusion with Dream Theater's Octavarium

LaBrie's solo album was often confused as Dream Theater's album Octavarium upon release. Due to the fact that many leaks and copies of the album surfaced near the release date of Octavarium. James' easily reocognizable voice made fans convinced that it was infact Dream Theater's new CD. Some radio stations even played some songs off of this album claiming it to be the new Dream Theater album. Despite the controversy, Dream Theater mostly ignored these claims and went on to release Octavarium anyway.

Some download sites still have the "Octavarium" copy. Octavarium has 8 songs on it, yet LaBrie's solo album has 12. Despite the difference in track length the downloadable album only has 8 tracks, not 12. This has caused a guess that it was planned to release a phony as a phony.

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)

Reception

While no official data has been given on LaBrie's solo effort this time, fans of Dream Theater generally listen to the solo material (Ex. Liquid Tension Experiment) of Dream Theater members. Aside from the confusion with Octavarium LaBrie's 3rd solo album has been found in many Progressive Metal fans' CD collections.

External links

[James LaBrie official web site]

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