And while Out of the Blue sees Petrucci channel his blues chops, Snake in My Boot sees him channel his inner Brian May. For example, Terminal Velocity and Happy Song represent a much different mood than The Oddfather. It’s about composition, melody, and harmony.Īdding onto the focus on solid songwriting, each track here has its own distinct flavor which is yet another way to make an instrumental album stand out. It’s not about a blistering guitar solo every single minute. That is probably my favorite thing about this album. Petrucci is a musician before he is a guitarist. People will undoubtedly throw the word “shred” in there to describe parts of this album – and those moments are there for sure – but I wouldn’t describe this as a shred album. There is also lots of emphasis on melody. And even in those relatively longer songs, Petrucci found a way to explore enough different territory to keep things moving. Knowing Dream Theater’s tendencies, you may expect deliberately long compositions, but that’s not how the album is structured. It just flows incredibly well with a whole variety of musical ideas thrown your way. I’ve already listened to the entire album multiple times and each time I didn’t even realize I was done with the album when it was finished. Luckily, I don’t think it’s a problem here. It’s a real challenge to write a good instrumental album that can keep the listener engaged all the way through. From what I could tell, some of Portnoy’s drumming was tracked with Petrucci there because the two of them live close to one another and they figured out a setup. The recording was tricky since it was done after COVID had already become the reality we all had to face. Like Petrucci recently said, he got the best of both worlds: playing with Mangini in Dream Theater, and playing with Mike Portnoy for his solo work. Besides, Mangini has been in the band for 10 years now, so it’s best to move on. I’m not going to lie, I’m one of those fans who misses Portnoy in Dream Theater but the drummer change in DT happened for a reason. So, he addressed this topic right away and prevented any damage the rumor mill might have caused to his personal relationships with either Portnoy or Mangini.
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Of course, with Portnoy playing drums on his solo album, Petrucci, rightfully, worried that it might lead to rumors of him coming back to Dream Theater. According to interviews Petrucci has recently done, when the idea of a new solo album came up, Portnoy told him that he was available to lay down drum tracks. Naturally, the topic of making music together came up at some point. It was great for fans to see that they had remained friends. Over the last few years, Petrucci and Portnoy had been posting pictures on their social media accounts of them hanging out.
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No.One of the most surprising – and most anticipated – things to come out of this album was the musical reunion of Petrucci with his long-time friend, and former bandmate, Mike Portnoy. Track listing Īll music is composed by John Petrucci. Mark Sabbatini at All About Jazz gave Suspended Animation a mixed review, initially criticizing some songs as sounding like "what feels like a market-driven formula for success." He nonetheless noted "Animate-Inanimate" as a highlight, while praising Petrucci's guitar tone, which he described as "clear and distinct even during moments of high-speed indulgence" and setting him apart from his contemporaries.
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The correct track listing, without the aforementioned anomalies, is shown below.Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Review scores On these editions, "Lost Without You" and "Animate-Inanimate" form tracks eight and nine respectively.
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Some releases of the album have "Curve" split into two separate tracks, with the majority of the song on track six and the latter portion on track seven. The songs "Jaws of Life", "Glasgow Kiss" and "Damage Control" have been played during the G3 tour, and the latter two are featured as openers to the 2005 DVD and live album G3: Live in Tokyo. Suspended Animation is the first studio album by Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci, released independently in 2005 through Sound Mind Music. Little Bear Studios, Suffern, New York Sound on Sound Studios, New York CityĪn Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess