Octavarium

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Annotation

Copyright: © 2005 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States

Excluded Regions (as of 2026-01-04)

🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-04 05:45 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	The Root of All Evil assistant recording engineer: Colleen Culhane, Kaori Kinoshita and Ryan Simms engineer: Doug Oberkircher producer: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy assistant mixer: Keith Gary and Will Hensley (Engineer) mixer: Michael Brauer (engineer) bass guitar: John Myung continuum, keyboard and lap steel guitar: Jordan Rudess drums (drum set) and percussion: Mike Portnoy background vocals: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy lead vocals: James LaBrie recorded at: The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 2004-11 until 2005-02) mixed at: Quad Sound in New York, New York, United States (in 2005-03) recording of: The Root of All Evil lyricist: Mike Portnoy composer: Dream Theater part of: Twelve‐Step Suite	3.4	8:27
2	The Answer Lies Within assistant recording engineer: Colleen Culhane, Kaori Kinoshita and Ryan Simms engineer: Doug Oberkircher producer: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy assistant mixer: Keith Gary and Will Hensley (Engineer) mixer: Michael Brauer (engineer) bass guitar: John Myung cello: Richard Locker (cellist) continuum, keyboard and lap steel guitar: Jordan Rudess drums (drum set) and percussion: Mike Portnoy viola: Vincent Lionti violin [first violin]: Elena Barere (violinist) violin [second violin]: Carol Webb (violinist) background vocals: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy lead vocals: James LaBrie conductor: Jamshied Sharifi strings arranger: Jamshied Sharifi recorded at: The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 2004-11 until 2005-02) mixed at: Quad Sound in New York, New York, United States (in 2005-03) recording of: The Answer Lies Within lyricist: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) composer: Dream Theater	3.4	5:32
3	These Walls assistant recording engineer: Colleen Culhane, Kaori Kinoshita and Ryan Simms engineer: Doug Oberkircher producer: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy assistant mixer: Keith Gary and Will Hensley (Engineer) mixer: Michael Brauer (engineer) bass guitar: John Myung continuum, keyboard and lap steel guitar: Jordan Rudess drums (drum set) and percussion: Mike Portnoy background vocals: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy lead vocals: James LaBrie recorded at: The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 2004-11 until 2005-02) mixed at: Quad Sound in New York, New York, United States (in 2005-03) recording of: These Walls lyricist: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) composer: Dream Theater	3.2	7:36
4	I Walk Beside You assistant recording engineer: Colleen Culhane, Kaori Kinoshita and Ryan Simms engineer: Doug Oberkircher producer: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy assistant mixer: Keith Gary and Will Hensley (Engineer) mixer: Michael Brauer (engineer) bass guitar: John Myung continuum, keyboard and lap steel guitar: Jordan Rudess drums (drum set) and percussion: Mike Portnoy guitar: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) background vocals: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy lead vocals: James LaBrie recorded at: The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 2004-11 until 2005-02) mixed at: Quad Sound in New York, New York, United States (in 2005-03) recording of: I Walk Beside You lyricist: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) composer: Dream Theater	3.8	4:29
5	Panic Attack assistant recording engineer: Colleen Culhane, Kaori Kinoshita and Ryan Simms engineer: Doug Oberkircher producer: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy assistant mixer: Keith Gary and Will Hensley (Engineer) mixer: Michael Brauer (engineer) bass guitar: John Myung continuum, keyboard and lap steel guitar: Jordan Rudess drums (drum set) and percussion: Mike Portnoy background vocals: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy lead vocals: James LaBrie recorded at: The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 2004-11 until 2005-02) mixed at: Quad Sound in New York, New York, United States (in 2005-03) recording of: Panic Attack lyricist: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) composer: Dream Theater	3.8	8:13
6	Never Enough assistant recording engineer: Colleen Culhane, Kaori Kinoshita and Ryan Simms engineer: Doug Oberkircher producer: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy assistant mixer: Keith Gary and Will Hensley (Engineer) mixer: Michael Brauer (engineer) bass guitar: John Myung continuum, keyboard and lap steel guitar: Jordan Rudess drums (drum set) and percussion: Mike Portnoy background vocals: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy lead vocals: James LaBrie recorded at: The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 2004-11 until 2005-02) mixed at: Quad Sound in New York, New York, United States (in 2005-03) recording of: Never Enough lyricist: Mike Portnoy composer: Dream Theater	3.4	6:46
7	Sacrificed Sons assistant recording engineer: Colleen Culhane, Kaori Kinoshita and Ryan Simms engineer: Doug Oberkircher producer: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy assistant mixer: Keith Gary and Will Hensley (Engineer) mixer: Michael Brauer (engineer) bass guitar: John Myung cello: Jeanne LeBlanc and Richard Locker (cellist) continuum, keyboard and lap steel guitar: Jordan Rudess drums (drum set) and percussion: Mike Portnoy flute: Pamela Sklar French horn: Joseph Anderer (American hornist) and Stewart Rose (hornist) viola: Karen Dreyfus (violist) and Vincent Lionti violin: Katherine Fong, Katherine Livolsi-Stern, Ann Lehmann, Laura McGinniss, Catherine Ro (Violinist), Richard Sortomme (violinist/composer) and Yuri Vodovoz background vocals: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy lead vocals: James LaBrie conductor: Jamshied Sharifi strings arranger: Jamshied Sharifi concertmaster: Elena Barere (violinist) recorded at: The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 2004-11 until 2005-02) mixed at: Quad Sound in New York, New York, United States (in 2005-03) recording of: Sacrificed Sons lyricist: James LaBrie composer: Dream Theater	3.6	10:45
8	Octavarium assistant recording engineer: Colleen Culhane, Kaori Kinoshita and Ryan Simms engineer: Doug Oberkircher producer: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy assistant mixer: Keith Gary and Will Hensley (Engineer) mixer: Michael Brauer (engineer) bass guitar: John Myung cello: Jeanne LeBlanc and Richard Locker (cellist) continuum, keyboard and lap steel guitar: Jordan Rudess drums (drum set) and percussion: Mike Portnoy flute: Pamela Sklar French horn: Joseph Anderer (American hornist) and Stewart Rose (hornist) viola: Karen Dreyfus (violist) and Vincent Lionti violin: Katherine Fong, Katherine Livolsi-Stern, Ann Lehmann, Laura McGinniss, Catherine Ro (Violinist), Richard Sortomme (violinist/composer) and Yuri Vodovoz background vocals: John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy lead vocals: James LaBrie conductor: Jamshied Sharifi strings arranger: Jamshied Sharifi concertmaster: Elena Barere (violinist) recorded at: The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 2004-11 until 2005-02) mixed at: Quad Sound in New York, New York, United States (in 2005-03) recording of: Octavarium lyricist: James LaBrie, John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Mike Portnoy composer: Dream Theater	4	23:59

Credits

Release

remastered versions:	Octavarium (2009 remaster)

purchase for download:	https://music.apple.com/gb/album/323771087 [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/album/4v6kYkn7mYjlWS9vONmmCP [info] https://www.deezer.com/album/257950 [info]
streaming page:	https://music.apple.com/gb/album/323771087 [info] https://tidal.com/album/292083 [info]

Release group

creative direction:	Mike Portnoy Hugh Syme

included in:	The Studio Albums 1992–2011 The Studio Albums 1992–2016 The Triple Album Collection

supporting tours:	Octavarium (Dream Theater tour)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/160122 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Dream-theater/Octavarium [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/dream-theater/octavarium/ [info] https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/dream-theater/octavarium [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/9269/ [info] https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=7515 [info] https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/en/album/Octavarium/3844 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000141762 [info]
Wikidata:	Q519249 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 075678379369
Format:: Digital Media
Length:: 1:15:48

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Warner Bros. Records

Release events

[Worldwide]
2005-06-07

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