LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT
''2''
JUNE 15 1999
73:53
1 - Acid Rain/6:36
2 - Biaxident/7:41
3 - 914/4:02
4 - Another Dimension/9:50
5 - When The Water Breaks/16:58
6 - Chewbacca/13:36
7 - Liquid Dreams/10:47
8 - Hourglass/4:23
All Tracks By LTE
Tony Levin /Bass
John Petrucci /Guitar
Mike Portnoy /Drums
Jordan Rudess /Keyboards
REVIEW
By Steve Huey
The second Liquid Tension Experiment album doesn't contain anything quite as self-indulgent as its predecessor's chops-heavy half-hour jam session "Three Minute Warning"; the epic piece here, the 17-minute "When the Water Breaks," is much more composed and therefore focused (even if it's not what you'd call a tight listen). Elsewhere, the music blends Dream Theater-esque progressive metal (logically) and spontaneous interaction with mellower, more lushly textured pieces; the high level of musicianship is, of course, beyond question.
BIOGRAPHY
By Steve Huey
A sort of instrumental prog-rock/prog-metal supergroup, Liquid Tension Experiment features Dream Theater's John Petrucci (guitar) and Mike Portnoy (drums), keyboardist Jordan Rudess (who has worked with the Dixie Dregs and has since joined Dream Theater), and bassist extraordinaire Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, and many others). The group issued its self-titled debut in 1998 on the Magna Carta label and regrouped the following year for Liquid Tension Experiment 2.
''2''
JUNE 15 1999
73:53
1 - Acid Rain/6:36
2 - Biaxident/7:41
3 - 914/4:02
4 - Another Dimension/9:50
5 - When The Water Breaks/16:58
6 - Chewbacca/13:36
7 - Liquid Dreams/10:47
8 - Hourglass/4:23
All Tracks By LTE
Tony Levin /Bass
John Petrucci /Guitar
Mike Portnoy /Drums
Jordan Rudess /Keyboards
REVIEW
By Steve Huey
The second Liquid Tension Experiment album doesn't contain anything quite as self-indulgent as its predecessor's chops-heavy half-hour jam session "Three Minute Warning"; the epic piece here, the 17-minute "When the Water Breaks," is much more composed and therefore focused (even if it's not what you'd call a tight listen). Elsewhere, the music blends Dream Theater-esque progressive metal (logically) and spontaneous interaction with mellower, more lushly textured pieces; the high level of musicianship is, of course, beyond question.
BIOGRAPHY
By Steve Huey
A sort of instrumental prog-rock/prog-metal supergroup, Liquid Tension Experiment features Dream Theater's John Petrucci (guitar) and Mike Portnoy (drums), keyboardist Jordan Rudess (who has worked with the Dixie Dregs and has since joined Dream Theater), and bassist extraordinaire Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, and many others). The group issued its self-titled debut in 1998 on the Magna Carta label and regrouped the following year for Liquid Tension Experiment 2.
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