When Dream And Day Unite
by Dream Theater

When Dream And Day Unite by Dream Theater
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 5,591st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 92 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (77th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (813th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,591st)

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Dream Theater bestography

When Dream And Day Unite is ranked 11th best out of 41 albums by Dream Theater on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Dream Theater is Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory which is ranked number 772 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,232.

Dream Theater album bestography « Higher ranked (5,465th)
A Dramatic Turn Of Events
This album (5,591st)
When Dream And Day Unite
Lower ranked (5,707th) »
Systematic Chaos

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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When Dream And Day Unite rankings

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Overall rank: 5,591st | 1980s rank: 813th | 1989 rank: 77th

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From 02/16/2022 16:18 | #281388
To this day (2022) one of my Top 3 DT Albums.
Despite it's weak sounding one can hear their potential for greater things to come.
Great Songs ; great musicians ; excellent debut.
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From 06/14/2014 20:21 | #114478
Very very very good album! I think its all the Rush in the system which is causing these words to type. Like all fast paced, no pantomine, lots of guitars. Might be telling story, couldn't tell. I mean that is something you want to watch out for with Dream Thea... stories.
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From 08/28/2012 05:12 | #49349
A solid debut - slightly above average overall. It's pretty consistent, but there are only a few "wow" moments. The first three songs are particularly good, and The Killing Hand and Light Fuse and Get Away show flashes. Only a Matter of Time only got worse with age - it's not a good live song.
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