Take The Time (track) by Dream Theater
Year: 1992
From the album Images And Words (track #3)


Take The Time appears on the following album(s) by Dream Theater:
- Images And Words (track #3) (this album) (1992)
- Once In A LIVEtime (track #6) (1998)
- Official Bootleg: Los Angeles, California 05/18/98 (track #3) (2003)
- Official Bootleg: New York City 03/04/93 (track #7) (2007)
- Chaos In Motion: 2007-2008 (track #12) (2008)
- Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Images And Words - Live In Japan, 2017 (track #3) (2021)
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In the hands of anyone else, this complex arrangement and crazy licks would be a disaster, but Dream Theater are totally tight. This one rock, and does so with exemplary intelligence.
Majestic. World-class keyboard licks here. I LOVE Kevin Moore's lead patch.
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