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Falling into Infinity
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Cover art by Storm Thorgerson
Studio album by
Dream Theater
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1997 (1997-09-23)
RecordedJune–July 1997
Studio Avatar, New York City
Genre
Length78:12
Label EastWest
Producer Kevin Shirley
Dream Theater chronology
A Change of Seasons
(1995)		Falling into Infinity
(1997)		 Once in a LIVEtime
(1998)
Dream Theater studio album chronology
Awake
(1994)		Falling into Infinity
(1997)		 Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
(1999)
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."New Millennium" Mike Portnoy 8:20
2."You Not Me" John Petrucci, Desmond Child 4:58
3."Peruvian Skies"Petrucci6:43
4."Hollow Years"Petrucci5:53
5."Burning My Soul"Portnoy5:29
6."Hell's Kitchen"(instrumental)4:16
7."Lines in the Sand"Petrucci12:05
8."Take Away My Pain"Petrucci6:03
9."Just Let Me Breathe"Portnoy5:28
10."Anna Lee" James LaBrie 5:51
11."Trial of Tears"
  • "I - It's Raining"
  • "II - Deep in Heaven"
  • "III - The Wasteland"
 John Myung 13:06
Total length:78:12
Japanese edition 3" bonus disc
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Take Away My Pain" (demo version)Petrucci6:49
2."Speak to Me" (demo version)LaBrie6:25

Personnel

Dream Theater:

Additional credits:

Chart performance

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [29] 53
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [30] 16
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [31] 5
French Albums (SNEP) [32] 42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [31] 9
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [33] 10
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [34] 20
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [35] 14
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [36] 43
US Billboard 200 [37] 52
UK Albums (OCC) [38] 163

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