Elements of Persuasion is Dream Theater lead singer James LaBrie's third solo album, his first two being Keep It To Yourself and MullMuzzler 2, which were released under his band MullMuzzler. Elements of Persuasion was released on March 29, 2005. The album has since become a big hit among progressive metal fans.
Unlike his previous solo works, this one is released under his name - as suggested by his publisher. He also hired some new musicians, a...
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Elements of Persuasion is Dream Theater lead singer James LaBrie's third solo album, his first two being Keep It To Yourself and MullMuzzler 2, which were released under his band MullMuzzler. Elements of Persuasion was released on March 29, 2005. The album has since become a big hit among progressive metal fans.
Unlike his previous solo works, this one is released under his name - as suggested by his publisher. He also hired some new musicians, among others the new guitar virtuoso Marco Sfogli from Italy and Richard Chycki as sound engineer, resulting in a different sound. Despite the changes, the album is still based on the same formula used on the past two albums, although with a much heavier sound.
Leading up to the release of Dream Theater's album Octavarium, Elements of Persuasion was labeled as a pre-release leak of Octavarium; some radio stations even played some songs off this album claiming them to be tracks from Octavarium. Also, the song "Undecided" is often confused with ...
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