5 Years in a Livetime

5 Years in a LIVEtime
Cover art by Storm Thorgerson
Video by
ReleasedOctober 27, 1998
RecordedVarious
GenreProgressive metal, progressive rock
LabelEastWest Records
Dream Theater chronology
Images and Words: Live in Tokyo
(1993)
5 Years in a LIVEtime
(1998)
Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York
(2001)
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Review scores
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AllMusic[1]

5 Years in a LIVEtime is the second video album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. The video contains a mix of concert footage, promotional video clips, and behind-the-scenes and interview footage from the five years in between the release of their previous home video, Images and Words: Live in Tokyo, and this video. Included in the video are the following:

  • The making of their 1994 album, Awake.
  • Footage from the "Waking Up the World" tour.
  • Footage from the 1995 "Uncovered" show at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.
  • The making of their 1997 album, Falling into Infinity.
  • Footage from the "Touring into Infinity" tour, including the Paris concert featured on the accompanying Once in a LIVEtime CD and the "unplugged" fan club show in Rotterdam.
  • Video clips for the songs "Lie", "The Silent Man", and "Hollow Years".
  1. ^ Hill, Gary (2011). "5 Years in a LIVEtime [DVD] - Dream Theater | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 August 2011.