Rapid Eye Movement (album)

Rapid Eye Movement is the third studio album by Polish progressive rock band Riverside. It was released on September 28, 2007 in Europe by InsideOut Music, on September 24 by Mystic Productions in Poland, and internationally by InsideOut Music on October 9, 2007.

For other uses, see Rapid eye movement (disambiguation).

Rapid Eye Movement
Studio album by
Riverside
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2007 (European InsideOut release)
September 24, 2007 (Mystic Production release)
October 9, 2007 (InsideOut release)
Recorded2006-2007
StudioSerakos Studio, Warsaw
GenreProgressive rock, progressive metal
Length55:51 (original album)
33:26 (bonus disc)
LabelInsideOut Music
ProducerRiverside, Magda and Robert Srzedniccy
Riverside chronology
Second Life Syndrome
(2005)		 Rapid Eye Movement
(2007)		 Reality Dream
(2008)
Singles from Rapid Eye Movement
  1. "02 Panic Room"
    Released: June 10, 2007
  2. "Schizophrenic Prayer"
    Released: March 17, 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
DPRP8-9½/10[1]
Metal Storm(9/10)[2]
HardRockHouse(8.9/10)[3]
Sea of Tranquility[4]

Background

Rapid Eye Movement is the final installment of the Reality Dream Trilogy which includes Out of Myself and Second Life Syndrome. The album is split into two parts, entitled "Fearless" (tracks 1-5) and "Fearland" (tracks 6-9).

A two-CD Digipack version of the album was also released and includes extra tracks and some video footage. There are also two outtakes from the last Reality Dream Suite, the title track and "Reality Dream IV". Instead, both are included in the bonus disk, and the final instrumental suite is titled "Lucid Dream IV".

The album was named as one of Classic Rock‘s 10 essential progressive rock albums of the decade.[5]

In 2009, Century Media Records Ltd., under exclusive license from InsideOut Music, released a 2-CD version including the bonus disk originally included in the 2007 Digipak version, without the video footage.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mariusz Duda; all music is written by Riverside, except a portion of bonus track "Back to the River", which is an excerpt of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd.

Part One: Fearless
No.TitleLength
1."Beyond the Eyelids"7:56
2."Rainbow Box"3:37
3."02 Panic Room"5:29
4."Schizophrenic Prayer"4:21
5."Parasomnia"8:10
Part Two: Fearland
No.TitleLength
6."Through the Other Side"4:06
7."Embryonic"4:10
8."Cybernetic Pillow"4:46
9."Ultimate Trip"13:13
Special edition bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Behind the Eyelids"6:17
2."Lucid Dream IV"4:32
3."02 Panic Room" (remix)3:23
4."Back to the River"6:28
5."Rapid Eye Movement"12:39

Personnel

Charts
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Dutch Albums Chart[6] 73
Polish Albums Chart[7] 2

References
  1. "Album Reviews". DPRP. No. 2007–047. August 12, 2007.
  2. "Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement review". Metal Storm.
  3. "Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement". HardRockHouse. Archived from the original on October 24, 2007.
  4. Murat Batmaz (October 17, 2007). "Riverside: Rapid Eye Movement". Sea of Tranquility.
  5. Classic Rock, February 2010, issue 141.
  6. "Riverside - Acronym Love".
  7. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. September 30, 2007. Retrieved January 7, 2012.


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