FALLING INTO INFINITY

The first DT album that divided both critics and fans, as well as the first album on which it was felt that the creativity of Kevin Moore is irreplaceable. The story begins when the new management of East West Records asks the band to start making "more acceptable music" in fact that simplifies the structure of songs so that they can be broadcast on radio stations. In general, there is nothing wrong with that, the black album Countdown to Extinction as well as Empire were also recorded according to this pattern. For this purpose, the famous hitmaker Desmond Child was hired, who started his career in the cult film "The Warriors" and in the 80s became famous by writing the biggest hits for Bon Jovi, Kiss, Alice Cooper and many other rock and pop artists. He and Petrucci spent time in Florida where they made a new version of "You not Me". Regardless of what was thought and what today, many fans claim, in my opinion, it didn't happen, because their quality as musicians prevented the quality of the material from being diluted in some way, and since its release, I've been of the opinion that this is an excellent album, of course not at the level of the previous two, but still I prefer it to the praised "Metropolis 2". There are songs (just one or two) that are quite "radio-friendly" although not worse than others but also some of the best songs like Hell's Kitchen, Anna Lee, but first and foremost, Peruvian Skies.Even the production of the album, which was done by Kevin Shirley, known for working with some of the most successful groups, was more adapted to the band itself than he tried to change them. Every DT record from the 90s is fantastic and different from the previous one, and this is one more reason why they are special.