Critical Reception
The album did not receive much attention upon release, but due to Images and Words' commercial success, the album received critical reviews and criticism from many resources. Allmusic attacked the band's ability to actually write songs, despite them agreeing that some of their melodies are quite enjoyable.
The album also produced two singles, "Status Seeker" and "Afterlife", whose remixes & single edits for radio were done by Terry Brown of Rush production fame & who continued working with the band producing the band's second recorded and permanent singer, Canadian James LaBrie's, when he recorded vocal tracks for several albums in Canada and not with the band, as well as several of LaBrie's solo releases.
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