Reception
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| Allmusic | |
| The Dwarf | (Positive) |
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Music critic Piero Scaruffi includes the album at number 8, just after Fear Factory's Demanufacture and before Sepultura's Roots, in his classification of the best metal albums of all time. The song "Under a Glass Moon" was awarded the 98th best guitar solo by Guitar World magazine. In October 2011, Images and Words was ranked number 7 on Guitar World magazine's top ten list of guitar albums of 1992. Sea of Tranquility reviewer Murat Batmaz praised the album for the influence it has exerted on the progressive metal genre describing it as a "cornerstone."
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