---
title: "Stranger Than Fiction by Dream Theater"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/264f2609-d966-35e7-90ea-9790cf1846a8"
artist: "Dream Theater"
year: 1996
label: "Great King Rat"
---

# Stranger Than Fiction

**Stranger Than Fiction** is a live album by Dream Theater, released in 1996 on Great King Rat.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | Stranger Than Fiction |
| Artist | Dream Theater |
| Type | Live |
| Year | 1996 |
| Label | Great King Rat |
| Catalog number | GKR002/96 |
| Tracks | 12 |
| Place in discography | 32 of 183 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Don’t Look Past Me | 6:22 |
| 2 | To Live Forever | 5:12 |
| 3 | Learning to Live | 11:03 |
| 4 | Beatles Medley: Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End | 6:38 |
| 5 | O Holy Night | 4:43 |
| 6 | [dialogue] | 2:04 |
| 7 | Space‐Dye Vest | 6:59 |
| 8 | Lifting Shadows Off a Dream | 5:52 |
| 9 | Wait for Sleep | 3:09 |
| 10 | Dream’s Blues (improvisation) | 2:42 |
| 11 | improvisation | 1:33 |
| 12 | The Trooper / 6:00 (excerpts) | 2:56 |

## Genres

[Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Release tags

Progressive Metal

## In the discography

- Previous release: [Scenes From a Memory (1996)](https://themetalnet.com/album/ed4ae3fc-fffb-3eff-9aa3-88a7089ffff7)
- Next release: [Caught in São Paulo (1997)](https://themetalnet.com/album/dabc51be-ebc3-3467-86cf-2256bad370f8)

## Artist

- [Dream Theater](https://themetalnet.com/band/dream-theater)

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