Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) adalah album kompilasi oleh band progressive metal/rock Dream Theater yang dirilis oleh Rhino Records pada tanggal 1 April 2008. Judul dari album ini menyindir lagu radio hit sepanjang masa mereka, "Pull Me Under", dan ditambah dengan 21 lagu lainnya. di dalam album ini terdapat tiga lagu dari album Images and Words yang di ''remix'' oleh Kevin Shirley: "Pull Me Under", "Take the Time", dan "Another Day". Terdapat juga sebuah lagu pada era-Awake: "Lie", dan rekaman ulang dari sesi Images and Words: "To Live Forever", yang belum pernah dirilis pada album sebelumnya. Beberapa versi single edit juga ditampilkan di kompilasi ini.
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Allmusic
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Lagu-lagu dibagi dalam dua disc: yang pertama, dijuluki "The Dark Side", fitur berat, lagu yang kental dengan nuansa metal, sedangkan yang kedua, berjudul "The Light Side", sisi lagu yang berirama melodi ringan.
Disc satu ("The Dark Side")
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1. | "Pull Me Under" (2007 remix) | Kevin Moore | Dream Theater | Images and Words | 8:13 |
2. | "Take the Time" (2007 remix) | Dream Theater | Dream Theater | Images and Words | 8:22 |
3. | "Lie" (single edit) | Moore | Dream Theater | Awake | 5:02 |
4. | "Peruvian Skies" | John Petrucci | Dream Theater | Falling into Infinity | 6:42 |
5. | "Home" (single edit) | Mike Portnoy | Dream Theater | Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory | 5:38 |
6. | "Misunderstood" (single edit) | Petrucci | Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess, Portnoy | Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | 5:14 |
7. | "IV. The Test That Stumped Them All" (single edit) | Portnoy | Petrucci, Myung, Rudess, Portnoy | Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | 5:00 |
8. | "As I Am" (clean single edit) | Petrucci | Petrucci, Myung, Rudess, Portnoy | Train of Thought | 7:14 |
9. | "Endless Sacrifice" | Petrucci | Petrucci, Myung, Rudess, Portnoy | Train of Thought | 11:23 |
10. | "The Root of All Evil" (edit) | Portnoy | Dream Theater | Octavarium | 7:16 |
11. | "Sacrificed Sons" (edit) | James LaBrie | Dream Theater | Octavarium | 9:41 |
Disc dua ("The Light Side")
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1. | "Another Day" (2007 remix) | Petrucci | Dream Theater | Images and Words | 4:25 |
2. | "To Live Forever" | Moore, Petrucci | Dream Theater | B-Side to Lie | 4:56 |
3. | "Lifting Shadows off a Dream" | John Myung | Dream Theater | Awake | 6:09 |
4. | "The Silent Man" | Petrucci | Petrucci | Awake | 3:47 |
5. | "Hollow Years" | Petrucci | Dream Theater | Falling into Infinity | 5:55 |
6. | "Through Her Eyes" (alternate album mix) | Petrucci | Dream Theater | Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory | 6:03 |
7. | "The Spirit Carries On" | Petrucci | Dream Theater | Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory | 6:40 |
8. | "VI. Solitary Shell" (single edit) | Petrucci | Petrucci, Myung, Rudess, Portnoy | Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | 4:10 |
9. | "I Walk Beside You" | Petrucci | Dream Theater | Octavarium | 4:28 |
10. | "The Answer Lies Within" (edit) | Petrucci | Dream Theater | Octavarium | 5:15 |
11. | "Disappear" | LaBrie | Petrucci, Myung, Rudess, Portnoy | Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | 6:45 |