Fates Warning "No Exit (2008 Remastered, 25th Anniversary Edition)"

No Exit is the fourth studio album by progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in 1988 through Metal Blade Records. It is the first Fates Warning album to feature current singer Ray Alder, who replaced John Arch after the release of Awaken the Guardian (1986), as well as the last to feature drummer Steve Zimmerman, who left the band just prior to the recording of their subsequent album Perfect Symmetry (1989). The album's title was inspired by No Exit, a 1944 play written by French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.

Track listing

Disc 1 (CD) - No Exit

1. No Exit 00:41   
2. Anarchy Divine 03:46  
3. Silent Cries 03:17
4. In a Word 04:25
5. Shades of Heavenly Death 05:56   
6. The Ivory Gate of Dreams (Part 1: Innocence) 01:13  
7. The Ivory Gate of Dreams (Part 2: Cold Daze) 02:16  
8. The Ivory Gate of Dreams (Part 3: Daylight Dreamers) 03:07  
9. The Ivory Gate of Dreams (Part 4: Quietus) 04:24  
10. The Ivory Gate of Dreams (Part 5: Ivory Tower) 03:17  
11. The Ivory Gate of Dreams (Part 6: Whispers on the Wind) 02:24  
12. The Ivory Gate of Dreams (Part 7: Aquiescence) 04:24  
13. The Ivory Gate of Dreams (Part 8: Retrospect) 00:56  
14. Quietus (Demo) 03:59  
15. Ivory Gate of Dreams (Outtake One) 02:04  
16. Ivory Gate of Dreams (Outtake Two) 03:14  

Time:  49:23  

Disc 2 (DVD)

1. No Exit Tour Documentary 54:17  
2. Silent Cries (Music Video) 03:22  
3. Anarchy Divine (Music Video) 03:52  
4. Valley of the Dolls (Live Philadelphia 1988) 06:01  

Time:   01:07:32

Released as part of Metal Blade Records' 25th anniversary series.

The tour documentary also includes the making-of and behind the scenes footage for both music videos.

The Ivory Gate of Dreams is split up into different parts:

I. Innocence (01:13)

II. Cold Daze (02:15)

III. Daylight Dreamers (03:06)

IV. Quietus (04:25)

IV. Ivory Tower (03:17)

VI. Whispers on the Wind (02:24)

VII. Acquiescence (04:24)

VIII. Retrospect (1:01)

Music videos:

- Anarchy Divine

- Silent Cries

Recording information:

All songs arranged by Fates Warning.

Recorded at Carriage House, Ct, Oct-Dec 1987.