| Rapid Eye Movement | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Riverside |
| Cover: | REM cover.jpg |
| Released: | September 28, 2007 (European InsideOut release) September 24, 2007 (Mystic Production release) October 9, 2007 (InsideOut release) |
| Recorded: | 2006–2007 |
| Studio: | Serakos Studio, Warsaw |
| Genre: | Progressive rock, progressive metal |
| Length: | 55:51 (original album) 33:26 (bonus disc) |
| Label: | InsideOut Music |
| Producer: | Riverside, Magda and Robert Srzedniccy |
| Prev Title: | Second Life Syndrome |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | Reality Dream |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
Rapid Eye Movement is the third studio album by Polish progressive rock band Riverside. It was released on September 28, 2007 in Europe by InsideOut Music, on September 24 by Mystic Productions in Poland, and internationally by InsideOut Music on October 9, 2007.
Rapid Eye Movement is the final installment of the Reality Dream Trilogy which includes Out of Myself and Second Life Syndrome. The album is split into two parts, entitled "Fearless" (tracks 1-5) and "Fearland" (tracks 6-9).
A two-CD Digipack version of the album was also released and includes extra tracks and some video footage. There are also two outtakes from the last Reality Dream Suite, the title track and "Reality Dream IV". Instead, both are included in the bonus disk, and the final instrumental suite is titled "Lucid Dream IV".
The album was named as one of Classic Rock‘s 10 essential progressive rock albums of the decade.[1]
In 2009, Century Media Records Ltd., under exclusive license from InsideOut Music, released a 2-CD version including the bonus disk originally included in the 2007 Digipak version, without the video footage.
All lyrics are written by Mariusz Duda; all music is written by Riverside, except a portion of bonus track "Back to the River", which is an excerpt of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd.
| Chart (2010) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch Albums Chart[2] | 73 | |
| Polish Albums Chart[3] | 2 |