"Awake" peaked at 32 on the "Billboard" 200, remaining in the charts for six weeks. This would remain the band's highest-charting release in the US until "Systematic Chaos" in 2007, which was eventually topped by 2009's "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", which peaked at No. 6. The album peaked in the top 20 in four countries. Derek Oliver, Dream Theater's label representative considered the album to be a commercial failure. This led to the band once again working with David Prater on "A Change of Seasons" and to the record label putting increasing pressure on the band to make songs on their next studio album, "Falling into Infinity", more commercial and radio-friendly.