THE HUMAN EQUATION

Simply beautiful. There's nothing I can say that hasn't already been said. Although the lyrics get a little cheesy at times and LaBrie's character seems to follow a pre-set singing pattern, everything else stands out in this album. LaBrie, Clayton, Akerfeldt, Marcela Bovio, and Arjen Lucassen all have stand-out performances, especially LaBrie and Marcela. Mike Baker, while only appearing in one song, gives such an exceptional performance that he deserves to be nominated in this catagory as well. All the other vocalists were amazing as well, but these people deserve a disgusting amount of props.

Day Four, Day Eight, and Day Sixteen never cease to amaze me.