METROPOLIS PART 2 - SCENES FROM A MEMORY

1st Prog album in my collection...not only of Dream Theater...general progressive!... No one has achieved such orchestration and compositions yet to beat this album, not even them! Progressive Rock means "Scenes from a memory" for me. A lot of people ask me what defines progressive rock, and now i have the answer. Regression is an excellent start for this album, followed by Overture1928, a shining instrumental song above any expectation. Strange Deja Vu is the "coolest" song in the album. Through My wods beautiful song, Through Her Eyes too, excelente ballads one of the best! (SFNY version of Through Her Eyes is 99/100). Then Fatal Tragedy Another Myung work...no words to describe it. Beyond this Life is one of the best songs Dream Theater accomplished, in this song you cant say they added too much of virtuosism. Home, very catchy misterious , the best Rudess synth solo(better than the solo Petrucci perform in this song). The Dance of Eternity, reminding me Metropolis part 1, this song is just composition madness, taking Yes instrumentals and upgrading them to infinite you get the dance of eternity. Showing all 5 musician skills with powerfull ego. One last time, the best Piano intro ever constructed, Rudess piano(sound) solos are incredible, although his work as solist and with liquid tension is 3x what he does in Dream Theater. The Spirit Carries On, This is the perfect song that gives the album a sentimental touch never achieved in previous DT albums, TSCO Solo is the BEST solo from Mr. John Peter Petrucci, the finest solo from him in my opinion. This song at high volume make tears come out of my eyes. Finally Free, great closing song as if it where a book, at the end portnoy shows why he is on the hall of fame of drummers.

i never got tired of this album, 5 years listening to it over and onver again, i've listen to it more then thousands of time and every time sounds like the first one.

For those who rated this album below 5 stars, Dream Theater is like Picasso(dont have any to do with Petrucci Ibanez :P) its not easy to appreciate their work, but they are

(if Labries voice were like the vocals from awake, thsi album should be granted a 6/5 rating)