METROPOLIS PART 2 - SCENES FROM A MEMORY

Honestly, this album is one of the greatest albums of all time. The complex yet simple story line of a murder in a small town and the relationships of those around the murder gives us (the audience) a great idea of what the music and the concept is trying to demonstrate. From begining to end, the instumental amazing (can they do that) sections makes this piece of greatness even more reason for it's importance for being the greatest DT album yet. The fact that each song in it's own way being unique makes every other song better than the last, because this isn't a "I'll just listen to track 1, 2 and 5..." this is a "Now I shall set aside 77 minutes and 12 seconds to truly get into the music itself..." One cannot stress enough the amazment of Rudess' purly inspiring keyboarding, Portnoy's crazy off-time drum fills, Petrucci's flowing guitaring, Myung's incredible bass stuff that most guitarists cannot do on a guitar, and to top it off...LaBrie's beautiful lyrics and voice. This band is more than a prog band. They are a band who understand all aspects of music itself as far as musical theory goes, and they know the exact dyanamics that a song needs to fullfill their standards. Anyone who does listen to this and doesn't think of the musical perfection of this album truly doesn't understand the true concepts of music itself. This album has passion, aggressiveness, crazyness and a whole bunch of other madness. If you do not have this cd, you must BUY! You won't be disappointed and if you are then review it. I'm challenging you to have a listen and share with us your thoughts. I guarentee you that you will be blown away.

P.S- and if you like the audio aspects of the music, check out the live dvd of this album... DO IT!