FALLING INTO INFINITY

Falling Into Infinity is BY FAR Dream Theater's most underrated album, and certainly one of their best. The fact that it has less than 3.5 stars is absolutely criminal. The sheer amount of ingenuity and variety on this album is unmatched even among other DT albums, much less than that of other bands.

Heavy hitters like "Lines in the Sand" and "Just Let Me Breathe" are some of their most rocking work to date. "Hell's Kitchen" and "Lines in the Sand" is the best one-two punch they've ever created in the studio, and more than enough to give this album a serious nod from any fan who doesn't fall into the pretentious hardcore crowd that says it's "too commercial" and doesn't judge the album on its many merits. "Hell's Kitchen" is also probably DT's best instrumental piece out of their entire 20+ year span. Every song, including the softer "Peruvian Skies," "Take Away My Pain" and "Anna Lee," have something interesting to offer.

Falling Into Infinity is solid and memorable throughout, has some of the best WOW moments of DT's impressive career, and should sit comfortably on the top of the ratings list with Images And Words and Metropolis 2.