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J-Man 
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 Topic: SFAM vs. I&W
Posted: January 28 2009 at 12:12 |
These are the two most acclaimed albums by Dream Theater, so I thought of making a poll to see which one is actually preferred. I voted for Scenes (my favorite album currently). 
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AngleofRepose
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 13:05 |
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Haha, my friend and I have had this conversation since scenes came out perenially. And we both swap constantly - although truth be told, Scenes receives a bit more of our attention.
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crimson87
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 13:50 |
Tough choice , when I am in the mood for it SFAM is amazing. But I find Images and words to be more consistent , besides I love that early 90's sound
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 13:57 |
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Easy for me!
Scenes from a Memory is my favorite metal album ever.
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horsewithteeth11
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 15:07 |
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Images is the album that helped form progressive metal and is one of my favorite metal albums. I used to like SFAM a lot more but it's value to me has decreased bit by bit over time. Quite honestly it's not even one of my top 3 DT albums anymore. It's not a very innovative album in the sense that I&W is for me, although I still enjoy it from time to time. Images for me by many, many miles
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sleeper
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 16:41 |
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Scenes from a Memory, Dream Theaters peak.
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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poslednijat_colobar
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 16:58 |
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By very far SFAM. I&W is not essential for me!
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Evolutionary Sleeper
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 17:44 |
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Images and Words. Favorite Dream Theater Album. :3
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Epignosis
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 17:54 |
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I don't even see how this is close.
Scenes from a Memory is progressive metal excellence.
Images & Words....well, a few people know my ideas on that, and based on the response I got from them, I'll not repeat them here.
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micky
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 17:56 |
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hmmm.. which one is preferred.....that's a hard choice..
one is listenable... one is my favorite drink coaster..along with Space Revolver...
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King Crimson776
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 18:01 |
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It's tied right now so that's fitting for me. No vote.
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Alberto Muņoz
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 18:49 |
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Scenes for me
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: January 28 2009 at 22:13 |
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Images and Words by a good margin for me.
SFAM wouldn't even make my top 50 metal albums, frankly.
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Pekka
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 02:30 |
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I&W is my favourite from their output, Scenes makes it to the better half too. Fourth I think, after Awake and Six Degrees. If the first act was as good as the brilliant second, Scenes would probably be number two on the list after I&W.
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someone_else
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 03:00 |
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Two good albums. I vote for Images and Words which I think is the best of these two, but not by far...
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Roj
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 03:24 |
 micky wrote:
one is listenable... one is my favorite drink coaster..along with Space Revolver...
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 Sacrilege I say, sacrilege. Micky, how can you say that about Space Revolver? One of my favourite albums of all time  . |
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theBox
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 07:19 |
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Images and Words is the album that got me into prog, back in the day. SFAM is the album that after hearing it, I never bothered with Dream Theater ever again. The album is absolutely RIDICULOUS (except maybe for dance of eternity).
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JayDee
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 07:24 |
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Images and Words. It has Kevin Moore.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 10:11 |
Roj M30 wrote:
micky wrote:
one is listenable... one is my favorite drink coaster..along with Space Revolver...
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Sacrilege I say, sacrilege. Micky, how can you say that about Space Revolver? One of my favourite albums of all time . |
You know Micky's issues with modern "Retro" Prog. I hope he learns once  
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stonebeard
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Posted: January 29 2009 at 13:21 |
Images and Words has a magical atmosphere. SFAM has a few really excellent song and a bunch of carnival riff w**kery. 
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