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Poll Question: Which song do you prefer?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
13 [17.57%]
1 [1.35%]
3 [4.05%]
7 [9.46%]
10 [13.51%]
40 [54.05%]
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For me it's another great album and I love it all.
 
Shattered Fortress was my favourite initially.  My favourite part of the album is the awesome instrumental section of A Rite Of Passage, whilst the version of Count Of Tuscany when I saw them live on PN09 was truly spine chilling.
 
Can I make up my mind?  Not really but I'll go with Shattered Fortress as it needs some help in the poll.
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Originally posted by jampa17 jampa17 wrote:

After listening to Wither... I can't refuse to vote for that one... sometimes I get related to that lyrics and is just what I feel so... Wither for me... and I'll be alone... I know...

Wither is great Thumbs Up

I loved the live performance of the track and according to selist.fm it was the first time Dream Theater performed the song live!
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Tuscany for me. Wither is quite ridiculous, though heartfelt.
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Originally posted by Paper Champion Paper Champion wrote:

Tuscany for me. Wither is quite ridiculous, though heartfelt.
 
Ouch Thanks for that...!!!
 
"So I wither... and render myself helpless... I break down and let the story guide me..." I don't see nothing ridiculous on that but well...
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Originally posted by Paper Champion Paper Champion wrote:

Tuscany for me. Wither is quite ridiculous, though heartfelt.

I actually find the Count of Tuscany-lyrics appalling. It's basically a story about a count that frightened Petrucci while he visited Tuscany. If that's epic story telling then count me out!
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The Count. A Nightmare to remember is close, though...
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Their best album start to finish in quite sometime.....I enjoy this album A LOT!! Play it all the time. I had to pick A Nightmare to Remember, since it is the first track and had me hooked from the second I heard the thunder. I too dislike Portnoy's growling...he needs to stop the vocals and stick to percussion. I think I would hate it if Neil Peart began to sing, plus his big nose would hit the mike all the time...LOL!!!!!!! LOL
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This is the first Dream Theater album in which I liked absolutely none of the songs.
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I agree that the lyrics for these album are at the best cheesy, if not completly ridiculous. Many have complained about Count of Tuscany, but for me the absolute winner (or looser) on bad lyrics here is A Nightmare to Remember. I just try to ignore the lyrics when listening to this album, but with this song it's rather difficult.
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A Nightmare to Remember, the only good song on an otherwise forgetable album.
 
And I used to be a really big DT fan once upon a time.
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The album has actually improved a lot for me on repeated listenings. I didn't much like it at first, but now I think the tracks are quite good. The only one which doesn't really move me is The Shattered Fortress. Yeah, its a good trip down memory lane, but it is really just a hodge podge of the 12 step suite. Nothing new. 

A Nightmare to Remember or The Count of Tuscany is my favourite. I'll go for the Count.
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The count of Tuscany, for sure.
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Originally posted by jampa17 jampa17 wrote:

After listening to Wither... I can't refuse to vote for that one... sometimes I get related to that lyrics and is just what I feel so... Wither for me... and I'll be alone... I know...
I have to agree. In a musical world of mediocrity I turn to prog. My choice may seem contradictory to my beliefs in listening to the music with the best musicianship but sometimes a song like wither just touches your emotions and those are the ones that become meeningful. Musically many of the others are better choices but Wither is just the most meeningful to me and emotional.
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I went with The Shattered Fortress for all of its subtle allusions to other DT songs that I love.
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I can't vote because I like all the songs and I think that it is the best album since Octavarium.
I think they did a great job with this album i even like it  more Six degree, awaken, and falling into infinity.
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It's close between Count and Nightmare, but I voted Count.
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People seriously voted for Wither?
There were like three new parts in the entirety of The Shattered Fortress, an anticlimactic end and album filler.
A Rite of Passage was lame, Jordan's solo was weird.
A Nightmare To Remember is definitely quality,  and The Best of Times was good when it strayed away from The Ministry of Lost Souls.
But The Count of Tuscany is hands down the best.
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Originally posted by Astrapto Astrapto wrote:

People seriously voted for Wither?
There were like three new parts in the entirety of The Shattered Fortress, an anticlimactic end and album filler.
A Rite of Passage was lame, Jordan's solo was weird.
A Nightmare To Remember is definitely quality,  and The Best of Times was good when it strayed away from The Ministry of Lost Souls.
But The Count of Tuscany is hands down the best.
 
I voted for one of the most touching songs of DT in recent years... you have a problem with that...???
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I submitted the very same poll not long after BC&SL came out and back then I voted for The Shattered Fortress, but now I think A Nightmare to Remember has just overtaken it.  I can't believe A Rite of Passage has only got one vote, with that lovely chorus and great instrumental bit in the middle?!  Oh, well ....
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^ I was thinking the same thing, I can't believe that I was the only vote for "A Rite of Passage". 
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