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Poll Question: Your favorite DT period is
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    Posted: December 18 2013 at 03:09
Choose your favorite DT period, simple as that; if you find my classification wrong, just state yours and tell me your favorite years. Big smile

The Moore period is still my favorite. I dunno, And I think it's because of Kevin's work, amazing job he did there. Clap
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I'm really not a DT fanboy but the period I prefer is with Kevin Moore. The first album is, IMO near masterpiece. I don't really care for the other era of the band
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Stuck between the Kevin Moore years and "Jordan Came" Ermm 
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'Jordan came' is Scenes From a Memory and the Octavarium epic. This one wins by a mile.
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Originally posted by Quirky Turkey Quirky Turkey wrote:

'Jordan came' is Scenes From a Memory and the Octavarium epic. This one wins by a mile.

 
Agreed, this is easily the best period.
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Kevin era easily
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I like all of it, actually.

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Tempted to go with 1999-2009 because it showcases their best 1-2 punch of albums ever (Metropolis and Six  Degrees) but it also has some subpar stuff (SC and BC&SL).  Leaves first and last for me; I think ADTOE is up there with their best albums but the newest one, while excellent, isn't as good as the first two.  I've never personally been a huge fan of Awake but it's still an incredible album regardless.  So Moore years, I guess.
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The last option as some of my favourite DT albums are from different periods.
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Each of these eras (excepting the Derek one) has both one of my favourite and one of my least favourite DT albums, so they're all pretty even to me.
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I&W is by far my favourite DT album, so 89-94 it is!
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It's rather close from the Moore years and the Rudess/Portnoy years for me, but I feel the quintesential Dream Theater sound comes from the Rudess/Portnoy line-up. To put it this way, I believe Rudess is a better fit with Dream Theater than Moore... but Moore complemented the Dream Theater sound better.
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Images and Words is their best, but the 1999-2009 era has Metropolis, Six Degrees, Train of Thought, and Octavarium, all of which beat out the rest of the Kevin Moore years albums IMO.
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Moore era. WDaDU, I&W and Awake are the albums I continue to listen to (the most).
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The Kevin Moore years were the best.
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Points: 16111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2014 at 18:18
Kevin Moore years for sure, they are the albums I reach for if I need to hear some DT. I also prefer Moore's solo work over most of the later DT material. OSI and Dead Air for Radios are incredible.
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1999-2010,easily.
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