Images and Words Vs. Metropolis Part II

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Which Dream Theatre album do you like better, Image and Words or Metropolis part II: Scenes From a Memory?

Edited by SteveG - July 10 2014 at 19:06

Poll Question: Which Dream Theatre album do you prefer?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Images and Words	18	[42.86%]
Metropolis part II: Scenes From a Memory	17	[40.48%]
They are both equally as good to me.	7	[16.67%]
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SteveG Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 11 2014 Location: Kyiv In Spirit Status: Offline Points: 20497	Topic: Images and Words Vs. Metropolis Part II Posted: July 10 2014 at 18:43
	Which Dream Theatre album do you like better, Image and Words or Metropolis part II: Scenes From a Memory? Edited by SteveG - July 10 2014 at 19:06

verslibre Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 15005	Posted: July 10 2014 at 19:01
	I&W all the way!
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Man With Hat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166178	Posted: July 10 2014 at 19:32
	Metropolis Part II, easily.
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Wanorak Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 09 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4574	Posted: July 10 2014 at 20:15
	Metroplis; Images never really did it for me. I much prefer Awake over Images.
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coffeeintheface Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 02 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 397	Posted: July 10 2014 at 20:16
	Scenes is better as a whole cohesive work, but I&W has better overall songs. The latter's production is interesting too - it almost sounds electronic and "plastic"-y, which gives it a different atmosphere to my ears

Quirky Turkey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 17 2011 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 177	Posted: July 10 2014 at 20:40
	Metropolis by a mile

Barbu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 09 2005 Location: infinity Status: Offline Points: 30845	Posted: July 10 2014 at 23:15
	I&W

Svetonio Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 20 2010 Location: Serbia Status: Offline Points: 10213	Posted: July 10 2014 at 23:56
	Images and Words for me; both are the corner stones of the genre, though.

ProgMetaller2112 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 08 2012 Location: Pacoima,CA,USA Status: Offline Points: 3145	Posted: July 11 2014 at 00:57
	^^^^
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richardh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26140	Posted: July 11 2014 at 01:04
	Neither

Altairius Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 14 2014 Status: Offline Points: 187	Posted: July 11 2014 at 01:21
	I&W quite easily

someone_else Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: May 02 2008 Location: Going Bananas Status: Offline Points: 23995	Posted: July 11 2014 at 03:14
	I like them equally. My choice alternates every now and then.


fudgenuts64 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 17 2013 Location: NY Status: Offline Points: 470	Posted: July 11 2014 at 03:51
	Images but these days the only two that really do it for me are Awake and FII.


Hnrz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: September 06 2012 Location: Somerset Status: Offline Points: 58	Posted: July 11 2014 at 04:02
	They both have precisely the same rating here on PA! I prefer Metropolis as I enjoy the concept and it's more experimental.

b_olariu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: March 02 2007 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 5531	Posted: July 11 2014 at 04:59
	Images and Words

Lynx33 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 28 2008 Location: Hungary Status: Offline Points: 500	Posted: July 11 2014 at 09:10
	Images by miles. I only like Kevin Moore albums. Out of later albums, maybe Change of Seasons, Octavium or Train of Thought are worth anything: 3 or 3,5 stars at most. Their albums Metropolis Part 2 Scenes From A Memory, Live Scenes and Six Degrees are the most ridiculous and overrated progresive metal albums I have ever heard, especially Scenes from a memory, which is a piXX on the sublime Metropolis Part 1, and even on the original Part 2 released on Falling Into Infinity Demos.
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Xonty Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 23 2013 Location: Cornwall Status: Offline Points: 1759	Posted: July 11 2014 at 09:12
	Definitely Metropolis, don't see how you could prefer Images And Words really...

rogerthat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869	Posted: July 11 2014 at 10:20
	Images is a lot more compact and doesn't overstay its welcome (for me). And only one or two songs of sickeningly syrupy elevator music-meets-metal (Another Day, parts of Surrounded) which would dominate the subsequent albums more and more. Basically, I am not very much fond of LaBrie and I&W seems to be organised such that he doesn't stand out quite so much and the focus is more on Petrucci and Moore, which is just the way I like it.

Gerinski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 10 2010 Location: Barcelona Spain Status: Offline Points: 5093	Posted: July 11 2014 at 10:40
	I&W was a shock wave in the rock music community and if only because of that deserves recognition, and the second half of the album is truly outstanding, but IMHO Metropolis Pt II was their maturity release and overall still their best to date. I love the 2nd disc of Six Degrees but the 1st disc does not make it a perfect album for me.

ole-the-first Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 03 2012 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 1534	Posted: July 11 2014 at 10:45
	Metropolis part II
	This night wounds time.