METROPOLIS PART 2 - SCENES FROM A MEMORY

Scenes From A Memory is the best Dream Theater album so far. It is also one of my favourite albums ever, it is a big chapter in progressive rock history. Why is this album a masterpiece? 1) Brilliant concept. 2) Stunning musicianship. 3) Top-notch production. 4) Originality and variability. 5) Integrity and cohesion. The album last 77 minutes and each second is thought-out, inspired and significant. Though the album is lengthy it doesn’t bore. Indeed, it was a peak of Dream Theater’s form: James LaBrie did his work perfectly – and made the best of it; John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess showed the world how to play really fast, synchronously and affecting (by the way, their most inspiring ideas and solos are exactly on SFAM); John Myung is great as always (please note his bass work on Dance Of The Eternity and Fatal Tragedy); Mike Portnoy as the best modern prog-rock drummer did his work conscientiously (the drum (!!!) solo at the end of Finally Free is … one of the finest moments I’ve ever heard!). The album consists of 12 tracks but sounds like one united song – the links between the songs are logical and well-founded. It goes without saying that SFAM is the most genuine work by Dream Theater. Really, I don’t know what to say more about the album. It is a MUST HAVE.

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