FEEDING THE WHEEL

All these tracks are amongst my all-time favourites. The complexity and the great melodies of this album are unparallelled. Jordan Rudess is definitely the greatest keyboardist of all-time, hands down. Not only does he play quickly and flawlessly, he also understands advanced musical theory and knows how to create musical masterpieces. Normally, in Dream Theater albums, the band just has a spot in the song where Rudess will just solo or do whatever he wants. In this album, those incredible solos still exist, it's just that they are seemlessly incorporated into the song without any transitions or interuptions. He uses various styles of music, including prog-rock, classical, aand some others that defy classification. This is a must have for any prog-rock fan, rock fan, classical fan - or anybody for that matter.