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Topic: Rate DT Albums!
Posted By: Snow Dog
Subject: Rate DT Albums!
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 06:09
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In the vein of Yesstars thread and an ELP one please rate Dream Theater Albums . Marks out of 5 please( no 1/2 stars, its out of 5 not 10) Studio Albums Only.
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Posted By: Geee
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 07:13
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------------- "Just as a bell that has been rung cannot be "unrung", the annoying problem with the Truth is that, once you learn it, you can not "unlearn" it." |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 07:18
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Close, but I would say: When Dream & Day Unite: 2.5 Images & Words: 4 Live At The Marquee: 3 Awake: 4.5 A Change Of Seasons: 3 Falling Into Infinity: 2 One In A Livetime: 2 Cleaning Out The Closet: 3 Scenes From A Memory: 4.5 Live Scenes From New York: 3 Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence: 4.5 Train Of Thought: 4 Live At Budokan: 3 ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Yurkspb
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 07:27
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When Dream and Day Unite 3 Images And Words 5 Awake 5 A Change Of Seasons 4 Falling Into Infinity 3 Scenes.....Metropolis Pt 2 5+ Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence 3 Train Of Thought 2 |
Posted By: Progerial
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 07:27
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havn't heard WDADU, but i'll rate the other studio albums images & words ***** |
Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 07:31
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The ones I've heard: Images and Words 4 Awake 4 Change of Seasons EP 4 Falling into Infinity 4 (3.5) Scenes from a Memory 3 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence 4 Train of Thought 4 Octavarium - so far 3 (2.75 ------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 08:06
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Only heard.. 'Images & Words' 'Train of thought' 2.5/5 (blinding musicianship, but a little heavy for me these days) Anyone seen my slippers and my bag of Werthers Originals ? ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 08:11
yes it is a little on the heavy side, so i have to be in the mood for it. btw how long have u been a collaborator? i never noticed that you were before! maybe its just my head ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Blacksword wrote:Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 08:18
I guess I've been a collaborator for about 6 months, maybe longer. It only came about through writing reviews. I went through a phase of writing loads of them and that earned me 'Collaborator' status. I haven't written any for ages though. I read back over some of my old reviews and I cringed If you want to collaborate I guess you just need to be a prolific review writer, though I'm sure there are other ways of collaborating. You'll have to speak to Maani & Co. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: MikeSweedish
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 08:48
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 09:05
Jeez Blacksword i guess I must have known all along and noticed that you were one! Brainstorm on my part I'm afraid. Oh the penaltiies of being a genius  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 09:34
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I sympathise fully. Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and condemned to a life of listerning to Yes..
Still I suppose It could be worse...but not much... ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 11:02
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Images and words: 3,5 Awake: 2 A Change of Seasons: 4 Falling into Infinity: 2,5 Scenes from a memory: 4 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: 4 Train of Thought: 2,5 |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 11:15
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Posted By: eriksalkeld
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 13:26
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------------- Autenticidad, actitud, pluralidad, espiritu e inteligencia, si es prog bien, si no, tambien. |
Posted By: JMCecil
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 13:29
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Images and words: 3.5 Awake: 3 A Change of Seasons: 2.5 Falling into Infinity: 2 Scenes from a memory: 3 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: 2 (only because I give CD-2 a 3) Train of Thought: 1 |
Posted By: MorgothSunshine
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 13:58
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When Dream and Day Unite *****
Images And Words *****
Awake *****
A Change Of Seasons *****
Falling Into Infinity *****
Scenes.....Metropolis Pt 2 *****
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence *****
Train Of Thought ***** ------------- For every truth even the contrary is true... 
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Posted By: frenchie
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 15:10
OH NO! A metal band making a heavy album! That's madness! How dare they! God i hate that lame excuse, TOT is pure brilliance Anyway here's my list of the ones i have images and words - 5/5 awake - 4/5 a change of seasons - 4/5 falling into infinity - 4/5 once in a livetime - 4/5 scenes from a memory - 5/5 live scenes from new york - 5/5 six degrees of inner turbulence - 4/5 train of thought - 5/5 live at budokan - 4/5 this is a pretty crappy thread, you could jus look at peoples reviews if you wanna know this stuff! ------------- The Worthless Recluse 
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Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 15:17
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I haven't heard When Dream And Day Unite, so my list starts with IAW.
Images And Words: 4/5 Awake: 5/5 A Change Of Seasons: 3/5 Falling Into Infinity: 2/5 Scenes From A Memory: 4/5 Six Degrees...: 3/5 Train Of Thought: 4/5 EDITED to fix half stars. 
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Posted By: SirPsycho388
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 15:21
------------- Strangers passing in the street by chance two separate glances meet and I am you and what I see is me. And do I take you by the hand and lead you through the land and help me understand the best I can |
Posted By: juanvalverde
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 15:26
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When Dream and Day Unite 2.5 out of 5.0 Images And Words 5.0 out of 5.0 Live at the Marquee 3.5 out of 5.0 Awake 4.5 out of 5.0 A change of seasons 4.0 out of 5.0 Falling into Infinity 3.5 out of 5.0 Once in a LIVEtime 1.0 out of 5.0 Metropolis Part II: Scenes from a memory 5.0 out of 5.0 Scenes from New York : 4.0 out of 5.0 Six Degrees of inner Turbulence 4.0 out of 5.0 Train of Thought 3.5 out of 5.0 Live at Budokan 4.0 out of 5.0 Octavarium ? ? ?
Liquid tension experiment 4.0 out of 5.0 Liquid tension experiment 2 4.5 out of 5.0 Mullmuzller I 3.5 out of 5.0 Scenes from New York DVD 3.5 out of 5.0 Once in a live time dvd 4.0 out of 5.0 Live from Tokio 3.5 out of 5.0 Live from Budokan DVD 5.0 out of 5.0
Thats about it...
Favorite Dream Theater songs: Metropolis Part I Overture 1928/Strange Deja Vu The Glass Prison New Millenium ------------- Dream Theater made me listen to Rush,Yes, ELP, Genesis.. That must count for something! |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 15:31
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When Dream & Day Unite: 4 (Don't let the vocals and production distract you) Images & Words: 5 (The best prog rock work of them, "Surrounded" is pure prog) Live At The Marquee: 3 (seems more like a bootleg) Awake: 5 (This is their masterpiece in a metal sense) A Change Of Seasons: 4 (The covers don't count, as the record was meant as an EP with the covers as bonuses) Falling Into Infinity: 4 (The songs are top notch, if you like this album depends on whether you like Sherinian ... I do) One In A Livetime: - (Don't own it, I listened in once and didn't like the production) Cleaning Out The Closet: - (Don't know it) Scenes From A Memory: 5 (Their masterpiece in a conceptional sense) Live Scenes From New York: 4 (just because 4.5 is not allowed and Budokan tops it) Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence: 4/5 (CD1 has some shallow moments, CD2 is simply awesome) Train Of Thought: 4 (actually, I like it as much as the records I rated 5 ... maybe the problem this album has is that it seems more like a series of song writing ideas than the other albums. Check out the interviews of the band about their song writing process to see what I mean) Live At Budokan: 5 (@fandango: 3? What is bad about this DVD? The video AND the audio are perfect ... they captured exactly what goes on at an "Evening with Dream Theater". Flawless playing, great musical jokes, frantic japanese people ;-) ...) |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 15:37
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When Dream And Day Unite: *** Images And Words: ***** Awake: ***** A Change Of Seasons: ***** Falling Into Infinity: ** Scenes From A Memory: **** Train Of Thought: *** |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 15:39
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The ones I have:
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Posted By: JMCecil
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 15:49
lol, the covers are the best part of the CD. I'd had given it a 1 if not for them. Unfortunatly it also illustrates so strongly just how mediocre their own song writing skills are. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 16:06
I like the covers, but I prefer the epic. I don't want to disturb this thread, so I'll open another about that track ... I'm really interesting why someone would rate it 1. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to: 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 17:23
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When Dream And Day Unite: * * Images And Words: * * * * Awake: * * * * A Change Of Seasons: * * * * Falling Into Infinity: * * Scenes From A Memory: * * * * * Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulance: * * * * * Train Of Thought: * * *
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Posted By: Progger
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 17:30
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From The One's I have or Heard! IMAGES AND WORDS - *** CHANGE OF SEASON - *** SCENES FROM A MEMORY - **** SDOIT - **** [Would have been 5 but the disc with all the heavy songs ruins it] TOT - no stars |
Posted By: aminos
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 18:00
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Images and Words 4.5 Awake 4 Change of Seasons EP 4.5 Falling into Infinity 3.5 Scenes from a Memory 5 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence 4.5 Train of Thought 4.5 |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 18:04
All rounded UP due to not being allowed 1/2 stars! |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 19:10
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Ok, here we go, guys: When Dream and Day Unite- **** Images and Words- ***** Awake- ***** Falling Into Infinity **** Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory- ***** Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence- **** Train of Thought- **** If you want to count Live albums/EPs: Live at the Marquee- *** Once in a Livetime- **** A Change of Seasons- **** (with the covers) Live at Tokyo- *** Live Scenes in New York- **** 1/2 Live at Budokan- **** 1/2
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Posted By: FishyMonkey
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 19:19
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WDADU - 1 Images and Words - 4.5 Awake - 5 A Change of Seasons - 4 Falling Into Infinity - 4 (a good album, don't underestimate it) Scenes from a Memory - 4.3 (random? yes, but 4.5 is too high and 4.0 is too low) Six Degrees - 5 (for The Glass Prison, The Great Debate and the song SDOIT) Train of Thought - 3.5 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/FishyMonkey/?chartstyle=artists"> 
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 19:35
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When Dream And Day Unite ***** Images And Words ***** Awake ***** A Change Of Seasons ***** Falling Into Infinity ***** Scenes From A Memory ***** Six Degrees ***** Train Of Thought *****
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: May 13 2005 at 19:37
| Why an one for When Dream and Day Unite? I mean seriously. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 09:45
Thank u everyone for your contributions! Its interesting to see that not all the albums automatically get 5 stars, as has been hinted at by some.------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 10:04
Hardly. I really dislike TOT, and I'm about as big a DT fan as they come, and listen to bands that are a lot heavier than them... it was just poorly written, that's all. No matter how many times I try, I can't enjoy listening to most of the songs on the album. I wouldn't mind them making a heavy album if it wasn't, well, really boring, but it was. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 11:08
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When Dream and Day Unite (don't have)
Images And Words *
Awake *
A Change Of Seasons **
Falling Into Infinity (dont have)
Scenes.....Metropolis Pt 2 **
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence ***
Train Of Thought * |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 11:25
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For those who have said they don't know what 'Cleaning Out The Closet' is, it is a 9 track album strecthing to just under an hour's worth of original material, which Mike Portnoy released through the fanclub in 1999, just after 'Scenes from a Memory'. They aren't really demos; they are all completed songs stretching from the Images & Words Sessions thru to the Falling Into Infinity Sessions, and to frank are well worth hearing. Possibly my favourite is the 11 minute track 'Raise The Knife', which anyone who likes Awake, would feel right at home with, and 'The Way It Used To Be', which was pulled from that album before release. Makes for very interesting listening. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: pedro roqueiro
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 11:51
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the ones i have or know images and words 5 awake 3.5 a change of seasons 3.5 falling into infinity 3.5 scenes from a memory 5 six degrees.... 3.5 train of thought 2 |
Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 20:08
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Well duh! You all know what I'm going to say, but I guess I'll humour you... When Dream and Day Unite ***** Images And Words ***** Awake ***** A Change Of Seasons ***** Falling Into Infinity ***** Scenes From A Memory ***** Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence ***** Train Of Thought ***** |
Posted By: FishyMonkey
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 21:48
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Posted By: Reverie
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 23:08
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I'll have to leave WDADU and the live stuff out since i haven't heard them completely Images and Words - 4 Awake - 4 A Change of Seasons - 4 Falling Into Infinity - 2.5 Scenes From A Memory - 2 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance - 1 Train of Thought - 0.5 |
Posted By: pakish
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 23:44
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Posted By: Lateralus_66
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 00:59
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Posted By: Lateralus_66
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 01:16
No band has 5 stars for all their albums, and don't tell me TMV because I'm going to Creers  |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 01:44
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Awake: 3/5 A Change of Seasons: 2/5 Scenes From a Memory: 2/5 Train of Thought: 2.5/5 |
Posted By: coffeeintheface
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 01:45
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For the ones I've heard: Images and Words ****1/2 Awake**** A Change of Seasons***** Scenes from a Memory***** (an absolute masterpiece) Train of Thought***1/2 ------------- OBQM: www.soundcloud.com/onebigquestionmark (solo project) nQuixote: www.soundcloud.com/n-quixote (ambient + various musical ideas) |
Posted By: Radioactive Toy
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 04:58
uh well it is the best progmetalband ever aren't they? -------------  
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Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 08:13
------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 09:24
| Yeah, I'm afraid that's how much I like DT. I really know every single note off every album and love every single song of theirs. If people don't like they'll have to learn to live with it. |
Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 09:43
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/\ well, there are much harder things to learn to live with... but come on, some objectivity is called for. As much as I enjoy Dream Theater and am willing to defend them and assign most of the flaws they're accused of here to the critics mistaking them for their UK counterpart Dream Theatre ------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
Posted By: muffley_mirkin
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 09:45
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Hope the new album is more coherent than Train Of Thought........
When Dream and Day Unite ** Images And Words **** Awake ***** A Change Of Seasons ***** Falling Into Infinity *** Scenes From A Memory **** Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence **** Train Of Thought ** |
Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 14:55
Originality means nothing to me though. I like the music Dream Theater make. THAT'S what matters to me. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 19:10
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I don't really understand in what way TOT is not coherent! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 19:26
| ToT was a very good album, however it was low compared to the other albums. Maybe too heavy for all of you tr00 proggies. |
Posted By: Entropia
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 21:48
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When Dream and Day Unite 1 Images and Words 4 Awake 4 A Change of Seasons 4 Falling Into Infinity 4 Scenes From A Memory 5 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence 4 Train of Thought 4 |
Posted By: Reverie
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 21:50
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For me TOT was so bad not because of the heaviness, but because it was so boring and uninspiring. It was littered with needless and mindless intrumental sections where the idea seemed to be to create speed and complexity rather than music. I know a lot of people think all of Dream Theater's music is complexity for the sake of complexity, and while i don't completely agree with that for all of the other albums, when it comes to TOT i just can't find anything to dispute that idea. |
Posted By: Astaroth
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 21:59
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when dream and day unite : *** ( ytse-jam images and words : ***** awake **** falling into infinity *** ( have great ballads, but not prog) a change of seasons **** (I love that epic) metropolis pt2 ***** six degrees of inner turbulence **** (for glass prison and the 2nd disc) train of thought *** (i like it a lot, but is far from prog)
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Posted By: muffley_mirkin
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 04:16
To me it sounds as if they got in the studio turned everything up to 11 and went hell for leather to create the heaviest, fastest music they could. I enjoy a good sonic onslaught but at least have some respite and melody thrown in. They are capable of creating heavy and complex music as we know, but something you can follow throughout the song has to be in there as well. Still a great band and great bands are allowed a light blip in their career. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 05:15
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TOT contains many nice melodies, they're just not as polished and harder to find than they were on their previous releases. I think that this album was a logical thing for them to do, it's something they really enjoy (at least I get that impression from watching them playing the stuff live). It provides a necessary contrast to SfaM, not in quality, but in that is is less polished, more raw and direct than anything they did before. Symphony X did it with Odyssey, Metallica with St. Anger, DT with TOT ... I think, at least Symhony X and DT succeeded brillantly! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 08:17
In the end TOT is the album they wanted to make, I think that it is "polished" BTW. They wanted to make an album with all heavy songs and no ballads, like a Metallica album. Something simple, strightforward and loads of widdly bits. Its out of their system now! The more I here TOT the better it gets. Btw the instrumental track brings to mind Liquid Tension Experiment to me. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: JMCecil
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 09:05
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It's not complex, it's scales for the sake of making people think it's complex. If you ever listen to college music students practicing, that's what most dream theater solo/instrumental sections sound like. |
Posted By: pakish
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 11:45
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My favorites are I&W and Metropolis2000:Live Scenes From New York
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Posted By: FloydWright
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 16:08
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From what I've heard so far:
Images and Words: **** Awake: &nbs p; ***** Scenes: ** (Sometimes I WANT to award 3, but it just drags too much...) Train of Thought: **** Octavarium: ***** Based on this, what else might I like of DT's? |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 16:41
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I gave Images and Words (the only album I've listened to more than once) 3 stars in my main review - but now I think I was a little over-generous and should give it 2 stars. The more I listen to it, the more I'm convinced there's less substance than I originally thought there might be - given that repeated plays can reveal hidden depths. In this case, there are no hidden depths - more hidden shallows. I don't find the vocals or the production offensive, but I do find the melodies to be entirely lacking and uncatchy, the noodling to be clinically precise and very dull, and the structure to be of the old-school standard rock-song format. This to me is the biggest failing, as prog rock exemplifies itself structurally - blurring over old rock song formats, borrowing from classical or jazz - or better still, making it up. Talking of making it up, another defining aspect of prog for me is the feeling of organic unfolding - hiding the mechanics of the structure under music that appears to shift or grow into the next section, using sudden changes only as dynamic contrast. With "Images and Words", the opposite is true - more like standard heavy metal, where sudden changes are over used for a schock impact - but the momentum is always lost, as this effect is predictably over-used. The keyboard sounds suck (IMO) and the drums are over-busy, there is no clear feeling of direction to the songs outside the rock-song format, no "hummable tunes", nonsensical lyrics, an almost complete lack of emotion or originality and a general feel of a group who'd like to thrash out and play real metal, but because of their education think it somehow beneath them - except by way of tribute to the great metal bands of the past. Apart from that it's OK - or I'd give it 1 or even 0 stars
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 18:10
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Highly recommend you A Change of Seasons or Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. You might like SDOIT, because its "wankier" than SFAM. |
Posted By: transend
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 18:46
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Hey my first post...has to be honest eh? I just hope 'octavarium' is better than the atrocity that cam out in 2003.
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Posted By: Reverie
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 19:05
It's more complex than a lot of rock or metal. Maybe complex was a poor choice of wording, but what i meant by it is the more developed song structures than other bands, and the long winded instrumental sections. I say TOT is complexity for the sake of complexity because that's basically all it contains. A few poorly written songs with long winded and un-necessary instrumental sections. Thus, it feels as if Dream Theater were trying to create a metal atmosphere but also keeping their 'complexity' so they jammed a whole bunch of nonsense in there. I know there are a lot of bands that are far more complex than dream theater, but dream theater are still complex compared to many. Maybe if i could think of a weaker version of complex i'd use it |
Posted By: Borealis
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 19:39
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I'd says something like this:
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Posted By: FloydWright
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 23:26
Actually, my problem with Scenes was that there was too much meaningless soloing, especially from Rudess. Part of liking Awake SO much is that it's much more under control than Scenes or even ToT (though for some reason since ToT is heavier it's a LOT easier for me to listen to). Probably Change of Seasons I'll try first, before considering spending $26 or whatever on Six Degrees. |
Posted By: Calvo
Date Posted: May 17 2005 at 03:54
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When Dream dan Day Unite ***** Images and words ************************************************* Awake ***** A Change of Seasons ***** Falling into infinity ***** Scenes from a memory ***** Six Degress of inner turbulence ***** Train of Thought ***** |
Posted By: Deadwing12
Date Posted: May 17 2005 at 06:47
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The ones that I have: Images and Words: 5 Awake: 3 A Change of Seasons : 3 (amazing title track + filler) Falling Into Infinity: 4 Scenes From a Memory: 5 Six Degrees: 4 (3.5 really) Train of Thought: 2 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Deadwing008/?chartstyle=Basquiat"> 
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Posted By: JMCecil
Date Posted: May 17 2005 at 08:06
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I think cluttered is the word you are looking for. Long sessions of scales, modes and arppegios. But the guitar is saturated so it must be genius cuz it sounds so cool. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 07:32
I brought this thread back so that members can update it if they like to include Octavarium. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 08:25
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When Dream & Day Unite: 1 Images & Words: 4 Live At The Marquee: 3 Awake: 5 A Change Of Seasons: 2 Falling Into Infinity: - 1 One In A Livetime: - 4 Cleaning Out The Closet: 1 Scenes From A Memory: 5 Live Scenes From New York: 5 Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence: 5 Train Of Thought: 5 Live At Budokan: 5 Octavarium: 3 ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Hammill
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 10:56
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when dream and day unite-4/5 (it is a debut and a very nice one) images and words-5/5 awake-5/5 a change of seasons-4/5 falling into infinity-4/5 (don't know why people hate this album) scenes from a memory 5/5 six degrees of inner turbulence-1/5( the reason why i stopped supporting DT). i haven't listened to train of thought and octavarium because they dissapointed me not only with sdoit but also with their attitude. ------------- 
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Posted By: DracoMordag
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 11:10
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from best to worst: Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (Absof*ckinlutely phenomenal) Octavarium (Amazing) Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (Blind Faith, The Great Debate, Solitary Shell...) Images and Words (Learning to Live!) A Change of Seasons (Pretty good) Falling into Infinity (it's too bad that the CD with the best DT song (LitS) has to be so low...) Awake (Poor "Voices"... that song is so good) When Dream and Day Unite (ehh...) |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 11:22
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When Dream And Day Unite: **** Images And Words: ***** Awake: ***** A Change Of Seasons: **** Falling Into Infinity: *** Scenes From A Memory: ***** Live Scenes From New York: ***** Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence: **** Train Of Thought: **** Octavarium: *****
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Posted By: Josmatrovic
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 12:21
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Well, a lot of stars, but, who is going to do the averages of the rates??? When Day and Dream Unites: 2 stars with Dominiccis voice and 3 stars with LaBries voice Images and Words: 4+ Awake: 4 + A change of Seasons: 4 Falling into Infinity: 3+ Scenes from a Memory: 5 or 10,000 stars.......Masterpiece Six Degrres of Inner Turbulence: 4 Train of Thought: 3 Octavarium: 2
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Posted By: wrax
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 12:32
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Posted By: fractal
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 12:46
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When Dream And Day Unite ***** (I guess lower recording quality compromises it a bit too) Images And Words ***** (but I think it is better than Awake) Awake ***** A Change Of Seasons ***** (a very good "convert your friends" album) Falling Into Infinity ***** (a little blunt considering it is Dream Theater) Metropolis pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory ***** (utter brilliance!) Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence ***** (I prefer this to Images And Words, specially the 2nd disc) Train Of Thought ***** (still better than the average metallica Octavarium ***** (subject to change the more I listen to it) ------------- Klaatu Barada Nikto! |
Posted By: sstarless
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 12:50
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Images And Words ***
A Change Of Seasons ***
Scenes.....Metropolis Pt 2 *****
 Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence ****
Train Of Thought * I have all DT with Labrie albums, but cant rate them all, have not listened others enough. Who is doing the statistics? ------------- Io sono nato libero |
Posted By: Fantômas
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 13:20
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When Day and Dream Unites: *** Images and Words: **** Awake: **** A change of Seasons: *** Falling into Infinity: *** Scenes from a Memory: **** Six Degrres of Inner Turbulence: ***** Train of Thought: ***** Octavarium: **** ------------- And above all, is punk 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 13:21
No one! Do I have to? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Spanish
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 14:18
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When Dream and Day Unite 1/5 Images % Words 4/5 Awake 4.75/5 Change of Seasons 2/5 Fallin into Infinity 3.5/5 Scenes from a Memory 3/5 Six Degrees 2.5/5 Train of Thought 1.5/5 Octavarium 1/5
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Posted By: sstarless
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 14:24
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Snow Dog - Of course, you have no other choice. These will be most comprehenssive poll conducted on this subject ever. ------------- Io sono nato libero |
Posted By: Lyzarrd
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 15:33
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When Dream & Day Unite: 3/5 Images & Words: 5/5 Awake: 4/5 A Change of Seasons: 4/5 Falling into Infinity: 2.5/5 Scenes from a Memory: 4.5/5 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: 3.5/5 Train of Thought: 3.5/5 Octavarium: 4.5/5 ------------- Can you tell me where my country lies... |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 15:38
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When Dream and Day Unite 4
Images And Words 5 Awake 5 A Change Of Seasons 4 Falling Into Infinity 5 Scenes.....Metropolis Pt 2 5 Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence 5 Train Of Thought 4 Octavarium 5 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Deadwing12
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 17:10
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All in order of my preference (Octavarium is still bouncing around, though). Also, disregard my previous post 5 Stars: Scenes From a Memory Images and Words 4 Stars: Octavarium Awake Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (5 stars for the song, 3 stars for the rest of the album) 3 Stars: Falling Into Infinity A Change of Seasons Train of Thought 2 Stars: When Dream and Day Unite ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Deadwing008/?chartstyle=Basquiat">
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Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 19:05
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Octavarium: ***** I love this album. Since I got it last week it's all I've been playing. Yeah, you can all go on about the usual "uh fanboy" stuff, I don't care. What I care about is the fact that I love this album... |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 19:12
The first ten minutes of the track Octavarium still puzzle me ... I can't figure out if it's the worst DT ever recorded, or if it's ok, or if it's the best thing they ever did. At the end of the slide guitar solo, Petrucci plays the melody that will then be picked up in the next part and at the end of Octavarium. Hmm ... I still need more time to analyze ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: fractal
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 19:19
Good to know you loved it. Maybe I will grow accustumed to it (listened to it only once yet). Say, Valarius, that's a nice image you've got there of DT in your sig. Where did you get that? ------------- Klaatu Barada Nikto! |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 19:19
Having listened to Octavarium a couple of times now:
Yeah,ok,its crap...
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Posted By: Entropia
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 19:29
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When Dream And Day Unite- 2/5 Image And Words 5/5 Awake 5/5 A Change Of Seasons 4/5 Falling into infinity 4/5 Scenes From a Memory 5/5 Six Degrees of inner Turbulence 5/5 Train Of Thought 4/5 Octavarium 5/5 |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 23:45
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dream and day: never heard it images and words: **** out of **** awake: ***1/2 out of **** a change of seasons: never heard it falling into infinity: **1/2 out of **** scenes from a memory: **** out of **** six degrees of inner turbulance: **** out of **** train of thought: ***1/2 out of ****(completely redeemed by "stream of consciousness") octavarium: not sure yet, probably either **1/2 or *** out of ****
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)Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 23:55
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 00:00
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When Dream and Day Unite: 1.5/5 Images and Words: 4/5 Awake: 3.5/5 Change of Seasons: 3/5 Falling into Infinity: 2.75/5 (2.5 is too low, and 3 is too high) Scenes from a Memory: 4/5 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: 5/5 (My favorite album of theirs) Train of Thought- 3.5/5 Octavarium- 4/5
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Posted By: hugo
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 01:55
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when dream and day unites: 2.5 images and words: 3.5 awake: 4 a change of seasons: 3.5 falling into infinity: 3.5 scenes from a memory: 3 6 degrees: 3.5 train of thought: 3 octavarium: 3 ------------- 
Album of the week: Being 7/30/05 Remedy Lane 7/24/05 Pawn Hearts |
Posted By: the dragon
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 02:42
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The ones I have: Images and Words ***** Scenes... ***** ToT *****
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Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 03:06
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Google images. But heres the link if you want it anyhow. http://vision.csie.ncku.edu.tw/~jen/image/dreamtheater.jpg - http://vision.csie.ncku.edu.tw/~jen/image/dreamtheater.jpg http://vision.csie.ncku.edu.tw/~jen/image/dreamtheater.jpg - |