Your Controversial Opinions on DT

[?]

I've been a DT fan for 4 years and have never seen anyone call I&W the weakest album before Well, there's a first time for everything.

[wasteland]

Images and Words is their weakest album to date - it lacks a truly great song in my eyes and Metropolis is horribly overrated. If anything, James LaBrie is the star of that song.

And we have a winner, people!

[aprilethereal]

Not the weakest, but definitely the fourth weakest. And if it wasn't for   Metropolis and UAGM, it would be the third weakest for sure.

[BlobVanDam]

IaW wasn't even the weakest DT album by the time it was released.


I just don't understand.




I just don't understand.

[aprilethereal]

But it already was the second weakest

[Kotowboy]

I haven't heard the debut - but Awake is pretty much the only album I can't listen to all the way through.

[?]

But it already was a top 2 album

Fixed

[wasteland]

I haven't heard the debut - but Awake is pretty much the only album I can't listen to all the way through.

You have never listened to When Dream And  Day Unite? 

[Kotowboy]

Never. I always put a song on then the production and singing just kills it.

[wasteland]

Never. I always put a song on then the production and singing just kills it.

Oh, but you know the songs, right? If that's so, then I'm alright with that, I never listen to the original disc either.

[Kotowboy]

I am aware of their existence and place in the overall DreamTheater canon.

[aprilethereal]

You can't listen to Awake all the way through?

[The Boomr]

Images and Words is their weakest album to date - it lacks a truly great song in my eyes and Metropolis is horribly overrated. If anything, James LaBrie is the star of that song.

But, but...Swimming in a lake of fire! .....

[Zook]

Images and Words is their weakest album to date - it lacks a truly great song in my eyes and Metropolis is horribly overrated. If anything, James LaBrie is the star of that song.

But, but...Swimming in a lake of fire! .....

He likes Rage Against the Machine. What do you expect?

[Nearmyth]

Thought I didn't have many at first, but looking back... Well, here we go.

Dominici sounds good on Afterlife, and actually a large portion of WDADU. I just don't think he sounds good live.

Which brings me to another point, I've never listened to WDADU from beginning to end.

These Walls is overrated.

Space Dye Vest is overrated. Slightly.

SFAM I feel loses it's shine quickly compared to other DT albums, but each individual song is great.

Train of Thought as a whole is cumbersome and a bit boring, despite being on the shorter side. Again, I like each individual song.

[Lucien]

Thought I didn't have many at first, but looking back... Well, here we go.

Dominici sounds good on Afterlife, and actually a large portion of WDADU. I just don't think he sounds good live.

Which brings me to another point, I've never listened to WDADU in full.

These Walls is overrated.

Space Dye Vest is overrated. Slightly.

SFAM is great for the first couple of listens, but VERY quickly loses it's shine as a whole. Almost more so than any other DT album. I think the songs individually are great though.

Train of Thought as a whole is cumbersome and a bit boring, despite being on the shorter side. Again, I like each individual song.

[aprilethereal]

Thought I didn't have many at first, but looking back... Well, here we go.

Dominici sounds good on Afterlife, and actually a large portion of WDADU. I just don't think he sounds good live.

Which brings me to another point, I've never listened to WDADU in full.

These Walls is overrated.

Space Dye Vest is overrated. Slightly.

SFAM is great for the first couple of listens, but VERY quickly loses it's shine as a whole. Almost more so than any other DT album. I think the songs individually are great though.

Train of Thought as a whole is cumbersome and a bit boring, despite being on the shorter side. Again, I like each individual song.

Disagreed with all of this. Apart from the Dominici statement and me loving the individual songs as well.

[Zook]

I might listen to individual songs from the latter albums more, but as a whole, When Dream and Day Unite is better than Systematic Chaos and Black Clouds & Silver Linings.

[GasparXR]

I might listen to individual songs from the latter albums more, but as a whole, When Dream and Day Unite is better than Systematic Chaos and Black Clouds & Silver Linings.

I agree 100% with this statement.

[The Stray Seed]

Images and Words is their weakest album to date - it lacks a truly great song in my eyes and Metropolis is horribly overrated. If anything, James LaBrie is the star of that song.

And we have a winner, people!

[LTE3]

I Walk Beside You is one of the best songs on Octavarium.

YES.

No

[aprilethereal]

I Walk Beside You is one of the best songs on Octavarium.

YES.

No

Yes

[jsbru]

SFAM is way too concept-y and is one of their worst albums.  Reminds me of Tales of Topographic Oceans by Yes.

[Blackfield]

SFAM is way too concept-y and is one of their worst albums.  Reminds me of Tales of Topographic Oceans by Yes.

Sometimes I think freedom of speech is a bad idea.

[jsbru]

You asked for controversy...I'll give you controversy. 

[Onno]

SFAM is way too concept-y and is one of their worst albums.  Reminds me of Tales of Topographic Oceans by Yes.

Sometimes I think freedom of speech is a bad idea.

[?]

I Walk Beside You is one of the best songs on Octavarium.

YES.

No

IWBY isn't that bad, it's probably my favorite U2 song

[TheGreatPretender]

IWBY isn't that bad, it's probably my favorite U2 song

Oh come on, now. I Walk Beside You is better than any song U2 ever put out.

[aXygnus]

The Answer Lies Within is my favorite song off Octavarium other than the title-track itself.

[Lucien]

These Walls is my favorite Dream Theater song. Ever.

[Kotowboy]

These Walls is my favorite Dream Theater song. Ever.

Mine is either Octavarium or Lines In The Sand.

[Lucidity]

The Answer Lies Within is my favorite song off Octavarium other than the title-track itself.

Yesyesyes. Such a great song. So underrated.

[aprilethereal]

SFAM is way too concept-y and is one of their worst albums.  Reminds me of Tales of Topographic Oceans by Yes.

Sometimes I think freedom of speech is a bad idea.

Sometimes I agree with you.

[FourthHorseman]

Yeah Yeah, and SDOIT really reminds me of Relayer!

[jsbru]

Yeah Yeah, and SDOIT really reminds me of Relayer!

Gates of Delirium is awesome!  Topographic Oceans, on the other hand, seems to just meander aimlessly through a nebulous idea that was never fully developed.  It sounds like they didn't have a plan and just started jamming.  With SFAM, all the songs just seem to blend together as one--but not in a good way like the title track of SDOIT.  They blend together because they're all of the same narrow tone/mood/sound/whatever and there's little dynamism in this area, and there's not enough hook-based parts to give it some shape.  There has to be a balance between having a hook/riff and jamming/meandering in between.  Close to the Edge is perfect in this balance.