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Favorite Album Booklet

When Dream And Day Unite
1 (1.5%)
Images and Words
1 (1.5%)
Awake
3 (4.6%)
Falling Into Infinity
1 (1.5%)
Scenes From A Memory
4 (6.2%)
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
3 (4.6%)
Train of Thought
8 (12.3%)
Octavarium
33 (50.8%)
Systematic Chaos
2 (3.1%)
Black Clouds and Silver Linings
8 (12.3%)
Other (Please Specify)
1 (1.5%)

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Favorite Album Booklet
« on: April 28, 2010, 08:14:40 PM »
Sort of a stupid question, but the album booklets can sometimes carry on the album cover or expand upon the idea.

I choose Octavarium because of the 5:8 references inside. Black Clouds is a close second because of the fish out of the water in the beaker
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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2010, 08:26:42 PM »
I choose Octavarium because of the 5:8 references inside.
wat?

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HOLY FUCKING SHI-
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Well, I guess the best Booklet art comes from 8VM, ToT and 6doit are the best ones in IMO. 8VM for their nuggets, ToT for their dark ambient and surreal photos, and 6DoiT because... I like it :P
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« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2010, 09:17:12 PM »
I think Octavarium is really the go-to place for visuals predominantly due to the connection of the 5:8 theme and whatnot. If Dream Theater put the same level of nuggetism in their other albums than we would have a real question on our hands, but in this case notsomuch.

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« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2010, 09:30:58 PM »
I choose Octavarium because of the 5:8 references inside.
wat?

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Well, I guess the best Booklet art comes from 8VM, ToT and 6doit are the best ones in IMO. 8VM for their nuggets, ToT for their dark ambient and surreal photos, and 6DoiT because... I like it :P
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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2010, 09:43:53 PM »
Train of Thought.
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« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2010, 10:04:12 PM »
I think that every album since SDOIT has very nice booklet so it's hard to choose the best one of those five but I will go with BC&SL for this poll

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« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2010, 10:14:41 PM »
Actually upon further reflection, I think I'd like to change my vote from Train of Thought to Octavarium. I can't change it in the poll, so just use your imaginations.
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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2010, 11:03:55 PM »
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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2010, 12:17:13 AM »
Octavarium... gotta love those nuggtz ;D

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« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2010, 12:22:12 AM »
Octavarium... gotta love those nuggtz ;D

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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2010, 12:30:30 AM »
I really like the Octavarium booklet. And no, not for the nuggets, I couldn't care less about that. The booklet has a very good style and I love the pictures.
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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2010, 08:24:47 AM »
Idk, I always end up picking Awake for all polls - favorite artwork ,booklet, overall album, production, etc.  I just love everything about that album more than the others.
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« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2010, 08:42:13 AM »
Idk, I always end up picking Awake for all polls - favorite artwork ,booklet, overall album, production, etc.  I just love everything about that album more than the others.
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« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2010, 09:55:55 AM »
Idk, I always end up picking Awake for all polls - favorite artwork ,booklet, overall album, production, etc.  I just love everything about that album more than the others.

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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2010, 10:02:28 AM »
I love the texture of the Train booklet as well as the art.

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« Reply #15 on: April 29, 2010, 03:48:31 PM »
The other way around from the artwork thread - SFAM is my favourite, as it just perfectly fits the album and the feeling of 1928. It's simple, but perfect. Octavarium is second.

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« Reply #16 on: April 29, 2010, 05:40:04 PM »
I really like the look of the SDOIT booklet, the shots of the band members, infusion of the anatomy drawings in there, etc.
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« Reply #17 on: April 29, 2010, 08:09:22 PM »
FII fits the mood of the album. I like the two guys looking at each other and you looking at them through binoculars
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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #18 on: April 29, 2010, 08:25:35 PM »
Idk, I always end up picking Awake for all polls - favorite artwork ,booklet, overall album, production, etc.  I just love everything about that album more than the others.
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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #19 on: April 29, 2010, 11:59:09 PM »
Idk, I always end up picking Awake for all polls - favorite artwork ,booklet, overall album, production, etc.  I just love everything about that album more than the others.

I love most things about Awake, but the booklet (cover aside) is pretty mediocre. It's just a shot of the band jamming and a basic lyric layout.
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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #20 on: April 30, 2010, 09:04:51 AM »
Looks like pretty much all of us agree on Octavarium.  ;) ;D

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« Reply #21 on: April 30, 2010, 09:25:51 AM »
As far as booklet goes, Train of Thought.
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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #22 on: May 03, 2010, 08:46:26 PM »
I voted Octavarium here but the booklet for Systematic Chaos has an ear in the glass of juice on the picnic shot, that lent itself to a nice little inside joke in a thread here a few years back ("Hey, what's the deal with that ear?")
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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #23 on: May 04, 2010, 01:25:10 AM »
ToT

but BC&SL is too close...

EDIT: oh no, I screwed that up...this thread is about the booklet, then my favourite is BC&SL and cover artwork is ToT.
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« Reply #24 on: May 04, 2010, 05:12:20 AM »
8vm, without a doubt.  Favorite cover art, favorite booklet. 

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« Reply #25 on: May 11, 2010, 01:48:14 PM »
I voted Octavarium here but the booklet for Systematic Chaos has an ear in the glass of juice on the picnic shot, that lent itself to a nice little inside joke in a thread here a few years back ("Hey, what's the deal with that ear?")

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« Reply #26 on: May 11, 2010, 02:03:52 PM »
I find it odd that Octavarium seems to be everyone's favorite Dream Theater album for reasons other than the album itself.

1. It has what is apparantly considered the best album booklet.
2. It also won the best album cover poll.
3. Everyone seems to love the title track.

Yet, when viewing the album as a whole, many fans look down upon it.
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« Reply #27 on: May 11, 2010, 03:00:38 PM »
Yeah, that's wierd ,because the entire album is verry good, maybe The Answer lies within and I walk beside u can almost be a little boring

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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #28 on: May 11, 2010, 04:46:15 PM »
Probably Black Clouds. As much as I love teh nuggetz, I prefer the design of the Black Clouds booklet.
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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #29 on: May 12, 2010, 08:03:29 AM »
My favourite booklet is the one for Black Clouds & Silver Linings because of the nice pictures. Train of Thought booklet is also very good.

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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #30 on: May 12, 2010, 09:57:04 PM »
I find it odd that Octavarium seems to be everyone's favorite Dream Theater album for reasons other than the album itself.

1. It has what is apparantly considered the best album booklet.
2. It also won the best album cover poll.
3. Everyone seems to love the title track.

Yet, when viewing the album as a whole, many fans look down upon it.

Most people don't really consider the album artwork and booklet when judging the album. As awesome as artwork can be, if the music sucks that's what I'm going to focus on. (Just to clarify, I'm not saying the Octavarium album sucks by any means, but based on your reasoning, artwork, design, and one very highly rated track aren't enough to propel an album to people's favourites.)
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« Reply #31 on: May 14, 2010, 02:07:30 PM »
What Nuggetz?

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Re: Favorite Album Booklet
« Reply #32 on: May 23, 2010, 12:22:57 PM »
I voted for Octavarium, but I do have one problem with the artwork. I would've thought that the boy would be speaking through the can on the first page and listening on the last page (instead of the other way round, as it is), so that the boy is relaying the lyrics and then recieving them at the other end.

Minor thing really...

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« Reply #33 on: May 23, 2010, 12:58:28 PM »
He isn't supposed to be relaying the lyrics. Conceptually, and it's kind of weird, but the boy's future self, after learning the lessons tought throughout the album, is giving advice to his past self, closing the circle and aiding Octavarium's theme of "It ends where it began."

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« Reply #34 on: May 23, 2010, 01:52:55 PM »
But how can he have learnt the lessons from the album if he hasn't heard them yet? That's the impression I get from Page 1.