Your view of what makes a good song then is dramatically different from mine if you consider all those songs nothing special to arguably their worst.
Exactly. I would rank them something like this:
1. Scarred - Spectacularly good song. Took me awhile to get used to the abrupt transitions back in the day, but once it clicked, this song has been a top 10 and is likely to remain there.
2. The Mirror - Excellent usage of a very small number of musical ideas that get subtly changed so many ways thoughout the song. Brilliant.
3. Lie -
Almost as good as The Mirror, but falls just short despite being more dynamic.
4. Voices - Not sure why H referred to this song as an "epic." It isn't. But it is still very, very good. The vocal parts are written
and performed exceptionally well.
5. 6:00 - Yet another example of DT accomplishing a lot without trying to do too much. Another winner.
6. Erotomania - Great instrumental that has tons of energy and tons of neat ideas that somehow work together despite being so different.
7. Caught in a Web - This is the first time the album starts to feel like it is dropping off a bit. I hated this song for a long time, mainly because the keyboard parts are just SO bad. I can now appreciate it and like it considerably, but it is not one of my favorites. I would love a good live version with Jordan changing up the keyboard tone just a bit.
8. Lifting Shadows Off a Dream - I like the spacey feel of this song and the outro (but UGH! That "out of tune" sounding keyboard patch again!
Kill it with fire!), which bring this song up a notch from "do not like" to "yeah, that's not bad."
9. The Silent Man - The song really does nothing for me, although I really like what they did with it on Live Scenes. I don't hate it, but don't really like it either.
10. Innocence Faded - I used to hate it, but seeing it on Score made me listen differently and gain a bit of appreciation for it. Still not crazy about it, but I don't hate it either.
11. Space-Dye Vest - The only song on the album I really don't like at all.
I guess I would put the album in 4 tiers:
1-6: REALLY like
7-8: Like
9-10: Meh--I don't
dislike
11: Don't like