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What are your three favorite Dream Theater albums? (Pick three!)

When Dream and Day Unite
11 (1.4%)
Images and Words
184 (23.1%)
Awake
110 (13.8%)
Falling Into Infinity
17 (2.1%)
Scenes From A Memory
165 (20.7%)
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
115 (14.4%)
Train of Thought
32 (4%)
Octavarium
36 (4.5%)
Systematic Chaos
9 (1.1%)
Black Clouds & Silver Linings
15 (1.9%)
A Dramatic Turn of Events
102 (12.8%)

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Offline pcs90

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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #105 on: September 26, 2015, 10:52:52 PM »
1. DT12
2. ADTOE
3. IAW
After that though it'd be extremely hard for me to rank the next few.
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #106 on: September 28, 2015, 08:28:26 PM »
I&W, Awake, DT12
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #107 on: February 20, 2020, 07:26:45 AM »
1. Scenes From a Memory   
2. Images & Words
3. Awake

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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #108 on: February 20, 2020, 07:28:36 AM »
Where is A Change of Seasons EP?

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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #109 on: February 20, 2020, 07:31:33 AM »
Quote from: WildRanger on February 20, 2020, 07:28:36 AM
Where is A Change of Seasons EP?
I would imagine that the OP would say (rightly) that ACOS is an EP, not a full album.

Also, this thread was started in 2011, so I'm not sure it's worth it to ask such questions.  Or, indeed, to resurrect it at all.
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #110 on: February 20, 2020, 10:14:07 AM »
1. Train of Thought and I&W
2. Metropolis pt. 2
3. Octavarium
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #111 on: February 20, 2020, 11:30:54 AM »
Not at all surprised to see that the Top 3 are SFAM, I&W, and SDOIT.    Those are my top 3 as well. 

Awake would be my #4 or #5 album with DOT so I'm not surprised to see Awake on this list at #4 either. 

I am a little surprised to see that so few people have FII in their top 3.  I know its often considered the worst of the classic era but it's still in the classic era.   

I have ADTOE as my least favorite DT album(not upon release, put upon repeat listens) and that is #5.   Not surprised the fanbase has it there, but it's the one that I am most out of place with.
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #112 on: February 22, 2020, 10:03:33 AM »
This might be a rather unpopular opinion

Octavarium
Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From A Memory
Black Clouds & Silver Linings
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #113 on: February 22, 2020, 10:18:31 AM »
Quote from: Fritzinger on February 22, 2020, 10:03:33 AM
This might be a rather unpopular opinion

Octavarium
Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From A Memory
Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Great picks!
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #114 on: February 22, 2020, 04:12:06 PM »
1. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
2. Octavarium
3. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

I think Six Degrees is Dream Theater's best album, but it's not quite my favorite for three simple reasons:
Octavarium, The Best of Times, and The Count of Tuscany.

And in case anyone's wondering, I do really enjoy the rest of Octavarium; even the couple of otherwise infamous songs like The Answer Lies Within.
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #115 on: February 23, 2020, 06:07:53 AM »
Quote from: Revenge319 on February 22, 2020, 04:12:06 PM
1. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
2. Octavarium
3. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

I think Six Degrees is Dream Theater's best album, but it's not quite my favorite for three simple reasons:
Octavarium, The Best of Times, and The Count of Tuscany.

And in case anyone's wondering, I do really enjoy the rest of Octavarium; even the couple of otherwise infamous songs like The Answer Lies Within.

I'm glad someone loves The Best Of Times as much as I do. It's a stunning piece of music in my opinion.
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #116 on: February 23, 2020, 09:24:54 AM »
In no particular order:

Images & Words
Scenes From A Memory
Awake

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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #117 on: February 23, 2020, 01:14:33 PM »
Quote from: Fritzinger on February 23, 2020, 06:07:53 AM
I'm glad someone loves The Best Of Times as much as I do. It's a stunning piece of music in my opinion.
Agreed. And it most definitely goes beyond the incredible guitar solo at the end; I love every part of the song. Out of every Dream Theater song, it ranks at about #5 for me. If you're wondering, #4-#1 are Illumination Theory, The Count of Tuscany, Octavarium, and A Change of Seasons.
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #118 on: February 23, 2020, 04:49:22 PM »
The guitar solo is one of Petrucci’s finest moments, the song’s kind of dull though to me apart from the intro.
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #119 on: February 23, 2020, 04:52:54 PM »
Quote from: Juular on February 23, 2020, 09:24:54 AM
In no particular order:

Images & Words
Scenes From A Memory
Awake

Hard to argue with that.  It only goes to show how consistently great DT have been though that I bet nearly every album they’ve done will be someone’s favourite. They’ve never done a really bad album in 30 years and that’s pretty incredible.
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #120 on: February 23, 2020, 05:14:41 PM »
Quote from: Peter Mc on February 23, 2020, 04:52:54 PM
Quote from: Juular on February 23, 2020, 09:24:54 AM
In no particular order:

Images & Words
Scenes From A Memory
Awake

Hard to argue with that.  It only goes to show how consistently great DT have been though that I bet nearly every album they’ve done will be someone’s favourite. They’ve never done a really bad album in 30 years and that’s pretty incredible.

Agreed, it's an amazingly strong catalogue. On any given day my top 3 could be an entirely different set of albums. I voted Octavarium, Awake and Scenes in the poll but ask me next week and it could just as easily be Train of Thought, Six Degrees and DT12.
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #121 on: February 25, 2020, 08:04:38 AM »
Images
Scenes
Six

Not necessarily in that order.
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #122 on: February 25, 2020, 03:46:40 PM »
What I voted for back then:

Quote from: IDontNotDoThings on September 24, 2015, 09:08:55 PM
I&W (obvs)
ToT
6DOIT

What I'd vote for now:

I&W
SFAM
D/T
BC&SL (if I can't vote for D/T)
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #123 on: February 25, 2020, 04:42:13 PM »
Scenes
DT12
TA
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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #124 on: February 25, 2020, 05:00:04 PM »
Quote from: IDontNotDoThings on February 25, 2020, 03:46:40 PM
What I voted for back then:

Quote from: IDontNotDoThings on September 24, 2015, 09:08:55 PM
I&W (obvs)
ToT
6DOIT

What I'd vote for now:

I&W
SFAM
D/T
BC&SL (if I can't vote for D/T)

You can, on the new updated thread I created earlier today.
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=54901.0

This thread is outdated, and mine is new  :biggrin:

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Re: What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?
« Reply #125 on: February 25, 2020, 05:08:57 PM »
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