Author Topic: Evens VS Odds - Which set of 6 albums do you prefer? (Read 2776 times)

The Letter M · « **on:** April 26, 2014, 02:45:20 AM »

I did this poll twice before, first after BC&SL was released and we had 10 albums, and again after ADTOE came out and I omitted WDADU. This time, with twelve albums out, I figured it was time to revisit this idea and see how DT12 goes with its fellow even-numbered albums.

I'm going with the Evens side. While the Odds have Awake, SFAM and ADTOE, the strengths of IAW, SDOIT and DT12 are slightly stronger. I also would pick FII/8VM/BC&SL over WDADU/TOT/SC.

-Marc.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1 on:** April 26, 2014, 02:50:32 AM »

Easy choice for me. Evens. 3 of my top 4 DT albums (SDOIT, IAW, FII), and a bunch of other good stuff, even though BCASL and DT12 are lower albums for me.
Aside from SFAM and TOT, the odd albums would all be lower half of their discography for me though.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 26, 2014, 03:48:39 AM »

Odds for me, 4 strong albums, only 3 strong albums in the evens group.

krands85 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 26, 2014, 03:55:35 AM »

Odds for me, despite the fact my #1 album is I&W. 8VM is my #5 too, but the rest of that group are all pretty weak for me and in the bottom half of their discography.

The odds have my #2, #3, #4 and #6 (TOT, ADTOE, Scenes, Awake) and WDADU is the only really weak album.

aprilethereal · « **Reply #4 on:** April 26, 2014, 04:24:34 AM »

Odds. 8VM is my second favourite, but overall the first group is stronger.

robwebster · « **Reply #5 on:** April 26, 2014, 04:46:25 AM »

Images and Words, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, Octavarium and Dream Theater actually form my entire top four, so I didn't have to spend much time thinking about this. Their most colourful and creatively fertile albums. BCSL and FII aren't amazing, but FII's got a lot of fantastic songs, and while BCSL is one of the more mediocre DT albums, that's like saying, "It's one of the duller sexual positions." You're still going to have a pretty good time.

My favourites of the odds are probably A Dramatic Turn of Events and Systematic Chaos - both phenomenal, but neither quite punch with the best of the evens. Awake, Scenes and Train of Thought are good, solid Dream Theater albums, and When Dream and Day Unite wants to be a good, solid Dream Theater album, too. It's a robust group, but nothing's good enough to make me think twice about picking the evens.

CharlesPL · « **Reply #6 on:** April 26, 2014, 05:31:53 AM »

2nd option.

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #7 on:** April 26, 2014, 05:40:27 AM »

The option with I&W.

wolfking · « **Reply #8 on:** April 26, 2014, 06:15:20 AM »

Evens.

son_ov_hades · « **Reply #9 on:** April 26, 2014, 06:16:37 AM »

The grouping doesn't really make much sense to me but the first option. When Dream And Day Unite, Awake, and Scenes From A Memory are all in my top 5; while only Images And Words and Falling Into Infinity in the other group make it. The rest of the first option is one bad album(Train Of Thought), one not very good album(Systematic Chaos), and a damn good one(A Dramatic Turn Of Events).

King Postwhore · « **Reply #10 on:** April 26, 2014, 07:15:02 AM »

Don't make much sense?!

You have two choices..... Odd or Even. The fun is they don't have all your favorite albums so it doesn't make much sense to you.

I get it....

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 26, 2014, 07:18:08 AM »

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #12 on:** April 26, 2014, 07:23:14 AM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on April 26, 2014, 07:15:02 AM

Don't make much sense?!
You have two choices..... Odd or Even. The fun is they don't have all your favorite albums so it doesn't make much sense to you.

I get it....

What fun is DTF if we can't randomly group things and then argue over them?!

King Postwhore · « **Reply #13 on:** April 26, 2014, 07:25:44 AM »

King: Blob, what do you like better? Water or Juice?

Blob: Cola.

Blob, 30 seconds in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXLUncbZKbs

Kotowboy · « **Reply #14 on:** April 26, 2014, 09:51:33 AM »

Touch choice since I like the same number of albums from both option.

However - I went with the option with Octavarium - my favourite studio album & Images > Awake.

Rattlehead · « **Reply #15 on:** April 26, 2014, 11:20:21 AM »

The second option, because it contains my favorite DT album (I&W) and only has one album that I don't particularly care for (8vm), although I am finally starting to warm up a bit to the album after revisiting it recently.

? · « **Reply #16 on:** April 26, 2014, 01:31:46 PM »

I dislike SC, but the rest of the albums in the first option are all great, so I have to vote for it.

Crow · « **Reply #17 on:** April 26, 2014, 01:50:41 PM »

I thought this was going to be a hard choice, then I did the numbers and realized it was easily odds for me. How about that.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #18 on:** April 26, 2014, 03:54:37 PM »

Well, I thought about voting 'odd', because I am an odd character, and this is an odd poll. Then I thought about voting even, because it rhymes with Steven, and our Prime Minister is Steven Harper, but more importantly, Steven Colbert, amirite? Actually even more importantly is the 'even-Steven' Seinfeld episode.

Oh, I'm so confused. What should I do DTF?

King Postwhore · « **Reply #19 on:** April 26, 2014, 04:08:01 PM »

It's like Star Trek Movies but the opposite.

*Waits for all other nerds to get it*

jingle.boy · « **Reply #20 on:** April 26, 2014, 04:15:43 PM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on April 26, 2014, 04:08:01 PM

It's like Star Trek Movies but the opposite.

*Waits for all other nerds to get it*

Good point... Evens definitely rule. But still, I'm at odds with what I should go with. This is an odd poll.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #21 on:** April 26, 2014, 09:43:13 PM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on April 26, 2014, 04:08:01 PM

It's like Star Trek Movies but the opposite.

*Waits for all other nerds to get it*

I drew this up a little while ago, drawing a parallel between the Star Trek "curse", and DT's album covers.

jammindude · « **Reply #22 on:** April 26, 2014, 10:49:41 PM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on April 26, 2014, 09:43:13 PM

Quote from: kingshmegland on April 26, 2014, 04:08:01 PM
It's like Star Trek Movies but the opposite.

*Waits for all other nerds to get it*

I drew this up a little while ago, drawing a parallel between the Star Trek "curse", and DT's album covers.

I can squint and see the parallel somewhat....until I see SFAM in the place of TFF. It all falls apart at that point.

Shadow Ninja 2.0 · « **Reply #23 on:** April 26, 2014, 10:50:42 PM »

The reference is to the album covers, not the quality.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #24 on:** April 26, 2014, 10:54:02 PM »

Quote from: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on April 26, 2014, 10:50:42 PM

The reference is to the album covers, not the quality.

That. It has nothing to do with the albums themselves! Just the alternating of light/dark on the covers. It's a pretty convoluted comparison.

Dublagent66 · « **Reply #25 on:** April 26, 2014, 11:14:18 PM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on April 26, 2014, 10:54:02 PM

Quote from: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on April 26, 2014, 10:50:42 PM
The reference is to the album covers, not the quality.

That. It has nothing to do with the albums themselves! Just the alternating of light/dark on the covers. It's a pretty convoluted comparison.

Yeah, I suppose the same can be said about comparing odds and evens as well.

mirko_metal_88 · « **Reply #26 on:** April 27, 2014, 02:37:43 AM »

WDADU - Awake - SFAM - TOT - SC - ADTOE, no doubt about it...just because BC&SL is in the other list

King Postwhore · « **Reply #27 on:** April 27, 2014, 05:22:52 AM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on April 26, 2014, 09:43:13 PM

Quote from: kingshmegland on April 26, 2014, 04:08:01 PM
It's like Star Trek Movies but the opposite.

*Waits for all other nerds to get it*

I drew this up a little while ago, drawing a parallel between the Star Trek "curse", and DT's album covers.

I had no doubt you would get it.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #28 on:** April 27, 2014, 05:26:36 AM »

I'm nothing if not niche.

mikeyd23 · « **Reply #29 on:** April 28, 2014, 07:19:09 AM »

Evens.

Madman Shepherd · « **Reply #30 on:** April 28, 2014, 03:13:29 PM »

Oddvens

The Letter M · « **Reply #31 on:** November 23, 2014, 11:39:16 AM »

Bump to see if anyone else wanted to vote in this, and to see if anyone else would pick Odds over Evens.

-Marc.

Zydar · « **Reply #32 on:** November 23, 2014, 11:50:11 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix87x on April 26, 2014, 05:40:27 AM

The option with I&W.

This.

TheCountOfNYC · « **Reply #33 on:** November 23, 2014, 09:46:24 PM »

The odd grouping has my first and fourth favorite (SFaM and ADtoE) but the even grouping has my second, third, fifth, and sixth favorite (I&W, 8VM, SDoIT, and BC&SL) so I went with the evens.

TheGreatPretender · « **Reply #34 on:** November 23, 2014, 09:54:26 PM »

My 1 and 3 are in the odds, my 2 and 4 are in the evens. Very tough, but I chose odds.

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