Author Topic: best track number in Dream Theater discography? (Read 2282 times)

fischermasamune · « **on:** May 28, 2015, 05:47:55 PM »

Yet another ranking thread.

Vote on the track number which, in your opinion, is the best on DT discography.

Not all of them have 13 songs (each CD of SDOIT was counted separately, and the EP was ignored), so it's up to you decide how to measure the sets and point the best one.

I used acronyms to indicate the track correspondence; hopefully they will be helpful, or at least correct.

You can pick only one option on the poll. If you want, you may fully rank your preferences in a post. (I know you want it!)

fischermasamune · « **Reply #1 on:** May 28, 2015, 05:52:42 PM »

I voted on 8. LTL, 8VM, BAI are great songs, and almost every other complements well the team. Very often the best (and longest) songs appear at the end of the albums, and it was on tracks 8 where they concentrated the most.

I'll refrain from ranking them all (!), but the worst would probably be 6. Almost all of them are bottom 50% DT songs, some being even worse (NE, TSM, and specially POW).

SuperTaco · « **Reply #2 on:** May 28, 2015, 06:05:19 PM »

I vote 8, Because Octavarium and LTL and BAI are a trio that cannot be beaten (IMO).

AngelBack · « **Reply #3 on:** May 28, 2015, 06:23:15 PM »

Quote from: SuperTaco on May 28, 2015, 06:05:19 PM

I vote 8, Because Octavarium and LTL and BAI are a trio that cannot be beaten (IMO).

I concur.

Dave_Manchester · « **Reply #4 on:** May 28, 2015, 06:26:46 PM »

Bizarre (but fun) thread, and it looks like I have to go with 6, because The Count of Tuscany is my favourite DT song by a huge distance. And Stream of Consciousness, Outcry and Behind the Veil are my favourite tracks from those albums, so yeah, 6 is where it's at apparently.

CharlesPL · « **Reply #5 on:** May 28, 2015, 06:43:21 PM »

8

LtL, Lie, 8V

TheCountOfNYC · « **Reply #6 on:** May 28, 2015, 08:21:22 PM »

8

Learning to Live, Home, Octavarium, In the Presence of Enemies Pt. 2, and Breaking All Illusions is a lineup that's tough to top.

wolfking · « **Reply #7 on:** May 28, 2015, 08:24:20 PM »

Poor Finally Free.

Outcrier · « **Reply #8 on:** May 28, 2015, 08:57:13 PM »

8 mainly because of Learning to Live, Home and Octavarium.

erwinrafael · « **Reply #9 on:** May 28, 2015, 09:17:18 PM »

I think the results would be more interesting if you start from the last song backwards.

paulstfu · « **Reply #10 on:** May 28, 2015, 09:41:01 PM »

Quote from: Outcrier on May 28, 2015, 08:57:13 PM

8 mainly because of Learning to Live, Home and Octavarium.

The same here, mainly because of LTL and 8V. Also, I love that most of the albums close with the best songs.

425 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 28, 2015, 10:33:23 PM »

Quote from: SuperTaco on May 28, 2015, 06:05:19 PM

I vote 8, Because Octavarium and LTL and BAI are a trio that cannot be beaten (IMO).

Yup. Plus Only a Matter of Time (I know hardly anyone else likes it, but I really love it

).

fischermasamune · « **Reply #12 on:** May 28, 2015, 11:28:29 PM »

Quote from: 425 on May 28, 2015, 10:33:23 PM

Plus Only a Matter of Time (I know hardly anyone else likes it, but I really love it ).

OAMOT is also a grower for me!

? · « **Reply #13 on:** May 29, 2015, 08:09:41 AM »

11

Never cared for TSCO, but SDV is my #1 DT song and TOT is in my top 10.

Scorpion · « **Reply #14 on:** May 29, 2015, 08:17:23 AM »

Quote from: ? on May 29, 2015, 08:09:41 AM

11

Never cared for TSCO, but SDV is my #1 DT song and TOT is in my top 10.

This would be my second vote, but I had to go with 5, mainly because of the amount of quality songs it offers, even though ToT is my favourite DT song and the other two are excellent as well.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #15 on:** May 29, 2015, 10:14:05 AM »

12 is the most consistent

jjrock88 · « **Reply #16 on:** May 29, 2015, 11:48:43 AM »

The Letter M · « **Reply #17 on:** May 29, 2015, 12:03:24 PM »

Track 8, for the obvious reasons everyone else had already listed, although Track 5 has some good ones.

...

Wait... 8... and 5.

-Marc.

paulstfu · « **Reply #18 on:** May 29, 2015, 01:16:42 PM »

Quote from: The Letter M on May 29, 2015, 12:03:24 PM

Track 8, for the obvious reasons everyone else had already listed, although Track 5 has some good ones.

...

Wait... 8... and 5.

-Marc.

OCTAVARIUM PT. 2 CONFIRMED

CaelPetrucci · « **Reply #19 on:** June 04, 2015, 07:18:31 AM »

I chose 3 originally but sticking with 8 now, but 3 has some great songs too. So 8 for Home and 8v but There's YTSE Jam, These Walls, Strange Deja Vu, Innocence Faded, and in the case of YJ and IF, they are my faves from their respective albums (though people are,going to dislike that I just called If my favourite from Awake, I really don't care, it's great!)

ToT-147 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 22, 2015, 06:26:31 PM »

6!!..

Afterlife, HK, BTL, SoC, TCoT, Outcry... glorious songs..

5 and 3, honorable mentions (Mp1, FT, Disappear, Vacant, PA, Repentance, TBP and TYJ, TtT, SDVu, Misunderstood, ES, CiM, Wither, LNF respectively)

Train of Naught · « **Reply #21 on:** October 23, 2015, 09:54:15 AM »

Yeah for consistency I'd vote 12, but 8 has the most quality tracks.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #22 on:** October 23, 2015, 10:40:07 AM »

8. Has Octavarium but it also has Along For The Ride and Breaking All Illusions, which I don't care for.

Non - sequiter : Jordan Rudess should have done a DVD of all the keyboard parts for DT12 called " Along For The Rudess "

RoeDent · « **Reply #23 on:** October 23, 2015, 11:31:40 AM »

8, definitely. How can you compete against Learning to Live, Home, Losing Time, Octavarium and Breaking All Illusions?

Pax · « **Reply #24 on:** October 23, 2015, 01:15:51 PM »

nice thread idea

but for fuck's sake dude, those abbreviations are really bad... I won't answer because it will take like 15 minutes for me to decipher all of the abbreviations...

Train of Naught · « **Reply #25 on:** October 23, 2015, 01:19:00 PM »

"SSe" took me a while, then I figured they were in order from first to last album.

MirrorMask · « **Reply #26 on:** October 23, 2015, 03:31:37 PM »

I understand how 8 gets most votes, but I picked 5... Metropolis and Voices alone carry any list, and Bridges in the Sky and The Bigger Picture surely don't hurt either.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #27 on:** October 23, 2015, 09:19:09 PM »

I've gotta got with opening tracks here. TGP, Overture, AIA, TROAE, ITPOE pt 1 and ANTR are all awesome; PMU, 6:00, NM are still great; FAS and Regression are nice album intros albeit too short to really influence the decision, and it even includes a good song from WDADU. Also there's OTBOA, which we'll just call the remainder of this equation.

lucasembarbosa · « **Reply #28 on:** October 23, 2015, 11:01:55 PM »

I'll go with number 6... Mostly because of Hell's Kitchen and UAGM, but I really enjoy each one of the "6" ones.

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