Dream Theater's Untitled 11th Album: Make a fake tracklist / title

[Mladen]

Release from reality

1. My second home {10:49} [JP]
2. Time factor {6:30} [MP]
3. Run for cover {5:27} [MP]
4. Divided by half {5:21} [JP]
5. Xystus {7:20} [instrumental]
6. Cope with the thoughts {8:15} [JP]
7. Alternative philosophy {8:42} [JLB]
8. Automatic prelude {1:55} [JMX]
9. Manual {7:03} [JMX]
10. Theater of dreams {17:10} [MP]

I dunno, I just tossed out some stuff that sounded cool.  

[Marvellous G]

I'm really tempted to steal some of the musical ideas you guys are coming up with, you should all just make these albums yourselves, they sound awesome!

[antigoon]

Dream Theater - Endless Sack of Rice

1. My (MP)
2. Wife (MP)
3. and Kids (MP)
4. Hate (MP)
5. Me (MP)
6. Because (MP)
7. I (MP)
8. Am never (MP)
9. Home (MP)
Bonus track: Ever (MP)

[AcidLameLTE]

Ummm, didn't Petrucci write Endless Sacrifice?

[antigoon]

Ummm, didn't Petrucci write Endless Sacrifice?

Yes. So?

[AwakeFromOctavarium]

Greatest Album We've Done Yet

1. How to Grab the Thunder (5:45)
2. Portnoy's Lullaby (2:00)
3. Journey to the Center of Mars (12:37)
4. The Wrath of Myung the Meek (0:01)
5. Theory of Galactivity (15:28)
6. Polar Electric Thermal Radioactive Ultra Cosmic Centric Ion (25:00)

[Aniland]

I really, really like the Renegades one.

Also, to the person who said "Theater of Dreams", I remember somebody in the original thread of this coming up with that, and the movements were something like:

Theater of Dreams
I. Close Your Eyes...
II. Fantastic Journey
III. Lucid Reality
IV. Open Your Eyes
  V. Welcome to the Dream Theater

I really want a self-titled Dream Theater album with a title track.

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

That's cool, but I don't dig the "Welcome to the Dream Theater" philosophy that much    It sounds like maiden putting something in their self-titled in the lines of "Welcome to the Iron Maiden Experience" 

[antigoon]

I think this will be their self titled record.

[Aniland]

That's cool, but I don't dig the "Welcome to the Dream Theater" philosophy that much    It sounds like maiden putting something in their self-titled in the lines of "Welcome to the Iron Maiden Experience" 

I guess it really depends on how you perceive it. I understand what you mean, though. It's kind of like how I don't like the way "A Nightmare to Remember" starts with the words "A NIGHTMARE TO REMEMBER!" and how "The Count of Tuscany"'s first stanza ends with "I met THE COUNT OF TUSCANY!"

Hearing LaBrie in my head say "Welcome to the....DREAM THEATER (AHHH!)" is a bit odd. XD

[XJDenton]

In honor of it being their eleventh album:

Dreäm Theaẗer - Up to Eleven

Disc 1

1. The Majesty of Prog Part I (0.56))
2. Dusting for Vomit (8.49)
3. The Lovepump of Eternity (3.46)
4. Saint Hubbins' March (6.34)
5. The Majesty of Prog Part II (12.09)
6. This is the piece? (2.45)
7. The dangers of Dwarf Crushing (6.54)
8. A practical question (4.35)
9. None more black (7.45)
10.  The Majesty of Prog Part III (2.15)

Disc 2

11. Mike's Spontaneous Combustion (1,11.11)

[skydivingninja]

Lyricist in ()s, all music written by Dream Theater.

Dream Theater-Planet XI (Suck It Derek)

Disc 1
1. Satan's Penis (58:58) (Sonatafanica, Portnoy, Petrucci, LaBrie, Myung, Moore, Sherinian, Rudess, Dominici, Collins, Obama)

Disc 2
1. Uninteresting Childhood (8:44) (Petrucci)
2. Edge of the Road (5:34) (LaBrie)
3. Like an X in the Y (10:29) (Portnoy)
4. Meandering (15:12) (Myung, Rudess)
   I. The Awesome Intro
   II. The Awesome Midsection
   III. The Out-Of-Place Instrumental
   IV. The Epic Ending

[tri.ad]

Dream Theater - Dream Theater (I think that DT will release a self-titled album, but most likely as their last one... but whatever)

1. Road Of Fire (DT, Portnoy). 7:44
2. The War Within (DT, Petrucci). 6:39
3. After Midnight (DT, Petrucci). 8:13
4. Burnout (DT, Portnoy). 7:02
5. Your Faith, My Following (DT, instrumental). 8:32
6. The Philanthropist (DT, LaBrie/Petrucci). 10:01
7. A Small Favor (Myung/Petrucci/Rudess, Petrucci). 5:17
8. Grain Of Salt In The Ocean (DT, Myung/LaBrie). 14:24

[LCArenas]

I want to make a joke post and a serious post respectively, so I'll make two posts overall.

1. Hidden Rites of the Demonous Maestric Sect, Part I: The Invoking Spirits/No One Dared To (DT, Petrucci)
2. Fuck, this single will be sad (DT, Petrucci)
3. Back with a Vengeance (The Boycott of the Opressed) (DT, LaBrie)
4. Reflections again! (DT, Portnoy)
5. Hidden Rites of the Demonous Maestric Sect, Part II: The Retribution/So, Like I'm really into this sect (DT, Petrucci)
6. Hm. (DT, Myung)
7. EVERYONE SURVIVED! (DT, Portnoy)
8. So I heard Jordan has a new iPad (DT, Instrumental)
9. Hidden Rites of the Demonous Maestric Sect, Part III: Freedom Reprised/Holy shit that sect almost got me (DT, Petrucci)

[Dr. DTVT]

Lyricist in ()s, all music written by Dream Theater.

Dream Theater-Planet XI (Suck It Derek)

Disc 1
1. Satan's Penis (58:58) (Sonatafanica, Portnoy, Petrucci, LaBrie, Myung, Moore, Sherinian, Rudess, Dominici, Collins, Obama)

[The Letter M]

Eleven Minutes To Midnight

1. The Last Dawn Of Man (11:00) - Lyrics by Petrucci
2. Morning Of The Dead (2:19) - Lyrics by Petrucci
3. Rise Of The Dead (9:28) - Lyrics by Myung
4. A Problem (8:37) - Lyrics by Portnoy
5. Daywalkers (5:46) - Instrumental
6. Final Sunset (4:55) - Lyrics by LaBrie
7. Four Riders (10:44) - Lyrics by Petrucci
8. A Solution? (7:33) - Lyrics by Portnoy
9. Too Little Too Late (6:22) - Lyrics by Portnoy
10. One Minute To Midnight (1:00) - Instrumental
11. The Bell Tolls (11:00) - Lyrics by Petrucci
(Hidden Track)
12. Midnight (0:11)
(Total Length - 78:55)

It would be a concept album about the end of days.

"The Last Dawn Of Man" would begin with nature sounds (gasp TCOT connection!) and begin with a symphonic-like build, like SDOIT Overture, but darker. Think SDOIT meets ANTR. Then through the 11 minutes, you'd hear some of the themes throughout the album, but it would stand very well on it's own, especially being the first song on the album. Lyrically, it's about man's last day on earth, and how all we've done on this planet has come to this, our own imminent destruction.
After that, the short "Morning Of The Dead" would describe how the undead have come into being. It's a soft piano interlude in the vein of "Through My Words", but with a bit more substance. This would flow right into "Rise Of The Dead" with, yes, lyrics by Myung, who's writing style might fit a song that would be disjointed in it's verses and unexpected chorus changes. It would feature Myung on a bass solo in the instrumental bit in the middle, and a bass-grove riding out through the end.
"A Problem" would feature lyrics by Portnoy and reveal how the world is falling apart, not by the zombies that are attacking, but by the rest of humanity, who are fearing the coming end and taking drastic measures to solve their "problems".
"Daywalkers" would be the insane instrumental, it would be battle-sounding and involve a lot of syncopation and time/tempo changes.
LaBrie's contribution would be "Final Sunset", and be the token ballad on the album, and would be a needed calm-down after the previous instrumental. It foreshadows the coming night and is a closer to the first half of the album.
"Four Riders" is a song about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, but not literally in the Biblical sense, but more along the lines of what the Horsemen do to men, but it's man that's done it to themselves - disease, war, famine and death due to the irradiated zombies and shortages in supplies worldwide. This is a heavy, in-your-face, balls-to-the-wall prog metal...with some ROROROROR thrown in for 
The Portnoy-penned "A Solution?" shows mankind seeking out solutions to the prior "Problem". It's a more upbeat, hopeful sounding song.
That song then segues into "Too Little Too Late", which starts with dark, heavy instrumental as mankind has realized that their time is almost up and there isn't much they can do.
"One Minute To Midnight" is a reference to the Doomsday Clock, and this short piano-interlude instrumental is a sort of the "calm before the storm".
"The Bell Tolls" is when the clock strikes Midnight, and it's the end for mankind. There are some returning themes from the album as the song wraps up in a dark way, somewhere as a cross between ITPOE and "Finally Free". The last bit of the song has a bell tolling twelve times, and at the twelfth toll, the song ends...
"Midnight" is a short hidden track after the last toll rings in "The Bell Tolls", which reveals that mankind may have hope after all...

-Marc.

[LCArenas]

Edited: In all seriousness:

Passing of the Hours

1. Harmony: The Prelude [8:16] (DT, Instrumental)
2. Deceived [4:15] (DT, Portnoy)
3. Within Us [7:10] (DT, Petrucci)
4. The Fall of Mind [10:19] (DT, Petrucci/Portnoy)
5. Dissonance: The Epilogue [7:13] (DT, Portnoy)
6. Leaves of the Wind [6:11] (DT, Myung)
7. As Minutes go By [0:51] (DT, Instrumental)
8. The Void of Time [17:15] (DT, Myung/Rudess/Portnoy/Petrucci/LaBrie)
9. Lack of Guidance [5:12] (DT, LaBrie)
10. In the Midst of Change [6:15] (DT, Petrucci)
-Hidden Track-
11. Passing of the Hours [1:11] (For the Sake of Nuggetz)

[bodiesinflight]

I really, really like the Renegades one.

Also, to the person who said "Theater of Dreams", I remember somebody in the original thread of this coming up with that, and the movements were something like:

Theater of Dreams
I. Close Your Eyes...
II. Fantastic Journey
III. Lucid Reality
IV. Open Your Eyes
  V. Welcome to the Dream Theater

I really want a self-titled Dream Theater album with a title track.

Thanks, tbh I think the 'Renegades' title is the worst thing about it.

I quite like that Theatre of Dreams one, I think a song called Welcome To The Dream Theater would be awesome.

[Meleeruler]

Self titled 2-disc album.

1. Awake (17:00)
2. Black Clouds and Silver Linings (16:00)
3. When Dream and Day Unite (11:00)
4. Metropolis Part III (21:00)
5. Majesty (10:00)

1. Train of Thought (18:00)
2. Systematic Chaos (16:00)
3. Falling Into Infinity (11:00)
4. Images and Words (35:00)

[Jamesman42]

Self titled 2-disc album.

1. Awake (17:00)
2. Black Clouds and Silver Linings (16:00)
3. When Dream and Day Unite (11:00)
4. Metropolis Part III (21:00)
5. Majesty (10:00)

1. Train of Thought (18:00)
2. Systematic Chaos (16:00)
3. Falling Into Infinity (11:00)
4. Images and Words (35:00)

Very cool concept, actually, although the lack of SDOIT and 8VM make me wonder.

[kirbywelch92]

Self titled 2-disc album.

1. Awake (17:00)
2. Black Clouds and Silver Linings (16:00)
3. When Dream and Day Unite (11:00)
4. Metropolis Part III (21:00)
5. Majesty (10:00)

1. Train of Thought (18:00)
2. Systematic Chaos (16:00)
3. Falling Into Infinity (11:00)
4. Images and Words (35:00)

Very cool concept, actually, although the lack of SDOIT and 8VM make me wonder.

It would be cool, provided it wasn't approached musically like TSF is relation to the 12 step suite. Perhaps he felt like SDOIT and 8VM both have songs that ultimately represent the album as a whole, unlike the other albums.

[sonatafanica]

Lyricist in ()s, all music written by Dream Theater.

Dream Theater-Planet XI (Suck It Derek)

Disc 1
1. Satan's Penis (58:58) (Sonatafanica, Portnoy, Petrucci, LaBrie, Myung, Moore, Sherinian, Rudess, Dominici, Collins, Obama)

[LCArenas]

Self titled 2-disc album.

1. Awake (17:00)
2. Black Clouds and Silver Linings (16:00)
3. When Dream and Day Unite (11:00)
4. Metropolis Part III (21:00)
5. Majesty (10:00)

1. Train of Thought (18:00)
2. Systematic Chaos (16:00)
3. Falling Into Infinity (11:00)
4. Images and Words (35:00)

Very cool concept, actually, although the lack of SDOIT and 8VM make me wonder.

It would be cool, provided it wasn't approached musically like TSF is relation to the 12 step suite. Perhaps he felt like SDOIT and 8VM both have songs that ultimately represent the album as a whole, unlike the other albums.

I think It's because those two albums have title tracks, so putting Octavarium and Six Degrees in the list would be redundant.

[ACID_FOX]

DREAM THEATER - Renegades
It's a concept album

1. January 1935  (04:00 - Lyrics - JP)
Starts with the last note of TCOT...develops until JLB joins the action late on introducing the concept of the album...
2. The February Planet  (06:56 - Lyrics: JP)
...which turns out to be about some sort of resistance movement of some description that is secretly investigating some sort of event; they call themselves 'The February Planet' and then...
3. March Murder  (07:02 - Lyrics: MP)
...their leader is murdered...in March...
4. Hurricane April  (05:47 - Lyrics: MP)
...so to follow up the murder song there's a really heavy number, heaviest on the record with backing growls from MP...
5. Emerald May  (04:09 - Lyrics: JLB)
...followed by a peaceful, piano led number, similar to IWBY in that it sounds a bit like U2 but it's like good U2 not rubbish U2...the lyrics to this section deal with the relationship between two of the 'renegades' that develops before they go off on a journey to (hopefully) find the truth...
6. June Canyons  (05:55 - Instrumental)
...epic soundscapes, quite JR focused because he's barely had any solo time so far...
7. The Moon Of July  (08:12 - Lyrics: JP)
...then this crashes in with some heavy riffage and some JLB Awake-type vocals...no idea what's happening with the storyline at this point but there may be a bear involved...
8. August Resistance  (06:29 - Lyrics: JLB)
...they discover a great political secret and hurry back the way they came...it's got plenty of JR in it, plust a JM solo...little bit like PoW...
9. Over September  (05:40 - Lyrics: JP)
...fairly subdude as one of the 'renegades' is killed by a spy who's been there since the beginning...
10. October Storm  (06:39 - Lyrics: MP)
...heavy time...some more MP growls, no wait there's an Akerfeldt guest appearance for just a short verse near the end...the 'renegades' realise their leader, who didn't make the trip to wherever they went, is behind the thing that happened to cause the resistance to spring up any way...
11. November Voices  (03:24 - Instrumental)
...JR led instrumental...with some choral voices in the background...ends with a heartbeat...
12. Under December (12:00 - Lyrics: JP)
...the remaining 'renegades' confront evil bloke and win but all but 2 (the 2 having the relationship, ahhhhhhhh!) die in a big fight...the song ends with a monumental barrage of solos by first MP then JM then JR then JP...it's like the greatest solo of all time.

Change the title and you've got a deal.

[perfectchaos180]

call it the Ides of March imo

[Aniland]

Self titled 2-disc album.

1. Awake (17:00)
2. Black Clouds and Silver Linings (16:00)
3. When Dream and Day Unite (11:00)
4. Metropolis Part III (21:00)
5. Majesty (10:00)

1. Train of Thought (18:00)
2. Systematic Chaos (16:00)
3. Falling Into Infinity (11:00)
4. Images and Words (35:00)

Very cool concept, actually, although the lack of SDOIT and 8VM make me wonder.

How could it make you wonder? Both of those albums have title tracks.

Anyway, I really like this concept. And those track lengths slay me.

[BRGM]

Ahaaaa!

[RoeDent]

Sucking on His Pipe/Distinguished Accent

1. Sucking On His Pipe [57:49]

MP - Flutes
JP - Piccolo/Tin whistle
JR - Tin whistle/Bagpipes
JM - Kazoo/Shakuhachi
JLB - Random vocalisations and recorder

An improvised jam where the band ditch the rock instruments in favour of pipes, with James LaBrie butting in with random passages spoken in a distinguished accent.

[Zydar]

I would buy that.

[Quadrochosis]

Sucking on His Pipe/Distinguished Accent

1. Sucking On His Pipe [57:49]

MP - Flutes
JP - Piccolo/Tin whistle
JR - Tin whistle/Bagpipes
JM - Kazoo/Shakuhachi
JLB - Random vocalisations and recorder

An improvised jam where the band ditch the rock instruments in favour of pipes, with James LaBrie butting in with random passages spoken in a distinguished accent.

For some reason this made me think of Thick as a Brick

[ZKX-2099]

An eleven track concept album. Each song about the goings on during the recording of each past album... The eleventh track. A song covering the work on the 11th album... A song about it's own recording.

The Majestic Dream

1.) A Fuse Lit
2.) Wings In Heaven
3.) Fate Went Wrong
4.) Fabricated Demons
5.) Brilliant White Light
6.) A Place Where We Belong
7.) This Undying Dream
8.) So Secure (8 letters in the title NUGGETS)
9.) Promising Salvation
10.) A Higher State
11.) The Majestic Dream

[Jarlaxle]

An eleven track concept album. Each song about the goings on during the recording of each past album... The eleventh track. A song covering the work on the 11th album... A song about it's own recording.

The Majestic Dream

1.) A Fuse Lit
2.) Wings In Heaven
3.) Fate Went Wrong
4.) Fabricated Demons
5.) Brilliant White Light
6.) A Place Where We Belong
7.) This Undying Dream
8.) So Secure (8 letters in the title NUGGETS)
9.) Promising Salvation
10.) A Higher State
11.) The Majestic Dream

This would be really cool 

[Implode]

I made this cover. I'm not too sure about the songs.

[robwebster]

I really hate to storm in and assume the role of Mr Grumpyface, but some of these are HORRIBLY pretentious. Sort of... much as I love 'em, but more along the lines of Riverside or power metal than Dream Theaterry stuff. DT are way more down to earth than to have such word saladdy or typically mythological stuff going on - or obfuscatey words like "Triscadecagon" (for an example that nobody's come up with - trying not to point any fingers, cause I'm REALLY trying to avoid falling into the Mr Grumpyface boots) or whatever.


Just IMO, of course. And, as a gesture of goodwill, here is my awful attempt for you to - quite rightly - rip the living shite out of.

DREAM THEATER - The Truth
1. The Speed of Light
2. Lock and Key
3. One of the Family
4. Under the Surface
5. Spiralling
6. Surgical Gloves
7. The Sandstorm

3's the token sentimental-but-surprisingly-good one. The Speed of Light would be a fairly heavy, pulsing, fast-paced first single, 6 or 7 minutes long. Track 7's the slightly-longer-than-the-others one, probably fifteen minutes or so long. I've got a feeling that either 5 or 6 is fairly heavy.

[contest_sanity]

I made this cover. I'm not too sure about the songs.

I really like this cover.  Very cool.  And "Verisimilitude" would be a great concept to explore in an artistic work.