Black Chaos and Systematic Linings

[robwebster]

1. Prelude & Resurrection (9:00)
2. Forsaken (5:30)
3. Constant Motion (7:00)
4. The Dark Eternal Night (9:00)
5. Heretic (6:00)
6. Beautiful Agony (5:00)
7. Prophets of War (6:00)
8. Wither (5:30)
9. The Count of Tuscany (19:00)

Well, sure, but picking and choosing your sections from ITPoE and ANtR is "editing songs", which the OP forbade.

In that case, replace Heretic and Beautiful Agony with The Best of Times. And change the order around or something. Less interesting that way, though, and I reckon I could whip up both songs in five minutes in Audacity, so it seems a bit arbitrary. But I guess you could say that of all games, so you know! Fair doos, my bad. I was sort of doing it as "creating my ideal album," rather than playing a game. Should probably have paid more attention.

[Setebos]

A Nightmare to Remember (16:10)
Constant Motion (6:55)
Wither (5:25)
In The Presence of Enemies Pt 1 (9:00)
Repentance (10:43)
The Ministry of Lost Souls (14:57)
In The Presence of Enemies Pt 2 (16:38)

(+ The Count of Tuscany in an ultimate epic 12 second version)
--> 79:48 (+00:12)

[Nick]

The Count of Tuscany (19:15)
Wither (5:25)
The Best of Times (13:08)
Prophets of War (6:00)
The Dark Eternal Night (8:53)
In the Presence of Enemies (25:36)

78:17

[tedy]

1. In the presence of enemies, Part 1
2. Forsaken
3. Wither
4. The best of times
5. In the presence of enemies, Part 2
6. The count of tuscany

[MRix85]

1. In the Presence of Enemies (25:38)
2. Constant Motion (6:55)
3. The Ministry of Lost Souls (14:57)
4. The Best of Times (13:09)
5. The Count of Tuscany (19:16)

79:55

Wasn't planned to only leave 5 seconds of space.

Overall I prefer SC to BC&SL.

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

Actually, I'd only keep ITPOE and Repentance from SC. So, I'd look for the way of fitting those into BC&SL.

[Pinga]

1. In the Presence of Enemies Pt. 1

total running time: 9:00

[Adami]

1. Repentance.

[bosk1]

Okay, so can we stop trolling the thread now please?

[perfey]

In The Presence of Enemies pt.1
Wither
The Best of Times
Forsaken
The Shattered Fortress
The Count of Tuscany

65 minutes and 14 seconds. I think its a definite improvement over the two albums, because I feel that there are no "unnecessary" instrumental parts in these songs, and I feel that its a good way of ordering the tracklist.

[perfey]

-(delete post)

[Zook]

Now wait a minute, man!

Black Chaos & Systematic Linings

1. The Shattered Fortress
2. Constant Motion
3. The Dark Eternal Night
4. Forsaken
5. The Count of Tuscany
6. In The Presence of Enemies

[RedKlouD72]

This is tuff guys.


Repentance  10.43
The Shattered Fortress  12.49
Prophets of War  6.00
Wither  5.25
The Count of Tuscany  19.16
In The Presence of Enemies  25.38

79:51

And yes, In that order.    I had no problem cutting Nightmare, Forsaken, Rite, Constant Motion, Lost Souls,  and Dark Eternal... but going without The Best Of Times came down to time constraints.  Going with Repentance allows for more total music.

[BRGM]

ITPOE pt 1
The Best of Times
The dark eternal night
Repentance
The ministry of lost souls
TCOT

That could've been quite cool IMO

[Pols Voice]

1. A Nightmare to Remember      
2. Wither         
3. In the Presence of Enemies - Part I   
4. Repentance         
5. The Ministry of Lost Souls
6. The Count of Tuscany

[cramx3]

In the Presence of Enemies Pt 1
A Nightmare to Remember
Forsaken
The Shattered Fortress
A Rite of Passage
Constant Motion
The Count of Tuscany

78 minutes of amazingness

[Raoul Sanchez]

1. ITPOE
2. TDEN
3. TCOT

Doesn't flow that well I imagine, but they're the only things from either album i especially like. Though if we're allowed to include edited tracks the peaceful sedation section from ANTR would be in between ITPOE and TDEN.

[Kotowboy]

1. A Nightmare To Remember

2.A Rite Of Passage

3. Wither

4.The Shattered Fortress

5.The Best Of Times

6.The Count Of Tuscany.


4 Srs.  I like all the songs on BC&SL more than any of their SC "Counterparts".  Systematic Chaos' "hot & dry" master doesn't help either.

[Jamesman42]

1. In the Presence of Enemies Pt.1
2. Constant Motion (whose final note leads right into...)
3. Beautiful Agony
4. Wither
5. Repentance
6. The Shattered Fortress
7. The Count of Tuscany

About 70 minutes. Yeah I could throw TDEN in there and reach the maximum, but I generally don't like overlong albums. This would be a bit more to the point.

[Jaffa]

Constant Motion
Prophets of War
Wither
In the Presence of Enemies
The Ministry of Lost Souls
A Nightmare To Remember
The Count of Tuscany

77:43

Can't be bothered figuring out a proper order for them, but I'm relatively confident these would be the songs I'd include.

[obscure]

In The Presence of Enemies Part. 2
The Shattered Fortress
Prophets of War
A Nightmare To Remember
Constant Motion
Forsaken
The Count of Tuscany



around 75

[Moonchild]

ITPOE Part 1
ITPOE Part 2
A Rite of Passage
Prophets of War
Wither
The Best of Times
The Count of Tuscany

1:18

[Zook]

1. In the Presence of Enemies Pt.1
2. Constant Motion (whose final note leads right into...)
3. Beautiful Agony
4. Wither
5. Repentance
6. The Shattered Fortress
7. The Count of Tuscany

About 70 minutes. Yeah I could throw TDEN in there and reach the maximum, but I generally don't like overlong albums. This would be a bit more to the point.

How does Beautiful Agony end?

[Jamesman42]

On a power chord or something, I honestly don't know. DT can handle that.

[Zook]

On a power chord or something, I honestly don't know. DT can handle that.

Hmmm...

TO THE AUDACITY MOBILE!!!!!

[Kotowboy]

On a power chord or something, I honestly don't know. DT can handle that.

Hmmm...

TO THE AUDACITY MOBILE!!!!!

The Logic 9 Jet will see you now. 

[Jamesman42]

Hmm, that would be something to hear

[Zook]

On a power chord or something, I honestly don't know. DT can handle that.

Hmmm...

TO THE AUDACITY MOBILE!!!!!

The Logic 9 Jet will see you now.  

Only for Mac? BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!


EDIT: I can't get it to sound right. POOP!

[RoeDent]

A Nightmare to Remember - 16:10
Constant Motion - 6:55
Repentance - 10:45
The Shattered Fortress - 12:49
Prophets of War - 6:00
The Count of Tuscany - 19:16

[LCArenas]

In the Presence of Enemies Part I
Repentance
The Shattered Fortress
The Ministry of Lost Souls
Wither
The Count of Tuscany
Bonus Track: Forsaken

[toro]

1- In The Presence Of Enemies Pt. 1
2- Wither
3- TSF
4- first 8 minutes of ANTR
5- Repentance
6- The Count Of Tuscany

[Jamesman42]

On a power chord or something, I honestly don't know. DT can handle that.

Hmmm...

TO THE AUDACITY MOBILE!!!!!

Here's a cool version I found:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tADH8iWSqg&feature=related

[Elite]

On a power chord or something, I honestly don't know. DT can handle that.

Hmmm...

TO THE AUDACITY MOBILE!!!!!

Here's a cool version I found:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tADH8iWSqg&feature=related

Pretty cool, but the vocals seem to come out of nowhere..

[7thHanyou]

The Ministry of Lost Souls
Wither
The Dark Eternal Night
Prophets of War
Forsaken
Repentance
The Count of Tuscany

Only runs 1:10:49.  I could actually find this tolerable, as it trims most of the fat from both albums.  TMoLS would also be an amazing opening, and Repentance would be a great segue into The Count of Tuscany.  Also, since this would be a "softer" album for Dream Theater (as opposed to the shredfests the albums seem to be at times), The Dark Eternal Night would really stand out.

[Zook]

Not sure what I was thinking with this:

Black Chaos & Systematic Linings

1. The Shattered Fortress
2. Constant Motion
3. The Dark Eternal Night
4. Forsaken
5. The Count of Tuscany
6. In The Presence of Enemies

but this would be my mash up of these two albums:

1. In The Presence of Enemies PT 1
2. Forsaken
3. Repentance
4. Wither
5. The Shattered Fortress
6. The Count of Tuscany
7. In The Presence of Enemies PT 2

Not entirely different, and there's no real good way to separate all the long tracks (which is most of them) without screwing up continuity within them, but this is a much better album than both combined.