What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?

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I've gone through the many comparison threads that have been made since the new album has come out and a few opinions have struck me as kind of strange. Years ago, the majority of people could be seen listing their three favorites as the holy trinity (SFAM, I&W, Awake). But, in the new holy trinity thread, we have SDOIT listed several times and sometimes even ADTOE sneaking in for an honorable here or there.

So those threads have inspired this poll and how I want to see what everyone is thinking about their three favorite Dream Theater albums as those opinions are today. I realize this may have been done in the past, but I'm looking at the current view of the top 3 from the forum's perspective as of today.

There is an option for all 11 DT albums. You'll have three votes to select your three favorites according to your opinion. Hopefully after a while, we can see the general consensus on the top 3 DT albums here on the forum and maybe positions 4-11 on which some people with different opinions may think.

Get voting!

My personal three are:

SDOIT
I&W
SFAM

with ADTOE honorable mention in 4th.

[Zydar]

I&W
SFAM
SDOIT

[Pols Voice]

Awake
Images and Words
Scenes from a Memory

[nikatapi]

Awake
Images and Words
Scenes from a Memory

[Jaffa]

#1 is definitely Images and Words.  That's beyond doubt.
#2 is Train of Thought.  I'm not completely positive of that anymore, but for now I still think of it as my second favorite.
#3 is... tougher.  Probably Scenes from a Memory, but Awake and ADTOE are decent contenders, too.

[TheGreatPretender]

1: Scenes From A Memory hands down.
2: Images and Words
3: It's a tie between Systematic Chaos and A Dramatic Turn of Events

[gentaishinigami]

1. SFAM
2. ADTOE
3. Octavarium

[Phoenix87x]

Awake
Images and Words
Scenes from a Memory

[LastShoot]

Images And Words
Scenes From a Memory
A Dramatic Turn of Events


my favorites 3 of all time 

[pogoowner]

Awake
Images and Words
Scenes from a Memory

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

is SDOIT, Scenes from a Memory and Awake

[N4Player]

BC&SL
ADTOE
TOT

[jsem]

I&W
SFAM
SDOIT

[Syzzle]

I&W
SFAM
SDOIT

[TheGreatPretender]

Images And Words
Scenes From a Memory
A Dramatic Turn of Events


my favorites 3 of all time 

I'd say those are the three most important albums for the band.
First of all they're all major "New Beginnings." The first one is LaBrie's first, second one is Rudess' first, and third one is Mangini's first.
Second, they're great milestones. Great displays of how far the band has come.
DT has changed a lot over the years, and if you listen album to album, it might not even seem like that much, because those changes are small, but over time they accumulate. And these three albums are great for measuring how much they've changed over the years.

[Quarter_Cask]

sfam
6doit
awake

[Jamesman42]

SDOIT
TOT
8VM

IaW and ADTOE are very close though, with Awake right up there.

[LCArenas]

Awake
I&W
Six Degrees

[Hal Incandenza]

Awake
I&W
Six Degrees

Same.

[LastShoot]

Images And Words
Scenes From a Memory
A Dramatic Turn of Events


my favorites 3 of all time 

I'd say those are the three most important albums for the band.
First of all they're all major "New Beginnings." The first one is LaBrie's first, second one is Rudess' first, and third one is Mangini's first.
Second, they're great milestones. Great displays of how far the band has come.
DT has changed a lot over the years, and if you listen album to album, it might not even seem like that much, because those changes are small, but over time they accumulate. And these three albums are great for measuring how much they've changed over the years.

Exactly what i think about them , and thats why i like them so much

[SlitherX]

Awake
A Dramatic Turn Of Events
Falling Into Infinity

[Metrovarium]

Images & Words
Awake
Scenes From A Memory

ADTOE and SDOIT are 4th and 5th, respectively. Though I rated SFAM higher, the individual songs on ADTOE and SDOIT are better than the individual songs on SFAM. The only reason it's rated higher, really, is because it feels like much more of a whole than the other two albums do.

[ddtonfire]

Awake
6DoIT
I&W

[Dr. DTVT]

I&W and 6DoIT for sure.  ADToE or Awake is third.  I still feel it's too early to judge ADToE, it still has that new album feel.

[Heretic]

I&W
SDOIT
ADTOE

[sagar_k]

1. SFAM
2. IAW
3. ADTOE   (A month ago, would've been tough to choose & I would've ended up picking Octavarium, but this album just blew me away)

[BlobVanDam]

SDOIT
SFAM
I&W

In that order. The more I listen to those albums, the more they just cement themselves in those top 3 spots. They all sound just as fresh and energetic and enjoyable as the first time I listened to them. DT certainly have songs on other albums just as good, but for whole albums, these are the "perfect" ones.

[farsight]

I&W
SFAM
6DoIT and ADTOE

[Scooterfruit]

Sfam
ADTOE
I&W

[The Silent Cody]

Images, Scenes and Awake, but ADTOE is just behind Awake now...

[?]

Awake
Images
Events

[RuRoRul]

Images And Words
Train Of Thought
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

[jonny108]

Awake
SDOIT
ADTOE

[Dellers]

Scenes
ADTOE
I&W

[djentlemen]

awake is the best album ever created

SDOIT

BC&SL, yes