A Dramatic Choice of Songs

[chaossystem]

A new drummer

A new direction

A new attitude.

When they changed drummers, I at first feared that it would cause too many drastic changes in their sound and the way that they do things.
Happily, I turned out to be wrong about that.
They did do things a LITTLE different, though.
There are NO songs over 15 minutes in length, but MOST of them are over the standard "Pop" or "radio-format-friendly" length.

I THINK I know which song will "win."
I'm ALSO predicting which song will be the "runner-up."
AND that the song I'm voting for probably WON'T get very many-if any-other votes!

[hefdaddy42]

There is a lot to like here, but BAI is the standout for me.

[Randaran]

Breaking All Illusions, though I almost went with Bridges in the Sky. Love both of them.

[Dublagent66]

BAI is my favorite DT song since SDOIT. So yeah...

[The Letter M]

There is a lot to like here, but BAI is the standout for me.

Agreed, again. I love this whole album, especially the final run of 3 songs, but this is the standout track by far. Triumphant return of JMX lyrics, a soaring "La Villa Strangiato"-esque guitar solo, some great vox from the Pirate, and some nice keyboard wizardry, as well as some of the Genie's best drumming on the album.

-Marc.

[krands85]

There is a lot to like here, but BAI is the standout for me.

Agreed, again. I love this whole album, especially the final run of 3 songs, but this is the standout track by far. Triumphant return of JMX lyrics, a soaring "La Villa Strangiato"-esque guitar solo, some great vox from the Pirate, and some nice keyboard wizardry, as well as some of the Genie's best drumming on the album.

-Marc.

[wolfking]

BAI is the only song here I really enjoy.

[Rodni Demental]

BTS... Actually kinda surprised to see coming second only to BAI. I like the other songs on the album, but I always thought there was something special about this song, and the Luna Park version just hits the ball out of the park which helped make this song one of my all time favourites.

[TheCountOfNYC]

Not speaking from personal preference, Breaking All Illusions is the only post-MP era song so far to break into the elite class of Dream Theater masterpiece. From a personal standpoint, it's my fourth favorite DT song with my top 3 all being from before MM. This song is brilliant from start to finish, and as I said, is up there with the likes of songs such as A Change of Seasons, Metropolis, Octavarium, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, and Trial of Tears. This song showed the world that the band would be just fine without MP, and it's truly an amazing piece of art.

[Jaffa]

Bridges in the Sky. 

[BlobVanDam]

None of these songs are close to top songs for me, but Bridges in the Sky is still the standout.

[CharlesPL]

Lost, Not Forgotten - Today's selection.

[ThatOneGuy2112]

BAI is the clear standout for me.

[bl5150]

BAI is the clear standout for me.

Not many other standout highs but a solid album and a return to the more melodic side of their writing which got me into them back in 1992.   It was the first DT album in many,many years that I could listen to without needing to hit Skip. On The Backs Of Angels was a strong single too IMO.

[adamack]

Breaking All Illusions, though I almost went with Bridges in the Sky. Love both of them.

So damn this.

This album was a true surprise. I expected it to be below average, but it turned out being my 2nd favorite.

[JiM-Xtreme]

BITS by a mile.

[Zydar]

BAI is my favorite DT song since SDOIT. So yeah...

[PwnsomeWin]

I was the correct one, voting for Far From Heaven.

[chaossystem]

It seems that in ALL of "my" polls-except maybe for "Scenes"-the LONGEST track on each disc is the most popular, according to votes they are getting.

My choice of "On the Backs of Angels" is slogging along at a distant third, with only FIVE votes at this time...

[The Letter M]

It seems that in ALL of "my" polls-except maybe for "Scenes"-the LONGEST track on each disc is the most popular, according to votes they are getting.

My choice of "On the Backs of Angels" is slogging along at a distant third, with only FIVE votes at this time...

Not surprising considering a lot of fans of DT are prog fans, and  some (if not most) of us generally gravitate towards longer, more epic songs, myself included. I love a good, long epic that takes me on a musical journey over 10-15 minutes, or even longer, and DT is full of songs like that!

-Marc.

[Outcrier]

None of these songs are close to top songs for me, but Bridges in the Sky is still the standout.

This.

[rosepetaljelly]

Breaking All Illusion is easily the best from of this album for me

[JayOctavarium]

The Shaman's Trance

[Ben_Jamin]

Outcry,  I like the intro, the verse leading into the chorus and the instrumental.

[Destiny Of Chaos]

In an album with 4 awesome epics..... Lost Not Forgotten edges out the others.

[sylvinception]

BAI and BITS are definitely my 2 favorite songs of ADTOE.

[Calvin6s]

Either Breaking All Illusions is just so good it is the clear winner or I'm a follower.

[Octavarious]

This is the life... Then BAI, very close.

[ToT-147]

Outcry...

It's IMO their best song of the MM-era.. Barely above TBP, Outcry it's an incredible beautiful song.. The instrumental is the best part of the song, but also the chorus , the verses and the start are outstanding moments.. The ending is just okay, but the whole thing it's too much enjoyable for my being.. The lyrics are very powerful.. The song has almost everything I like from DT.. Just fills me..

I have to say it: masterpiece..