DT album ranking

[~InConstantMotion~]

Mine's been shifting around.

1. Octavarium - *****
2. Scenes From a Memory - *****
3. Black Clouds & Silver Linings - ****.9
4. Awake - ****.5
5. Images & Words - ****.5
6. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - ****.5
7. Falling Into Infinity - ****
8. Train of Thought - ****
9. Systematic Chaos - ****
10. When Dream and Day Unite - ***.5

[SilentFox]

Awake
Images and Words
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Black Clouds and Silver Linings
Scenes From a Memory
Train of Thought
Octavarium
Falling into Infinity
Systematic Chaos
When Dream and Day Unite

[Rafael Guerra]

1. Octavarium
2. Awake
3. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
4. Scenes From A Memory
5. Black Clouds And Silver Linings
6. Train Of Thought
7. Images And Words
8. Systematic Chaos
9. Falling Into Infinity
10. When Dream and Day Unite

[Dimitrius]

Updated rankings to include BC&SL.


1. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
2. Images & Word
3. Train of Thought
4. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
5. Scenes from a Memory
6. Awake
7. Systematic Chaos
8. Falling Into Infinity
9. When Dream and Day Unite
10. Octavarium

[ZachyDou]

1. Train of Thought
2. Octavarium
3. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
4. Systematic Chaos
5. Images and Words
6. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
7. Awake
8. Scenes From A Memory
9. Falling Into Infinity
10. When Dream and Day Unite

[Nic35]

1. Train of Thought
2. Octavarium
3. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
4. Systematic Chaos
5. Images and Words
6. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
7. Awake
8. Scenes From A Memory
9. Falling Into Infinity
10. When Dream and Day Unite

That is pretty unusual

[ZachyDou]

1. Train of Thought
2. Octavarium
3. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
4. Systematic Chaos
5. Images and Words
6. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
7. Awake
8. Scenes From A Memory
9. Falling Into Infinity
10. When Dream and Day Unite

That is pretty unusual

i like my music badass

[setrataeso]

At the moment it stacks as such:

1. Images and Words
2. Octavarium
3. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
4. Scenes from a Memory
5. Train of Thought
6. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
7. Falling into Infinity
8. When Dream and Day Unite
9. Systematic Chaos
10. Awake

[FiberglassMoon]

1. Scenes From a Memory
2. Images and Words
3. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
4. Awake
5. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
6. Train of Thought
7. Octavarium
8. Falling Into Infinity
9. Systematic Chaos
10. When Dream and Day Unite

[brodgers]

1. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
2. Scenes From a Memory
3. Awake
4. Images and Words
5. Train of Thought
6. Falling Into Infinity
7. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
8. Octavarium
9. When Dream and Day Unite




1083859. Systematic Chaos

[Slain]

1. Scenes From a Memory
2. Images and Words
3. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
4. Awake
5. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
6. Octavarium
7. Train of Thought
8. Systematic Chaos
9. Falling Into Infinity
10. When Dream and Day Unite

Ugh, that was extremely hard

[MetalMike06]

I may have already replied to this thread; I looked only briefly and didn't find a reply.

1. Images And Words
2. Awake
3. Scenes From A Memory
4. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
5. Octavarium
6. Train Of Thought
7. When Dream And Day Unite
8. Six Degrees
9. Falling Into Infinity
10. Systematic Chaos

[YtseBitsySpider]

ok....we've done this many times.

and every time I call alot of you out for absolutely trashing Six Degrees then popping it right up there on your list. Sure albums can grow on you over time....but the negative feedback on at the board when that album came out required flame retardant.

Images and Words
Scenes from a Memory
Awake
When Dream And Day Unite
Falling
Octavarium
Six Degrees
Change of Seasons
Train
Black Clouds
Systematic Cahonies

[Gorille85]

1. Scenes From a Memory
2. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
3. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
4. Images and Words
5. Octavarium
6. Awake
7. Train of Thought
8. Falling Into Infinity
9. Systematic Chaos
10. When Dream and Day Unite

[robwebster]

1. Octavarium
2. Images and Words
3. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
4. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
5. Systematic Chaos
6. Train of Thought
7. Scenes from a Memory
8. Awake
9. Falling Into Infinity
10. When Dream and Day Unite

Not that I don't like the albums towards the bottom. Falling Into Infinity used to be second or third, but it's slipped a little lately - and ended up at nine. It's more "what albums do you like a lot but not quite as much as the top five," rather than "favourite to LEAST FAVOURITE THIS ALBUM IS CRAP KILL IT."

[skydivingninja]

I think an update is in order...

1. Images and Words
2. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
3. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
4. Scenes from a Memory
5. Octavarium
6. Falling Into Infinity
7. Awake
8. When Day and Dream Unite
9. Train of Thought
10. Systematic Chaos

Amazingly, to me, anyway, BC&SL has surpassed Scenes as my 3rd favorite album.  Can't approach 6DoiT or Images, but as an album, it just feels so much stronger than most of the catalog.

[glaurung]

I don't think I've done this since BC&SL came out.

1. Images & Words
2. Scenes From a Memory
3. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
4. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
5. Awake
6. Octavarium
7. Train of Thought
8. Falling Into Infinity
9. Systematic Chaos
10. When Dream and Day Unite

[EmilSumm]

1. Awake
2. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
3. Images & Words
4. Train Of Thought
5. Systematic Chaos
6. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
7. Scenes From a Memory
8. Octavarium
9. Falling Into Infinity
10. When Dream And Day Unite

[j]

1. Train of Thought
2. Octavarium
3. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
4. Systematic Chaos
5. Images and Words
6. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
7. Awake
8. Scenes From A Memory
9. Falling Into Infinity
10. When Dream and Day Unite

I'm sorry sir, your opinion is incorrect.

-J

[Darkes7]

 

[j]

Relax dude, just kidding around.












Sorta.   

-J

[Darkes7]

If I took it seriously, I'd write another essay. I kinda know what to expect

Btw, need to refresh my memory of some albums a bit and will do a v. 1.1 (including BC&SL) of my ranking soon.

[faemir]

SDoIT
SFAM
I&W
BC&SL
Awake
FII
SC
ToT
8VM
WDADU

[ZachyDou]

wow. i actualy just spent roughly 40 hours total in the past less than a week in a car, listening to Dream Theater while on a trip to Halifax and back. I listened to every single album randomly on the way there, then on the way back to Ottawa i listened to them in order. i'd never listened to all of the albums right after each other, and some of the albums id only listened to once or twice all at once. Listening to some albums right after each other actualy made some of them stand out more, most notably SFAM and Awake, both of which i had never really gotten into that much before now. It had never really struck me how much more complete if an album SFAM is, and how much easier it is to listen to... My basic favorites remain intact, but now id say it would go something like:

1. Train of Thought
2. Octavarium
3. Scenes From a Memory
4. BC&SL
5. Systematic Chaos
6. Amake
7. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
8. Images and Words
9. Falling Into Infinity
10. When Dream And Day Unite

[Portrucci]

Awake
Images and Words
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Scenes from a Memory
Train of Thought
Falling into Infinity
Systematic Chaos
When Dream and Day Unite
Octavarium

Awake
Scenes From a Memory
Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Images & Words
Train of Thought
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Octavarium
Falling into Infinity
When Dream and Day Unite
Systematic Chaos

Awake is just as I remember. A masterpiece
Scenes From a Memory is much better than I thought. Amazing album
Black Clouds is aging very well. ANTR, TSF and TCOT are in my top 15 DT songs
Images & Words is getting stale, might slide down further in the future.
Train of Thought is a superb album. There is a bit of filler, other than that, fun to listen to
Six Degrees is worse than I thought. TGP has been overplayed by me, and the rest of the songs don't particular interest me. Disc 2 is better than I remember, In my top 5 DT songs
Octavarium is better than I thought. Title track still my favourite DT song. Rest of the album still doesn't do too much for me
Falling Into Infinity is about the same as I thought. Solid
When Dream and Day is underrated. But still nowhere near DT's best
Systematic Chaos is just boring. Hasn't aged well at all. Apart from TDEN, I don't even touch this album these days.

[Darkes7]

wow. i actualy just spent roughly 40 hours total in the past less than a week in a car, listening to Dream Theater while on a trip to Halifax and back. I listened to every single album randomly on the way there, then on the way back to Ottawa i listened to them in order. i'd never listened to all of the albums right after each other, and some of the albums id only listened to once or twice all at once. Listening to some albums right after each other actualy made some of them stand out more, most notably SFAM and Awake, both of which i had never really gotten into that much before now. It had never really struck me how much more complete if an album SFAM is, and how much easier it is to listen to... My basic favorites remain intact, but now id say it would go something like:

1. Train of Thought
2. Octavarium
3. Scenes From a Memory
4. BC&SL
5. Systematic Chaos
6. Amake
7. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
8. Images and Words
9. Falling Into Infinity
10. When Dream And Day Unite

can't fully agree with everything, but definitely much more than with most.

[blackngold29]

So when the favorite song tournament is over we're gonna have one for albums right?

[setrataeso]

So when the favorite song tournament is over we're gonna have one for albums right?

I think is a splendid idea.

[Shadow2222]

Here's my list.
1. Scenes From a Memory
2. Images and Words
3. Octavarium
4. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
5. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
6. Train of Thought
7. Awake
8. Systematic Chaos
9. Falling Into Infinity
10. When Dream and Day Unite

This is my friend's list. As you can see, we have different tastes.
1. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
2. Octavarium
3. Train of Thought
4. Systematic Chaos
5. Scenes From a Memory
6. Images and Words
7. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
8. Falling Into Infinity
9. Awake
10. When Dream and Day Unite

[Jamariquay]

Lately:

1. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
2. Awake
3. Scenes From A Memory
4. Images and Words
5. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
6. Train Of Thought
7. Falling Into Infinity
8. Octavarium
9. Systematic Chaos

[brodgers]

Lately:

1. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
2. Awake
3. Scenes From A Memory
4. Images and Words
5. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
6. Train Of Thought
7. Falling Into Infinity
8. Octavarium
9. Systematic Chaos

This is my friend's list. As you can see, we have different tastes.
1. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
2. Octavarium
3. Train of Thought
4. Systematic Chaos
5. Scenes From a Memory
6. Images and Words
7. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
8. Falling Into Infinity
9. Awake
10. When Dream and Day Unite

Wow your friend is borderline retarted

[Perpetual Change]

Lately:

1. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
2. Awake
3. Scenes From A Memory
4. Images and Words
5. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
6. Train Of Thought
7. Falling Into Infinity
8. Octavarium
9. Systematic Chaos

This is my friend's list. As you can see, we have different tastes.
1. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
2. Octavarium
3. Train of Thought
4. Systematic Chaos
5. Scenes From a Memory
6. Images and Words
7. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
8. Falling Into Infinity
9. Awake
10. When Dream and Day Unite

Wow your friend is borderline retarted

Seems like a decent list to me.

[Secor]

Lately:

1. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
2. Awake
3. Scenes From A Memory
4. Images and Words
5. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
6. Train Of Thought
7. Falling Into Infinity
8. Octavarium
9. Systematic Chaos

This is my friend's list. As you can see, we have different tastes.
1. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
2. Octavarium
3. Train of Thought
4. Systematic Chaos
5. Scenes From a Memory
6. Images and Words
7. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
8. Falling Into Infinity
9. Awake
10. When Dream and Day Unite

Wow your friend is borderline retarded

fix'd

[Dark Master Of Sin]

SFAM
Awake
BCSL
ToT
6doit
Iaw
8vm
Sc
Fii
Wdadu

[Keytard]

1. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (disc 1)
2. Train of Thought
3. Scenes From a Memory
4. Awake
5. Systematic Chaos
6. Images and Words
7. Falling Into Infinity
8. Black Clouds and Silver Linings (would probably be number one were it not for how brutally cheesy The Best of Times and the last verse of The Count of Tuscany are)
9. Octavarium (The Answer Lies Within and I Walk Beside You are probably my least favorite DT songs, but the rest of this cd is killer)
10. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (disc 2)



10000000. When Dream and Day Unite (I don't even remotely like any part of any of these songs)