DT album ranking

[Onno]

So...

1. SDOIT
2. Awake
3. I&W
4. SFAM
5. Octavarium
6. ToT
7. ADTOE
8. SC
9. BC&SL

10. DT12
11. WDADU
12. FII

1 to 9 I can still listen to fairly regularly; 10-12 I only listen to very rarely.

[Jarlaxle]

SDOIT
Octavarium
ADTOE
SFAM
TOT
I&W
FII
SC
BC&SL
DT12
Awake
WDADU

[JediKnight1969]

1. SFAM
2. I&W
3. ADTOE
4. Awake
5. FII
6. TOT
7. SC
8. SDOIT
9. 8VM
10. BC&SL
11. DT12
12. WDADU

[OnTheBacksofAngela]

1. Scenes from a Memory
1. Train of Thought
1. Six degrees
1. Images and Words
1. Awake
1. Falling into Infinity
1. Black Clouds
1. Octavarium
1. Self titled
1. Systematic Chaos
1. A Dramatic Turn
1.5 When Day and Dream Unite

Grahhh, so hard to rank (wasn't hard at all). These ranks aren't based on favorite but is based on how much I listen to the albums. I love all the albums equally and I find perfection in every song. I will be talking about these more as I wrote the reviews of the songs. Scenes is first because I just love the whole Victoria/Nicholas concept and my favorite would be the big three: Home, Finally Free, and Beyond this life. Rudess makes a strong entrance in this album. As I said I don't dislike any songs including regression. Each part is vital.

What can I say about Train of Thought?  Love it. I'm more of a metal kind of girl and this filled my needs perfectly. While my friends listen to Justin Bieber, 1D, Jonad Brothers, or 5SOS, I listen to Dream Theater which has made me an outcast in music among other 13 year old girls, though the boys who listen to DT are fun to hang out with. My favorite would be This Dying Soul, As I Am, Endless sacrifice...ah screw it, I love everything, especially the Petrucci/Rudess duets.

Six degrees,yes! Every song sticks out to me. I can spend days and days just listening to 6DOIT without getting bored. Especially love Portnoy's first of the 12 suite, the Glass Prison. Enjoyed Goodnight Kiss as well as about to crash reprise. Just know I lover everything about the song.

A pretty big gap of quality from WDADU to I&W. I just love every song there  to death and if I were to rank all the dream theater songs, I wouldn't be able to decide. Dream theater is just that great as they have helped me through trials and tribulations. Also love Labrie's F# on learning to live.

Awake contains 2. songs in my top 15. Can you guess what it is? I will tell you on the awake write up, but I love the drastic change in style. Also, Erotomania! Gah! Space Dye Vest also gets to me every dang time.

Who can hate on falling into infinity? Contains extremely great songs and it shows that even if they go mainstream, they can pull it off. Burning my soul irritates me in some parts, but overall, I love it. Who can compare against Trial of Tears?

Black clouds, the song with the 4 epics I love to death. The instruments are close to perfection. Also, the best of times. I can understand how hard it was for Portnoy. I lost someone close to me also...and this song had helped guide me. RIP Howard Portnoy.

Octavarium is a neat album. How each song is an octave higher just blows my mind. We're all trapped inside this Octavarium. It's namesake is one the greatest songs I've ever heard and in some parts, the trippiest. I also love the ballads so much as it speaks out in many different ways.

Systematic Chaos is not that bad also. It had the bad @$$ Dark eternal night as well as in the presence of enemies, and TMOLS. I can understand why some songs can be irritating, but overall I love this album. It's a fun album to listen to.

Their self titled album says a lot about them. I love Mangini's snare drum sound. My personal favorites are the illumination theory, the enemy inside, and behind the veil. Rmemeber, I still like all their songs. This stood out to me more than ADTOE.

ADTOE has been the least talked about with the dream theater guys I have been hanging around. I love on the backs of angels and that was an inspiration for my name. Lost not forgotten and bridges in the sky were strong for me also.
I only listened to one instrumental of WDADU. Ytse Jam was the Olympic so good I have ever listened to on that album and it was due to coincidence. I was looking at the best myung bass solos and this popped up so by accident, I checked it out and it failed to disappont. Love how all the band got a solo.

[ToT-147]

Octavarium is a neat album. How each song is an octave a note higher just blows my mind.

FTFY.. But anyway, great post!.. 

[OnTheBacksofAngela]

Aww thank you! You're so sweet. 

[Nihil-Morari]

I believe I once did one of these, but it'll be fun right now, 'cause I very rarely listen to DT anymore.

Albums I've listened to over the past 6 months:
1. Images and Words
2. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
3. Scenes from a Memory
4. A Dramatic Turn of Events
5. Awake

Rest:
6. Falling into Infinity
7. Dream Theater
8. Octavarium

Not interested:
9. Train of Thought
10. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
11. Systematic Chaos
12. When Dream and Day Unite

I'm really surprised I like A Dramatic Turn... that much. Never thought that I would.

[matthewmatt]

Currently my list looks like this:

1. SC
2. SDOIT
3. TOT
4. 8um
5. ADTOE
6. BC&SL
7. SFAM
8. I&W
9. DT12
10. Awake
11. FII
12. WDADU

Haven't changed for quite a while, though #4-6 change places somewhat.

[pcs90]

Some of these switch around from time to time.

1. DT12
2. ADTOE
3. IW
4. 8VM
5. SDOIT
6. Awake
7. SFAM
8. FII
9. BCSL
10. TOT
11. SC
12. WDADU

[PixelDream]

1. Awake

2. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
3. Images & Words
4. Scenes from a Memory
5. Train of Thought
6. Falling into Infinity

7. Octavarium

8. Systematic Chaos
9. A Dramatic Turn of Events
10. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
11. Dream Theater
12. When Dream & Day Unite

[CharlesPL]

My 1st ranking since 2013 (before DT12 was released)

Including all 12 albums from last to first

Ranking status : March 2015


12. Systematic Chaos
11. Black Clouds & Silver Linings




10. Train of Thought




9. Falling Into Infinity (or 8)
8. A Dramatic Turn of Events (or 9)
7. Dream Theater (sometimes #6)
6. Octavarium (sometimes #7 or #5)
5. When Dream and Day Unite (sometimes #6)


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4. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
3. Awake (sometimes #2)
2. Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory (sometimes #3)
1. Images and Words (ma fav album of all time :up: )

[CharlesPL]

My 1st ranking since 2013 (before DT12 was released)

Including all 12 albums from last to first

Ranking status : March 2015


12. Systematic Chaos
11. Black Clouds & Silver Linings




10. Train of Thought




9. Falling Into Infinity (or 8)
8. A Dramatic Turn of Events (or 9)
7. Dream Theater (sometimes #6)
6. Octavarium (sometimes #7 or #5)
5. When Dream and Day Unite (sometimes #6)



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4. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
3. Awake (sometimes #2)
2. Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory (sometimes #3)
1. Images and Words (ma fav album of all time )

[Polarbear]

It has been a pretty long time for me also, since i did my last ranking.
But with the new album coming next spring, i thought i could revisit my album rankings:

1. Awake
2. Images and Words
3. Six Degrees
4. Scenes From a Memory
5. A Change of Seasons(It's really an EP, but it's so good!)

The top.5 changes all the time for me, all these albums are classics!

6. A Dramatic Turn of Events
7. Train of Thought
8. Systematic Chaos
9. Octavarium
10. Falling Into Infinity
11. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
12. Dream Theater


13. When Dream and Day Unite

[Kotowboy]

1. Octavarium
2. Scenes From A Memory
3. Six Degrees

4. Train of Thought
5. A Dramatic Turn of Events
6. Falling Into Infinity

7. Images & Words
8. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
9. Systematic Chaos

10. DT12
11. Awake
12. .When Dream & Day Unite

[Pettor]

1. SDOIT / SFAM
2. Octavarium
3. TOT / I&W / Awake
4. SC / BC & SL / ADTOE
5. FII / D12
6. WD&DU

[thosava]

The astonishing is less than two weeks away, so i thought i'd add my current album rankings!

Number 1 and 2 switch around frequently. I consider 1,2 and 3 to be near-perfect with negligible faults. I have faythe in The Astonishing reaching number 4!

1. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
2. Scenes From a Memory
3. Images and Words

4. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
5. Train of Thought
6. Awake
7. Dream Theater

8. Systematic Chaos
9. A Dramatic Turn of Events
10. Octavarium
11. Falling Into Infinity

12. When Dream and Day Unite

[Train of Naught]

As of now:

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

[IDontNotDoThings]

#1: Images & Words
#2: Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
#3: Black Clouds & Silver Linings
#4: Train Of Thought
#5: Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
#6: Systematic Chaos
#7: Awake
#8: A Dramatic Turn Of Events
#9: When Dream & Day Unite
10: Octavarium
11: Falling Into Infinity
12: Self-Titled

[Systolic]

Havent done this in a while why not since 5/8 is down and they can pick on me for it later

12. BC&SL
11. SC
10. FII
9. WDADU
8. TOT
7. 8VM
6. ST
5. SDOIT
4. ADTOE
3. I&W
2. SFAM
1. Awake

Anyone with an MP album created between 2005-2010 in the top 5 has an incorrect opinion

[kaos2900]

I was going to to a ranking befor The Astonishing is released but I'm going to give the new album a few months to digest and then go back through the discography to make a new ranking. My favorite is easily SFAM and my bottom two are SC and WDADU. Everything else moves around a lot.

[thosava]

Anyone with an MP album created between 2005-2010 in the top 5 has an incorrect opinion

BC&SL used to be very low on my list, but over the recent months it has really grown on me, reaching number 4. What is it about it that makes you rank in the lowest of all their albums?

[Gpals71]

Hmmm. Let me see.....

1. Train of Thought
2. Six degrees
3. Scenes from a Memory
4. Awake
5. Images and Words
6. Falling into Infinity
7. Self titled
8. Octavarium
9. Black Clouds
10. Systematic Chaos
11. A Dramatic Turn
12 When Day and Dream Unite

[Wubbagubba]

1. Scenes From A Memory
2. Six Degrees
3. Images and Words
4. Black Clouds
5. Octavarium
6. Self-Titled
7. A Dramatic Turn of Events
8. Awake
9. Systematic Chaos
10. Falling Into Infinity
11. Train of Thought
12. When Dream and Day Unite

Really curious where TA will fit in.

[Kotowboy]

I've probably posted already but I can't be arsed looking...

- Gold Tier -

1. Octavarium
2. Scenes From A Memory
3. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
4. Train Of Thought

- Silver Tier -

5. Images & Words
6. A Dramatic Turn of Events
7. Falling Into Infinity
8. Black Clouds & Silver Linings

- Bronze Tier -

9. DT12
10. Awake
11. Systematic Chaos
12. When Dream & Day Unite

[thosava]

It will be interesting to see what the average ranking of The Astonishing will become! I believe DT12 ended up falling a lot on many lists since 2013. (it did on mine)

[jakepriest]

Let's see... been a long time since I ranked them.


1. Train of Thought
2. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
3. Octavarium
4. Black Clouds & Silver Linings


5. A Dramatic Turn of Events
6. SFAM
7. Systematic Chaos
8. Awake


9. Images and Words


10. Dream Theater
11. Falling Into Infinity


12. When Dream And Day Unite (haven't ever gotten halway through it, it's that uninteresting to me)

[BlobVanDam]

Anyone with an MP album created between 2005-2010 in the top 5 has an incorrect opinion

Fuck that. I'd say anyone with ADTOE in their top 5 and WDADU any place but last has a wrong opinion.

[CDrice]

Okay, let's give this a try.

Top Tier
1.Images and Words/Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
2. Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory
3. Train of Thought
4. Dream Theater

Very Good
5. Awake
5. Octavarium
5. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
5. A Dramatic Turn of Events

Good
6. Falling into Infinity
6. Systematic Chaos

Okay
7. When Dream and Day Unite

[Pragmaticcircus]

1 Awake (just because I'm obsessed with Voices and Scarred)
2 Images and Words
3 SFAM
4 WDADU
5 ADTOE
6 FII
7 SDOIT
8 Systematic Chaos
9 Octavarium
10 TOT
11BC&SL
12 Selftitled

[CDrice]

anyone with ADTOE in their top 5 and WDADU any place but last has a wrong opinion.

1 Awake (just because I'm obsessed with Voices and Scarred)
2 Images and Words
3 SFAM
4 WDADU
5 ADTOE
6 FII
7 SDOIT
8 Systematic Chaos
9 Octavarium
10 TOT
11BC&SL
12 Selftitled

[Pragmaticcircus]

anyone with ADTOE in their top 5 and WDADU any place but last has a wrong opinion.

1 Awake (just because I'm obsessed with Voices and Scarred)
2 Images and Words
3 SFAM
4 WDADU
5 ADTOE
6 FII
7 SDOIT
8 Systematic Chaos
9 Octavarium
10 TOT
11BC&SL
12 Selftitled

[Outcrier]

Let's do this again:

Great
1. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
2. Metropolis part 2: Scenes from a Memory
3. Images and Words
4. Awake

Good
5. Train of Thought
6. Octavarium

Okay
7. A Dramatic Turn of Evens
8. Falling into Infinity

Mediocre
9. Dream Theater
10. Systematic Chaos
11. Black Clouds & Silver Linings

Bad
12. When a Day and Dream Unite

[Slipknot]

1 Train Of Thought
2 Black Clouds And Silver Linings
3 Systematic Chaos
4 Six Degrees Of Inter Turbulence disk 1
5 Iowa

[54_diplomats]

Top Tier

1. Awake
2. Images and Words
3. Scenes From a Memory
4. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence


Great Tier

5. Octavarium
6. Train of Thought
7. Falling Into Infinity
8. When Dream and Day Unite


Decent Tier

9. A Dramatic Turn of Events
10. Dream Theater
11. Systematic Chaos
12. Black Clouds & Silver Linings

[V_R11]

I&W
ADTOE
SFAM
SC
8vm
ToT
DT
SDOIT
Awake
BCASL
FII
WDADU

Definitely hard