Awake is still better than every other Dream Theater record

[snapple]

Those two Gordian Knot albums are incredible.

Those four albums get a ridiculous amount of spins from me. Awake edges them out because it features DT at the peak of their game. I love the song writing on Awake, and James' voice is perfect.

But Gordian Knot... probably not the thread to gush over them. I actually had Grace played during my wedding.

[wolfking]

I actually had Grace played during my wedding.

That's cool.

[KevShmev]

Uh Kevin? April 1st is in two weeks from now.

You should probably tell that to the jackals in this thread who are acting like the statement in the thread title is not true.

[TL]

Awake is my favorite album of all time.

Wait...
Do we... do we agree on something?

[goo-goo]

Those two Gordian Knot albums are incredible.

Yep. Both are desert island albums for me

[Ħ]

6:00 - okay.
Caught In a Web - awful
Innocence - awful
Erotomania - pretty decent
Voices - pretty good
The Silent Man - awful
The Mirror - awful
Lie - awful
Lifting Shadows - medium awful
Scarred - decent
Space Dye Vest - decent/awful

Not a good album.

[JayOctavarium]

Absolutely love it. Out of all DT, I find myself gravitating to this album more than any others.... with I&W, SC, TOT and ADTOE trailing close behind it

[Lolzeez]

6:00 - okay.
Caught In a Web - awful
Innocence - awful
Erotomania - pretty decent
Voices - pretty good
The Silent Man - awful
The Mirror - awful
Lie - awful
Lifting Shadows - medium awful
Scarred - decent
Space Dye Vest - decent/awful

Not a good album.

Run for your life.

[?]

I think most people who worship it have a little too much Nostalgia Goggles going on.

I was two years old when it got out and it was the last "classic" album I came to like.

MILENA, CRUSHING THEORIES SINCE 1992, WHO ELSE WANTS A PIECE OF ME.

(I am so sorry, I am drunk on happiness)

It was released the year I was born, so I was likely a fetus. I also don't even like I&W much so I can't have some sort of oldness bias. So yeah.

I was born in '94 too, one and a half months after the album was released. I also didn't become a DT fan until 2009 and I didn't start with Awake, so my love for it isn't based on nostalgia either. Can't the album just be awesome because it's flawless?

[TheGreatPretender]

Can't the album just be awesome because it's flawless?

Of course it can. And it's called Scenes From A Memory.

[Zantera]

It's in their top 3 and it's a pretty good album. I prefer SFAM though, 6DOIT is probably tied with Awake for nr2.

[Ruba]

The masterpiece which is Innocence Faded is by far the best song on the album and features James' best performance ever.

And I thought that no one other than me thinks this way  .

[MoraWintersoul]

Can't the album just be awesome because it's flawless?

Of course it can. And it's called Scenes From A Memory.

Man, are you people actively trying to pick fights with me or what?

[Zydar]

Can't the album just be awesome because it's flawless?

Of course it can. And it's called Scenes From A Memory.

That's a weird way to spell Images And Words.

[?]

Once again, everyone should take a look at the thread title and accept the undeniable fact

[Buddyhunter1]

Don't care for this album all that much.

6:00: Awesome
Caught In A Web: Average
Innocence Faced: Bad
Erotomania: Average
Voices: Good
The Silent Man: Average
The Mirror: Awesome
Lie: Good
Lifting Shadows: Average
Scarred: Average
Space Dye Vest: Good

[Aquiesence]

Images And Words for me by far. Those two Gordian Knot albums are really great too.

[snapple]

Can't the album just be awesome because it's flawless?

Of course it can. And it's called Scenes From A Memory.

That's a weird way to spell Images And Words.

Do people not know that Awake is only one word?

[Onno]

Can't the album just be awesome because it's flawless?

Of course it can. And it's called Scenes From A Memory.

That's a weird way to spell Images And Words.

Do people not know that Awake is only one word?

No, it's five. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.

[The King in Crimson]

Can't the album just be awesome because it's flawless?

Of course it can. And it's called Scenes From A Memory.

No album with The Dance of Eternity on it can be called perfect.

[BlobVanDam]

No album with Lie on it can be called perfect.

FTFY.

[?]

Can't the album just be awesome because it's flawless?

Of course it can. And it's called Scenes From A Memory.

No album with the instrumental section of Beyond This Life on it can be called perfect.

[hefdaddy42]

Nostalgia has nothing to do with it, that's a silly thing to say.

I agree with Kev that Awake is the best they've done to this point, but I understand why some people wouldn't rank it that high.

[wasteland]

To say that it seems that Awake was underappreciated by fans upon release. 

[Sycsa]

Can't the album just be awesome because it's flawless?

Of course it can. And it's called Scenes From A Memory.

No album with the instrumental section of Beyond This Life on it can be called perfect.

Are we in the bizarro world?

[CrimsonSunrise]

It's on top of my chart together with Images and Words. The two greatest DT albums of all times, in my humble opinion.

This......  which one is #1 changes from time to time. Now...I'm not a computer guru like Blob and can't make no stinkin fancy graph and all.  BUT... I can rate the songs 

Scale 1-10, 10 being extreme mind blowing awesomeness...

6:00                                                            8 
Caught in a Web                                         6
Innocence Faded                                        6
A Mind Beside Itself: I. Erotomania             8
A Mind Beside Itself: II. Voices                    9
A Mind Beside Itself: III. The Silent Man      5
The Mirror                                                    8
Lie                                                               9
Lifting Shadows Off a Dream                       9
Scarred                                                        9
Space-Dye Vest                                           8

[BlobVanDam]

This......  which one is #1 changes from time to time. Now...I'm not a computer guru like Blob and can't make no stinkin fancy graph and all.  BUT... I can rate the songs 

My friend, you don't need a degree in computerology to whip out MS Paint!

[CrimsonSunrise]

This......  which one is #1 changes from time to time. Now...I'm not a computer guru like Blob and can't make no stinkin fancy graph and all.  BUT... I can rate the songs 

My friend, you don't need a degree in computerology to whip out MS Paint!

Brother... I'm so tech challenged I'm amazed I can properly post............sometimes....

[King Postwhore]

Automated phone call: "Press any key to contunue."


Homer: "Where's the any key?"

[CrimsonSunrise]

Automated phone call: "Press any key to contunue."


Homer: "Where's the any key?"

EGGGGGZACTLY.........

[TheGreatPretender]

Man, are you people actively trying to pick fights with me or what?

Hey if everyone else here can shamelessly impose their opinions on others, than damn it, so can I....

But just cause you asked for it, Space-Dye Vest sucks! 

[Nekov]

No. There are better albums than awake.

Blob, although I disagree with your graph I must admit I lol'd

[Buddyhunter1]

Can't the album just be awesome because it's flawless?

Of course it can. And it's called Scenes From A Memory.

No album with Through Her Eyes on it can be called perfect.

[?]

Through Her Eyes is one of DT's most beautiful songs IMO - I've always preferred it to TSCO, which has never been better than 3/5 in my eyes.

Can't the album just be awesome because it's flawless?

Of course it can. And it's called Scenes From A Memory.

No album with the instrumental section of Beyond This Life on it can be called perfect.

Are we in the bizarro world?

But just cause you asked for it, Space-Dye Vest sucks! 

No to both of these.

[wasteland]

This thread is going to drown in blood