Your favorite DT album

[j]

1 - Images
2 - Awake
3 - SDOIT
4 - FII
5 - ADTOE
6 - SFAM
7 - WDADU
8 - Octavarium
9 - ToT
10 - BC&SL
11 - SC

Or something like that.

-J

[krands85]

1. I&W
--------
2. ToT
3. ADToE
--------
4. 8VM
5. Scenes
6. Awake
--------
7. SC
8. FII
9. BC&SL
10. 6DoIT
---------
11. WDaDU

I often think I rank Octavarium too highly, given I don't care too much for 4 of the songs! But the other 4 are so good. Scenes and Awake are much more consistent, but their standout songs aren't as good as Octavarium's and there aren't as many of them either. Positions 7-10 are pretty much interchangeable - there is a lot of weak stuff on SC, FII and BC&SL - but they've also all got at least 2 incredible tracks. 6 Degrees is much more consistent, but only has TGP as one of my favourite DT tracks. IF WDaDU had been re-recorded in the early 90s - with better production and JLB at his peak it would probably be 3-4 places higher.

[RuRoRul]

1. Train Of Thought
2. Images And Words
3. Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
-
4. A Dramatic Turn Of Events
-
5. Black Clouds And Silver Linings
6. Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
7. Octavarium
-
8. Falling Into Infinity
9. Systematic Chaos
10. Awake
-
-
-
... etc.

11. When Dream And Day Unite

Surprised to see Images And Words not doing better (currently joint 3rd with Awake).

[Lucidity]

SIX DEGREEEEEES

[Kotowboy]

My Top 3 :

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

Honourable Mention :

4.Train Of Thought.

[The King in Crimson]

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

[BlobVanDam]

The Big 3
1. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
2. Scenes from a Memory
3. Images and Words

4. Falling into Infinity
5. Train of Thought

6. Octavarium
7. Systematic Chaos
8. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
9. A Dramatic Turn of Events
10. Awake

lol. When Dream and Day Unite

As far as I'm concerned, DT only have one legitimately bad album. The rest just vary in consistency, but they still contain at least a couple of essential tracks each for me.

[Big Hath]

I&W
SFAM
6DOIT
Awake
TOT
8VM
ADTOE

SC
BC&SL

WDADU

[Pols Voice]

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

[wolfking]

TOT
A
SFAM
I&W
8VM
6
WDADU
BC&SL
FII
SC
ADTOE

[Ruba]

Are we ranking again?

Awake
I&W
WDADU
FII
SC
SDOIT
SFAM
8VM
ADTOE
TOT
BC&SL

[Syzzle]

 
SDOIT
SFAM
Awake


I&W
ADTOE


TOT
FII
BC&SL


8VM
SC


WDADU

[The Dark Master]

1) Images and Words
2) Scenes From A Memory
3) Awake
4) A Dramatic Turn Of Events
5) Train Of Thought
6) When Dream and Day Unite
7) Octavarium
8) Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
9) Falling Into Infinity (the demos would rank between WDADU and 8VM)
10) Black Clouds & Silver Linings
11) Systematic Chaos

[Eldomm]

Images is my unquestionable #1. SFAM is #2.

[Buddyhunter1]

1) Octavarium
2) Train Of Thought
3) Scenes From A Memory
4) Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
5) Black Clouds & Silver Linings
6 & 7) IAW and ADTOE, can't really decide which is better

---QUALITY GAP---

8) Systematic Chaos
9) Falling Into Infinity
10) Awake
11) WDADU

[Nekov]

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

Are we ranking again?

Awake
I&W
WDADU
FII
SC
SDOIT
SFAM
8VM
ADTOE
TOT
BC&SL

Wow, I rank WDADU high but you just... Wow

[TheGreatPretender]

Might as well...



SFAM
I&W


SC


SDOIT
8V
ADTOE
Awake
TOT
FII


BCSL
WDADU

[Ruba]

Are we ranking again?

Awake
I&W
WDADU
FII
SC
SDOIT
SFAM
8VM
ADTOE
TOT
BC&SL

Wow, I rank WDADU high but you just... Wow

I don't mind production, I don't mind Dominici, all I hear is young and talented musicians making great prog metal and showing what they are capable of when they'll get some songwriting experience.

[The Stray Seed]

I don't mind production, I don't mind Dominici, all I hear is young and talented musicians making great prog metal and showing what they are capable of when they'll get some songwriting experience.

Absolutely agree.

[manticore999]

SFAM - it's Dream Theater's 'Yellow Brick Road'.

[Lolzeez]

SFAM
I&W

SDOIT


ADTOE
Awake

TOT



SC/FII

8VM
WDADU





BC&SL

[?]

FII doesn't exist for you?

[JayOctavarium]

As of right now

Awake
Images

SC
ADTOE
Scenes

TOT
FII
8VRM

SDOIT 1
BCSL

WDADU
SDOIT2

[MoraWintersoul]

Forgot to add the "like" threshold:

Okay let's go

Awake
Images

Six Degrees

Scenes

Falling Into Infinity
Train Of Thought

When Dream And Day Unite
-------------------------------------------------
Octavarium
A Dramatic Turn Of Events
Black Clouds
Systematic Chaos

[?]

I didn't do tiers, so I'll add them:

5/5:

1. Awake
2. Images

4½/5:

3. Events
4. Scenes

4/5:

5. WD&DU
6. Degrees

3½/5:

7. Train

3/5:

8. Falling

2½/5:

9. Clouds
10. Octa

2/5 (maybe even 1½/5):

11. Chaos

[Lolzeez]

FII doesn't exist for you?

Shit. Fixed now.

[Full Speed]

SDOIT

Awake
I&W

ADTOE
FII

TOT
SFAM

BCSL
8VM
SC
WDADU

Added tiers.

[Unlegit]

Images and Words
Scenes from a Memory
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

Train of Thought
Awake
A Dramatic Turn of Events

Black Clouds and Silver Linings
Octavarium
Falling Into Infinity

Systematic Chaos
When Dream and Day Unite

[Knguro]

TOT
SFAM
I&W/SDOIT
ADTOE/8V


AWAKE/SC/BC&SL
FII











WDADU

[Cable]

Listened to SFAM today to validate my vote; still my #1.

I do understand the critiques; can age poorly, dual mixes, lifted story and etc. But it just works better than any concept album I've heard. And I cannot forget when it was new to me, and hit so hard.

[Rattlehead]

 
I&W
SFAM


6DOIT
Awake
ToT


BC&SL
ADToE
FII
SC


8vm
WDADU

[aprilethereal]

Listened to SFAM today to validate my vote; still my #1.

I do understand the critiques; can age poorly, dual mixes, lifted story and etc. But it just works better than any concept album I've heard. And I cannot forget when it was new to me, and hit so hard.

Absolutely right.

[CrimsonSunrise]

Awake, or as I sometimes refer too it... "The Blob album"   

Seriously, it's my first DT album.  I think that alone gives it a little higher ranking than say I&W's.

[Elite]

1. Images & Words
2. Awake




3. Scenes from a Memory

4. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
5. Falling Into Infinity

6. When Dream And Day Unite





7. Systematic Chaos


8. A Dramatic Turn of Events
9. Octavarium


10. Train of Thought







11. Black Clouds & Silver Linings

[Dreamer81]

SFAM
ADTOE


I&W
AWAKE
SDOIT

FII
TOT
WDADU
-------------huge Quality gap
8V
SC
BC&SL