• Rate The Instrumentals ! •

[Outcrier]

1. The Dance Of Eternity
2. Overture 1928
3. Hell's Kitchen
4. Erotomania
5. Overture
6. The Ytse Jam
7. Stream Of Consciousness
8. The Enigma Machine
9. False Awakening Suite

[Polarbear]

Here we go!


Erotomania
The Dance Of Eternity
Overture 1928
Overture
Eve
Ytse Jam
Hell's Kitchen
Stream Of Consciousness
False Awakening Suite
The Enigma Machine

[jsem]

Eve

Ytse Jam
Overture 1928
Hell's Kitchen
SDOIT Overture
Stream of Consciousness

The rest

[hefdaddy42]

Can somebody explain to me on a few words with a concrete, reasonable and a logic explanation, why the hate towards raw dog?

Because it's the cool thing to do.

Come on, you can do better than that.

[wasteland]

Eve
Hell's Kitchen
Erotomania
False Awakening Suite
Stream Of Consciousness
Overture
The Dance Of Eternity
Overture 1928
Enigma Machine
Ytse Jam

[Nekov]

Not gonna include Raw Dog:

Hell's Kitchen
Overture 1928
Erotomania
Ytse Jam
The Dance Of Eternity
Overture
False Awakening Suite
Stream Of Consciousness
The Enigma Machine

[metrojam]

1. Ytsejam 
2. The Dance Of Eternity
3. Overture 1928
4. Hell's Kitchen
5. Erotomania
6. Overture
7. Stream Of Consciousness
8. False Awakening Suite

Most of the top 7 could be interchangeable (apart from Ytsejam) but all are head and shoulders ahead of the number 9 for me! Cannot get any part of it in my head at all no matter how many listens to it I have. Doesn't flow, no theme or grove to it either, totally dispensable I.M.O.



9. The Enigma Machine

[puppyonacid]

Hell's Kitchen (Really cool, chill instrumental. Shame it's kind of an opening for the not-so-good tune that comes next.)

The first part of this quote I agree with. Hell's kitchen does have that sort of chilled but dark feel at the beginning that I'd like DT to explore more but!....
The second part of your comment made me want to cry. There is nothing about lines in the sand that isn't awesome.

[krands85]

The top 5 are very tough to order - like in the 'rank the <4 minute songs' thread, these tracks could be in a different order on another day. Also, I'm not completely familiar with EM yet, so it could rise 2-3 places maybe.

Stream of Consciousness
The Dance of Eternity
Hell's Kitchen
False Awakening Suite
Overture 1928
Erotomania
Ytse Jam
Overture
Enigma Machine
Eve
Raw Dog

[Kotowboy]

There is nothing about lines in the sand that isn't awesome.

It's by far my favourite song on FII and perhaps my 2nd favourite DT song overall. 

That solo is worth the admission price alone.

[JoeG]

Erotomania
Overture 1928
Stream of Consciousness

Hell's Kitchen
Eve
False Awakening Suite

The Dance of Eternity
Overture

Ytse Jam

Enigma Machine











Raw Dog

[Knguro]

Can somebody explain to me on a few words with a concrete, reasonable and a logic explanation, why the hate towards raw dog?

Because it's the cool thing to do.

Come on, you can do better than that.

I think the answer that you were looking for was, BECAUSE WE CAN. Hahahaha

[KevShmev]

Can somebody explain to me on a few words with a concrete, reasonable and a logic explanation, why the hate towards raw dog?

Because it's the cool thing to do.

Come on, you can do better than that.

Raw Dog gets tons of criticism/hate because it is not that good of a song.  It's that simple, really.

Anyway....

1. Erotomania
2. Hell's Kitchen
3. Overture 1928
4. Stream of Consciousness
5. Ytse Jam
6. Eve
7. The Dance of Eternity
8. 6DOIT Overture
9. Raw Dog

Too early for me to rate the new ones yet.

[Lolzeez]

1.The Dance Of Eternity
2.Hell's Kitchen
3.Eve
4.Overture 1928
5.Stream Of Consciousness
6.Erotomania
7.Ytse Jam
8.False Awakening Suite
9.Enigma Machine
10.Overture
11.Raw Dog

[TheAtliator]

RAW DOG IS AWESOME.

I still could never rank DT songs in any order like this 

[Daso]

Hell's Kitchen

Enigma Machine
Ytse Jam
Eve

Overture 1928
Erotomania

The Dance Of Eternity

Stream Of Consciousness


False Awakening Suite
Overture



Raw Dog

Hell's Kitchen is my favorite. Enigma Machine and Ytse Jam have certain similarities, I think both are equally good, and just as good as Eve. I like Overture 1928 and Erotomania more than The Dance of Eternity. Stream of Consciousness is almost as good as TDoE but I enjoy how the band shows off more in TDoE, even considering how catchy SoC is. Overture and FAS were both written to serve a purpose and both do it well, but neither are as good as the other instrumentals and, well, I only heard Raw Dog once and it was below every other instrumental and served no purpose, so it ranks as the worse.

[Kotowboy]

I listened to Ytse Jam & Raw Dog again for this poll and Raw Dog is still easily the worst.

I've not heard Eve.

[Hanz Gruber]

1.Ytse Jam
2.Erotomania
3.Hell's Kitchen
4.Overture 1928
5.The Dance Of Eternity
6.Overture
7.Stream Of Consciousness
8.False Awakening Suite
9.The Enigma Machine
10.Eve
11.Raw Dog - Wild Card

Eve is really pretty.  I would rate it highly.

Enigma Machine is probably my least favorite instrumental of theirs.  It is not very memorable IMO.

I wish they scrapped Enigma Machine and replaced it with a song with lyrics on the album.  It would have made the album feel more complete.  I like the new album.....it just feels like it needs another song.

[Viking of the Sagas]

1. Hell's Kitchen
2. Erotomania
3. Overture
4. Overture 1928
5. Ytse Jam
6. Stream Of Consciousness
7. The Dance Of Eternity
8. False Awakening Suite
9. Enigma Machine
10. Raw Dog
11. Eve

TBH I actually kinda like Raw Dog. When in context of that it's a fighting music. Meant to be played when you're fighting an epic battle.

[KevShmev]

FYI, there is no "The" in the title of Enigma Machine.  Sorry to be like that, but that bugs me, seeing so many incorrectly had a "The" to it.

[hefdaddy42]

OK, TheKevShmev.

[Orthogonal]

1. The Dance of Eternity
2. Overture 1928
3. Ytse Jam
4. Stream of Consciousness
5. Erotomania
6. Hell's Kitchen
7. Overture
8. Enigma Machine
9. False Awakening Suite
10. Eve
11. Raw Dog

[bosk1]

1.  Stream Of Consciousness - Didn't really like this one for the longest time.  It really clicked after seeting it live on tour and then again on L@B.  It's only flaw is that it feels a bit too long.
2.  Erotomania - Really creative and innovative for its time.
3.  Ytse Jam - Same.  It's amazing that they created something so cool that is such a signature DT instrumental so early on.
4.  Overture 1928 - It's hard to rank an overture as highly as standalone instrumentals.  But it really is quite good and sets up the album very well.
5.  The Dance Of Eternity - Not something I actively feel a desire to listen to much, but the musical showmanship is amazing, as are the nods to Metropolis pt. 1.
6.  Raw Dog - It has a few cool moments.
7.  Hell's Kitchen - Well...it's a nice intro to Lines In The Sand, Anyway.  Would be better if not so repetitive and one-dimensional.
8.  Eve - I was always taught that if you can't say anything nice, not to say anything at all.  I just won't say anything at all.

So that leaves The Enigma Machine and False Awakening Suite.  I haven't really had them long enough to feel like I can rank them fairly.  But I like both.  I would probably put False Awakening Suite between TDOE and Raw Dog, and maybe above TDOE.  It's a nice little piece of music.  It's great as an intro, but not really meant to stand on its own either.  It's more a "transition piece" than a song to consider in its own right.  Not sure where to put Enigma Machine.  Probably either just before or just after Overture 1928, but not sure. 

I'm not ranking Overture because it's silly to pick out instrumental parts of songs and try to rank them against other songs.  And given that it's the only one on the list, that seems pretty arbitrary to me.

[GasparXR]

Hell's Kitchen

Stream of Consciousness
Overture 1928

The Ytse Jam
The Dance of Eternity
Eve
False Awakening Suite
Erotomania

Enigma Machine


Raw Dog

[PROGdrummer]

1. Raw Dog
2. Overture 1928
3. Hell's Kitchen
4. Ytse Jam
5. Enigma Machine
6. Erotomania
7. Dance of Eternity
8. Stream of Consciousness


I will support Raw Dog until the day I die

[54_diplomats]

Erotomania
Overture 1928
Hells Kitchen
The Dance of Eternity
Ytse Jam
Overture
Stream Of Consciousness


I have not listened to the new album or Eve yet.

[Kotowboy]

1. Raw Dog
I will support Raw Dog until the day I die

That's all well and good but #1 Instrumental ?

Not a chance. Not in anyone's book.

[bosk1]

Listen to Kowtowboy in all things.

[Kotowboy]

Listen to Kowtowboy in all things.

Like A Bosk.

[bosk1]

[King Postwhore]

bosk1, I think PROGdrummer has already been hit with a bat.  I've seen his #1 instrumental.

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

Hell's Kitchen (Really cool, chill instrumental. Shame it's kind of an opening for the not-so-good tune that comes next.)

The first part of this quote I agree with. Hell's kitchen does have that sort of chilled but dark feel at the beginning that I'd like DT to explore more but!....
The second part of your comment made me want to cry. There is nothing about lines in the sand that isn't awesome.

Guitar solo is great. The rest I find boring, or in the chorus' case, just cringeworthy.

[PROGdrummer]

bosk1, I think PROGdrummer has already been hit with a bat.  I've seen his #1 instrumental.

What if I told you that Raw Dog is also in my Top 10 Dream Theater songs

[LCArenas]

Hell's Kitchen (Really cool, chill instrumental. Shame it's kind of an opening for the not-so-good tune that comes next.)

The first part of this quote I agree with. Hell's kitchen does have that sort of chilled but dark feel at the beginning that I'd like DT to explore more but!....
The second part of your comment made me want to cry. There is nothing about lines in the sand that isn't awesome.

Guitar solo is great. The rest I find boring, or in the chorus' case, just cringeworthy.

While I can't say cringeworthy I used to think that same thing in my first years after discovering DT (That Britney Spears and will I Am song is cringeworthy. Personally I've never found a DT song that has ever made me cringe, not even You Not Me); and I have to say Lines in the Sand is probably the DT song that has grown on me the most over the years. It went from "Boring and unmemorable" to my favorite song in FII after Hell's Kitchen.

bosk1, I think PROGdrummer has already been hit with a bat.  I've seen his #1 instrumental.

What if I told you that Raw Dog is also in my Top 10 Dream Theater songs

ur trippin hard m8
No, but really, Raw Dog becomes a fun, enjoyable song on the three minute and twenty mark. What comes before it (And the Outro) is what kills the song IMO.

[King Postwhore]

bosk1, I think PROGdrummer has already been hit with a bat.  I've seen his #1 instrumental.

What if I told you that Raw Dog is also in my Top 10 Dream Theater songs

I would be frozen, speechless and catatonic.