Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s

[erwinrafael]

Dream Theater has always been good in opening their albums. What are your favorites?

For this poll, I opted to bunch songs for the albums that opened with instrumentals. I just always get the sense that the album has not yet properly opened without the first song with vocals.

For my own vote, my favorites are:

1. Descent of the NOMACS / Dystopian Overture / The Gift of Music
2. Regression / Overture 1928 / Strange Deja Vu
3. The Root of All Evil

[BlobVanDam]

I went with SFAM/SDOIT/ToT, with TROAE very close. What a great run of album openers!
Heck, there's really not a bad option among these, except maybe OTBOA which is a weak way to kick off the album imo.

[erwinrafael]

I went with SFAM/SDOIT/ToT, with TROAE very close. What a great run of album openers!
Heck, there's really not a bad option among these, except maybe OTBOA which is a weak way to kick off the album imo.

I agree. I think they should have opened with Bridges in the Sky, which is what they did in the tour.

[BlobVanDam]

Agreed! Just a little while ago I forgot that BITS actually wasn't the opener, because it worked so well on the tour with the chant intro and then BAM metal riff.

[fischermasamune]

Very good poll. I'm still undecided among 6:00, TGP, AIA and the combos of SFAM and TA.

[Zook]

SFAM, 6DOIT, and SC.

[Crow]

troae is easily the best, picked 6:00 and TGP for the other two

[erwinrafael]

I find it funny that the three-song combos from the two concept albums are still much shorter than TGP and ANTR. ANTR is such a long opener. 

[Zook]

ANTR is such a long opener. 

It actually goes by pretty quickly. I just wish I liked it more.

ROOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR

[Train of Naught]

SC, BCSL and DT12

[Enigmachine]

SDoIT, SC and TA. DotN/DO/TGoM being the favourite out of those, just such a grandiose and engaging way to begin the album.

[Outcrier]

Deja Vu, Glass Prison and Root.

[Viking of the Sagas]

Systematic Chaos has one of the most kickass openings ever.

new Millennium is nice.

Pull Me Under is great.

[BlackInk]

The Glass Prison is probably my favorite song here, but I think The Root of All Evil works better as an album opener. Went with ItPoE1 for the third option.

[erwinrafael]

DotN/DO/TGoM being the favourite out of those, just such a grandiose and engaging way to begin the album.

Dystopian Overture is glorious. DO/TGOM is the opener in my 1-disc DT mix CD. Such a beautiful piece of music.

[efx]

I went with 6:00, but it's basically tied with PMU.

[jakepriest]

The Glass Prison is probably my favorite song here, but I think The Root of All Evil works better as an album opener. Went with ItPoE1 for the third option.

This.

[CharlesPL]

A Fortune in Lies
Pull Me Under
6:00

Easily.

[ThatOneGuy2112]

SFAM, SDOIT, and 8V openers.

[jakepriest]

A Fortune in Lies
Pull Me Under
6:00

Easily.

Those three would be my least favourite openers. 

[JayOctavarium]

Went with (in no particular order):

ITPOE
Regression/Overture1928/SDV
The Glass Prison

and if I could choose 2 more I'd add ANTR and 6:00

[TheCountOfNYC]

A Nightmare to Remember.

[Tomislav95]

Regression / Overture 1928 / Strange Deja Vu, The Glass Prison and The Root of All Evil

[TAC]

1. Scenes
2. SC
3. DT12



TGP, AIA, and TROAE all start out  , but they are all too long and bloated, and to me, are ultimately boring.

[54_diplomats]

1. The Glass Prison
2. SFAM
3. 6:00

Honorable mention to The Root of All Evil.


Least favorite is On the Backs of Angels

[ariich]

The Glass Prison is easily my favourite, but my other votes went for 6:00 and New Millenium. Funny that with my top-tier DT albums other than SDOIT (I&W, ADTOE), I'm not that keen on the opener.

[ChuckSteak]

6:00 by far.

It has nothing to do with the song being better/worse than the others listed, but for an opening track this one serves the purpose perfectly.

[erwinrafael]

Yeah. 6:00 is waking up with that early 1990s angst, which sets up the mood of Awake perfectly. 

[jjrock88]

Pull Me Under, 6:00, Glass Prison

[Prog Snob]

Regression/O1928/SDV, The Glass Prison, and ITPOE Part 1

And since TGP is such a killer song from a brilliant album, I'm going to listen to 6DOIT. It has been a while since I heard it.

[JayOctavarium]

Regression/O1928/SDV, The Glass Prison, and ITPOE Part 1

I like the way you think, Sir!

[Destiny Of Chaos]

ItPoE & ANtR are my two favorite DT songs.. so that's where my votes went.

[Prog Snob]

Regression/O1928/SDV, The Glass Prison, and ITPOE Part 1

I like the way you think, Sir!

The left and right coast have it. 

[namgalsipsclar]

I went with Scenes, Glass Prison and 6:00.

Pull Me Under and Dystopian Overture etc were damn close though

[home]

Regression, The Root of all Evil and False Awakening Suite (shame the songs after FAS are a little dissapointing) Honourable mention to Pull me Under