Favorite Dream Theater album opener/s

[JayOctavarium]

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

I like the way you think, Sir!

The left and right coast have it. 

You mean the BEST and the other coast have it?


jk

[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. 

You mean the BEST and the other coast have it?


jk

  Well, I can't argue that you have the better weather of the two. Though, I think the earthquakes would severely fuck with my vertigo.

[JayOctavarium]

I don't even feel them anymore

[Setlist Scotty]

SFAM, 6DOIT, and SC.

This.

[SebastianPratesi]

I don't even feel them anymore

That's what my girlfriend says about my 2 penises.

(Not really - I don't have a girlfriend...)

[JayOctavarium]

I don't even feel them anymore

That's what my girlfriend says about my 2 penises.

(Not really - I don't have a girlfriend...)

wut

[BlackInk]

I don't even feel them anymore

That's what my girlfriend says about my 2 penises.

(Not really - I don't have a girlfriend...)

wut

[Prog Snob]

I don't even feel them anymore

That's what my girlfriend says about my 2 penises.

(Not really - I don't have a girlfriend...)

wut

The problem I see here is that he has two penises but only one girlfriend. He needs to capitalize on his deformity.

[SebastianPratesi]

Yeah, it's a hard life.

[pcs90]

I picked the ones for Awake, ADTOE and TA.

[fadetoblackdude7]

ITPOE is the best. IMO, the definitive DT album opener

[Prog Snob]

In The Presence Of Elmo

[chaossystem]

I picked 6:00, New Millennium and ItPoE-1, because with all THREE of those songs you know EXACTLY what you're getting, right from the first NOTE! These songs all come out of the box hard and heavy, instead of starting out slow, or trying to sound "pretty." Not that there's anything WRONG with the ballads or pretty melodies, but I like a song that isn't SUPPOSED to be subtle not trying to SOUND subtle. I think all three of those albums, along with Train of Thought, might be good for turning a "hardcore metal-head" onto DT, if it's someone who has no familiarity with their music.

[EraVulgaris]

It's one of my least favorite DT albums, but I always liked how Systematic Chaos went straight to it with ITPOE.

[Dublagent66]

PMU
TGP
AIA

[mikeyd23]

PMU, SFAM intro run, TGP.

[Sir Walrus Cauliflower]

I voted:
The Glass Prison
ITPOE Pt. 1
OTBOA

[hefdaddy42]

PMU, NM, TGP

[Nearmyth]

I guess you could take this thread a couple ways, so I'll do this:

Top 3 songs that are also openers:
1. The Glass Prison
2. Regression / Overture / Strange Dejavu
3. ITPOE Pt. 1

Top 3 songs in the sense of how well they open up the album:

1. Regression / Overture / Strange DeJavu
2. FAS / The Enemy Inside
3. Descent / Dystopian Overture / Gift of Music

[Iceyice]

Hard decision, when you think it out, but i'll go with the opener to Awake, my favorite DT album.

[Tumdace]

Easily The Glass Prison, my #1 favourite DT song (well, maybe #2, a close 2nd to Learning to Live).