PART II : Best RoadRunner Album - One Year Later -

[Kotowboy]

Seeing as the other poll was conducted just after The Astonishing was released - Let's do it again a year later and see how the results stack up.

[BlobVanDam]

They're pretty much listed in the order I'd rank them, so yeah.

[Kotowboy]

They're pretty much listed in the order I'd rank them, so yeah.

Yes. Every successive album being better than the one before ( for me at least ).

[BlobVanDam]

Yes, because I always rank things backwards. 
SC alone I would have listened to more times than all of the MM era albums combined.

[ZKX-2099]

ST>BCSL>SC>Turn>TA

[Kotowboy]

Yes, because I always rank things backwards. 

They're pretty much listed in the order I'd rank them, so yeah.

Yes. Every successive album being better than the one before ( for me at least ).

[MirrorMask]

I vote for The Astonishing.

Out of the "normal" albums, I'd go for Dramatic Turn.

[Tomislav95]

1. DT
2. ADTOE
3. TA
4. SC
5. BC&SL

[rumborak]

ADTOE, with BCSL close by.

[mikeyd23]

Still going with ADTOE. TA is a close second for me.

[Zydar]

Still going with ADTOE, closely followed by DT12. TA is dead last still.

[bl5150]

DT12
ADTOE




TA


BCSL
SC

[erwinrafael]

As usual, the poll and the vocal posts are on opposite ends. 

[V_R11]

Still going with ADTOE. TA is a close second for me.

Agree 100%

[FsF]

BC&SL
ADTOE

DT

SC
TA

Guess I'll be the only person going for Black Clouds...

[BlobVanDam]

As usual, the poll and the vocal posts are on opposite ends. 

What does that even mean? The posts perfectly mirror what the poll results are saying. And what is a "vocal" post anyway? Everyone's giving their opinions in much the same manner.

[dtvoices94]

1. The Astonishing
2. A Dramatic Turn of Events
3. Dream Theater
4. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
5. Systematic Chaos

[jvelvet3]

1. TA
2. ADTOE
3. DT
4. BCSL
5. SC

[Madman Shepherd]

ADTOE
SC


DT12



BC&SL










TA

[krands85]

ADTOE by a landslide.

[devieira73]

Nº 1: ADTOE (But imagine this album with TA production!)
About TA, I guess just only one forumer said that previously, I whish it was a bit longer, with more typical DT soloing and instrumentation within the songs and some songs more developed (and NOMACs tracks OUT ). With all that, despite the simple story concept and that still not so good drum sound, I think TA maybe would be my favorite album of their entire catalog.

[?]

ADTOE by a landslide.

[jakepriest]

1.TA
2. ADTOE


3. BC&SL


4. SC







5. DT12

[Kotowboy]

ADTOE by a landslide.

If by landslide - you mean 1 vote you are spot on !

[RodrigoAltaf]

ST>BCSL>SC>Turn>TA

Hard to disagree.

[hefdaddy42]

I would say ADTOE.

[Adami]

ADTOE
TA
BCSL


The other are two are revolving between bottom spot of their catalogue and the second to last.

[Mladen]

Still Dramatic.

[Bertielee]

ADToE> TA > SC > DT 12 > BC&SL, so, yeah, ADToE for me.

B.Lee

[Dave_Manchester]

I love them all, but my ranking would be:

The Astonishing
A Dramatic Turn of Events
Systematic Chaos
DT12
Black Clouds & Silver Linings

[Zukuduku]

An interesting poll! At this point, I'd probably rank DT12 first. A great balance of heavyness and melody. The Ashtonishing is the second on the list. Musically an excellent album, but there should be a bit more metal and technical sections to keep my interest. Still, every once in a while a must listen.

ADTOE takes the third spot. An amazing album, but for some reason I need long breaks before getting back to this album. Perhaps I overlistened to it when it was released? Then SC is fourth and BCASL fifth.

[TheOutlawXanadu]

As usual, the poll and the vocal posts are on opposite ends. 

I don't know if this is necessarily true in this case, but I have noticed this trend in various corners of the internet. For example, The Force Awakens has a terrific score of 8.1/10 or something on IMDB, but almost every user review is negative.

[Adami]

As usual, the poll and the vocal posts are on opposite ends. 

As of this post, the poll puts ADTOE leading with 38.5%.

As far as people posting their opinions, (excluding those posts that aren't listing their ranks or favorites), ADTOE is leading with 34.3%.

Seems pretty good.

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

BC&SL.

Could've gone for SC too, they're pretty close.

[Scottjf8]

I haven't given enough listens to both TA and ADToE really, so hard for me to 100% judge.  But I totally love all of DT12, so that's #1 for me..  then probably SC, BC, then ADToE and TA.

This might change the most I listen to the 2 ....