Do you consider "Octavarium" to be one of the best DT songs?

[WildRanger]

Personally I do. I think it's one of their 5 best songs.

You?

[MirrorMask]

Yes.

[cramx3]

Of course, it's not my top song by them, but it's definitely one of their best.

[King Postwhore]

My #1.

[mikeyd23]

Yup

[TAC]

My #2.

[JLa]

I don't know if it is the best song or if it is #4, #7 or whatever, but I recently made a playlist with all my favourite DT songs and Octavarium is in it.

[YtseJamittaja]

No it's not one of their best.























It's one the best songs in the world.

[Dublagent66]

Kind of a ridiculous poll when the general consensus is most likely to be "yes".  It's a difficult argument otherwise since a majority of DT fans will agree that it is, even if it isn't their favorite.

[legenden1]

Not as a whole but Razors Edge sure is

[bill1971]

no

[Samsara]

No, and I never have. I think it is completely overrated, derivative of other bands (that one section that doesn't just capture the vibe of Kansas, but literally is THE SAME PASSAGE as a Kansas song took me over the edge), and pointless.

I try to be positive these days about Dream Theater, but Octavarium is everything that was wrong about the band at that point and forward for awhile, for me.

[RoeDent]

Three consecutive DT The League Championships tells you all you need to know about how the forum feels about Octavarium.

[Eldomm]

It has never been among my favorites

[DTA]

Used to be #1 for me around the time it was released but it fell off quite a bit and Scarred retook the number 1 spot. I like it but I think it would probably wouldn't make my top 20 if I had to make a list.

[hefdaddy42]

Oh, yes.

[Dave_Manchester]

Yes, for me it's their single greatest achievement.

[The Walrus]

It very well might be the greatest prog epic I have ever heard. It is definitely one of my favorites from DT.

[Architeuthis]

Yes, along with illumination Theory as far as their epics go.   

[CDrice]

I voted no. It's overall pretty good, but it's not even my favorite song of its album.

[Peter Mc]

Not even close, I find large parts of it pretty dull. Petrucci's guitar soloing at the end is awesome but I can take or leave the rest of it. I also find that it feels like a bunch of songs strung together rather than one epic song, similar to SDOIT.

[KevShmev]

Top 5?  Hell no.  Top 20 for sure, but not top 5 or even top 10.  Still a great tune.

[lovethedrake]

I consider it be a solid DT song but nowhere near one of their best.   

[Ninjabait]

Hands down their best song, no contest. Honestly, one of the best songs in both prog and metal (if not the best) and one of the best pieces of music I've ever heard period.

[lovethedrake]

I would take every song on I&W and SFAM over Octavarium

Also a Change of Seasons, Trial of Tears, SDOIT, Glass Prison, Great Debate, At Wits End

Then Octavarium would be a candidate for next in line amongt a bunch of other songs.

[Phoenix87x]

Its alright and has some really decent parts, but I'll take Change of seasons anyday over it.

[TheGreatPretender]

I consider it their best mega-epic, as it was referred to in another thread. But one of their best songs? Insofar as the vast majority of their songs are nothing short of amazing, and this one is among them, yes.

[MinistroRaven]

A personal favorite of mine

[SeRoX]

There is a Learning To Live and Scarred. So no.

[Jaffa]

I voted no, but it's not really that simple for me. 

I have a lot of respect for Octavarium, and I would say that in terms of objective artistic accomplishment - insofar as such things can be measured objectively, of course - it is surely among their best.  That being said, I find that I don't like Razor's Edge quite  as much as most people seem to, and while the first half of the song is nice in its own right, I don't often feel compelled to listen to it.  I actually saved the middle section of this song - 12:15 through 19:50, to be exact - as a separate track, and I listen to that track more than the song as a whole.  It's worth noting that this particular stretch contains some of my favorite musical passages ever, so there is certainly a lot to like in this song.

But when I take it as a whole and listen to it from start to finish, it's not among my favorites.  It's still a great song, don't get me wrong, but there are certainly quite a few DT songs I enjoy much more. 

[SleeperAwake]

Yes, I guess.

It's not a top 10 DT song, but it would probably squeeze into a top 20.

[Zydar]

Nope.

[Max Kuehnau]

Absolutely not.

[?]

Absolutely not.

[CrimsonSunrise]

I surely enjoy it, but not a top 5 for me.