What is your three favorite Dream Theater albums?

[pcs90]

1. DT12
2. ADTOE
3. IAW
After that though it'd be extremely hard for me to rank the next few.

[jjrock88]

I&W, Awake, DT12

[WildRanger]

1. Scenes From a Memory   
2. Images & Words
3. Awake

[WildRanger]

Where is A Change of Seasons EP?

[hefdaddy42]

Where is A Change of Seasons EP?

I would imagine that the OP would say (rightly) that ACOS is an EP, not a full album.

Also, this thread was started in 2011, so I'm not sure it's worth it to ask such questions.  Or, indeed, to resurrect it at all.

[KidInTheDark666]

1. Train of Thought and I&W
2. Metropolis pt. 2
3. Octavarium

[lovethedrake]

Not at all surprised to see that the Top 3 are SFAM, I&W, and SDOIT.    Those are my top 3 as well. 

Awake would be my #4 or #5 album with DOT so I'm not surprised to see Awake on this list at #4 either. 

I am a little surprised to see that so few people have FII in their top 3.  I know its often considered the worst of the classic era but it's still in the classic era.   

I have ADTOE as my least favorite DT album(not upon release, put upon repeat listens) and that is #5.   Not surprised the fanbase has it there, but it's the one that I am most out of place with.

[Fritzinger]

This might be a rather unpopular opinion

Octavarium
Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From A Memory
Black Clouds & Silver Linings

[KidInTheDark666]

This might be a rather unpopular opinion

Octavarium
Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From A Memory
Black Clouds & Silver Linings

Great picks!

[Revenge319]

1. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
2. Octavarium
3. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

I think Six Degrees is Dream Theater's best album, but it's not quite my favorite for three simple reasons:
Octavarium, The Best of Times, and The Count of Tuscany.

And in case anyone's wondering, I do really enjoy the rest of Octavarium; even the couple of otherwise infamous songs like The Answer Lies Within.

[Fritzinger]

1. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
2. Octavarium
3. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

I think Six Degrees is Dream Theater's best album, but it's not quite my favorite for three simple reasons:
Octavarium, The Best of Times, and The Count of Tuscany.

And in case anyone's wondering, I do really enjoy the rest of Octavarium; even the couple of otherwise infamous songs like The Answer Lies Within.

I'm glad someone loves The Best Of Times as much as I do. It's a stunning piece of music in my opinion.

[Juular]

In no particular order:

Images & Words
Scenes From A Memory
Awake

[Revenge319]

I'm glad someone loves The Best Of Times as much as I do. It's a stunning piece of music in my opinion.

Agreed. And it most definitely goes beyond the incredible guitar solo at the end; I love every part of the song. Out of every Dream Theater song, it ranks at about #5 for me. If you're wondering, #4-#1 are Illumination Theory, The Count of Tuscany, Octavarium, and A Change of Seasons.

[Peter Mc]

The guitar solo is one of Petrucci's finest moments, the song's kind of dull though to me apart from the intro.

[Peter Mc]

In no particular order:

Images & Words
Scenes From A Memory
Awake

Hard to argue with that.  It only goes to show how consistently great DT have been though that I bet nearly every album they've done will be someone's favourite. They've never done a really bad album in 30 years and that's pretty incredible.

[Dave_Manchester]

In no particular order:

Images & Words
Scenes From A Memory
Awake

Hard to argue with that.  It only goes to show how consistently great DT have been though that I bet nearly every album they've done will be someone's favourite. They've never done a really bad album in 30 years and that's pretty incredible.

Agreed, it's an amazingly strong catalogue. On any given day my top 3 could be an entirely different set of albums. I voted Octavarium, Awake and Scenes in the poll but ask me next week and it could just as easily be Train of Thought, Six Degrees and DT12.

[Dublagent66]

Images
Scenes
Six

Not necessarily in that order.

[IDontNotDoThings]

What I voted for back then:

I&W (obvs)
ToT
6DOIT

What I'd vote for now:

I&W
SFAM
D/T
BC&SL (if I can't vote for D/T)

[hunnus2000]

Scenes
DT12
TA

[Northern Lion]

What I voted for back then:

I&W (obvs)
ToT
6DOIT

What I'd vote for now:

I&W
SFAM
D/T
BC&SL (if I can't vote for D/T)

You can, on the new updated thread I created earlier today.
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=54901.0

This thread is outdated, and mine is new 

[bosk1]

New thread:  https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=54901.0