What are your three favorite Dream Theater albums 2.0

[Lupton]

Six Degrees
Awake
When Dream and Day Unite

[Setlist Scotty]

There's been two surprises so far:

1. WDaDU got a vote
2. SC hasn't

I also wonder f the lone WDADU vote came from the same one who voted for Infinity.

Nope. I was the first one to vote for WDaDU, and my other 2 choices were SFaM and SDoIT, just as they were in the previous thread. 

[ZKX-2099]

For me it's:

Scenes
Six
Train

...although not necessarily in that order.

Ditto.

[Grappler]

Where's all the love for Train of Thought? I can't believe DOT has more votes than it.

Train of Thought was usually in my top 3.  But I find myself going back to DOT more, since it's still a heavy record, but really feels like classic Dream Theater.  I still love TOT though!

[bl5150]

1. Images and Words (not even close)
2. ADTOE
3. DT12

Still need to listen to DOT more than I have to figure out where that sits - suffice it to say that the Mangini era rekindled my interest which had waned from FII onwards..  If it was based on influence then WDADU and Awake would be 2/3 but I am working with the albums I would reach for these days.

[Bentower]

1. I&W
2. Awake
3. FII

with SFAM missing the mark ever so slightly.

[Nekov]

Mine hasn't changed and probably won't since I haven't really enjoyed their latest releases. I did like DT12 a lot when it came out but I rarely feel like visiting it.

1. SFAM
2. 6DOIT
3. I&W

[Madman Shepherd]

1. ADTOE
2. DOT
3. SC

It's funny because I think the best songs on SC aren't as good as the best songs on some other albums, but also I don't think there is a single song that isn't excellent on that album which I can't say for almost any other album.

Disc 1 of SDOIT would probably be my number 2 spot if disc 2 didn't weigh it down so much.

[Northern Lion]

Awesome man!  You gave SC a vote.  I was rooting for it 

There are really only 2 songs on SC that I don't care for all that much and that's Constant Motion and Repentance.  The rest I like a lot.

I'm also glad to see that ADToE has gotten a few more.

[Volante99]

Images
Awake
SFaM

By a huuuuge margin

ADToE is an honorable mention.

[Architeuthis]

DT12
Octavarium
D/T

[RoeDent]

ADTOE
The Astonishing
D/T

*mic drop*

[Architeuthis]

ADTOE
The Astonishing
D/T

*mic drop*

Good choices!   

[ThatOneGuy2112]

1. SFAM
2. I&W
3. 6DOIT

With Awake at a close fourth. I don't think this will ever change for me.

[Dave_Manchester]

ADTOE
The Astonishing
D/T

Love seeing this. The Mangini-era albums are so strong, it's good to see them represented in such a legendary back catalogue.

My own top 3 are:

Octavarium
Scenes From A Memory
Train of Thought

[Northern Lion]

ADTOE
The Astonishing
D/T

*mic drop*

[Northern Lion]

It looks like the top 4 are pretty clear by this point, and it's probably not a surprise to anyone.  But 5th place looks like a very close race between Octavarium and ADToE.  That I think is very interesting.

[Dedalus]

1 - I&W
2 - SFAM
3 - 6DOIT

4 - ADTOE

14 - SC   

[Northern Lion]

Well, Octavarium and ADToE are now tied for 5th favorite DT album.  I wasn't going to bump this thread but considering that happened I thought it would be interesting to mention.

[Trav]

I've been listening to DT for over twenty years and while I like every album and they've each had their moments, these are the ones I go back to the most.

Images and Words
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory
A Dramatic Turn of Events

[Podaar]

In this order:

6DOIT
SFAM
Awake

[NoFred]

This needs a follow up poll of top albums outside of the big four, those eat up 75% of the picks

[KidInTheDark666]

Agreed

[pg1067]

This needs a follow up poll of top albums outside of the big four, those eat up 75% of the picks

[Indiscipline]

Images
Astonishing
Scenes

[Northern Lion]

This needs a follow up poll of top albums outside of the big four, those eat up 75% of the picks

Sounds like a good idea.  I'll do it.

[romdrums]

Awake
Images and Words
Six Degrees

[Eldomm]

1.Images and words
2.When dream and day unite
3.Awake

[SleeperAwake]

Awake
I&W
Scenes


...and that will probably never change, even though Six Degrees is not far behind.

[impolybius]

Right now:

1. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
2. Awake
3. The Astonishing

Followed closely by Scenes from a Memory.

:-)

[Nachtmerrie]

Where's all the love for Train of Thought? I can't believe DOT has more votes than it.

The love is over here. Just voted SFAM, SDOIT en TOT.
Awake and I&W come close.

None of the albums after TOT does even come close to those five.

[pg1067]

Where's all the love for Train of Thought? I can't believe DOT has more votes than it.

The love is over here. Just voted SFAM, SDOIT en TOT.
Awake and I&W come close.

None of the albums after TOT does even come close to those five.

There was a companion thread, which I think asked folks to pick their favorite DT album other than I&W, Awake, SFAM and SDOIT (i.e., the "regular top 4").  While TOT doesn't rank in most folks' top 3, it seems to be commonly in the next tier for most folks.

[fadetoblackdude7]

Mine haven't changed:

1. SFAM
2. SDOIT
3. 8VM

[TAC]

1 & 2 haven't changed.

1. Images & Words
2. Scenes From A Memory


For this poll, I bumped ADTOE over Awake for third place.

[King Postwhore]

SDOIT
SFAM
I&W