Favorite Tune Off Each Album?

[Parasomnia]

Light Fuse And Get Away
Under A Glass Moon
Voices
Lines In The Sand
Beyond This Life
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
Honor Thy Father
Octavarium
In The Presence Of Enemies (pt 2 if not both)
A Nightmare To Remember
Outcry
Surrender To Reason
The Path That Divides
At Wit's End
Sleeping Giant

[KidInTheDark666]

This is extremely tough

1. Afterlife/Status Seeker
2. Learning to Live
3. Space-Dye Vest
4. Lines in the Sand
5. Home
6. Losing Time/Grand Finale or if that doesn't count The Glass Prison
7. In the Name of God
8. Panic Attack
9. Prophets of War
10. The Count of Tuscany
11. Beneath the Surface
12. The Bigger Picture
13. The Gift of Music
14. Barstool Warrior
15. Sleeping Giant

[Pebsie]

Aah great idea!!

1. Afterlife
2. Learning to Live
3. Voices
4. Trial of Tears
5. One Last Time*
6. Misunderstood
7. Stream of Conciusness
8. Octavarium
9. The Dark Eternal Night
10. The Count of Tuscany
11. Breaking All Illusions
12. The Bigger Picture
13. The Path That Divides
14. At Wit's End
15. Transcending Time

* This is the highlight of the album for me because of the way it wraps up the themes from elsewhere in the album. It's a weird one to be a favorite, I'd never listen to it on its own... but then I'd never listen to a single song from the album anyway

[PixelDream]

A Fortune in Lies
Learning to Live
Scarred
Lines in the Sand
Home
Misunderstood
In the Name of God
Octavarium
In the Presence of Enemies
The Count of Tuscany
Breaking All Illusions
The Enemy Inside
The Gift of Music
At Wit's End
Invisible Monster

[nick_z]

The Killing Hand
Learning to Live
Space Dye Vest
Lines in the Sand
Strange Deja Vu
Blind Faith
Honor Thy Father
These Walls
In the Presence of Enemies
The Count of Tuscany
Breaking All Illusions
The Bigger Picture
Moment of Betrayal
Fall Into the Light
Awaken the Master

I&W is my favorite album and I love ALL songs on it. Yet, interestingly, Learning to Live is such a masterpiece to me that it was a relatively easy pick. Awake is my second favorite DT album, and it was harder to pick a song. Admittedly, SDV is a bit atypical, so one could argue against that. But it's a top 10 DT tune for me, and one that gives me goosebumps to this day, so I went with it. Voices, Scarred, The Mirror and Lifting Shadows would all be plausible candidates for me, though.

[MetropolisWatches]

Only A Matter of Time
Learning To Live
Scarred
Hell's Kitchen + Lines in the Sand
Overture 1928 + Strange Deja Vu
Glass Prison + Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Stream of Consciousness
Octavarium
In The Presence of Enemies
The Count of Tuscany
Breaking All Illusions
The Bigger Picture
A New Beginning
Barstool Warrior
Answering the Call

[macneil]

I&W is my favorite album and I love ALL songs on it. Yet, interestingly, Learning to Live is such a masterpiece to me that it was a relatively easy pick.

Agreed, every song on I&W is amazing but Learning to Live is an easy favourite for me. Every melody and riff is just iconic, I love the way it all unfolds.

My list:

• Afterlife
• Learning to Live
• Lie
• Trial of Tears
• Finally Free
• The Glass Prison*
• Honor Thy Father
• Octavarium
• In the Presence of Enemies Pt 1
• The Count of Tuscany
• Breaking All Illusions
• The Bigger Picture
• Moment of Betrayal
• Pale Blue Dot
• A View From The Top Of The World

The other one I find hard to pick is Six Degrees, as it was my first album it's very nostalgic for me and I love all the songs. I've gone with Glass Prison for now but that can change any day.

[wolfking]

Let's see;

1. Afterlife
2. Learning to Live
3. Scarred
4. Trial of Tears
5. Fatal Tragedy
6. Blind Faith
7. This Dying Soul
8. Octavarium
9. ITPOE
10. The Count of Tuscany
11. Breaking All Illusions
12. Illumination Theory
13. At Wit's End
14. Moment of Betrayal
15. A View From the Top of the World

[Uncle Rico]

A Fortune in Lies
Learning to Live
Scarred
Lines in the Sand
Home
Misunderstood
In the Name of God
Octavarium
In the Presence of Enemies
The Count of Tuscany
Breaking All Illusions
The Enemy Inside
The Gift of Music
At Wit's End
Invisible Monster

Love to see Misunderstood on your list! That song is my second favorite off that album, and is dear to me. It resonates with me, as the lyrics apply very well to someone who has suffered with long term chronic illness.

[Xaves]

1. Afterlife
2. Metropolis Pt 1
3. 6:00 (Voices is close second)
4. Trial Of Tears
5. Fatal Tradegy
6. Solitary Shell
7. Honor Thy Father
8. Octavarium
9. The Dark Eternal Night
10.The Shattered Foretress (The Count Of Tuscany is close second)
11.Lost Not Forgotten
12. The Enemy Inside
13.Our New World
13. Pale Blue Dot
14. The Alien

[Lax]

Good idea and frightfully hard thing to do

1 - WDADU - The Ytse Jam (just because it was the first song I learned and played it so many times)
2 - I&W - Take the time (Hard to choose with metropolis and Learning to Live)
3 - Awake - Erotomania (for the same reason as Ytse Jam, I'm a LTE instrumental fan lol)
4 - FII - lines in the sand
5 - SFAM - The dance of eternity (but I'd say the whole act2 if I could)
6 - SDOIT - the whole six degrees suite (the glass prison and blind faith are masterpieces tho)
7 - TOT - Honor thy father (in the name of god is just behind)
8 - Octavarium - Octavarium
9 - SC - In the presence of enemies pt1&2 (the dark eternal night 2nd)
10 - BCSL - The Count Of Tuscany (nightmare beautiful agony tells me I'm wrong)
11 - ADTOE - Bridges In The Sky (but breaking all illusion)
12 - DT12 - Illumination Theory (even if I love the false awakening suite, enemy inside and enigma machine)
13 - TA - heaven's cove because it's the best tristram diablo2 kind of theme sound alike that sounds so good lol (dystopian overture, lord nafaryus, three days, a life left behind, a new beginning, moment of betrayal, path that divides, all have SUPER strong parts tho)
14 - DOT - At Wits End (untethered angel, fall into the light and its hammond, barstool warrior, pale blue dot and viper king are all so great...)
15 - VFTTOTW - The alien (and many are great too)

The more I thought about it the more it has been impossible for me to choose 1 of each lol
I'll try to edit and trim my answer.

[Zydar]

WDADU - Afterlife
I&W - Learning To Live (my #1)
Awake - Innocence Faded
FII - Hollow Years
SFAM - Finally Free
6DOIT - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
ToT - In The Name Of God
Octavarium - Sacrificed Sons
SC - In The Presence Of Enemies 1 & 2
BCSL - The Count Of Tuscany
ADTOE - Breaking All Illusions (best song of the MM era)
DT12 - Surrender To Reason
TA - The Gift Of Music
DoT - Fall Into The Light
View - Transcending Time

[hefdaddy42]

WDADU - Ytse Jam
I&W - Learning to Live
Awake - Lifting Shadows Off a Dream
FII - Lines in the Sand
SFAM - Home
6DOIT - Blind Faith
TOT - Endless Sacrifice
8VM - Octavarium
SC - In the Presence of Enemies Pt. 1
BC&SL - Wither
ADTOE - Breaking All Illusions
DT12 - Illumination Theory
TA - The Path That Divides
DOT - Out of Reach
AVFTTOTW - Transcending Time

[HOF]

WDADU - Only A Matter of Time
I&W - Learning to Live
Awake - 6:00
FII - Lines In The Sand
SFAM - Overture 1928
SDOIT - Blind Faith
TOT - Stream of Consciousness
8V - I Walk Beside You
SC - none
ADTOE - none
DT 12 - The Looking Glass
TA - The Gift of Music
DOT - none
AVFTTOTW - none

[macneil]

I listened to Six Degrees disc 1 last night and I would like to amend my answer from The Glass Prison to Blind Faith    but every song on that album is fantastic though.

[Sam Prouse]

Light Fuse And Get Away
Under A Glass Moon
6:00
New Millennium
Beyond This Life
Solitary Shell
Honor Thy Father
The Root Of All Evil (My favourite DT song)
Constant Motion
The Shattered Fortress
Bridges In The Sky
The Looking Glass
Three Days
At Wit's End
Answering The Call

[Wukong]

Status Seeker
Surrounded
Lifting Shadows Off A Dream
Take Away My Pain
Beyond This Life
Disappear
Vacant
I Walk Beside You
Forsaken
Wither
Build Me Up, Break Me Down
Along For The Ride
Ravenskill
Fall Into The Light
Awaken The Master

Nice list, hun.
Despite being of tall and muscular stature and with a high powered corporate counsel job to boot, I have the tastes of a sensitive man. One would be surprised to learn that I often associate more with DT's softer, more 'in-touch' side. Here are my favorites.

Images and Words - Another Day
Awake - Lifting Shadows Off A Dream
FII - Anna Lee
Scenes - Through Her Eyes
Six Degrees - Goodnight Kiss
Train of Thought - Vacant
Octavarium - I Walk Beside You
Systematic Chaos - The Ministry of Lost Souls
Black Clouds and Silver Linings - Wither
A Dramatic Turn - Beneath the Surface
DT - Illumination Theory
The Astonishing - When Your Time Has Come
D/T - Out of Reach
A View from the Top of the World - Transcending Time

[Dream Team]

Only a Matter of Time
Metropolis Pt 1
Lifting Shadows off a Dream
Take Away My Pain
Home
The Great Debate
In The Name of God
Octavarium
Constant Motion
The Count of Tuscany
Breaking all Illusions
Surrender to Reason
A Life Left Behind
S2N
Awaken the Master
The Shadow Man Incident 

[Stewie Griffin]

A Fortune in Lies
Learning to Live
Voices
Lines in the Sand
The Dance of Eternity
War Inside My Head
This Dying Soul
Sacrificed Sons
The Dark Eternal Night
The Best of Times
Bridges in the Sky
Surrender to Reason
Dystopian Overture
S2N
Sleeping Giant

[wasteland]

Alright,

1. The Killing Hand
2. Learning to Live
3. Scarred
4. Trial of Tears
5. Finally Free
6. The Great Debate
7. Stream Of Consciousness
8. The Root Of All Evil
9. The Dark Eternal Night
10. The Count of Tuscany
11. Breaking All Illusions
12. The Bigger Picture
13. Chosen
14. At Wit's End
15. A View From the Top of the World

[Dream Team]

A Fortune in Lies
Learning to Live
Voices
Lines in the Sand
The Dance of Eternity
War Inside My Head
This Dying Soul
Sacrificed Sons
The Dark Eternal Night
The Best of Times
Bridges in the Sky
Surrender to Reason
Dystopian Overture
S2N
Sleeping Giant

Good list, but WIMH is not a song.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

1. Ytse Jam
2. Surrounded
3. Space-Dyed Vest
4. Trial of Tears
5. Finally Free
6. Blind Faith OR Solitary Shell if those are counted separately
7. In the Name of God
8. Octavarium
9. The Ministry of Lost Souls
10. The Count of Tuscany
11. Beneath the Surface
12. The Bigger Picture
13. The Hovering Sojourn
14. At Wit's End
15. Sleeping Giant

Non-album song: Raise the Knife

[Stewie Griffin]

Good list, but WIMH is not a song.

Yes, it is.

[three__days]

first post here

A Fortune in Lies - really fun. I think there's a gravity and emotionality to the chorus that I really appreciate.
Metropolis - the all-time classic, the prechorus part has all the theatricality that I want to hear in the band.
Voices - super cool, menacing, great vocal parts.
Burning My Soul - an underappreciated experiment I guess. I like nu-metal and the band does it fairly well here, it's a bit underwritten though.
Finally Free - again properly theatrical! 'One Last Time' theme coming back is also so sick.
The Glass Prison - astounding, some of their best melodies, this direction with Mike's vocals works so well for them.
Endless Sacrifice - I dig again the slight nu-metal influence on the chorus. Great pop metal song.
The Root of all Evil - another very well-constructed 'pop metal' type song.
Forsaken - I've always liked their shorter and more focused material, I find this works better for me than the other SC songs.
A Rite of Passage - maybe a bit too long, but a fun song, the vocal harmonies in the chorus add so much for me.
Bridges in the Sky - maybe the best Mangini-era song to me. Such a powerful climax!
The Enemy Inside - a great 'pop metal' type song, this is a real place of comfort for the band.
(don't dig 'the Astonishing')
At Wit's End - solid. I enjoy this song but I don't think the hooks come out at first, still my favourite on the record.
A View from on Top of the World - one of their most interesting epics, very experimental in ways but with a banger chorus.

[Jamesman42]

Solitary Shell is the best song off of disc 2.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

first post here

A Fortune in Lies - really fun. I think there's a gravity and emotionality to the chorus that I really appreciate.
Metropolis - the all-time classic, the prechorus part has all the theatricality that I want to hear in the band.
Voices - super cool, menacing, great vocal parts.
Burning My Soul - an underappreciated experiment I guess. I like nu-metal and the band does it fairly well here, it's a bit underwritten though.
Finally Free - again properly theatrical! 'One Last Time' theme coming back is also so sick.
The Glass Prison - astounding, some of their best melodies, this direction with Mike's vocals works so well for them.
Endless Sacrifice - I dig again the slight nu-metal influence on the chorus. Great pop metal song.
The Root of all Evil - another very well-constructed 'pop metal' type song.
Forsaken - I've always liked their shorter and more focused material, I find this works better for me than the other SC songs.
A Rite of Passage - maybe a bit too long, but a fun song, the vocal harmonies in the chorus add so much for me.
Bridges in the Sky - maybe the best Mangini-era song to me. Such a powerful climax!
The Enemy Inside - a great 'pop metal' type song, this is a real place of comfort for the band.
(don't dig 'the Astonishing')
At Wit's End - solid. I enjoy this song but I don't think the hooks come out at first, still my favourite on the record.
A View from on Top of the World - one of their most interesting epics, very experimental in ways but with a banger chorus.

Welcome to the Forums!

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Solitary Shell is the best song off of disc 2.

[icarus4321]

This seems like fun:

WDADU - A Fortune in Lies
I&W - Wait for Sleep - I know this is odd, and I love the whole album, but there's just something special about Wait for Sleep to me.
Awake - Voices
FII - Trial of Tears
SFAM - Finally Free
6DOIT - The Glass Prison
TOT - In the Name of God
8VM - Octavarium
SC - In the Presence of Enemies Pt. 1
BC&SL - The Count of Tuscany
ADTOE - Breaking All Illusions
DT12 - Illumination Theory
TA - I REALLY don't like this album.  I'm not sure I can pick a favorite. I know that there were parts that I found palatable, but I can't tell you where they were in the album.
DOT - At Wit's End
AVFTTOTW - A View from the Top of the World

[BeatriceNB]

WDADU: Afterlife
I&W: Learning To Live
Awake: Space-Dye Vest
FII: none; Trial Of Tears if the BTFW live version counts
SFAM: none
SDOIT: Disappear
TOT: In The Name Of God
Octavarium: Octavarium
SC: The Ministry Of Lost Souls
BC&SL: The Count Of Tuscany
ADTOE: Breaking All Illusions
DT12: The Bigger Picture
TA: Ravenskill or The Path That Divides
S/T: the solo in Out Of Reach, otherwise none
A View: Sleeping Giant

[Wim Kruithof]

14. Room 137

This must be a typo...

When Dream; The Killing Hand
Images; Surrounded
Awake; Scarred
Falling; Trial of Tears
Scenes; Finally Free
Six Degrees; The Glass Prison
Train; This Dying Soul
Octavarium; Octavarium
Chaos; The Ministry of Lost Souls
Black Clouds; The Count of Tuscany
Dramatic Turn; Beneath the Surface
Dream Theater; Illumination Theory
The Astonishing; A New Beginning
Distance; Barstool Warrior
A View; Answering the Call

Interesting to see the differences in favorites of A View. So many pearls in there.

disclaimer The list could easily differ on any given day.

[Tyrannosaurus Chicken]

A Fortune in Lies
Learning to Live
Space-Dye Vest
A Change of Seasons
Trial of Tears
The Spirit Carries On
The Great Debate
Stream of Consciousness
Octavarium
In The Presence of Enemies
The Best of Times
Breaking All Illusions
Illumination Theory
Our New World
Fall Into The Light
Sleeping Giant

[MarkFitDT]

Only a Matter of Time
Learning to Live
Voices
Trial of Tears
Fatal Tragedy
Blind Faith
In the Name of God
Octavarium
In the Presence of Enemies
Count of Tuscany
Breaking All Illusions
Illumination Theory
A New Beginning
Fall into the Light
A View from the Top of the World

[CodyWanKenobi]

My favorites change from time to time, but today this is how I'm feeling.

1. Ytse Jam
2. Wait For Sleep
3. Voices
4. Lines In The Sand
5. Beyond This Life
6. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (can I say this one? lol)
7. Endless Sacrifice (seeing them play this live really amplified my love for this one)
8. Octavarium
9. In The Presence Of Enemies (Pt 1 if I have to pick just one of them)
10. The Count Of Tuscany
11. Breaking All Illusions
12. The Bigger Picture
13. Ravenskill (there are actually so many cool tracks from TA, but this is my favorite today)
14. Pale Blue Dot
15. Transcending Time

[Tyrannosaurus Chicken]

My favorites change from time to time, but today this is how I'm feeling.

1. Ytse Jam
2. Wait For Sleep
3. Voices
4. Lines In The Sand
5. Beyond This Life
6. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (can I say this one? lol)
7. Endless Sacrifice (seeing them play this live really amplified my love for this one)
8. Octavarium
9. In The Presence Of Enemies (Pt 1 if I have to pick just one of them)
10. The Count Of Tuscany
11. Breaking All Illusions
12. The Bigger Picture
13. Ravenskill (there are actually so many cool tracks from TA, but this is my favorite today)
14. Pale Blue Dot
15. Transcending Time

That's a great list. I, too, consider Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence to be one long masterpiece of a composition.

[CodyWanKenobi]

That's a great list. I, too, consider Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence to be one long masterpiece of a composition.

I guess it depends on how you listen to it. I always listen to it from the beginning through the end. But I also listen to albums like that rather than individual songs. lol. Everyone I know just listens to playlists they've created on shuffle and I'm like ew. haha