What parts shine out to you? Say, what type of feeling did you get from those? I really just want to identify with what you felt so I can try to understand it better.
Thank you for the sincere interest =) I will try and do my best to tell you, although my feelings as a person are usually very complex and hard to explain - and this is why I can relate to DT music so much.
FAS: Excitement and expectations building, a very thrilling moment. Reminds me of myself watching a movie that I happen to like from the first scenes and cannot help but smile even though I'm alone. The favorite feature for me are Rudess' SFX.
TEI: Headbanging rage! The kind of layered but still straightforward metal track you expect from DT at its best. Bass and drums pounding all the way through... I feel adrenaline and might. Favorite part is the intro.
TLG: This gives me the kind of emotions that first got me into prog. The track is uplifting and radiant, transmits a sensation of positivity and happiness. Reminds me of when I was just a dreamy teen listening to Flower Kings, Marillion, Spoke's Beard and more neo-prog stuff. Favorite part is the whole song =)
EM: Overwhelming excitement for the musicianship that this track boasts. It is so complex and so fast that I can't help but feel amazed by the skill of the guys. Favorite part is all the work by the rythmical section (MM & JM).
TBP: Tied for the place of most emotional song for me with Illumination Theory. Very complex interchanging powerful emotions, as in a dreamlike context. Suspended animation. Melancholy. Suffering. Loneliness. Hope. I keep on crying each time I listen to the ending part (You look but cannot see... and on), which is my favorite one. In this track, I feel like every instrument really is a color of the same
painting. Those colors interwoven together give a surprising array of shades of emotion. The result is simply... mind blowing.
Now my time is up and I have to get back to work, next time I'll tell you about the remaining tracks. Thanking you again for the interest, I hope you could read through my ravings =) I'm glad you gave me the chance to describe the album from an aspect that is strongly featured throughout the whole disc: emotion.