For me, BC&SL isn't in my top 4, but I still rank it highly. It was epic in every sense of the word. The piano and storm sounds that open the album, followed by those explosive, almost gothic chords by Jordan when everyone kicks in... The album grabbed my attention right away. I even enjoyed the Day After Day growling part and was super excited to see it live. I thought A Rite of Passage had an awesome chorus, and I had a smile on my face from the first reprised 12SS theme in The Shattered Fortress all the way to the epic close - for me, the end of that song was so epic it could have closed the whole album. But I'm glad it didn't, because that honor was left for The Count of Tuscany. The instrumental overture at the start had some really pleasing keyboard parts, and for some reason it reminded me of something I might have heard on WDADU, which I also dig. While the lyrics were a little silly, I went along for the ride. The chorus was just awesome, and the whole song had an ominous energy and was just a lot of fun, and a super majestic close to the album. BC&SL had an epicness to it that I found to be missing on ADTOE, and while I recognize why a lot of fans appreciated the change, I'll always have a fondness for that last bombastically awesome album before the modern era of DT began - an era which has been awesome in it's own unique ways and only looks to be getting better with D/T.