And here's another reason why you have to listen to DT albums like this several times...
I'm on probably the the 10th listen through or so, and just now caught the forshadowing of "Our New World" as the intro to "A Savior In The Square"
Yup, I'm just starting my second listen to disc 2 which, when complete, will be twice through the entire album and I can already tell that this thing will be revealing little nuggets like this for months.
I have to say, this is what I have always wanted from Dream Theater ever since....oh....Six Degrees. That's the last album they've made that I could compare to this. It reminds me at times of disc 2 of 6DOIT
Anyone else think the snare sounds vaguely remeniscent of the snare sound in I&W? It's got a
little more of a woody sound but it's also got that kind of long decay that you hear on the I&W triggers.