Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)

[mikemangioy]

Spoiler: Have you seen X somewhere else?

Holy Shi-

[BlackInk]

18 - The X Ander

[lightbug]

Spoiler: Have you seen X somewhere else?

ehh ... mmm ... what!?

maybe here (a fake obviously) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1gxvtX4s_w

[thosava]

It's been a week since the last update. Do you guys think we'll get another one today? Maybe they'll open up the "places" section?

[lightbug]

It's been a week since the last update. Do you guys think we'll get another one today? Maybe they'll open up the "places" section?

maybe...
today - places (11 days left)
friday - video 2 (7 days left) 

[Mark Levinson Jr.]

It's been a week since the last update. Do you guys think we'll get another one today? Maybe they'll open up the "places" section?

YES! If they unlocked "Places" today, and unveiled the last video next week... that would take us right to release date!

[fadetoblackdude7]

On Wikipedia, it says that Act I is 79:58. That can't be right, can it?

[pcs90]

Spoiler: Have you seen X somewhere else?

ehh ... mmm ... what!?

maybe here (a fake obviously) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1gxvtX4s_w

It's one of the better fake tracks I've heard so far though. Some parts do remind me of something Jordan would come up with.

[Enigmachine]

On Wikipedia, it says that Act I is 79:58. That can't be right, can it?

Why not? A CD can be up to 80 mins long.

[hefdaddy42]

On Wikipedia, it says that Act I is 79:58. That can't be right, can it?

It can be.

Not sure if it is.  But it CAN be.

[thosava]

On Wikipedia, it says that Act I is 79:58. That can't be right, can it?

I added up the track lengths from Noxon's review, and it is actually 79:58

[fadetoblackdude7]

I was under the impression that a cd can only hold 78:59 until it starts skipping from overload. But it is what it is.

[Kyo]

Just puttin' this here: https://dreamtheater.club/blog/2016/01/11/dream-theater-the-astonishing/

As someone who's heard the album many times since mid-December let me just say that Noxon's review is excellent and I agree with almost everything in it. My own German review, which will be published soon, really reads like a short version of Noxon's - earlier today we were actually laughing about how in his opening paragraphs he hits the very same spots that I focused on.

[Lucien]

On Wikipedia, it says that Act I is 79:58. That can't be right, can it?

I added up the track lengths from Noxon's review, and it is actually 79:58

7+9 = 16, like 2016
5+8 = 13, like 13th album

hmm

[thosava]

I was under the impression that a cd can only hold 78:59 until it starts skipping from overload. But it is what it is.

I read a bit about it, and i couldn't find any clear answers. Some say CD's hold up to 80 minutes. https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audio_CD Here it says up to 80, but in the list below it says 79.8.

[Prog Snob]

On Wikipedia, it says that Act I is 79:58. That can't be right, can it?

I added up the track lengths from Noxon's review, and it is actually 79:58

7+9 = 16, like 2016
5+8 = 13, like 13th album

hmm

[CDrice]

13+16=29

Release date: January 29 

[thosava]

I don't know if this has been posted yet, but i believe this is the guy playing bagpipes on the album (Eric Rigler):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNgvK1WJX7g

[Prog Snob]

13+16=29

Release date: January 29 

[hefdaddy42]

I was under the impression that a cd can only hold 78:59 until it starts skipping from overload. But it is what it is.

79:58 is, in fact, less than 79:59.

[pcs90]

I was under the impression that a cd can only hold 78:59 until it starts skipping from overload. But it is what it is.

79:58 is, in fact, less than 79:59.

But 79:58 is not less than 78:59...

[Vandalism]

Ban him hef

[Prog Snob]

Don't live up to your name.

[CDrice]

So Lucien get nuggets and I get three sexy girls? That's so unfair!

[RoeDent]

Judging by the times provided by Noxon, this looks like being the longest studio album in my collection, beating The Flower Kings' Stardust We Are by just 4 seconds.

On the subject of what CDs can hold, I have a few classical CDs that actually go over 80 minutes, one of which is 82 mins. And I'm aware of a hybrid SACD disc that has 86 minutes of music.

[hefdaddy42]

I was under the impression that a cd can only hold 78:59 until it starts skipping from overload. But it is what it is.

79:58 is, in fact, less than 79:59.

But 79:58 is not less than 78:59...

Ah.

lol

[millahh]

Judging by Noxon's length

[RMGadelha]

 

[Zydar]

[ariich]

Giggity.

[Prog Snob]

So Lucien get nuggets and I get three sexy girls? That's so unfair!

Denver Nuggets cheerleaders to be precise.   

[kartmaze2]

Just puttin' this here: https://dreamtheater.club/blog/2016/01/11/dream-theater-the-astonishing/

Excellent review!

As others have mentioned as well, the SFAM and SDOIT similarities with the melodies in focus make me extremely excited.

[The Trooper]

So Lucien get nuggets and I get three sexy girls? That's so unfair!

Denver Nuggets cheerleaders to be precise.   

MMMMMMMMMMMMM NUGGETS!

[InFlames235]

Noxon, when is FiveEight gonna be fixed?? haha great review by the way!

[The Dark Master]

I was under the impression that a cd can only hold 78:59 until it starts skipping from overload. But it is what it is.

I believe that was only the case back in the mid-90's when 80 minute cds were first introduced.  Most players on the market at the time were only designed to handle 74 minute cds and had difficulty playing cds that were a full 80 minutes long.  Most cd players made from the late-90s and after should have no problems playing a cd that is longer then 78:59.