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Dream Theater => Dream Theater => Topic started by: Nic35 on May 17, 2009, 06:13:01 PM
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My god. I never thought that listening to SFAM as a whole was such orgasmic. I've always listened to it in chunks, like I listened Home or Finally Free or Fatal Tragedy. When I listened to it the first time from start to beginning, I had to change my pants three times.
This album is their best work to listen as a whole. It's a real experience. I don't have always the time to all listen to it, but when I do, I thank myself for buying this album.
*appreciate*
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I always listen to it whole, well, unless I just have one of the songs stuck in my head. But it truely is a great album. very atmospheric, you almost feel like you are nicholas or victoria or edward. It isn't at all cheesy, and it seems very "real" to me. Production value is great. just an overall awesome album. first or second favorite, about tied with awake.
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I'd also say SFAM is their best album.
A definite 10/10
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It's definitely in my top 3. :tup
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My favorite DT album evah.
My second favorite album evah (after Remedy Lane from PoS)
I think I like it.
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It really sucks that my CD bugs right during TSCO :facepalm: I forgot how awesome this song is.
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When I listened to it the first time from start to beginning, I had to change my pants three times.
Milkshake, huh?
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It was my first DT album. It was unlike anything I'd ever heard before, I became instantly obsessed and bought all of their other albums fast. Getting Scenes was my musical epiphany, ever since I've not been able to stop buying various albums and CDs, and my music collection has probably quadrupled at the very least as I search for something that can give me the same buzz that DT have done and continue to do so.
I discovered the album by accident too, it was 2007 and there was a four for £20 deal on certain CDs, and I needed a fourth CD, and I thought it looked cool, and I'd heard the name Dream Theater, so I got it :biggrin:
I have just realised I've rambled too much lol. But that's how my DT story began. Scenes is probably my favourite album of all time, there are other DT albums I can say are pretty much on the same level, but it's a bit more special to me as it was my first DT album and something completely new.
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Listened to the first half of this record today at the gym. And I must say, while I still feel somewhat iffy about Beyond This Life, something clicked today; I now think that it works great in the context of the album.
Regression through Fatal Tragedy has got to be the best opening tracks to any Dream Theater album to date though.
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I bought Live Scenes before the studio version, so it was different going back to the studio version. Definately an album to read all of the lyrics along with and get to understand the story... on that note I hope to see another concept album from DT at some point.
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I think; thanks to this albums; DT got lots of fans more.
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It was my first DT album, and I couldn't quite digest it at first even though I knew it was something special. I went out and bought I&W and Awake and actually got into them 1st before going back to experience SFAM again.
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I think; thanks to this albums; DT got lots of fans more.
Yeah, DT's fan base definitely bigger got after the release of this album.
I KEED I KEED :hat
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Probably my favorite DT album.It is in my opinion basically a rock opera.Reminds me alot of "Tommy"Also,I recently got "Metropolis 2000"
Freakin' lovin' it. :metal
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Easily one of the best albums I've ever heard. Overture 1928 is the song that introduced my to DT.
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Easily one of the best albums I've ever heard. Overture 1928 is the song that introduced my to DT.
Yeah, it's the first DT song I really went crazy with. The drum intro and the guitar solos all along the song just totally caught me.
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I think the only song I can listen to from that album without listening to the entire thing is The Spirit Carries On. Any other song, and I find myself backtracking to beginning and listening to the entire thing.
It's up there in my top 3, the other two being I&W and SDOIT.
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Together with 6DOIT, the peak of DT.
rumborak
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The album that got me completely into DT and gave me the best musical experience of my life. DT's best album.
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One of their absolutely best albums, it's my 2nd favourite DT album after IaW.
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One of my least favourite albums. But some songs are really stellar.
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All that needs to be said in this thread is...
WOMP WOMP
I think I've made my point.
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A great album, and definitely better as a whole than individually as tracks. I don't rank it *quite* as highly as other people (probably 4th favourite), but it's great. But I can understand those who rank it much lower, because individually there's not a lot on there that stands among my top songs, so in that way I can see how it seems weaker. But as a whole there's nothing on the album I don't enjoy, and it's a pretty good album to just put on and listen to whole.
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its deffinatly up there in the album ranks. probly 3rd. nothing will every beat Octavarium.. no album by any other band comes even close. but i do love listening to SFAM all the way through. gives me the chills listening to it all.
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its deffinatly up there in the album ranks. probly 3rd. nothing will every beat Octavarium.. no album by any other band comes even close. but i do love listening to SFAM all the way through. gives me the chills listening to it all.
Oh come on, opinions I know, but 8V is nowhere near SFAM in terms of brilliance.
Minus the title track and one other song (probably SS) it's one of their weakest albums to date IMO.
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its deffinatly up there in the album ranks. probly 3rd. nothing will every beat Octavarium.. no album by any other band comes even close. but i do love listening to SFAM all the way through. gives me the chills listening to it all.
Oh come on, opinions I know, but 8V is nowhere near SFAM in terms of brilliance.
Minus the title track and one other song (probably SS) it's one of their weakest albums to date IMO.
Just thought that needed to be bolded for you.
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its deffinatly up there in the album ranks. probly 3rd. nothing will every beat Octavarium.. no album by any other band comes even close. but i do love listening to SFAM all the way through. gives me the chills listening to it all.
Oh come on, opinions I know, but 8V is nowhere near SFAM in terms of brilliance.
Minus the title track and one other song (probably SS) it's one of their weakest albums to date IMO.
Just thought that needed to be bolded for you.
wow. Arn't you clever?
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its deffinatly up there in the album ranks. probly 3rd. nothing will every beat Octavarium.. no album by any other band comes even close. but i do love listening to SFAM all the way through. gives me the chills listening to it all.
Oh come on, opinions I know, but 8V is nowhere near SFAM in terms of brilliance.
Minus the title track and one other song (probably SS) it's one of their weakest albums to date IMO.
Just thought that needed to be bolded for you.
wow. Arn't you clever?
No, he's BlobVanDam.
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its deffinatly up there in the album ranks. probly 3rd. nothing will every beat Octavarium.. no album by any other band comes even close. but i do love listening to SFAM all the way through. gives me the chills listening to it all.
Oh come on, opinions I know, but 8V is nowhere near SFAM in terms of brilliance.
Minus the title track and one other song (probably SS) it's one of their weakest albums to date IMO.
Just thought that needed to be bolded for you.
wow. Arn't you clever?
No, he's BlobVanDam.
wow. Aren't you clever?
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its deffinatly up there in the album ranks. probly 3rd. nothing will every beat Octavarium.. no album by any other band comes even close. but i do love listening to SFAM all the way through. gives me the chills listening to it all.
Oh come on, opinions I know, but 8V is nowhere near SFAM in terms of brilliance.
Minus the title track and one other song (probably SS) it's one of their weakest albums to date IMO.
Just thought that needed to be bolded for you.
wow. Arn't you clever?
No, he's BlobVanDam.
wow. Aren't you clever?
No, I'm hefdaddy42.
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its deffinatly up there in the album ranks. probly 3rd. nothing will every beat Octavarium.. no album by any other band comes even close. but i do love listening to SFAM all the way through. gives me the chills listening to it all.
Oh come on, opinions I know, but 8V is nowhere near SFAM in terms of brilliance.
Minus the title track and one other song (probably SS) it's one of their weakest albums to date IMO.
Just thought that needed to be bolded for you.
wow. Arn't you clever?
No, he's BlobVanDam.
wow. Aren't you clever?
No, I'm hefdaddy42.
Just thought that needed to be bolded for you.
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its deffinatly up there in the album ranks. probly 3rd. nothing will every beat Octavarium.. no album by any other band comes even close. but i do love listening to SFAM all the way through. gives me the chills listening to it all.
Oh come on, opinions I know, but 8V is nowhere near SFAM in terms of brilliance.
Minus the title track and one other song (probably SS) it's one of their weakest albums to date IMO.
Just thought that needed to be bolded for you.
wow. Arn't you clever?
No, he's BlobVanDam.
wow. Aren't you clever?
No, I'm hefdaddy42.
Just thought that needed to be bolded for you.
wow. Aren't you clever?
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:rollin
Long live DTF.
And SFAM.
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:rollin
Long live DTF.
And SFAM.
wow. Aren't you clever?
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It was my first DT album. It was unlike anything I'd ever heard before, I became instantly obsessed and bought all of their other albums fast. Getting Scenes was my musical epiphany, ever since I've not been able to stop buying various albums and CDs, and my music collection has probably quadrupled at the very least as I search for something that can give me the same buzz that DT have done and continue to do so.
Hey that's my story!!
I never listen to SFAM as a whole though, half way through Beyond This Life I get blahish and stop it, then I put it back on starting Through Her Eyes all through to the end of the album.
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:rollin
Long live DTF.
And SFAM.
wow. Aren't you clever?
As a matter of fact, I am. :)
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I listened to SFAM last night, and during said listen, I noticed that the newspaper in the artwork was dated January 28, 1928, which means that Victoria was murdered 82 years ago yesterday. RIP.
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I listened to SFAM last night, and during said listen, I noticed that the newspaper in the artwork was dated January 28, 1928, which means that Victoria was murdered 82 years ago yesterday. RIP.
:omg: Nugget!!!
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That's really weird! I set my thermostat to 82 degrees, counted 82 pennies with my thumbs, and ate 82 calories from my raisins. Crazy coincidence!?!?!?
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Maybe. Were the 82 pennies in a Ragu jar?
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They were in 82 different socks.
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Omg.
SFAM is Dream Theater's 5th studio album. 5x5x5=125.
SDOIT was DT's 6th studio album. 6x6=36.
125 - 36 = 89. 89 - 5 (the number of members in DT) = 84.
84 - 2 (the number of the studio album with DT's radio hit!) is 82!!
82!!! :dangerwillrobinson:
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82 - 40 = The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything
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Omg.
SFAM is Dream Theater's 5th studio album. 5x5x5=125.
SDOIT was DT's 6th studio album. 6x6=36.
125 - 36 = 89. 89 - 5 (the number of members in DT) = 84.
84 - 2 (the number of the studio album with DT's radio hit!) is 82!!
82!!! :dangerwillrobinson:
8 + 2 = 10 BC&SL was DT´s 10th album!!!
8 - 2 = 6 BC&SL was the sixth album with Jordan!
8 x 2 = 16 ANTR, the first track on BC&SL, is 16 minutes long!!!
8 / 2 = 4 and there were 4 different editions of BC&SL: single CD, 3-disc Special Edition with instrumental mixes and cover songs, double vinyl LP, and a Deluxe Collector's Edition Box Set
So BC&SL is actually Metropolis pt. 3!
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:rollin
Long live DTF.
And SFAM.
wow. Aren't you clever?
Just thought that needed to be bolded for you.
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I had a same experience. SFAM was the first DT album I listened to and when I got to the end of The Spirit Carries On i was so blown away - I literally leaned back in my chair and said "holy shit"
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Maybe. Were the 82 pennies in a Ragu jar?
:lol
Very few people will know that one, bosky!
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:biggrin: Has that ever stopped me?
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No, of course not.
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Tied with SDOIT with me. I always listen to SFAM or even the 2nd Disc of SDOIT start to finish. No way I could listen to separate parts.
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Maybe. Were the 82 pennies in a Ragu jar?
:lol
Very few people will know that one, bosky!
Oh, come on now. Explain.
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32 Pennies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9UaXbUbWtg&feature=related)
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I love how the album takes you through so many emotions; for the longest time I would almost burst into tears when the choir part of TSCO hit me. I think that's one of the most powerful moments in music. Not just in the DT catalog, but in any music.
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I love how the album takes you through so many emotions; for the longest time I would almost burst into tears when the choir part of TSCO hit me. I think that's one of the most powerful moments in music. Not just in the DT catalog, but in any music.
I can't argue with you there
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I think; thanks to this albums; DT got lots of fans more.
:omg: its serox! i thought you were banned?
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Look at the post date :lol This thread was mega-bumped.
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o haha i see
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best album :)
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I sat myself down last week and listened to the entire album again, and it's as awesome as the first time. :metal
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Not as awesome as you are, of course. :hat
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Not as awesome as you are, of course. :hat
wow. Aren't you clever?
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:dangerwillrobinson:
This is probably the best smiley I've ever seen.
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I sat myself down last week and listened to the entire album again, and it's as awesome as the first time. :metal
You registered in November 2009 and you already have 10,000 posts?! HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great album by the way.
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:dangerwillrobinson:
This is probably the best smiley I've ever seen.
I love it too :tup
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The whole album is just a beautiful piece of art. It is my first DT CD. Though I'm not a fan of ballad songs, the softer songs in this album really got me attached. It's just :metal :)
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Together with 6DOIT, the peak of DT.
rumborak
This exactly
My top 5 is always:
1. SFAM
2. SDOIT
3. IandW
4. Awake
5. BC&SL
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As many have said before and many will say again . . . what an experience this album is. I was planning to go to sleep at some point, and decided to listen to the first few tracks. I'm on TDOE now. I've gone this far, might as well finish it!
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Jordan Rudess approves Scenes
(https://www.dprp.net/specials/2008_dt/IMG_6441.JPG)
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the best them :metal :metal :metal :metal