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Dream Theater => Dream Theater => Topic started by: bosk1 on July 19, 2019, 08:27:03 AM
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Hey, y'all! I was thinking the other day of doing this in GMD after the new year since we are coming up on the end of the 2010s. And then I realized that we can do that right now with DT, since they are not coming out with another album this decade. Interesting to think that we are now a solid decade into the Mangini era! :omg: Where does the time go?
So, vote for your top 10 (I went with so many because there are so many songs). Feel free to provide longer lists below. And as always, further explanation and discussion is great.
Also, feel free to mention any significant live renditions during this timeframe. The only one I can think of that is sort of "new" (i.e., not on a studio album) is how they reworked Space Dye Vest so that it's different from the album version. That was a very cool thing to do for the first time playing it EVER after all these years. And it took a song that is at my personal bottom of the barrel and made it thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable. I can only think of one other song that is a non-album track, and no other ones that were presented vastly different from their album counterparts, but I may just not be remembering.
On a personal note, I'm curious to see how many votes the songs from TA get. As much as I love some of those songs personally, it's hard to view them separately as stand-alone pieces that I can rank up against songs from the other albums. I wonder how many others feel the same way, and I wonder how others feel that some of the best from that album stand up on their own.
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I voted for:
Bridges in the Sky and Breaking All Illusions as they're the standouts and masterpieces of Mangini's debut.
Sadly, I had to leave out Beneath the Surface, such a cool and moving song.
Then The Bigger Picture and Behind the Veil - respectevly best song overall and best chorus of the album.
I love The Astonishing, and I voted for:
The Gift of Music
A Better Life (So much emotion in so little time)
When your Time has Come (As good as any uplifting slow piece they've done)
Ravenskill (Great buildup all around)
With my 11th option I would have picked the title track, a very worthy climax and seeing it live was tears inducing.
Then for the new album I picked At Wit's End (best song) and Barstool Warrior.
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All very good choices (as if there are any bad ones).
Album by album, I went with:
-Bridges in the Sky
-Outcry
-Beneath the Surface
-Behind the Veil
-Along for the Ride
-Illumination Theory (I almost went with The Bigger Picture or Surrender To Reason, but I gave it to IT for its creativity)
-Ravenskill
-Moment of Betrayal
-S2N
-At Wit's End
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Lost Not Forgotten
Breaking All Illusions
The Enemy Inside
Illumination Theory
The Gift of Music
Chosen
A New Beginning
S2N
At Wits End
Pale Blue Dot
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From TA, the only songs I constantly revisit are "Moment of Betrayal", "The Path that Divide" and "TGOM". I picked 4 songs from DOT and 4 from ADTOE, both great albums. The other 2 albums are great but not as strong as those two.
The only song I could've included on a top-10 but did not make it was "Outcry". I really like that song but LNF and BITS are better IMO.
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From TA, the only songs I constantly revisit are "Moment of Betrayal", "The Path that Divide" and "TGOM".
See, I still have a tough time just going an listening to individual songs from that album. Part of it is that I generally listen to entire albums anyway. But the other part is just that, again, I have a mental block to listening to pieces of the story out of sequence. But the flip side to that is, I rarely have time to listen to that entire album, so it suffers a bit on my play list. The only times I listen to it are sometimes on my bike ride home from work (which is long enough to get through about Moment of Betrayal or Heaven's Cove, which is kind of an injustice to the rest of disk 2) or as background music at work (which is kind of an injustice to the whole thing).
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ADTOE:
Outcry
Breaking All Illusions
DT
The Bigger Picture
The Astonishing
Chosen
The X Factor
The Road to Revolution
Begin Again
Losing Faythe
D/T
Barstool Warrior
At Wits End
I have many more Astonishing songs I enjoy a lot. I enjoy that album immensely, I can imagine it all playing out, the visuals live also were great. Too bad it wasn't used for the enitre songs, but those NOMAC tracks really were brought to life live.
Those two D/T songs are among the most emotional for me at the moment, they really speak to me with what I'm dealing with personally.
The Bigger Picture has always been my favorite since DT was released. Was so happy when they played it live, the ending came out really awesome. Funny that this is my least favorite of the Mangini era, It has great songs.
I've always liked Outcry and would like to see it live someday. Breaking All Illusions was epic live, because when they played it here, During the soft guitar solo, JP sat down on his foot stands and played it basically in front of me.
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I couldn't even pick 10.
What I find shocking is there are (atm) 7 voters, and only 5 for Breaking All Illusions. :omg:
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I couldn't even pick 10.
What I find shocking is there are (atm) 7 voters, and only 5 for Breaking All Illusions. :omg:
I like how diverse it is with only 7 votes.
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Breaking All Illusions was epic live, because when they played it here, During the soft guitar solo, JP sat down on his foot stands and played it basically in front of me.
That's so cool! I've made no secret that it is among my least favorite on ADTOE. But it has quite a few great moments, and it really DOES take on a new life in a live setting.
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Breaking All Illusions was epic live, because when they played it here, During the soft guitar solo, JP sat down on his foot stands and played it basically in front of me.
Same... I also got a fist-bump from him after
#FanGirlMoment
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I initially voted for only one song...glad the option to change the vote was there.
BAI is still my favorite song from the Mangini era, and I had a pretty easy time picking nine. Picking #10 was a bit tough. Eventually, I gave the #10 vote to Untethered Angel. Probably would have been much harder if I thought anything from TA was worth considering.
In album order:
Bridges in the Sky
Outcry
Breaking All Illusions
The Looking Glass
Along for the Ride
Illumination Theory
Untethered Angel
Barstool Warrior
S2N
Pale Blue Dot
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Along for the Ride
Good to know I'm not the only one. :tup
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Nice thread. I’ll do mine this afternoon after work.
They have put out some great music this decade.
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I could have easily picked more than 10 as I love the Mangini era.
In order :-
This is the Life
Breaking All Illusions (best MM era song and possibly best DT song for me)
Along for the Ride
Illumination Theory
The Gift of Music
When Your Time Has Come
The X Aspect
Fall Into The Light
S2N
Pale Blue Dot.
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Is the full band outro to The Root of All Evil significant enough to count here? Because I still say that was freaking awesome.
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Hey, y'all!
Bosk, you forgot to include "Raw Dog"!
Those two D/T songs are among the most emotional for me at the moment, they really speak to me with what I'm dealing with personally.
May I ask what it is that you are dealing with?
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I chose:
"Breaking All Illusions",
"The Enemy Inside", "Behind the Veil" and "Illumination Theory",
"Three Days", "A New Beginning", "Heaven's Cove" and "Begin Again",
"Room 137" and "Pale Blue Dot".
The outro to "Begin Again" is some of the most beautiful I've heard. Last year, I showed the song to my English teacher, and she loved it - she said it has a 'cinematic' feel.
However my favourite section of the album (and probably the band's discography) is the outro to "The Walking Shadow". So creative!
The band's latest three albums have been very special to me, as they also represented my getting involved with DTF and fan-clubs, getting to know JP and JR in a Q&A, etc.
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Bridges in the Sky
Outcry
Breaking All Illusions
The Bigger Picture
Illumination Theory
Chosen
A New Beginning
Room 137
At Wit's End
Pale Blue Dot
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This is a great idea for a thread. It's a good time to reflect on a major chunk of Dream Theater's career, one that started with the biggest upheaval of their career. In Breaking All Illusions, we have this decade's entry into the Pantheon of near-universal DT classics.
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It's a good time to reflect on a major chunk of Dream Theater's career, one that started with the biggest upheaval of their career. In Breaking All Illusions, we have this decade's entry into the Pantheon of near-universal DT classics.
Very well put. :tup
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Bridges in the Sky
Breaking All Illusions
The Enemy Inside
Surrender to Reason
Illumination Theory
Moment of Betrayal
Fall into the Light
Barstool Warrior
At Wit's End
Viper King
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Great poll, bosk! I hope we will have as many voters as possible in this one.
Here are the songs I went with:
On the Backs of Angels
Bridges in the Sky
Outcry
Breaking All Illusions
Beneath the Surface
Illumination Theory
A Tempting Offer
A New Beginning
The Path That Divides
Pale Blue Dot
Honorable mentions:
Build Me Up, Break Me Down
Far from heaven
Enigma machine
Surrender to Reason
Paralyzed
And a whole bunch of songs from The Astonishing.
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Breaking All Illusions
Beneath the Surface
The Looking Glass
Three Days
A Life Left Behind
A New Beginning
Our New World
Untethered Angel
S2N
Pale Blue Dot
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Granted, 10 options are A LOT, but I'm glad to see all the votes spread out, and especially no big void gap between the self titled and d/t.
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Yeah, I was going to go with 5 options. And then 7. I got to 10 because there were just so many songs, and I wanted to include all full songs (no NOMAC tracks) to allow people the opportunity to vote for anything in this decade. With so many choices, a top 10 just felt logical. People are certainly free to choose less than that if they would like.
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On the Backs of Angels
This is the Life
Bridges in the Sky
Outcry
Breaking All Illusions - My top 5, maybe 3 of all DT songs.
ADToE is my fave album
Illumination Theory
Three Days
A New Beginning
At Wit's End
Pale Blue Dot
The Astonishing posed a problem. I have listened to it many, many times - and love it. But I can't distinguish which song is what by name except for a few - but I know how much I dig them. I always listen to the whole album. So, sitting at my desk here, I went to listen to several to judge and was compelled to play the whole thing :biggrin:
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I got to 10 because there were just so many songs, and I wanted to include all full songs (no NOMAC tracks) to allow people the opportunity to vote for anything in this decade.
oh man that would have changed things immensely :lol
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Bridges in the Sky
Breaking All Illusions
Surrender to Reason
Illumination Theory
Three Days
Ravenskill
Chosen
A New Beginning
Fall into the Light
At Wit's End
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Breaking All Illusion
Lost Not Forgotten
Outcry
The Gift Of Music
A Savior In The Square
Ravenskill
The X Aspect
A New Beginning
Fall Into The Light
At Wit's End
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It was *very* difficult to narrow it down to just 10 songs! I managed to do, but there were plenty of honorable mentions that just missed the cut.
My choices:
ADToE
• Lost Not Forgotten
• Bridges in the Sky
• Breaking All Illusions
s/t
• The Bigger Picture
• Behind the Veil
• Illusion Theory
TA
• Heaven's Cove
d/t
• Fall Into the Light
• At Wit's End
• Pale Blue Dot
honorable mentions: False Awakening Suite (really amazing what they packed into less than 3 minutes), Dystopian Overture, A New Beginning (that outro solo!), Untethered Angel, S2N
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You actually like 10 songs in this era, Scott? You do know Mike Portnoy isn't on any of them, right? :lol
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You actually like 10 songs in this era, Scott? You do know Mike Portnoy isn't on any of them, right? :lol
:rollin
I may not like everything that's happened to DT since MP's left, but that doesn't take away from enjoying most of what they've released...even some of TA! :omg:
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On the Backs of Angels
Bridges in the Sky
False Awakening Suite
The Bigger Picture
Illumination Theory
Three Days
Barstool Warrior
Room 137
S2N
At Wit's End
Honourable mentions to Viper King, The Enemy Inside, and particularly Beneath the Surface, which would probably have sneaked in on a different day; I was absolutely obsessed with that song when it came out.
They have put out a *lot* of good songs in ten years! And since I got into them in the mid noughts, Mangini has been in the band for most of the time I've been a fan. That"s a profoundly weird thought. Huh!
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This was hard for me, because ADTOE and DT12 are the ones I listen to the most. But I went with all the longer pieces on ADTOE plus OTBOA, Illu, Enigma Machine, Lord Nafaryus, 3 Days and PBD.
Honourable mentions: This Is The Life, everything on DT12 that I didn't mention above,Ravenskill, The Path and Out Of Reach. That's about it I think.
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A Dramatic Turn of Events
Bridges in the Sky
Breaking All Illusions (favorite song of the Mangini era)
Beneath the Surface
Dream Theater
Surrender to Reason
Illumination Theory (favorite song on the album)
The Astonishing
A New Beginning
Our New World (favorite song on the album)
Distance Over Time
S2N
At Wit’s End
Pale Blue Dot (favorite song on the album)
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ADToE
Bridges in the Sky
Outcry
Breaking All Illusions (easily the best song of the 2010's)
Dream Theater
The Enemy Inside
The Looking Glass
The Bigger Picture
Illumination Theory
Distance Over Time
At Wits End
Pale Blue Dot
Viper King
Feel bad leaving Lost Not Forgotten out but I guess I could easily swap that and The Looking Glass depending on the day.
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This is the Life
Bridges in the Sky
Outcry
Breaking All Illusions
The Looking Glass
Chosen
Our New World
Paralyzed
Barstool Warrior
At Wit’s End
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Hey, Bosk, sorry if you were meaning to make a final count at some point. But I was curious so I looked at the current top 10, and the results are fascinating:
10. Outcry (18)
9. The Bigger picture (19)
8. S2N (20)
7. A New beginning (22)
6. Barstool warrior (23)
5. Pale blue dot (23)
4. Illumination theory (35)
3. Bridges in the sky (41)
2. At wit's end (42)
1. Breaking all illusions (52)
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I am surprised to see Outcry finish that high.
Interesting to note that two of the four songs from the new album are ones that band has yet to play live.
And of the other six, four of them only got played on one tour.
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I am surprised to see Outcry finish that high.
I'm not. (Sshhh! :D) Seriously, I actually am not, because Outcry is one of their best ever pieces IMHO (the other longer pieces on ADTOE are as well IMHO)
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So far the only two songs to break the 50 vote threshold are Breaking All Illusions (honestly, who didn't see that coming?) and At Wit's End, which seems to be a new classic.
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Seems I'm pretty much falling into line here...
ADTOE
Bridges...
BAI
BTS (a genuine heartfelt ballad IMO)
DT12
IT
TA
A Life... (good effort at a love song)
A New Beginning (still the only go to stand-alone track... u know why...)
Our New World
D/T
BW
S2N
AWE
Actually it was a tough choice between some DT12 and TA cuts (Along for the Ride and The Bigger Picture, instead of ALLB and ONW...) and quite probably would even rethink it after posting. But WTF... they're two amongst their weaker albums anyway
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I've come in to the thread a couple of times to do this and then thought "nah it'll be too tough, I'll do it later when I can think about it more". Then in the end, it wasn't nearly as difficult as I thought.
A Dramatic Turn of Events:
On the Backs of Angels
Bridges in the Sky
Outcry
Breaking All Illusions
Dream Theater:
Illumination Theory
The Astonishing:
The Gift of Music
A New Beginning
The Path that Divides
Distance Over Time:
At Wit’s End
Pale Blue Dot
The ones in bold were the absolute no-brainers that instantly got selected. Just missing out were The Enemy Inside, Untethered Angel, Moment of Betrayal and Surrender to Reason.
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hmmm...top 10 fan list of Mangini era songs, everyone wondering if they might change up a couple of songs on the next US leg, the poll coming from Bosk... :eek
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I've come in to the thread a couple of times to do this and then thought "nah it'll be too tough, I'll do it later when I can think about it more".
This is me lol. I've tried, but narrowing it down to 10 is very very difficult. Will try again.
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A Dramatic Turn of Events (I love nearly all of the songs so I struggled to whittle this one down)
-Build Me Up, Break Me Down (yup, fight me)
-This is the Life (liked it a lot at first, now I feel it is one of DT's absolute bests)
-Bridges in the Sky (again, not my favorite at first but such an amazing opener)
-Breaking All Illusions (no brainer)
-Beneath the Surface (no words, just a perfect, non traditional closer to a perfect album)
DT12
-The Bigger Picture (another of DT's bests)
-Along for the Ride (far superior to The Spirit Carries On, wish they would play this at nearly every concert)
-Illumination Theory (such a great ride and the ending is epic)
The Astonishing
-none, although it does have three really good songs on it (Life Left Behind, Our New World, Gift of Music)
Distance Over Time (another flawless album but I struggled on which ones I would consider instant classics or bests. Ask again in a year)
-At Wit's End (another no brainer)
-Pale Blue Dot (quintessential DT if you ask me. Subject matter, dark yet illuminating melodies, etc)
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A Dramatic Turn of Events
On the Backs of Angels
Bridges in the Sky
Breaking All Illusions
Dream Theater
The Looking Glass
The Bigger Picture
Illumination Theory
The Astonishing
Chosen
Distance Over Time
Barstool Warrior
S2N
At Wit's End
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hmmm...top 10 fan list of Mangini era songs, everyone wondering if they might change up a couple of songs on the next US leg, the poll coming from Bosk... :eek
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All I can say is, sometimes I do these things just as a fan for my own curiosity. Other times, I pass the info on to the band. For the latter, JP is always interested in these sorts of things. Sometimes, he takes the data into account very quickly. Sometimes, he files it away for future use. Sometimes, it's "We can't do that because _____."
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I guess we won't be seeing Whispers in the Wind in the set again, bummer
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I guess we won't be seeing Whispers in the Wind in the set again, bummer
Well, I do happen to know what the set list is, but I cannot confirm or deny that, unfortunately. :)
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hmmm...top 10 fan list of Mangini era songs, everyone wondering if they might change up a couple of songs on the next US leg, the poll coming from Bosk... :eek
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All I can say is, sometimes I do these things just as a fan for my own curiosity. Other times, I pass the info on to the band. For the latter, JP is always interested in these sorts of things. Sometimes, he takes the data into account very quickly. Sometimes, he files it away for future use. Sometimes, it's "We can't do that because _____."
Keeping the intrigue - love it! ;D
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The order they appear in the poll.
On the Backs of Angels
This Is the Life
Breaking All Illusions
The Looking Glass
Behind the Veil
The X Aspect
Fall into the Light
Barstool Warrior
At Wit's End
Out of Reach
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ADTOE
Bridges - great opener and my initial favorite from the album, I didn’t think they missed a beat
BAI - #1 contender coming in on their 11th album, nice!!
S/T
— too shrill sounding, I can’t tell the songs apart, nada
TA
Overture - best “instrumental” of the MM era
Gift of Music - great sound imo
Life left behind - another song with great sound, single worthy
X Aspect - best deep cut
D/T
FitL/BW - killer combo, hard to separate these two, riffs are back
AWE - #1 contender on their 14th album, nice!! Wish the end silence was shorter and the end floor mike was longer, so great and classic DT
PBD - fun, wonky, unique
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So, top #3 would be:
Breaking All Illusions - classic DT by any standard - my only 'complaint' would be that the production sounds a bit muffled.
Illumination Theory - even better live
Barstool Warrior - to be honest it is mainly the "promises made..." part that made this top 3. Those lines are fantastic and the rest of the song is good too, so.. JLa approves!
Not entirely sure of the order...they're all great. I have shuffled them around several times now.
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In no particular order (listing them chronologically just for the sake of it):
On the Backs of Angels - starts off a bit slow, but by the time we reach half way I am digging this hard without even realising it!
This Is the Life - I'm a soft man
False Awakening Suite - Well done instrumental!
The Enemy Inside - cool single!
The Answer - Simple, short, sweet, super nice to listen to.
Untethered Angel - Another cool single!
Pale Blue Dot - Classic and modern at the same time. Twists and turns and riffs and rocks.
edit: noticed many folks have "A New Beginning" from T/A as a favorite. I just put it on and ... hm, it's good. I must have turned off T/A long before I got to this one, I can't say I've heard it before! :lol:
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In order listed:
On the Backs of Angels - Just really works as a fun metal song
This is the Life - Extremely underrated ballad
Breaking All Illusions - Because obviously
Beneath the Surface - The most depressing song of all time
The Looking Glass - Yes it's essentially Limelight II. Still really good
The Bigger Picture - Based on the results, criminally underrated
Illumination Theory - Maybe my favorite of the epics
Barstool Warrior - Hits me in the feels
S2N - This song is so fun!
At Wit's End - Again, because obviously
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So far, it seems that BAI, AWE and IT are the three most liked Mangini era songs. Not surprised by this at all :metal
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A little surprised to see IT so high honestly.
3 of the first 4 songs that came to mind are off ADToE
Bridges in the Sky
Breaking All Illusions
Beneath the Surface
The 4th being At Wit's End.
From there it was:
Outcry
Fall into the Light
From there it got a little harder, which I guess shows how I feel about ADToE and DoT, and about DT12 and TA (though as an album I like TA quite a bit).
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Hi there! Loooong time lurker (like... Pre-ADoTE lurker) and thought this would be fun to vote on, so... Here goes!
ADoTE:
Lost Not Forgotten - I love the choruses and the instrumental section in the middle
Bridges in The Sky - Honestly it's only on here because they opened with it on Dramatic Tour. So much energy!
Far From Heaven - I LOVE FFH as the intro to BAI
Breaking All Illusions - Because, well, yeah.
TA:
The Gift of Music - only song that I really connected with on TA. I tried a lot, too!
DoT:
Untethered Angel - The only single they've put out since I became a fan in 06 that I stopped everything I was doing and just rocked out for a while. This was also at like 5 in the morning while I was getting ready for work. :metal
Barstool Warrior - Cool classic prog feel, with some lyrical content I can kind of identify with right now. Minus the alcoholism.
S2N - Just a great rocking song with a great chorus. There's almost no time wasted on this track. Plus the Outro is like a way better version of TDEN.
Out of Reach - I enjoy a good ballad apparently. The Satriani style solo part is nice, too.
Viper King - I really like that they did a fun song.
Honorable Mention:
Illumination Theory from 6:32-14:01 is some of the most exciting stuff DT has ever done in my opinion, I just can't stand listening to the Self-Titled because it's just so harsh on my ears. Plus, I don't really care for the rest of the song, :lol
And that's all I have to say about that.
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Welcome to DTF Mike!
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Hello, Long time lurker here as well. I became a fan a few months after ADToE was released. This was a very difficult poll for me, 10 just isn't enough :). Here is my list:
ADToE
On the Backs of Angels (the song that made me fall in love with DT)
Bridges in the Sky
I love the whole album exept Outcry.
DT12
The Bigger Picture
Illumination Theory
This album is kind of a half and half for me.
TA
The Gift of Music
A New Beginning
Moment of Betrayal
Perhaps my favorite DT album, or at least in my top 3.
D/T
Barstool Warrior
S2N
At Wits End
Really good album, but I hope DT has finally got the shorter songs out of their system now :)
Othere songs I wanted to vote for:
Build Me Up, Break Me Down; Lost Not Forgotten; The Enemy Inside; Along for the Ride; Dystopian Overture; The Answer; A Life Left Behind; Chosen; The X Aspect; The Road to Revolution; 2285 Entr'acte; Hymn of a Thousand Voices; Our New World; Untethered Angel; Fall into the Light; Out of Rach; Pale Blue Dot.
The Mangini era has been a very good group of albums for me. :metal
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Really good album, but I hope DT has finally got the shorter songs out of their system now :)
Same here :lol
I mean, I really like that their songwriting has been much more focused on the Mangini era, and that they aren't writing long(er) songs for the sake of writing long songs... but... I'd LOVE to have a 20+ (even 30+) minute song on DT15. It's time.
The Mangini era has been a very good group of albums for me. :metal
This too :metal
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I'd LOVE to have a 20+ (even 30+) minute song on DT15. It's time.
I agree, a 30+ minute song, would be very cool. I would even hope that they take a break in touring for a few months and release an EP with one or two epics on it. I would love it even more if Bosk suggested it to them :xbones.
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I also hope they do some longer songs on the next one.
As much as I enjoyed D/T (and they nailed the shorter songs much more than DT12) it does feel like on the last few albums they've "held themselves back" in some regards. I'd like to see them go crazy again and not worry about what the detractors think in regards to lengthy or "wanky" instrumentals. To me, this is part of what sets DT apart from your standard band.
ADTOE was a nice balance, and if they can make longer songs alongside shorter songs that are not just ballads (e.g: S2N) that would be amazing.
I still feel the longer songs on D/T had more to give with another 2 or 3 mins - in particular Pale Blue Dot - awesome song, but ends prematurely without a real sense of climax.
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A Dramatic Turn of Events
On the Backs of Angels (tbh I think it's the one song that perfectly captures that "DT" sound, also I like the lyrics)
This is the Life (Honestly one of their best ballads. I'm finding that I'm appreciating the ballads more as I get older)
Bridges in the Sky (just rockin', great intro, cool solos)
Outcry (this song is wild lol, and it feels like it fits the chaotic nature of a revolution)
Honorable Mentions: Lost Not Forgotten (mostly for all the piano throughout the song, synth solo brings it down)
Dream Theater
The Bigger Picture (the BEST lyrics DT have ever done imo, and the music is really nice)
Honorable Mentions: False Awakening Suite (short, sweet, to the point)
The Astonishing
Lord Nafaryus (villains always get the best songs)
When Your Time Has Come (infuriatingly catchy, even by the album's standards)
Three Days (blast beat dixieland c'mon, also villains get the best songs 2: "he's not evil, he's just misunderstood" boogaloo)
Ravenskill (yes)
Honorable Mentions: The rest of the album pretty much. It IS my #1 album of all time still. The only songs not included here would be Whispers on the Wind, Losing Faythe, and the NOMAC tracks.
Distance Over Time
S2N (dat bass, and also dat rest of the song)
Honorable Mentions: Paralyzed (very modern metal track, very commercial friendly, very well done), Fall Into the Light (\m/, also dat middle section mmm), Room 137 (Paralyzed, but slightly proggier), At Wit's End (has honestly really grown on me, and that "deafening deafening" part is still A+ DT material)
Honestly hella hard to list a Top 10 for the decade. DT have been on fire this...well, these past two decades. You could replace most of the list with some of the honorable mentions and I wouldn't even complain.
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Honorable Mentions: The rest of the album pretty much. It IS my #1 album of all time still. The only songs not included here would be Whispers on the Wind, Losing Faythe, and the NOMAC tracks.
Man I agree. This album has soooo much good music on it. I just finished listening to it again today. And for the first two years after release it was almost the only album I listened to from ANY band.
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Double Post
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I couldn't even pick 10.
What I find shocking is there are (atm) 7 voters, and only 5 for Breaking All Illusions. :omg:
Same.
I picked 4
And two were from the new one and only because I felt guilty about only picking 2.
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Hi All, have been lurking for a while, time to jump into the fray.
I voted my 10, but three are absolute standouts for me:
Bridges in the Sky: Cranked it on the way to work today (prolly why I decided to stop lurking haha) - what an incredible song. Vicious riffs, face melting solo, soaring chorus, and a cool eastern vibe (Tibetan throat singing FTW), just 11 minutes of pure heaven.
At Witts End: This song is a masterpiece, with many of the elements of Bridges in a tighter package, just phenomenal.
Breaking All Illusions: Come on - epic, theatrical, heavy, groovy, just genius.
Imagine if Rush had been creating music this vibrant so late in their career. DT gives us "At Witts End", Rush gave us "Wish Them Well"...
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Hi All, have been lurking for a while, time to jump into the fray.
I voted my 10, but three are absolute standouts for me:
Bridges in the Sky: Cranked it on the way to work today (prolly why I decided to stop lurking haha) - what an incredible song. Vicious riffs, face melting solo, soaring chorus, and a cool eastern vibe (Tibetan throat singing FTW), just 11 minutes of pure heaven.
At Witts End: This song is a masterpiece, with many of the elements of Bridges in a tighter package, just phenomenal.
Breaking All Illusions: Come on - epic, theatrical, heavy, groovy, just genius.
Imagine if Rush had been creating music this vibrant so late in their career. DT gives us "At Witts End", Rush gave us "Wish Them Well"...
Welcome to the forum! :metal