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Which album got you into DT?

I'm so indie, I liked DT before it existed.
1 (0.6%)
Majesty Demos
0 (0%)
WDADU
5 (3%)
I&W
45 (26.9%)
Awake
16 (9.6%)
ACoS
2 (1.2%)
FiI
1 (0.6%)
SFAM
26 (15.6%)
SDOIT
9 (5.4%)
TOT
18 (10.8%)
8vm
22 (13.2%)
SC
6 (3.6%)
BC&SL
5 (3%)
Not any single album. Just random tracks.
10 (6%)
I haven't actually heard dream theater. I just come here for the chili fries.
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Offline ScioPath

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Which album got you into DT
« on: November 28, 2010, 06:36:04 PM »
Partly curiosity, partly boredom, partly because of the lack of new threads.

8vm.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2010, 06:38:01 PM »
Awake. Space-Dye Vest really caught my attention.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2010, 06:42:25 PM »
My first album was Scenes but I didn't get into them when I bought 6DOIT. Which was my 3rd DT cd
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2010, 06:43:16 PM »
Train of thought was the first one I heard, also the first I owned.

Next was Scenes from a memory, now I have everything.

Their first album was the last I acquired.  :smiley:
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2010, 07:13:57 PM »
Not a single album. Learning to Live, The Mirror / Lie, Peruvian Skies, Constant Motion, and ACOS (LSFNY) version are the songs that got me hooked. Then I acquired 8vrm and became obsessed
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2010, 08:17:01 PM »
8vm. The song, in particular.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2010, 08:20:56 PM »
The Glass Prison was the first DT song i heard, and enjoyed it immediately. Pull Me Under was the 2nd song.

Train of Thought was the new album at the time, so i checked it out, and was hooked.

though to be honest, i was only interested in their heavier songs at the time. When i got into prog rock, i revisited their music and realized the beauty and overall greatness in their music
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2010, 08:34:13 PM »
Scenes was my first album, but Metrop pt 1 is what got me into them.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2010, 08:42:58 PM »
I think it may have been SFAM. In my early prog-discovery days, I was keen to concept albums, particularly those in the rock opera style, so when I discovered Dream Theater, I figured I'd go for that album. Everything on it was GOLD to me at the time, and while it's not necessarily my favorite album now, it still ranks pretty high on my list.

For context, when I discovered DT, TOT was their most recent album, LAB was about to come out, and 8VM was the first new studio release after becoming addicted to them a fan!

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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2010, 08:57:35 PM »
My first album was Images and Words about two years ago, but I didn't really get hooked until I bought SFAM (my second album).
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2010, 09:28:19 PM »
SFAM got me into DT and into good music.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2010, 09:30:46 PM »
Clearing things up, 8vm is by far not my favorite album. But it was the first I'd heard of them and it was enough to strike an interest in me.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2010, 09:38:46 PM »
It was a mix of Images and Words and Live At Budokan
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2010, 10:29:33 PM »
Constant Motion was my first song, so technically Systematic Chaos. However, I picked up SFAM and 8V a few weeks later. Liked those. Two weeks later I buy Images and Words. That's when I was truly hooked
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2010, 10:41:47 PM »
Systematic Chaos. Yes, you read that correctly. I had heard nothing from the band before picking up this album on a whim. I was blown away at the time not hearing anything like Dream Theater before. I still really like Systematic Chaos, but not as a full album. There are singular tracks I enjoy quite a bit. Actually, it's all of them except for the way Ministry of Lost Souls is composed and Forsaken. The rest of the music I find still really good.

But yeah, SC got me into DT. I then picked up SFAM and Awake directly after. Thus sealing the deal even further.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #15 on: November 28, 2010, 11:48:59 PM »
Scenes. Bought it based on the cool album cover.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #16 on: November 28, 2010, 11:53:42 PM »
Images and Words.
I bought it few months after ACOS was released and i loved it instantly.They became my favorite band before even finish the first listen of Take the Time.
After I&W  i bought ACOS and that sealed the deal for good.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #17 on: November 29, 2010, 12:21:45 AM »
ToT, I got into the band right after ToT and Budokan were released, and I was coming off being huge on thrash so ToT was just perfect and I've been hooked ever since.

Also, you know you've been here a long time when you read ToT and know which one a poster is talking about. (If you're going "which one? what's he's talking about" you haven't been here long enough)
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #18 on: November 29, 2010, 12:24:59 AM »
Quote from: Dimitrius on November 29, 2010, 12:21:45 AM
ToT, I got into the band right after ToT and Budokan were released, and I was coming off being huge on thrash so ToT was just perfect and I've been hooked ever since.

Also, you know you've been here a long time when you read ToT and know which one a poster is talking about. (If you're going "which one? what's he's talking about" you haven't been here long enough)

Totally dude, but I dunno how Trial of Tears is related to thrash.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #19 on: November 29, 2010, 12:32:48 AM »
my first listen was images....it was pure musical ecstacy compared to everything else I had ever heard.  instantly amazed and instant fanatic
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #20 on: November 29, 2010, 12:38:28 AM »
Quote from: Adami on November 29, 2010, 12:24:59 AM
Quote from: Dimitrius on November 29, 2010, 12:21:45 AM
ToT, I got into the band right after ToT and Budokan were released, and I was coming off being huge on thrash so ToT was just perfect and I've been hooked ever since.

Also, you know you've been here a long time when you read ToT and know which one a poster is talking about. (If you're going "which one? what's he's talking about" you haven't been here long enough)

Totally dude, but I dunno how Trial of Tears is related to thrash.
Dude, ToT is the most thrashy song ever made!!
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #21 on: November 29, 2010, 01:30:55 AM »
Images And Words. I bought that and Awake at the same time in late 2000. I listened and liked them a lot, but kind of put them on hold for a few years.
I listened to SC when it was released, and it got me interested to check out their other albums. I got instantly hooked.

Short answer: Images And Words
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #22 on: November 29, 2010, 01:32:07 AM »
Images and Words, I believe.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #23 on: November 29, 2010, 01:48:17 AM »
Awake:

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I first started getting into Dream Theater in the summer of 2006 [...] I was at the (now defunct) Music World looking to discover some new music for cheap. (I only had $10 on me; CDs in Canada are probably around $15 on average, before tax.)

I started flipping through tracks on my mp3 player and discovered a terrible quality bootleg of Dream Theater covering Metallica's Damage, Inc. I had no recollection of where I'd got that track came from (and I wasn't much of a Metallica fan, to be honest), but I opted to check out their selection of Dream Theater albums. Remarkably, they were selling Awake for $8 before tax, so I luckily had enough money to afford it.

Dream Theater eventually became my favourite band, and Awake has remained my favourite album by them.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #24 on: November 29, 2010, 03:01:35 AM »
WD&DU. Bought the cassette on import after reading Kerrang!'s review and have never looked back.
They became my favourite band when I&W came out at around the time my previous favourite ((Queensryche) died...
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #25 on: November 29, 2010, 04:38:17 AM »
Images & Words, back in 1992.  I've been full steam ahead ever since.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #26 on: November 29, 2010, 05:04:47 AM »
Images And Words.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #27 on: November 29, 2010, 05:34:16 AM »
Was Supposed to buy a trivium record... and ended up with buying 8vm ...
Was a little bit dissapointed at first, but at some point it just became really good...
And I was a fan ...  :D

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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #28 on: November 29, 2010, 05:57:15 AM »
I first heard some songs from the Budokan-live and Octavarium back in 2005, but the first album i heard in it's entirety was Systematic Chaos when it was released.
I really liked it back then, but it's funny because now i have a really hard time listening to any of the DT albums post-ToT, i just find it that they have a lot of tracks i dislike, also some i like.
To me, Awake, 6DOIT and Scenes are the holy trinity.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #29 on: November 29, 2010, 07:04:09 AM »
Black Clouds & Silver Linings was my first DT album but Images & Words made them one of my favorite bands.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #30 on: November 29, 2010, 07:08:19 AM »
Technically speaking Train of Thought was my first DT album (although my friend introduced me to them the summer Octavarium came out), but the album that got me to like Dream Theater was Awake.  To this day, 6:00 is my favorite DT song, period.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #31 on: November 29, 2010, 08:23:48 AM »
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #32 on: November 29, 2010, 08:32:38 AM »
Quote from: hefdaddy42 on November 29, 2010, 04:38:17 AM
Images & Words, back in 1992.  I've been full steam ahead ever since.

This, except it was 2003. I was late to the party  :sadpanda:.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #33 on: November 29, 2010, 09:53:52 AM »
SFAM. Heard it after a band practice and I soon became obsessed with that album/the band.
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Re: Which album got you into DT
« Reply #34 on: November 29, 2010, 11:09:27 AM »
Well, it was Images & Words. To tell you the truth, firstly I didn't like DT music. And my friend played I & W at start, mainly because that is most commercial album if we are going to say it like this, so he wanted show me their music in safe way :)

It is odd that I didn't catch on with the music of DT immediately..  :-\ I never have understood that.

But now...  :metal :metal
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