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Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« on: January 04, 2011, 05:08:43 PM »
Which do you guys prefer?

I started this thread because I like comparison threads, and I think the comparison makes sense. They're both probably the least... I don't know, wacky Dream Theater albums?

If you disagree with my logic, then:


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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2011, 05:17:42 PM »
Octavarium (i like FII as well)
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2011, 05:24:19 PM »
I like both, but Octavarium wins by a large margin.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2011, 05:24:42 PM »
FII.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2011, 05:24:46 PM »
Falling Into Infinity
 :omg: - Trial of Tears
Great - New Millennium, Hollow Years, Lines in the Sand
Good - Hell's Kitchen, Anna Lee
Meh - Peruvian Skies, Take Away My Pain
Bad - You Not Me, Burning My Soul, Just Let Me Breathe

Octavarium
 :omg: - Octavarium
Great - These Walls
Good - The Answer Lies Within, Sacrificed Sons
Meh - The Root of All Evil, I Walk Beside You, Panic Attack
Bad - Never Enough

Really close but I'm gonna have to go with FII.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2011, 05:31:18 PM »
Wow, 50%/50%.

 Imo FII has more songs that are great. Octavarium is mostly just concentrated in the title song and Root of All Evil, the rest is pretty much filler to me.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2011, 05:32:06 PM »
FII:
 :omg: - Trial of Tears
Great - Lines in the Sand, Hollow Years
Good - Peruvian Skies
Meh - Hell's Kitchen, New Millenium
Bad - You Not Me, Burning My Soul, Take Away My Pain, Just Let Me Breathe, Anna Lee

Octavarium:
 :omg: - Octavarium, The Root Of All Evil
Great - Sacrificed Sons, These Walls,
Meh - The Answer Lies Within
Bad - Never Enough, I Walk Beside You, Panic Attack

8VM wins.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2011, 05:33:39 PM »
8VM no contest.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2011, 05:45:10 PM »
Octavarium.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2011, 05:47:52 PM »
Quote from: Metabog on January 04, 2011, 05:31:18 PM
Wow, 50%/50%.

 Imo FII has more songs that are great. Octavarium is mostly just concentrated in the title song and Root of All Evil, the rest is pretty much filler to me.
Exactly this.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2011, 06:14:23 PM »
The drum sound was also so much more awesome and refined on FII, with that snappy ACOS-style snare and the octobarns and stuff. The overall mix had this open, airy quality that I miss in the newer ones, especially after Octavarium, and the lyrics, even in the lesser songs, are pretty memorable. Octavarium lyrics just... say stuff directly.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2011, 06:24:14 PM »
Falling Into Infinity wins by a sliver. Being my 2nd favorite with Octave being in 3rd.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2011, 06:38:13 PM »
FII by MILES.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2011, 06:51:18 PM »
Quote from: bösk1 on January 04, 2011, 05:24:19 PM
I like both, but Octavarium wins by a large margin.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2011, 06:55:15 PM »
FII has Take Away My Pain, so that one.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2011, 07:17:21 PM »
If they had kept the demo songs in FII (Raise the Knife, the orignial You Or Me) then I would pick FII, but 8V wins in this case.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2011, 07:28:07 PM »
FII by a huge margin. 
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #18 on: January 04, 2011, 07:41:51 PM »
It was close, but I went with 8VM... although FII has some GREAT songs/moments ("New Millennium", "Hollow Years", "Hell's Kitchen", "Lines In The Sand", "Anna Lee", "Trial Of Tears"), 8VM has the titular epic, and equally great songs ("Sacrificed Sons", "I Walk Beside You", "The Root Of All Evil").

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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #19 on: January 04, 2011, 07:46:48 PM »
everytime i play 8VRM album, i listen to track 1.. and then skip to the last track and fast forward to "someone like him" until the epic finish.

when i play FII, i will skip You Not Me and Anna Lee.

so, FII wins.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #20 on: January 04, 2011, 07:47:26 PM »
People, PEOPLE.


Anne Lee is great. Stop skipping it.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2011, 07:52:20 PM »
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #22 on: January 04, 2011, 07:53:21 PM »
8vm is average. FiI is basically average plus one. So FiI.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #23 on: January 04, 2011, 07:55:06 PM »
Quote from: Adami on January 04, 2011, 07:47:26 PM
People, PEOPLE.


Anne Lee is great. Stop skipping it.
This this this.
 I can't belive someone would skip it, it's a beautiful song. If you don't like Anna Lee you don't have a heart.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #24 on: January 04, 2011, 07:59:16 PM »
FII is my second favorite album, so there's no contest.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #25 on: January 04, 2011, 07:59:55 PM »
Quote from: toro on January 04, 2011, 07:55:06 PM
Quote from: Adami on January 04, 2011, 07:47:26 PM
People, PEOPLE.


Anne Lee is great. Stop skipping it.
This this this.
 I can't belive someone would skip it, it's a beautiful song. If you don't like Anna Lee you don't have a heart.

it's not like that i hate it.

it's just what the lyric tells about. so sad and mean.
and you can't abandon the lyric since there is nothing special with the music arrangement.
hearing it will destroy my mood.

so i will just listen to it for just a very relax time or holidays.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #26 on: January 04, 2011, 08:02:31 PM »
I heard that Anna Lee is actually a pun on the story (which is about child molestation).
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #27 on: January 04, 2011, 08:10:45 PM »
Quote from: BrotherH on January 04, 2011, 08:02:31 PM
I heard that Anna Lee is actually a pun on the story (which is about child molestation).
that's exactly
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #28 on: January 04, 2011, 08:16:18 PM »
Not even close - FII is much more enjoyable to me.  I still listen to it.  I haven't listened to Octavarium since right after it came out.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #29 on: January 04, 2011, 08:29:05 PM »
I don't think I've ever really compared the two before. I find it surprising how close I consider them in terms of how much I like them.
They're both great, and I definitely know what TOX means by them being the most 'straightforward' DT albums (aside from 8VM's title track).
The song Octavarium puts that album ahead for me.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #30 on: January 04, 2011, 08:31:38 PM »
Quote from: tumbok on January 04, 2011, 07:59:55 PM

it's not like that i hate it.

it's just what the lyric tells about. so sad and mean.
and you can't abandon the lyric since there is nothing special with the music arrangement.
hearing it will destroy my mood.


The Demo version has a final verse that ends the song on a much more hopeful, uplifting note.  You might want to check that out if you haven't already.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #31 on: January 04, 2011, 09:16:26 PM »
Octavarium has Root, These Walls, Sacrificed Sons, and the title track

Falling Into Infinity has New Milennium, Peruvian Skies, Hell's Kitchen/Lines in the Sand, and Trial of Tears

All amazing songs, but Octavarium as a full album is better than FII.  The comparison does kind of make sense though.  Both are considered to be disappointments by a majority of the fanbase, but both hold their best songs. 
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #32 on: January 04, 2011, 09:24:10 PM »
Octavarium.  I listened to this cd a month straight, at least 3 times a day.  That mus be a sign of how much I liked it.
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #33 on: January 04, 2011, 09:28:14 PM »
I'm not really crazy about either one, but I think that FII is still a hell of a lot better overall than 8VM. 
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Re: Falling into Infinity vs. Octavarium
« Reply #34 on: January 04, 2011, 09:34:54 PM »
If you remove all of the fluff from FII, you have a great solid album.

If you remove all of the fluff from 8vm, you have 2 songs.
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