Well, most reviewers (obvious prog fans aside) have no understanding for odd time signatures and tempo changes within a song (and tend to dislike it). Their reviews cannot possibly be taken seriously, when they clearly have no idea what they're talking about. You need some musical understanding to be able to enjoy Dream Theater, and if not, one listen couldn't possibly be enough to make an opinion. And in general - criticizing an album for its length, when the stuff is good? If you can't take more than 40 minutes of music at a time, well, you clearly shouldn't be judging music. Personally I dislike 40 minute records, waiting like 3-4-5 years for that? 70-80 is much better IMO. Oh, and giving this 3 stars and BC&SL 4? That's extremely misleading. Different reviewers, but who looks for the reviewer's name anyway?