A Dramatic Turn of Events - Unmemorable? Unremarkable?

[Hal Incandenza]

Pop albums might be even harder to judge after only one or two listens because of the sheer number of songs. Even if the songs are all short and straightforward, if there are 15 of them, it's going to take a while to absorb everything.

Well, at least for me, the simpler the music the easier it is to have a firm opinion quickly.  It's rare that I hear a pop tune and have my opinion change much later on, and when it does, it's usually because I want to dislike it for reasons unrelated to the music and I'm lying to myself.

Give me 15 pop tunes that total 52:47 over a 70+ minute DT monster like ADToE any day.  (As long as we're talking about quick absorbtion, of course.     )

[TheOutlawXanadu]

Pop albums might be even harder to judge after only one or two listens because of the sheer number of songs. Even if the songs are all short and straightforward, if there are 15 of them, it's going to take a while to absorb everything.

Well, at least for me, the simpler the music the easier it is to have a firm opinion quickly.  It's rare that I hear a pop tune and have my opinion change much later on, and when it does, it's usually because I want to dislike it for reasons unrelated to the music and I'm lying to myself.

I know exactly where you're coming from.

[Irock]

I think most albums are easy to swallow on first listen. But that's because they're much simpler. For example, when Eminem's last album immediately clicked with me and I remembered all the songs on first listen. But something like that doesn't stick with me like a Dream Theater album does.

I've gotta say, this album is really growing on me the more I listen to it, and I'm remembering the songs now.

It RAAAAAAAAWWWKS

[Priest of Syrinx]

Most albums I can "get" after 1 or 2 listens, and my opinion stays pretty constant.  So if I think of an album as a 7 after 1 listen, it will always be a 6, 7 or 8 with me, unless my music taste drastically change.

[Infinite Cactus]

I always have a problem remember parts not because they aren't good, its just remembering one Dream Theater song is like remember 3 regular length songs. I did like this album from the first listen. But I had this issue where I get a melody stuck in my head the whole day and not remember which song it was. i.e. I wasn't to big on BITS when I first heard it. The next day I had "feeling myself slip away" stuck in my head.

[yeshaberto]

I am on my 5th spin and it hasn't grabbed me yet
It is a great album, but not sure where it stands in comparison to other DT albums
I will give it another five spins before I am sure either way

[OsMosis2259]

I liked the album right away but yeah it did take a few listens to "understand" everything. I feel that a lot of people (including me) just listen to music and also doing something else on the internet but instead just gotta sit without having any other distractions and really focus like its a long movie then it's easier to grasp everything. 

[Millais]

Certainly not.

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[ResultsMayVary]

Certainly not.

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