Sooo I had NOTHING to do and decided to do a simple trivia just like the one we did for the albums where James sings the less aaand... Found out this.
(This list is not intensive and I did it merely for fun and nothingtodoness, it is revised, however. Still, some of you may get one second of difference and others a few other, but it should be very close)
Soo... 6DOIT is, for me, the peak of DT's technical and melodic job, with awesome melodies and... Ever since I made the post (which was pretty trolled
), someone asked what is the album with the most JP solos... Soo I decided to lend my small grain to this and calculated JR and JP solo time during 6DOIT.
Keep in mind that (for me), in order for it to be a solo, the instrumentalist has to make a lead sound, or to outstand among the other instruments playing something notorious/difficult. Song intros do not count, for which reason I have counted About to Crash intro (since I count it as the whole song), yet I didn't count Disappear intro and Misunderstood.
I DID COUNT UNISONS, such as the Blind Faith one and the small TGD one.
The entire 6DOIT album lasts around 5781 seconds, which is, 1:36:21, longest DT album.
Soo let's give it a try.
In the Glass Prison Petrucci "soloes" for around 80 seconds
Rudess soloes for 50 seconds.
In Blind Faith, the situation is reversed, as Rudess largely outsolos Petrucci.Petrucci: 57 seconds
Rudess: 111 seconds (22 of these is my fav solo on 6DOIT, which is the piano one. As for the others, I consider that since the organ begins, the solo begins. I wonder why Petrucci didn't add a solo on that part)
MisunderstoodThis one is a special case, as it only has one "real" solo, which is Petrucci's reverse solo and lasts around 29 seconds. Now, for the ending, I don't consider it to be any kind of a solo... I don't know what the hell that is... But... I didn't count it.
The Great DebatePetrucci: 47 seconds
Rudess: 56 seconds
(See below for thoughts on this one, since this song is very unique in DT)
Disappear has no solosSix Degrees of Inner TurbulenceAbout to Crash: Petrucci has a 75 second solo. Rudess's "solo" intro lasts 21 seconds (before Portnoy kicks in)
Test That Stumped Them All: I didn't count the unison since I actually think that's a riff, rather than actual solo. Anyway, both Petrucci and Rudess got 21 seconds of solo each
NOTE: The ending part might generate a little controversy, but at least for me, I think I'll pass, since it's pretty much the same, except that this time around there is no unison.
Goodnight Kiss: Petrucci's king of solos. Roughly 184 seconds.
Solitary Shell: Another Petrucci solo (Album version only, in live performances, this solo is cut 2/3 and is filled with a JR piano): 29 seconds.
Reprise: JR solo, 9 seconds.
Things to consider...
At the Great Debate, right after JP's solo, there is a section which many people seem to think it's an unison, and after this, is the last unison before returning to the main riff. I'm sure it's entirely a keyboard solo, but in case you think it's not, it simply boosts JP's timer to 68 seconds.
Before the second verse in Goodnight Kiss, JR does a piano passage which I tend to compare to On The Backs of Angels section, yet, I'm uncertain about it. I'd rather not count it this time, anyway, this lasts 23 secs.
IN TOTAL
JOHN PETRUCCI: 543 seconds (9.39% of album time). 563 seconds if you count Overture (9.73%)(JORDAN RUDESS: 268 seconds (4.63% of album time)Soooo... Thoughts? Shares? Feel free.
Due to popular demand, stuff has been updated to add the Overture Petrucci "solo" (which doesn't sound that much of a solo buuut ok)
Tl:dr: