Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)

[Kotowboy]

I wouldn't worry about that.

This is The Life & The Answer Lies Within are two of my favourite DT songs.

[BlobVanDam]

I wouldn't worry about that.

This is The Life & The Answer Lies Within are two of my favourite DT songs.

He said AFTR, not TALW, although it makes little difference to me either way.

[Kotowboy]

Yeah I really don't like Along For The Ride


It could be a better song if the drums weren't so muddy and thumpy.

[MustActFastToCoverUp]

Indeed, none of the three (or the other ones mentioned by jsbru) are favourites of mine. Seems like I'm not so much the balladesque kind of guy.
Metal!!

[Kotowboy]

I could never listen to the same music day in, day out. It would be so boring. And you would only write music like that, so what's the point.

[SkiFiX]

funny you should mention that track...

I suppose that "The Hymn of a Thousand Voices" is quite similar to the PF track...

[noxon]

Nope.

[rab7]

Anyone worried about short songs not producing any epic feelings should listen to Ayreon's Theory of Everything.

There's plenty of epic moments there, and the songs average about 4 minutes.

Personally, I'm most excited about the recurring themes throughout. I'm a big musical theater nerd and I love when that stuff happens.

[chego_voice]

My god can't wait any longer!!! #HypeTrain

[lightbug]

My god, where is clock guy? this is getting so boring, waiting for a week to get a bad photoshopped character, again, and nothing else 

[noxon]

Pfft. nothing else...

[Marion Crane]

Yeah I really don't like Along For The Ride


It could be a better song if the drums weren't so muddy and thumpy.

Hate the mix, but my favorite song on that album overall.

[Jinx]

Regarding the Places tab, if you look at the Deluxe TA box set and vinyl Boxset on the DT store you can see what appears to be postcards of some settings. I think that's what it will end up being. Just hope there's some descriptions too!

[lightbug]

Pfft. nothing else...

yes

[YtseJamittaja]

funny you should mention that track...

Dystopian Overture = Bring The Boys Back Home ? 

[noxon]

Considering overture is instrumental - nope

But there IS a military march with a strong multivoiced choir singing the lyrics, asking a question...

[AleBl4st]

Pfft. nothing else...

TEASE US MOAAAAAR

[chego_voice]

Considering overture is instrumental - nope

But there IS a military march with a strong multivoiced choir singing the lyrics, asking a question...

do you hear the people sing?..

[SkiFiX]

Considering overture is instrumental - nope

But there IS a military march with a strong multivoiced choir singing the lyrics, asking a question...

Can you hear me?

[-teo]

So, i found the track lenghts here:
ACT I
1.1
Descent of the NOMACS 1:10
1.2
Dystopian Overture 4:50
1.3
The Gift of Music 4:00
1.4
The Answer 1:52
1.5
A Better Life 4:39
1.6
Lord Nafaryus 3:28
1.7
A Savior in the Square 4:13
1.8
When Your Time Has Come 4:19
1.9
Act of Faythe 5:00
1.10
Three Days 3:44
1.11
The Hovering Sojourn 0:27
1.12
Brother, Can You Hear Me? 5:11
1.13
A Life Left Behind 5:49
1.14
Ravenskill 6:01
1.15
Chosen 4:31
1.16
A Tempting Offer 4:19
1.17
Digital Discord 0:47
1.18
The X Aspect 4:13
1.19
A New Beginning 7:41
1.20
The Road to Revolution 3:35
ACT II
2.1
2285 Entr'acte 2:20
2.2
Moment of Betrayal 6:11
2.3
Heaven's Cove 4:19
2.4
Begin Again 3:54
2.5
The Path That Divides 5:09
2.6
Machine Chatter 1:03
2.7
The Walking Shadow 2:58
2.8
My Last Farewell 3:44
2.9
Losing Faythe 4:13
2.10
Whispers on the Wind 1:37
2.11
Hymn of a Thousand Voices 3:38
2.12
Our New World 4:12
2.13
Power Down 1:25
2.14
Astonishing 5:51
Total length: 130:23

Source: Rateyourmusic.

I don't know if it's official.

[dparrott]

the left red eye on the nomacs show  us the ACT 1 tracklist for listening streaming & right red eye on the nomacs show ACT 2 track list for listening streaming on 29th january! what you think?

Streaming the full album on the release day, that's a fantastic idea!

Well there's no music shops left to go buy it anymore . You have to wait for it to arrive in the post.

I'll be at my local Best Buy during my lunch break on release day!

[lightbug]

Considering overture is instrumental - nope

But there IS a military march with a strong multivoiced choir singing the lyrics, asking a question...

A Savior in the Square  = Bring The Boys Back Home ? 

[BlobVanDam]

So, i found the track lenghts here:

*snip*

Source: Rateyourmusic.

I don't know if it's official.

They're ballpark, but they're mostly wrong.

This is what happens when you rely on sneaky pie charts.

[DreamerTV]

Considering overture is instrumental - nope

But there IS a military march with a strong multivoiced choir singing the lyrics, asking a question...

A Savior in the Square  = Bring The Boys Back Home ? 

Brother, Can You Hear Me?

[Jinx]

Come on teo, TGOM is 4:07 anyway.

[Enigmachine]

Pfft. nothing else...

So is there anything happening today, or will this mystery thing be happening towards the end of the week?

Come on teo, TGOM is 4:07 anyway.

Last 7 seconds could be a fade to The Answer.

[RoeDent]

  We've had this already. It's like Groundhog Day in this thread.

[ResultsMayVary]

This is not uncommon for DTF, mind you. Shit goes full circle in every thread or we end up at Kevin Moore.

[porcacultor]

Funny thing about bring the boys back home:

https://loudwire.com/dream-theater-jordan-rudess-almost-played-pink-floyd-the-wall/

[GasparXR]

Funny thing about bring the boys back home:

https://loudwire.com/dream-theater-jordan-rudess-almost-played-pink-floyd-the-wall/

That's funny, I saw that link on Facebook before coming to this thread, and the first post I saw was about Bring the Boys Back Home.

[jsbru]

Bring The Boys Back Home from PF has what? 1-2 minutes? And it's pretty fu***** epic!!!11

When I was back home for the holidays, I just found this CD in my parents basement.  I don't listen to CDs much anymore at all (just use Spotify), but I listened to it multiple times on the way home, and this is definitely an epic part of the album.  It's amazing what they pack into 1:21.  But the two mini-tracks before it are excellent, too.

[jsbru]

Also, I do want to clarify, I still do like TITL very much despite its borderline sappiness.  Same with AFTR.  And I really like Another Day--but I didn't mention it as an earlier example because it gets a little sappy, too.

I think it might be one of the hardest things to do in rock music...to write slower songs that don't sound sappy.  Pink Floyd was really good at it.

[Ben_Jamin]

Damn, this month is going pretty quick. Before you know it we'll be talking about The Astonishing in its 100 page thread.

I'm really excited about this album. Being a rock opera and all really sweetens the deal and TGoM confirms my excitement. I'm looking forward to the choir and brass sections and the organicness of the instruments.

[Kotowboy]

Looking forward to the nicest sounding DT album since Octavarium.

[lucasembarbosa]

OK

NOW WHERS DA CLOCK GUY