Official Distance Over Time discussion thread

[kaos2900]

This is slowly growing for me which means it's a really great album. Easily the best DT album since Octavarium and may end up in the top 3 for me.

[wasteland]

Got the regular jewel case edition CD from Amazon yesterday and after ripping the CD it has the extra track on it even though I bought the regular edition. Strange.

You're not the only one, I think this is a global printing error.

[SwedishGoose]

Got the regular jewel case edition CD from Amazon yesterday and after ripping the CD it has the extra track on it even though I bought the regular edition. Strange.

You're not the only one, I think this is a global printing error.

Wish I had not added the 100 SEK to get the bonus track. Could have got it for free....

[CDrice]

I have a jewel case too, but no bonus track for me.

[noxon]

My jewel case version also do not contain the bonus track.

[RoeDent]

We keep finding more and more "nuggets" in Room 137. Honestly, if this is the sort of stuff Mangini is into in his songwriting, I'm hopeful he'll contribute this way to future DT albums. Perhaps the most nugget-filled song since Octavarium?

[SwedishGoose]

Good to hear that not everyone had the bonus track.... adding 56% to the price to get one track extra would have felt even worse if it had been totally unneccesary.

[King Postwhore]

Good to hear that not everyone had the bonus track.... adding 56% to the price to get one track extra would have felt even worse if it had been totally unneccesary.

Mine was a $1 more.  Where is ever shopping.  $11.99 for the non bonus and $12.99 for the Bonus.

[bosk1]

We could write lyrics about that and set it to the music of Room 137:

I can see it, here from the door.
Bonus edition, costs $1 more.
Obsession blinds me, need it for my stash.
Bonus edition, I am running out of cash.

[SwedishGoose]

 

[TAC]

That’s excellent Bosk!

[Nick]

Given that I *hate* digipacks/digibooks/stupid bullshit I ordered the jewel case version. When I got a promo of the album it included Viper King and I really took to liking the song as was sad I wouldn't have it on my copy. Then I popped in the CD for the first time and got the pleasant surprise that it was on there, despite not being listed. So count me as one of the lucky ones.

[darkshade]

I realize it's early, but this album keeps getting better. On my third listen, and I think it's the best Mangini album by far, and best overall album since Six Degrees, though I'm an Octavarium defender, and have a soft spot for BC&SL.
 
Even ADTOE had one track I sometimes skip, (Build Me Up...)

DOT has the spirit of the 90s DT within it, but I wouldn't put it above I&W, Awake, Scenes, or SDOIT.

It's definitely tied with 8vm, ADTOE, ToT, and BC&SL, though for me, I'd venture to say DOT is going to rise above those. I still need to listen more and let it marinate a bit more before coming to any concrete conclusions.

[SwedishGoose]

Good to hear that not everyone had the bonus track.... adding 56% to the price to get one track extra would have felt even worse if it had been totally unneccesary.

Mine was a $1 more.  Where is ever shopping.  $11.99 for the non bonus and $12.99 for the Bonus.

That difference would have been a nobrainer...

In Sweden the jewelcase was 159 SEK and the limited edition was 249 SEK.  Felt like too much to only get one bonus song.... but it's frickin Dream Theater

[Lonk]

Bosk, you should contribute the next album's bonus track 

[Zydar]

Boskstool Warrior

[rab7]

We keep finding more and more "nuggets" in Room 137. Honestly, if this is the sort of stuff Mangini is into in his songwriting, I'm hopeful he'll contribute this way to future DT albums. Perhaps the most nugget-filled song since Octavarium?

How's this for a nugget?

The song is in B minor (or maybe B Dorian, I'm not sure).

If you consider the scale degrees of the B minor scale, then the vocal melodies of the verses ONLY use the numbers 1, 3,
and 7! (This also includes a sharp-3 and a sharp-7)

The first "Someone" is B. That's 1.
The second "someone" is D. That's 3.
"Is" is D#. That's 3 but sharp.
"Dying" is B again.
"Tell Me" is A and A#, which are 7 and sharp-7.

I posted this already in the Room 137 thread if it looks familiar

[King Postwhore]

We could write lyrics about that and set it to the music of Room 137:

I can see it, here from the door.
Bonus edition, costs $1 more.
Obsession blinds me, need it for my stash.
Bonus edition, I am running out of cash.

Boskstool Warrior

 

[TAC]

Boskstool Warrior

 


Pale Blue Bosk.

[bosk1]

 

[mikeyd23]

All this bonus track talk makes me glad I just downloaded the album from iTunes for $10 bucks, bonus track included. Much simpler.

[MirrorMask]

Boskstool Warrior

 


Pale Blue Bosk.

Viper Bosk

At Bosk's End

Out of Bosk

Signal to Bosk

Fall into the Bosk (or Bosk into the light if you prefer)

[KevShmev]

All this bonus track talk makes me glad I just downloaded the album from iTunes for $10 bucks, bonus track included. Much simpler.

Same here.  This is literally the first DT studio album where I won't have a physical copy.  Just no need to buy the physical copies anymore.

[cramx3]

All this bonus track talk makes me glad I just downloaded the album from iTunes for $10 bucks, bonus track included. Much simpler.

Same here.  This is literally the first DT studio album where I won't have a physical copy.  Just no need to buy the physical copies anymore.

Same, my first DT release I didn't buy physically.  The digital sales had the bonus track which was a huge selling point besides the cheapness and easiness.

[King Postwhore]

Like I said before you should have a pale blue dot with your face attached to it and stick arms and legs for your avatar. 

[KevShmev]

Same, my first DT release I didn't buy physically.  The digital sales had the bonus track which was a huge selling point besides the cheapness and easiness.

For sure.

I do plan to redo my CD rack sometime in the next year or two, where I will narrow it down to 100 or so, and it is possible I will buy a physical copy then so I can have each one there (I will like having all studio albums by my top tier bands in there - Rush, DT, Porcupine Tree/SW, Neal Morse, Devin Townsend), but for now it was just easier to buy the songs digitally.

[Chino]

After buying The Astonishing in CD format and never opening it, I figured this time around I'd just go digital.

[gzarruk]

After buying The Astonishing in CD format and never opening it, I figured this time around I'd just go digital.

People just don't have the time for CDs anymore, and no one seems to care.

[lovethedrake]

I'm thinking this is their best album since TOT for me and possibly even since SDOIT.    This may be where I place it..... subject to change.   I think the high points on FII are still better but as an album D/T may get the nod.

SFAM
I&W
SDOIT

Awake

D/T
FII
The Astonishing

TOT
DT

BC&SL

[Progmetty]

So let me get this straight, when I get home next week and find my standard edition CD waiting, Viper King will be on it?

[fadetoblackdude7]

So let me get this straight, when I get home next week and find my standard edition CD waiting, Viper King will be on it?

Most likely

[rab7]

After buying The Astonishing in CD format and never opening it, I figured this time around I'd just go digital.

People just don't have the time for CDs anymore, and no one seems to care.

My friends, I've heard the D.O.T., it has the songs for you and me

The album is the answer to our prayer

[Another_Won]

Boskstool

Ewww!

[mikeyd23]

All this bonus track talk makes me glad I just downloaded the album from iTunes for $10 bucks, bonus track included. Much simpler.

Same here.  This is literally the first DT studio album where I won't have a physical copy.  Just no need to buy the physical copies anymore.

Same, my first DT release I didn't buy physically.  The digital sales had the bonus track which was a huge selling point besides the cheapness and easiness.

Ditto. This is the first time I didn't buy a physical copy of new DT. As soon as I saw the album on iTunes had the bonus track, I figured I'd just download it. All my CDs are currently in a box in a closet at my house anyway 

[Architeuthis]

Boskstool

Ewww!

Barstool Bosk sounds better.  I really doubt he's a heavy drinker though.