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Who is the the MVP of Train of Thought?

Portnoy
29 (34.5%)
Petrucci
44 (52.4%)
Labrie
3 (3.6%)
Myung
4 (4.8%)
Rudess
4 (4.8%)

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Offline LKap13

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Who is MVP of Train of Thought?
« on: August 15, 2019, 10:23:10 AM »
Petrucci for me
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Re: Who is MVP of Train of Thought?
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2019, 10:25:31 AM »
JP.  He pretty much is on every album.
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Re: Who is MVP of Train of Thought?
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2019, 10:46:44 AM »
I was close to going with JP again.  But MP's drumming really brings the necessary punch for the metal direction of this album. 
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Re: Who is MVP of Train of Thought?
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2019, 10:50:14 AM »
Yeah, I think I'm going with MP on this one. Really dig the punch he brings, like bosk said. Honor Thy Father, for example, it's all about the drums, I don't really consider the guitars or vocals on that one to be a driving force like the drums are.
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Re: Who is MVP of Train of Thought?
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2019, 11:01:45 AM »
JR for me, it really opened my eyes about how keyboards can really fit in a heavy album without just playing chords.
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Re: Who is MVP of Train of Thought?
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2019, 11:21:02 AM »
JP by a pretty wide margin.
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Re: Who is MVP of Train of Thought?
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2019, 11:49:43 AM »
This one was really hard for me and I was struggling between MP and JP but then I realized that Ruddess slays the keyboards on a Metal album. I think he had the "hardest" task and passed with flying colors.
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Re: Who is MVP of Train of Thought?
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2019, 11:56:41 AM »
MP and JP I think are pretty equal as far as a driving force, so it was really hard to choose.  But I ended up choosing JP because I love the guitar sound and a big part of being heavy is the guitar.

But in terms of actual weight instead of figurative weight, drums are heavier than the guitar  :loser:
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Re: Who is MVP of Train of Thought?
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2019, 03:13:25 AM »
JP
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Re: Who is MVP of Train of Thought?
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2019, 11:18:28 AM »
JP, no question on this one.
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Re: Who is MVP of Train of Thought?
« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2019, 03:36:53 PM »
Portnoy. Put a lot of creativity into this one.
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Re: Who is MVP of Train of Thought?
« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2019, 07:14:17 PM »
Portnoy, followed by Petrucci. Not really surprising considering this is more of a metal album than a prog album. imo this has some of MP's best drum parts, and JP gets a lot of killer riffs and solos here.
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Re: Who is MVP of Train of Thought?
« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2019, 11:49:02 PM »
Petrucci
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Re: Who is MVP of Train of Thought?
« Reply #13 on: August 19, 2019, 10:18:00 AM »
I went with Portnoy for this one. Petrucci plays a huge part in driving this album, but his solos are a bit too wanky and not melodic enough for my taste on this one (As I Am excluded, that solo is incredible).
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