I guess this thought fits in this thread, since it is "Mangini-era" related in general: I was just struck by the consistency and quality of the music in this era of the band this morning. I listened to D/T, and just let my music player continue on from there. So it then went, in order, to ADTOE and DT12. Hearing these three albums in succession, it is just incredible to me how good this run of music has been since Mangini joined. Not a bad or skippable song in the bunch on these 3 albums, or even a song where I find myself tuning out waiting for the next one. I've not listened to TA this morning yet, but probably will do so in a bit. It is definitely more of a "peaks and valleys" type of album, where there are definitely valleys that I don't care for as much. But such a special and spectacular album as a whole. I really just cannot say enough about the music this band has been creating since Mike joined.