The weirdest album for me.
I agree with everything they've done. Writing it together and bonding over it. More band effort after The Astonishing. More room (137) for Mangini. More lyricists. Heavier stuff but no useless wanking. They basically did the album I would have ordered them to do if it was up to me, and yet as much as I enjoy all the songs, the album had no staying power at all for me. It came and it went and it fell very quickly off my rotation, and probably is the DT album that survived the least in my active playing since I'm a fan. I even enjoyed the songs live, but once again I didn't come back to it after the live show.
It's like when you tell a friend how you like girls, both physically and personality wise, they let you meet a friend that is exactly how you described your dream girl and yet.... yeah, she's pretty, but.... no, the spark isn't there. Weirdest feeling ever. The next album will probably help to put d/t more in perspective for me.