Author Topic: What are your FOUR favorite Dream Theater studio albums? (Read 12038 times)

KevShmev · « **on:** July 17, 2021, 06:36:17 AM »

Feels like I&W, Scenes, Awake and 6DOIT are usually the four most popular studio albums, so let's see how the voting goes when we can all vote for four each.

Those four got my votes, as I do think those are their four best studio albums.

Max Kuehnau · « **Reply #1 on:** July 17, 2021, 06:42:07 AM »

I'll vote whenever DT15 appears in the poll. (if you plan to include it of course)

KevShmev · « **Reply #2 on:** July 17, 2021, 06:43:00 AM »

Quote from: Max Kuehnau on July 17, 2021, 06:42:07 AM

I'll vote whenever DT15 appears in the poll. (if you plan to include it of course)

Why would I include it?

Max Kuehnau · « **Reply #3 on:** July 17, 2021, 06:45:47 AM »

Quote from: KevShmev on July 17, 2021, 06:43:00 AM

Quote from: Max Kuehnau on July 17, 2021, 06:42:07 AM
I'll vote whenever DT15 appears in the poll. (if you plan to include it of course)

Why would I include it?

because it will be out soon (ish) I think and supposing it's good, I'd include it with my other three favourites. Some others here as well possibly.

KevShmev · « **Reply #4 on:** July 17, 2021, 06:48:35 AM »

Quote from: Max Kuehnau on July 17, 2021, 06:45:47 AM

Quote from: KevShmev on July 17, 2021, 06:43:00 AM
Quote from: Max Kuehnau on July 17, 2021, 06:42:07 AM
I'll vote whenever DT15 appears in the poll. (if you plan to include it of course)

Why would I include it?
because it will be out soon (ish) I think and supposing it's good, I'd include it with my other three favourites. Some others here as well possibly.

The question is not, what do you think your four favorite Dream Theater albums will be in six months.

And even if the new album had just come out, I would not have included it, since voting for an album in the honeymoon phase will always skew the results. Not that these results mean anything, but enough time has passed since the last album where most can accurately judge DoT.

In other words, don't overthink this and make it difficult. Just vote for whatever your four favorite DT studio albums are at this moment (which is basically the question).

Trav86 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 17, 2021, 07:06:48 AM »

Images and Words
Awake
Scenes From a Memory
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

Not necessarily in that order.

RandalGraves · « **Reply #6 on:** July 17, 2021, 07:11:52 AM »

I voted for Images, Scenes, Octavarium and Dramatic Turn of Events.

Ya know, I never really thought about it but arguably the latter two play like a "greatest hits" of DT, in that they offer up each "type" of DT song, if not fully original...and I'm perfectly okay with that.

wolfking · « **Reply #7 on:** July 17, 2021, 07:14:16 AM »

TOT, I&W, A, Scenes.

wolfking · « **Reply #8 on:** July 17, 2021, 07:15:22 AM »

Quote from: Max Kuehnau on July 17, 2021, 06:45:47 AM

Quote from: KevShmev on July 17, 2021, 06:43:00 AM
Quote from: Max Kuehnau on July 17, 2021, 06:42:07 AM
I'll vote whenever DT15 appears in the poll. (if you plan to include it of course)

Why would I include it?
because it will be out soon (ish) I think and supposing it's good, I'd include it with my other three favourites. Some others here as well possibly.

Lol wut?

Another_Won · « **Reply #9 on:** July 17, 2021, 07:17:32 AM »

DoT, ToT, Scenes, I&W

Revenge319 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 17, 2021, 07:20:16 AM »

1. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
2. Black Clouds and Silver Linings
3. Octavarium
4. Metropolis, Part 2: Scenes From A Memory

KevShmev · « **Reply #11 on:** July 17, 2021, 07:20:38 AM »

Quote from: wolfking on July 17, 2021, 07:15:22 AM

Quote from: Max Kuehnau on July 17, 2021, 06:45:47 AM
Quote from: KevShmev on July 17, 2021, 06:43:00 AM
Quote from: Max Kuehnau on July 17, 2021, 06:42:07 AM
I'll vote whenever DT15 appears in the poll. (if you plan to include it of course)

Why would I include it?
because it will be out soon (ish) I think and supposing it's good, I'd include it with my other three favourites. Some others here as well possibly.

Lol wut?

I dodged that in my reply, but, yeah. The fact that someone is ready to vote for the new album without having a heard a single second it it yet because they just know it is going to be good is an even bigger reason not to include brand new albums in these polls (if it had just been released, for example).

Zydar · « **Reply #12 on:** July 17, 2021, 07:23:34 AM »

I&W, Scenes, Awake and 6DOIT.

jammindude · « **Reply #13 on:** July 17, 2021, 07:55:30 AM »

Octavarium
Scenes From a Memory
Images and Words
Awake

In that order.

DTA · « **Reply #14 on:** July 17, 2021, 09:09:45 AM »

Awake
Falling Into Infinity
Scenes From A Memory
The Astonishing

krands85 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 17, 2021, 09:15:51 AM »

Images and Words
Train of Thought
A Dramatic Turn of Events
Scenes From a Memory

Ben_Jamin · « **Reply #16 on:** July 17, 2021, 09:44:31 AM »

6 Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Octavarium
Distance Over Time
The Astonishing

Setlist Scotty · « **Reply #17 on:** July 17, 2021, 10:18:54 AM »

Quote from: KevShmev on July 17, 2021, 06:48:35 AM

Quote from: Max Kuehnau on July 17, 2021, 06:45:47 AM
Quote from: KevShmev on July 17, 2021, 06:43:00 AM
Quote from: Max Kuehnau on July 17, 2021, 06:42:07 AM
I'll vote whenever DT15 appears in the poll. (if you plan to include it of course)
Why would I include it?
because it will be out soon (ish) I think and supposing it's good, I'd include it with my other three favourites. Some others here as well possibly.
The question is not, what do you think your four favorite Dream Theater albums will be in six months.

Max doesn't want to have to vote for an MP-era album, and he doesn't want to vote for TA. That's why he want to include DT's upcoming album.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #18 on:** July 17, 2021, 10:21:29 AM »

I&W, SFAM, ToT, 8vm.

goo-goo · « **Reply #19 on:** July 17, 2021, 10:21:33 AM »

I went with:

Awake
FII
SFAM
D/t

Freeze · « **Reply #20 on:** July 17, 2021, 10:51:41 AM »

1.Images And Words
2.Scenes From A Memory
3.Awake
4.When Dream And Day Unite

WilliamMunny · « **Reply #21 on:** July 17, 2021, 11:15:03 AM »

Today (probably changes tomorrow), I voted:

—6 Degrees
—FII
—Octavarium
—ADTOE

emtee · « **Reply #22 on:** July 17, 2021, 11:31:10 AM »

I&W
Awake
FII
SFAM

SDOIT
D/T

lucasembarbosa · « **Reply #23 on:** July 17, 2021, 11:31:46 AM »

In no particular order

I&W
FII
SFAM
SDOIT

Wim Kruithof · « **Reply #24 on:** July 17, 2021, 12:07:57 PM »

Six Degrees / Train of Thought / Black Clouds & Silver Linings / Dramatic Turn of Events.

Train of Thought and Black Clouds were easily for me, but Scenes from a Memory and Dream Theater came close. It is wonderful to see so many different albums in the vote. Is'nt that exactly what Dream Theater is? There's so much involved and everyone can have there peace. Good to see Distance over Time is voted as well. I hope the album will age well for me.

HOF · « **Reply #25 on:** July 17, 2021, 01:16:09 PM »

I&W
Awake
ACOS
FII

But since ACOS doesn’t count the last spot goes to SFAM.

Max Kuehnau · « **Reply #26 on:** July 17, 2021, 01:39:12 PM »

Quote from: Setlist Scotty on July 17, 2021, 10:18:54 AM

Quote from: KevShmev on July 17, 2021, 06:48:35 AM
Quote from: Max Kuehnau on July 17, 2021, 06:45:47 AM
Quote from: KevShmev on July 17, 2021, 06:43:00 AM
Quote from: Max Kuehnau on July 17, 2021, 06:42:07 AM
I'll vote whenever DT15 appears in the poll. (if you plan to include it of course)
Why would I include it?
because it will be out soon (ish) I think and supposing it's good, I'd include it with my other three favourites. Some others here as well possibly.
The question is not, what do you think your four favorite Dream Theater albums will be in six months.
Max doesn't want to have to vote for an MP-era album, and he doesn't want to vote for TA. That's why he want to include DT's upcoming album.

close

Mladen · « **Reply #27 on:** July 17, 2021, 02:02:31 PM »

Quote from: Trav86 on July 17, 2021, 07:06:48 AM

Images and Words
Awake
Scenes From a Memory
A Dramatic Turn of Events

Not necessarily in that order.

GasparXR · « **Reply #28 on:** July 17, 2021, 04:51:12 PM »

I voted for Falling into Infinity, Six Degrees, Octavarium, and Distance over Time. SFAM was super close, but I had to pick DoT over it. I'm not as big of a fan of Dance of Eternity as everything else on the album (although Fatal Tragedy is also one of the lower points of the album for me)

pg1067 · « **Reply #29 on:** July 17, 2021, 05:05:28 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on July 17, 2021, 06:36:17 AM

Feels like I&W, Scenes, Awake and 6DOIT are usually the four most popular studio albums

They're my 1-4 (SFAM, I&W, SDOIT and Awake).

I'd be thrilled if DT15 were to invade the top 4.

Herrick · « **Reply #30 on:** July 17, 2021, 05:37:27 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on July 17, 2021, 06:36:17 AM

Feels like I&W, Scenes, Awake and 6DOIT are usually the four most popular studio albums, so let's see how the voting goes when we can all vote for four each.

Those four got my votes, as I do think those are their four best studio albums.

I chose the same ones. Now I shall ponder upon what are my next favorite 4.

Edit: Why does the poll close on October 15, 2021?

darkshade · « **Reply #31 on:** July 17, 2021, 05:54:40 PM »

IaW
Awake
SDoIT
Octavarium

Scenes for me hasn't aged as well as other older albums, but I'd still put it at #5. For me, while it was a big deal at the time, Rudess' first appearance in the band is refreshing, and it's one of, if not the first, full DT album I got into, the production leaves much to be desired, it's a little too obvious JP and MP were new to producing. Most obvious example is on Beyond This Life, before the heavy breakdown of the main riff, JP is playing the riff with loads of effects, and it's moving left and right if you listen on headphones, but it doesn't sync well with the tempo, and the segue into the full band playing the riff is a bit awkward.

I just find myself revisiting the above 4 all these years later, still finding fresh enjoyment out of them. I feel like I've explored SFAM inside and out, and there's nothing left to discover. The music is not as deep, nor is it as 'dense' like the above 4. Some of it is the production. Part of it is that I just don't care for any of the individual songs outside the context of the album, aside from a few songs. In context they're great. Again, I still put it at #5, and in context of the band's history, it's one of their best. Standalone, I just think they did better before and since.

/rant.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #32 on:** July 17, 2021, 05:56:08 PM »

Scenes / Six Degrees / Train of Thought / Octavarium.

Not in that order.

KevShmev · « **Reply #33 on:** July 17, 2021, 07:35:16 PM »

Quote from: Herrick on July 17, 2021, 05:37:27 PM

Edit: Why does the poll close on October 15, 2021?

No reason. I usually pick either 2112 days or a number at random for a poll when I start one. Zero logic or thinking behind it, just a split second thing.

gzarruk · « **Reply #34 on:** July 17, 2021, 09:37:25 PM »

DT has so many albums I love that I just can't easily pick a top 4 or 5. I know SFAM and SDOIT are there, but I'm having a hard time picking the other 2.

If this was just a MP era poll, I'd go with IAW and AWK too, but the MM era has been so good that I can't decide which ones to pick.

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