So I was browsing the DT Discography article on Wikipedia and noticed that there were a whooping EIGHT album anniversaries for the month of September!
In 2021, the following releases celebrate:
Turning 28, Live At The Marquee (September 4th)
Turning 26, A Change Of Seasons (September 19th)
Turning 24, Falling Into Infinity (September 23rd)
Turning 20, Live Scenes From New York (September 11th)
Turning 13, Chaos In Motion: 2007-2008 (September 30th)
Turning 10, A Dramatic Turn Of Events (September 13th)
Turning 8, Dream Theater (Self-Titled) (September 24th)
Turning 7, Breaking The Fourth Wall (September 29th)
A shame that AVFTTOTW couldn't have come out in September this year as well!
Looking ahead to October, however, AVFTTOTW joins four other releases from that month (Awake, SFAM, Once In A LIVEtime, and Live At Budokan).
Another interesting thing to note, I did not realize (or perhaps I forgot) that Octavarium, Systematic Chaos, and Black Clouds & Silver Linings all came out in June, just about two years apart from each other! Maybe that consistent grind of record-release-tour kind of made things a bit stale for them as those albums tend to get less favorable reviews from one to the next, but that's a discussion for another thread.
Let's celebrate all the albums with birthdays this month! Which ones are your favorites? Of the studio albums, definitely ADTOE, and from the live albums, I'd have to go with LSFNY - what a landmark show that was! I just wish we had a full, complete live concert video of the whole show! Instead, we've got some of it on DVD, and a couple extras on Disc 3 of the CD set. This year would've been the year to do it since the release is turning 20!
-Marc.