Author Topic: Your favorites of these Dream Theater "pieces of work?" (Read 4831 times)

KevShmev · « **on:** October 30, 2021, 01:42:53 PM »

Let's view these all of pieces of work for the sake of this poll (instead of songs, suites, whatever).

Vote for your 3 favorites.

I am going with:

A Mind Beside Itself suite (Erotomania, Voices, The Silent Man)
A Change of Seasons
Octavarium

TAC · « **Reply #1 on:** October 30, 2021, 01:50:13 PM »

8V
TCOT
ACOS

Architeuthis · « **Reply #2 on:** October 30, 2021, 02:34:55 PM »

Octavarium
Illumination Theory
ITPOE 1 & 2

The Letter M · « **Reply #3 on:** October 30, 2021, 02:42:39 PM »

I went with SDOIT, the Twelve-Step Suite, and Octavarium.

I like ACOS, and it might be been my third pick but I've really enjoyed the 12SS quite a bit since it wrapped up 12 years ago. In fact, I listened to my personal mix of it just last night!

-Marc.

TAC · « **Reply #4 on:** October 30, 2021, 02:43:41 PM »

Quote from: Architeuthis on October 30, 2021, 02:34:55 PM

ITPOE 1 & 2

I didn't know there were two ITPOE's.

HOF · « **Reply #5 on:** October 30, 2021, 02:55:47 PM »

ACOS
AMBI
SDOIT

Ben_Jamin · « **Reply #6 on:** October 30, 2021, 03:27:26 PM »

AMBI
6DOIT
Octavarium

Kotowboy · « **Reply #7 on:** October 30, 2021, 03:50:57 PM »

1. Octavarium

2. Six Degrees Disc 2

3. The Count of Tuscany. Ah Ah Ah !!

geeeemo · « **Reply #8 on:** October 30, 2021, 04:40:17 PM »

Quote from: Architeuthis on October 30, 2021, 02:34:55 PM

Octavarium
Illumination Theory
ITPOE 1 & 2

That's my 3.

Trav86 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 30, 2021, 04:49:29 PM »

A Mind Beside Itself
A Chance of Seasons
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

JediKnight1969 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 30, 2021, 05:22:25 PM »

A change of seasons
A mind beside itself
In the presence of enemies

Revenge319 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 30, 2021, 05:34:07 PM »

A Change of Seasons
Octavarium
Illumination Theory

Cool Chris · « **Reply #12 on:** October 30, 2021, 06:03:59 PM »

A Change of Seasons
In the Presence of Enemies Parts 1 and 2
Octavarium

And it isn't really close for me.

pg1067 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 30, 2021, 06:29:56 PM »

This was pretty easy. ACOS is my favorite DT song. SDOIT is my #3 DT album, primarily on the strength of disc 2. I love 8VM as a whole, and particularly the second half of it.

After those, I'd go with IT, AMBI and TCOT, in that order.

I have almost no affinity for ANTR or ITPOE, and TDS and Repentance make the 12SS largely unlistenable, even though I like TGP and Root (TSF is just ok).

svisser · « **Reply #14 on:** October 30, 2021, 09:00:09 PM »

8V
ITPOE
TCOT

I also know this is probably a controversial statement, but I put INPOE over Change Of Seasons.

sylentman · « **Reply #15 on:** October 30, 2021, 09:33:33 PM »

A Change Of Seasons (My favorite epic)
A Mind Beside Itself
Octavarium

Setlist Scotty · « **Reply #16 on:** October 30, 2021, 10:29:55 PM »

Tough call. ACoS and TCoT are easy picks for me - just gonna have to think about what my third choice will be....

Wim Kruithof · « **Reply #17 on:** October 31, 2021, 01:12:36 AM »

Twelve Step suite by far, followed by both a Mind by Itself and the second disc of Six Degrees.

The Twelve Step suite as a whole is probably what I love about Dream Theater the most. So many chills, manic riffs, metal phrases and still so vunerable.

erwinrafael · « **Reply #18 on:** October 31, 2021, 01:32:44 AM »

IT, SDOIT, ITPOE for me.

The Letter M · « **Reply #19 on:** October 31, 2021, 01:42:15 AM »

Quote from: Wim Kruithof on October 31, 2021, 01:12:36 AM

Twelve Step suite by far, followed by both a Mind by Itself and the second disc of Six Degrees.

The Twelve Step suite as a whole is probably what I love about Dream Theater the most. So many chills, manic riffs, metal phrases and still so vunerable.

"Vulnerable" or "venerable"? I mean either work, just making sure. 😅

But yeah, I'm surprised fewer people are speaking out for the Twelve-Step Suite. It's one of my favorite things the band has ever done and I'm glad Mike was able to put it all out there before he left the band. When I first discovered the band, I didn't really know that TGP and TDS had subsections or that they were related, but when I started looking more into them online in 2004 or so, I discovered that they were part of a suite that Mike was writing lyrics for album-by-album and so my excitement to hear the next song/parts grew with the next 3 albums as they came out. I love how each song is just different enough from each other to continue being entertaining to my ears. I also really liked how each of the 12 steps start with "Re-" in their titles, and how each successive song referenced or used a riff from the previous song, with the final song taking parts from across the suite to wrap things up.

Such a shame we will never see Mike and the rest of DT perform it all live like he would've wanted. Makes me wish I could've gone to his Shattered Fortress shows!

-Marc.

Wim Kruithof · « **Reply #20 on:** October 31, 2021, 01:47:08 AM »

lol Marc, I mean vulnerable indeed. That suite has so many layers and although it’s hard for me to dig my way through Repentance, I love everything else on it. The prayer at the end of the Shattered Fortress is probably the part I can relate to the most.

So beautiful.

ReaPsTA · « **Reply #21 on:** October 31, 2021, 02:11:09 AM »

Octavarium
Illumination Theory
A Change of Seasons

Kotowboy · « **Reply #22 on:** October 31, 2021, 04:10:48 AM »

Octavarium winning and rightly so.

Their best song on their best album.

Elite · « **Reply #23 on:** October 31, 2021, 07:04:32 AM »

Going with

A Change of Seasons
Erotomania / Voices / The Silent Man
Octavarium

it surprises me to not see so many votes for the AA Suite.

krands85 · « **Reply #24 on:** October 31, 2021, 07:24:00 AM »

Quote from: geeeemo on October 30, 2021, 04:40:17 PM

Quote from: Architeuthis on October 30, 2021, 02:34:55 PM
Octavarium
Illumination Theory
ITPOE 1 & 2

That's my 3.

Same here I think, was tough to leave out ACOS though.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #25 on:** October 31, 2021, 07:25:07 AM »

Quote from: TAC on October 30, 2021, 02:43:41 PM

Quote from: Architeuthis on October 30, 2021, 02:34:55 PM

ITPOE 1 & 2

I didn't know there were two ITPOE's.

There isn't. There's Part 1 and no Part 2.

Another_Won · « **Reply #26 on:** November 01, 2021, 07:26:39 AM »

Quote from: JediKnight1969 on October 30, 2021, 05:22:25 PM

A change of seasons
A mind beside itself
In the presence of enemies

Voted first then saw this. My votes too. I really wanted to include votes for #4 and #5.

Why isn't Scenes on the list? Probably just dominate the poll, huh? Then the inverse for TA (although I like it)

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #27 on:** November 01, 2021, 01:51:06 PM »

Quote from: Another_Won on November 01, 2021, 07:26:39 AM

[Why isn't Scenes on the list? Probably just dominate the poll, huh? Then the inverse for TA (although I like it)

It's an entire album, just like TA. Neither of them are really a "piece" the way that this thread is intending.

I would go with ACOS, 8VM, and AMBI.

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OsMosis2259 · « **Reply #28 on:** November 01, 2021, 07:36:36 PM »

OCTAVARIUM
A CHANGE OF SEASONS
SDOIT

Peter Mc · « **Reply #29 on:** November 01, 2021, 08:26:07 PM »

Quote from: Kotowboy on October 31, 2021, 04:10:48 AM

Octavarium winning and rightly so.

Their best song on their best album.

You’re half right! It’s the best song on their absolute worst album by some distance.

My first two picks are pretty easy and they are ACOS and TCOT. For the third one I have eventually settled on Illumination Theory.

jammindude · « **Reply #30 on:** November 01, 2021, 11:01:54 PM »

Quote from: Kotowboy on October 31, 2021, 04:10:48 AM

Octavarium winning and rightly so.

Their best song on their best album.

I just had to +1 this.

wolfking · « **Reply #31 on:** November 02, 2021, 12:09:55 AM »

ACOS
IT
8VM

Stadler · « **Reply #32 on:** November 02, 2021, 05:43:27 AM »

Quote from: Peter Mc on November 01, 2021, 08:26:07 PM

Quote from: Kotowboy on October 31, 2021, 04:10:48 AM
Octavarium winning and rightly so.

Their best song on their best album.

You’re half right! It’s the best song on their absolute worst album by some distance.

My first two picks are pretty easy and they are ACOS and TCOT. For the third one I have eventually settled on Illumination Theory.

Well, you're both half right! It probably is the best song on the album, though not by much, but it's neither their best nor worst album. 8V is a top three or four album, though, and I for one would love to see a little acknowledgement of that style in the band's current music.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #33 on:** November 02, 2021, 06:56:02 AM »

Quote from: jammindude on November 01, 2021, 11:01:54 PM

Quote from: Kotowboy on October 31, 2021, 04:10:48 AM
Octavarium winning and rightly so.

Their best song on their best album.
I just had to +1 this.

Because it's obviously correct.

erwinrafael · « **Reply #34 on:** November 02, 2021, 08:46:57 AM »

Sorry wrong post.

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