50. Stream of Consciousness (NR) I rated all their other instrumentals quite highly. I enjoy the very rare listen, but it should have been streamed down a couple of minutes.
49. Pale Blue Dot (#34) Great ending to one of my favorite DT albums. One of their few songs that perhaps could have been a bit longer, but no complaints with the end product.
48. The Killing Hand (#96) for the 'Marquee' version. Loved reading the background story in TAC’s review.
47. The Dance of Eternity (#25) I finally purchased SFAM and ‘Live Scenes’ in ’06, a few weeks before ‘Score’ (I still hadn’t heard FII or ToT or Budokan). Not a bad month!!! Other than a mellow DT disc I made for my wife, I could probably count on one hand the amount of times I’ve listened to the studio version of TSCO without hearing this and ‘One Last Time’ together. Thus its high rating. The piano at 2:33 made me think of the 1920s. Subtle references to ‘Metropolis’ are fine. When I hear it now, thanks (?) to ‘Instrumedley’, my mind plays tricks and I almost expect to hear the ending from ‘Hell’s Kitchen’.
46. The Great Debate (NR) Six Degrees was my first DT purchase in ’03. Disc One was a rough introduction. Not a fan of the samples and lyrics. Deleted from my Disc One back then. Years later, I came across a ‘karaoke’ version, and then this much better version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYgAGFLHwHg Replacing the original makes for an interesting evening listen
45. Panic Attack (#40) I often listen to this, NE, and SS as if it is side two of a vinyl. Song fits title, title fits song. On its own on a 'best of', I snip it at 7:30 to cut out the ‘whatever’ ending.
44. Another Day (#19) a song that goes from a '10' to an '11' from 2:15 to 3:25. Wow, that voice! One of my most memorable moments from the I&W anniversary tour.
43. Fall Into The Light (#11) the first time where all aspects of a song fell into place from the beginning to the end since ADToE. Blame the instrumental section for me rating it so high. At first listen to the LP, this had to be that stop and take notice moment for everyone. It is beautiful, haunting, then kicks axe, The first best ‘mix’ of Mangini’s drums IMO. Not sure where I will rate this years from now, but three years later, it still has that new car smell.
42. Hell’s Kitchen (#27) very good on its own. I ended up giving ‘Burning My Soul’ a crazy high rating just because of its inclusion in the demo.
41. These Walls (#21) I have TALW at 20, and IWBY at 22, so this makes some sense, right? I always listen to these three together, hence the ratings. I love MP’s use of cymbals during the main lyric segments. Not the normal drum fills that one notices, but I did. Subtle but not 'simple'.
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