Dream Theater Survivor 2021 - Dream Theater - Round 2

[The Letter M]

Dream Theater
The Enemy Inside
The Looking Glass
Enigma Machine
The Bigger Picture
Behind The Veil
Surrender To Reason
Along For The Ride
Illumination Theory

Round 1's Results:
False Awakening Suite 18 (47.4%)
The Enemy Inside 2 (5.3%)
The Looking Glass 2 (5.3%)
Enigma Machine 6 (15.8%)
The Bigger Picture 2 (5.3%)
Behind The Veil 3 (7.9%)
Surrender To Reason 1 (2.6%)
Along For The Ride 4 (10.5%)
Total Members Voted: 38

09. False Awakening Suite

Other than the epic, every song got at least one vote, but unsurprisingly, the short opening instrumental is the first one out!

-Marc.

[hefdaddy42]

The Looking Glass

[Dublagent66]

EM

[MirrorMask]

Benny Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley fighting nazis

[pg1067]

Enema....errr....Enigma Machine

[Destiny Of Chaos]

My Ranking

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. False Awakening Suite
8.
9. Along for the Ride

[DTA]

The Bigger Picture

[CharlesPL]

Enigma Machine

[Shalev Amir]

Let's do The Bigger Picture.

[IDontNotDoThings]

#1.
#2.
#3.
#4.
#5.
#6.
#7.
#8. False Awakening Suite
#9. Along For The Ride

[krands85]

The Looking Glass

[Eldomm]

Enigma Machine

[jammindude]

I can’t state enough how absolutely wonderful this album is from start to finish. It has become a “go to” album for me since day one, and it’s aging better and better.

Enigma Machine would be my “least best” but I still love it.

[425]

I think this is a really consistent album. Every song is at least pretty good, and the listening experience is evenly enjoyable. But I also think a lot of the songs just aren't as interesting as many of DT's other songs.

My least favorite here is very narrowly Behind the Veil.

[wolfking]

Along For the Ride.

[pg1067]

So...it seems pretty clear that Enigma Machine will go next.  After that TBP and AFTR have six votes each, so I guess I'll target TBP next round.

That said...

I think this is a really consistent album. Every song is at least pretty good

Agree.

[425]

I'm kind of taken aback by the number of votes for The Bigger Picture already. That's a top 10 DT song for me. Looks like I'm going to have to start voting strategically.

[hefdaddy42]

I'm kind of taken aback by the number of votes for The Bigger Picture already. That's a top 10 DT song for me. Looks like I'm going to have to start voting strategically.

Not Top 10 for me, but definitely too good to be getting this many votes this soon.

[pg1067]

I'm kind of taken aback by the number of votes for The Bigger Picture already. That's a top 10 DT song for me. Looks like I'm going to have to start voting strategically.

Not Top 10 for me, but definitely too good to be getting this many votes this soon.

For whatever reason, The Bigger Picture, Behind The Veil and Surrender To Reason have always kind of mushed together for me, like they're interchangeable.  I don't dislike any of them by any means, but none of them really stand out for me.

[TheCountOfNYC]

Benny Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley fighting nazis

Wow there were layers to that reference.

[wolfking]

I'm kind of taken aback by the number of votes for The Bigger Picture already. That's a top 10 DT song for me. Looks like I'm going to have to start voting strategically.

Not Top 10 for me, but definitely too good to be getting this many votes this soon.

If it goes before TEI and TLG, there's something wrong.

[Elite]

Illumination Theory

[MirrorMask]

Benny Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley fighting nazis

Wow there were layers to that reference.

Well, they're just the two stars of The Imitation Game, which is about the decoding of the, wait for it, Enigma Machine, so it's really just one