Author Topic: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (number 1 revealed!)  (Read 36572 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline RoeDent

  • 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year
  • Posts: 6029
  • Gender: Male
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #35 on: September 06, 2022, 12:48:34 PM »
Submitted 6/9  :biggrin:

Offline Stadler

  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 43016
  • Gender: Male
  • Pointing out the "unfunny" since 2014!
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #36 on: September 06, 2022, 01:20:31 PM »
Submitted 10/7. 

Offline Samsara

  • Queensr˙che Biographer and Historian
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 8722
  • Gender: Male
  • Driving the nail into my head. Memory flows...
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #37 on: September 06, 2022, 01:23:09 PM »
Submitted 10/7.

Stads top 5:

The Astonishing
Systematic Chaos
Falling Into Infinity
When Dream and Day Unite
Black Clouds

Book it.  :lol
Roads to Madness: The Touring History of Queensr˙che (1981-1997) - Out in May 2024!

www.roadstomadness.com

Offline Stadler

  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 43016
  • Gender: Male
  • Pointing out the "unfunny" since 2014!
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #38 on: September 06, 2022, 01:36:49 PM »
Submitted 10/7.

Stads top 5:

The Astonishing
Systematic Chaos
Falling Into Infinity
When Dream and Day Unite
Black Clouds

Book it.  :lol

Stadler, defying expectations since 2015.  :) :) :)

Offline Samsara

  • Queensr˙che Biographer and Historian
  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 8722
  • Gender: Male
  • Driving the nail into my head. Memory flows...
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #39 on: September 06, 2022, 01:39:38 PM »
Submitted 10/7.

Stads top 5:

The Astonishing
Systematic Chaos
Falling Into Infinity
When Dream and Day Unite
Black Clouds

Book it.  :lol

Stadler, defying expectations since 2015.  :) :) :)

You know I love ya, Stads.  :lol
Roads to Madness: The Touring History of Queensr˙che (1981-1997) - Out in May 2024!

www.roadstomadness.com

Offline Wim Kruithof

  • Posts: 728
  • Gender: Male
  • Official Guardian of The Shattered Fortress
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #40 on: September 06, 2022, 02:00:34 PM »
PM'ed you Kevin with my list.

Funny, was scrolling back and forth, was using the ranking machine as well, but the only one I am absolutely positive about is my number 1. The rest is all there and close by, could be switching a place or so when I give an album much more time under the needle. But it's not it will raise or sink that much, so the list is pretty reliable.
Wim pointed out something I don't see mentioned very often...

Offline Ben_Jamin

  • Posts: 15690
  • Gender: Male
  • I'm just a man, thrown into existence by the gods
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #41 on: September 06, 2022, 02:29:19 PM »
The middle was the hardest for me.  Top 5 and bottom 4 are easy and haven't really changed in awhile.  The stuff in between I find to be really challenging to rank.  What makes it so hard to me is that every single album has stuff I really like and is really good, and there are so many factors that go into why I like certain albums.  It's hard to compare an album that has a few really strong songs and a few really weak songs (my personal taste, obviously) with, for example, an album where the individual songs are mostly middle of the road, but the album itself has an overall vibe that makes it greater than the sum of its parts.

This is me as well. There's reasons why I enjoy Dream Theater so much that they could be considered my favorite band. Every album has something about I enjoy and this includes the one's I don't really listen to.

The albums being at the bottom of my list does not mean they completely suck. All it means is that there are many, many, other reasons why I enjoy the others more.

This will be fun to follow and I will send my list as soon as I can.
I don't know how they can be so proud of winning with them odds. - Little Big Man
Follow my Spotify:BjamminD

Offline Podaar

  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 9906
  • Gender: Male
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #42 on: September 06, 2022, 03:11:52 PM »
List PM'd
"Religion poisons everything” — Christopher Hitchens

Offline KevShmev

  • EZBoard Elder
  • *****
  • Posts: 41963
  • Gender: Male
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #43 on: September 06, 2022, 04:59:41 PM »
To save me having to reply to the 844 lists sent today Lol, all have been received!  :tup :tup

Offline Ben_Jamin

  • Posts: 15690
  • Gender: Male
  • I'm just a man, thrown into existence by the gods
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread!
« Reply #44 on: September 06, 2022, 05:44:18 PM »
I always find this hard. How does an album rank when it has a song or songs in the top 5 or 10 of all songs, but some of the songs on the same album you just cant get into. Octavarium being a prime example.

Also. With our list, can we make any comments, or is it just 15-1.

For myself, I don't think of albums as songs. I think of albums in terms of flow, concept, approach, and utilization. These include production, the concept of the album (if any, including thematic albums), the artwork, mixing, and how they all contribute to the final product of what the album is. All these things then form my view of how I perceive the album and then how I would rank it.

I will say that the only albums that are pretty much deadlocked where they are, are my bottom two and top two.

I can't wait for this to start because I would like to share my thoughts on these albums.
I don't know how they can be so proud of winning with them odds. - Little Big Man
Follow my Spotify:BjamminD

Offline Grandepapa

  • Posts: 7
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #45 on: September 06, 2022, 06:06:55 PM »
List sent 9/6!

Offline sylentman

  • Posts: 49
  • Gender: Male
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #46 on: September 06, 2022, 08:33:04 PM »
List sent, still Sep. 6th here :).

As others have pointed, Top 5 and bottom part mostly defined, the difficult part was ranking the middle, on which the albums could change for example 1 spot up or down depending on mood/most recent listens/etc.

Looking forward for the outcome and of course the comments that can be as fun as the rank itself.

Offline T-ski

  • Posts: 2915
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #47 on: September 06, 2022, 08:48:33 PM »
I thinks I’ll get in on this.
Is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream?

Offline jammindude

  • Posts: 15237
  • Gender: Male
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread!
« Reply #48 on: September 06, 2022, 09:24:45 PM »
I always find this hard. How does an album rank when it has a song or songs in the top 5 or 10 of all songs, but some of the songs on the same album you just cant get into. Octavarium being a prime example.

Also. With our list, can we make any comments, or is it just 15-1.

For myself, I don't think of albums as songs. I think of albums in terms of flow, concept, approach, and utilization. These include production, the concept of the album (if any, including thematic albums), the artwork, mixing, and how they all contribute to the final product of what the album is. All these things then form my view of how I perceive the album and then how I would rank it.

I will say that the only albums that are pretty much deadlocked where they are, are my bottom two and top two.

I can't wait for this to start because I would like to share my thoughts on these albums.

I have a difficult time even trying to imagine an album any other way.
"Better the pride that resides in a citizen of the world.
Than the pride that divides when a colorful rag is unfurled." - Neil Peart

The Jammin Dude Show - https://www.youtube.com/user/jammindude

Offline romdrums

  • Posts: 4509
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #49 on: September 07, 2022, 11:02:08 AM »
I’m in.  Will be sending shortly.

EDIT: And sent.
« Last Edit: September 07, 2022, 11:12:46 AM by romdrums »
Though we live in trying times, we're the ones who have to try. -Neil Peart, 1952-2020.

There is a fundamental difference between filtered facts and firehosed opinions. -Stadler.

Offline Wim Kruithof

  • Posts: 728
  • Gender: Male
  • Official Guardian of The Shattered Fortress
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread!
« Reply #50 on: September 07, 2022, 11:02:49 AM »
For myself, I don't think of albums as songs. I think of albums in terms of flow, concept, approach, and utilization. These include production, the concept of the album (if any, including thematic albums), the artwork, mixing, and how they all contribute to the final product of what the album is. All these things then form my view of how I perceive the album and then how I would rank it.

I will say that the only albums that are pretty much deadlocked where they are, are my bottom two and top two.

I can't wait for this to start because I would like to share my thoughts on these albums.

And I can honestly say, can't wait to read your thoughts on these albums. I have red your analyses on the songs with very much pleasure.
« Last Edit: September 10, 2022, 05:15:58 AM by Wim Kruithof »
Wim pointed out something I don't see mentioned very often...

Offline T-ski

  • Posts: 2915
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #51 on: September 09, 2022, 06:26:54 AM »
List sent!
Is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream?

Offline Shalev Amir

  • Shmoolikipod
  • Posts: 370
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #52 on: September 11, 2022, 04:38:23 AM »
Sent mine!

Online The Realm

  • Posts: 1430
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #53 on: September 11, 2022, 07:24:38 PM »
List sent.

Offline KevShmev

  • EZBoard Elder
  • *****
  • Posts: 41963
  • Gender: Male
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #54 on: September 11, 2022, 07:26:47 PM »
Up to 40 lists now submitted!  :metal :metal

Offline Ben_Jamin

  • Posts: 15690
  • Gender: Male
  • I'm just a man, thrown into existence by the gods
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #55 on: September 12, 2022, 12:50:15 AM »
It'd be awesome if we could get at least 100 lists.
I don't know how they can be so proud of winning with them odds. - Little Big Man
Follow my Spotify:BjamminD

Offline wolfking

  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 46293
  • Gender: Male
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #56 on: September 12, 2022, 01:10:12 AM »
I guess I should get my ass into gear and do this.
Everyone else, except Wolfking is wrong.

Offline nobloodyname

  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 1943
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #57 on: September 12, 2022, 05:03:58 AM »
Submitted today. Thanks, as always.
Paul
Gamer, rocker, humanist, womble
Leicestershire, UK
Getting right out of my comfort zone: www.youtube.com/@paulplayspoorly Go on, you can do it, too! (24/3/2024: Now playing on Paul Plays Poorly!, The Answer Lies Within by Dream Theater)

Online SwedishGoose

  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 2482
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #58 on: September 12, 2022, 05:57:15 AM »
List sent 12/9

Offline crystalstars17

  • Fun Committee VP✨
  • Posts: 653
  • Gender: Female
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #59 on: September 12, 2022, 08:02:34 AM »
I guess I should get my ass into gear and do this.
You and I both! Although I doubt my choices will count for much in the grand scheme of things!  :lol

Offline KevShmev

  • EZBoard Elder
  • *****
  • Posts: 41963
  • Gender: Male
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #60 on: September 12, 2022, 05:21:11 PM »
No, no, they all count!

I forgot to mention, however, to everyone that any list submitted that doesn't have Awake at either number 1 or number 2 is disqualified.  :biggrin: :biggrin:

Offline wolfking

  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 46293
  • Gender: Male
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #61 on: September 12, 2022, 05:23:11 PM »
I guess I should get my ass into gear and do this.
You and I both! Although I doubt my choices will count for much in the grand scheme of things!  :lol

You need all the pieces to make the full puzzle.  They will all make a difference.
Everyone else, except Wolfking is wrong.

Online TAC

  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 74107
  • Gender: Male
  • Arthritic Metal Horns
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #62 on: September 12, 2022, 05:39:28 PM »
I guess I should get my ass into gear and do this.
You and I both! Although I doubt my choices will count for much in the grand scheme of things!  :lol

You need all the pieces to make the full puzzle.  They will all make a difference.


would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.  ;D
TAC got a higher score than me in the electronic round? Honestly, can I just drop out now? :lol

Offline wolfking

  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 46293
  • Gender: Male
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #63 on: September 12, 2022, 05:54:50 PM »
 :lol
Everyone else, except Wolfking is wrong.

Offline Adami

  • Moderator of awesomeness
  • *
  • Posts: 36093
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #64 on: September 12, 2022, 07:01:29 PM »
No, no, they all count!

I forgot to mention, however, to everyone that any list submitted that doesn't have Awake at either number 1 or number 2 is disqualified.  :biggrin: :biggrin:

Glad my list counts!
fanticide.bandcamp.com

Offline wolfking

  • DTF.org Alumni
  • ****
  • Posts: 46293
  • Gender: Male
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #65 on: September 12, 2022, 08:20:01 PM »
My list has been sent.
Everyone else, except Wolfking is wrong.

Offline TheCountOfNYC

  • Posts: 5412
  • Gender: Male
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #66 on: September 13, 2022, 07:45:51 AM »
I guess I should get my ass into gear and do this.

You and I both! Although I doubt my choices will count for much in the grand scheme of things!  :lol

You need all the pieces to make the full puzzle.  They will all make a difference.

Exactly. I’m sure my second place placement for Octavarium over Images and Words will give it a slight boost and might help turn the tide in the IaW vs SFaM battle (Scenes is my number one).
People figured out that the white thing that comes out of cows' titties could be drunk, and the relation between sweet desires and women's bellies growing up for 9 months. It can't be THAT hard to figure out how a trumpet works.”

-MirrorMask

Offline hefdaddy42

  • Et in Arcadia Ego
  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 52785
  • Gender: Male
  • Postwhore Emeritus
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #67 on: September 13, 2022, 01:50:56 PM »
No, no, they all count!

I forgot to mention, however, to everyone that any list submitted that doesn't have Awake at either number 1 or number 2 is disqualified.  :biggrin: :biggrin:

Glad my list counts!
Me too!
Hef is right on all things. Except for when I disagree with him. In which case he's probably still right.

Offline Deadeye21

  • Posts: 1713
  • Gender: Male
  • 30 years say we’re in this together
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #68 on: September 13, 2022, 10:53:47 PM »
Finding this late, I’ll go for a bug listen through soon. I’m going to only take into account the main studio recorded versions of songs coz to do otherwise would be an unfair benefit to certain albums and a disadvantage to others.
Let's go with a P for Deadeye has premature alphabetejaculation.

Offline crystalstars17

  • Fun Committee VP✨
  • Posts: 653
  • Gender: Female
Re: Official Dream Theater studio albums countdown thread! (lists due by 09/20)
« Reply #69 on: September 14, 2022, 06:14:43 AM »
I sent my list just now! Boy was that hard!  :omg:

I found it fairly easy to rank my bottom and top three, but the middle was really hard. I was actually surprised as I was moving them around at how high/low some of them ranked vs what I initially thought. It was fun though!