Dream Theater Top 100 countdown - 2024 Version! (#01 Up!)

[TAC]

16. Under A Glass Moon
Highest Finish: 3 (Dream Team, Fonzie)
Number of Lists appeared on: 63 (Adami, Animal, Awaken, axeman90210, bosk1, CanuckChum, CharlesPL, Cool Chris, Dave_Manchester, devieira73, Dittomist, Dream Team, DTwwbwMP, energythief, Evermind, Fonzie, geeeemo, hefdaddy42, Indiscipline, Jamesman42, jammindude, jeff_kinsley, JiM-Xtreme, jingle.boy, jonny108, JPZealot, KevShmev, King Puppies and the Acid Guppies, Lethean, lightningbolt, lucasembarbosa, mariner, Metro, MirrorMask, Mladen, MoraWintersoul, Mosh, MustActFastToCoverUp, nobloodyname, NoFred, OpenYourEyes311, Peter Mc, pg1067, PixelDream, Podaar, porcacultor, ReaperKK, ReaPsTA, romdrums, Setlist Scotty, Stadler, SwedishGoose, TAC, The Realm, Toro, Trav86, twosuitsluke, Vmadera00, WardySI, weirdo, Wim Kruithof, wolfking, Zydar)

15. The Glass Prison
Highest Finish: 2 (jeff_kinsley)
Number of Lists appeared on: 63 (Adami, Animal, Awaken, axeman90210, Ben_Jamin, bosk1, CanuckChum, CharlesPL, Cool Chris, Dave_Manchester, devieira73, Dittomist, DTwwbwMP, energythief, Evermind, Fonzie, geeeemo, hefdaddy42, Jamesman42, jammindude, jeff_kinsley, JiM-Xtreme, jingle.boy, jonny108, JPZealot, KevShmev, King Puppies and the Acid Guppies, Lethean, lightningbolt, lucasembarbosa, mariner, Metro, MirrorMask, Mladen, MoraWintersoul, Mosh, MustActFastToCoverUp, nobloodyname, NoFred, OpenYourEyes311, Peter Mc, pg1067, PixelDream, Podaar, porcacultor, ReaperKK, ReaPsTA, Revenge319, romdrums, Setlist Scotty, Stadler, SwedishGoose, TAC, The Realm, Toro, Trav86, twosuitsluke, Vmadera00, WardySI, weirdo, Wim Kruithof, wolfking, Zydar)

14. Pull Me Under
Highest Finish: 1 (WardySI)
Number of Lists appeared on: 64 (Adami, Animal, Awaken, axeman90210, bosk1, CanuckChum, CharlesPL, Cool Chris, Dave_Manchester, devieira73, Dittomist, DragonAttack, Dream Team, DTwwbwMP, energythief, Evermind, Fonzie, geeeemo, hefdaddy42, Indiscipline, Jamesman42, jammindude, jeff_kinsley, JiM-Xtreme, jingle.boy, JPZealot, KevShmev, King Puppies and the Acid Guppies, Lethean, lightningbolt, lucasembarbosa, mariner, Metro, MirrorMask, Mladen, MoraWintersoul, Mosh, MustActFastToCoverUp, nobloodyname, NoFred, OpenYourEyes311, Peter Mc, pg1067, PixelDream, Podaar, porcacultor, ReaperKK, ReaPsTA, Revenge319, romdrums, Setlist Scotty, Stadler, SwedishGoose, TAC, The Realm, Toro, Trav86, twosuitsluke, Vmadera00, WardySI, weirdo, Wim Kruithof, wolfking, Zydar)

I had Under A Glass Moon at #55.
A hard song for me to rank, and seeing it at my #55 makes me feel guilty.  It's a great song.

I had The Glass Prison at #92.
This might be one of the worst aging songs in their catalog for me.

I had Pull Me Under at #71.
Not sure I have anything to even say about it. It is what it is, and that...pretty damn good.



List                                                    Not Ranked         
100                                                      Wither
99                                                        Vacant
98  6:00                                               Our New World
97                                                        The Looking Glass
96  The Root Of All Evil                          Transcending Time
95  Lie                                                  Behind The Veil
94                                                        New Millenium   
93  Caught In A Web                              Constant Motion
92  The Glass Prison                               The Shattered Fortress
91                                                        To Live Forever
90  Forsaken                                         Answering The Call
89                                                        Honor Thy Father
88                                                        The Silent Man
87                                                        Hell's Kitchen
86  Zydar                                              The Great Debate
85  Pale Blue Dot                                   As I Am
84                                                        Misunderstood
83                                                        The Mirror
82
81
80  Awaken The Master
79  On The Backs Of Angels
78  Stream Of Consciousness
77  A Nightmare To Remember
76  S2N
75  These Walls
74  Afterlife
73  This Is The Life
72  Beyond This Life
71  Pull Me Under
70  One Last Time
69  Surrender Of Reason
68
67
66
65  Sacrificed Sons
64  Beneath The Surface
63  Through Her Eyes
62  The Bigger Picture
61  I Walk Beside You
60  Never Enough
59  A New Beginning
58  Wait For Sleep
57  Illumination Theory
56  The Spirit Carries On
55  Under A Glass Moon
54  Barstool Warrior
53
52  Finally Free
51  Erotomania
50
49  Strange Deja Vu
48  Bridges In The Sky
47  Blind Faith
46
45  Overture 1928
44  Panic Attack
43  Innocence Faded
42  The Ministry Of Lost Souls
41  Sleeping Giant
40
39  A View From The Top Of The World
38  At Wits End
37  Fall Into The Light
36  In The Presence Of Enemies
35  The Gift Of Music
34  The Dance Of Eternity
33  Peruvian Skies
32  Lifting Shadows Off A Dream
31  Ytse Jam
30
29
28  The Enemy Inside
27
26  Only A Matter Of Time
25  Surrounded
24  Raise The Knife
23  Hollow Years
22  The Dark Eternal Night
21  Outcry
20  This Dying Soul
19
18  A Fortune In Lies
17
16  The Alien
15
14  The Best Of Times
13  Endless Sacrifice
12
11  Lost Not Forgotten.
10  Take The Time
9
8  Lines In The Sand
7  Disappear
6
5  Space Dye Vest
4  The Killing Hand
3
2
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69-18

[Dave_Manchester]

A whopping 4 days to catch up on (and my first Bingo line - completed the 30s)...


1. This Dying Soul
2.
3. Stream of Consciousness
4. Blind Faith
5.
6. Disappear
7. Endless Sacrifice
8.
9.
10.
11.
12. Outcry
13. Misunderstood
14. Finally Free
15. Bridges in the Sky
16.
17.
18. The Glass Prison
19. Erotomania
20. As I Am
21. The Great Debate
22. The Shattered Fortress
23. Answering The Call
24. In The Presence of Enemies
25. Lines in the Sand
26. Surrounded
27. Awaken The Master
28.
29. Pull Me Under
30. The Root of all Evil
31. Illumination Theory
32. Forsaken
33. A View From The Top Of The World
34. Lifting Shadows Off A Dream
35. At Wits' End
36. Beneath The Surface
37. Innocence Faded
38. Peruvian Skies
39. Take The Time
40.
41. The Best of Times
42. On The Backs of Angels
43.
44. Beyond This Life
45. The Mirror
46. Panic Attack
47. Lie
48. Another Day
49. The Alien
50.
51. Behind the Veil
52.
53. These Walls
54.
55. The Ministry of Lost Souls
56. Sleeping Giant
57. Fall Into The Light
58. Pale Blue Dot
59.
60. Sacrificed Sons
61. Honor Thy Father
62. New Millennium
63. Overture 1928
64. Barstool Warrior
65.
66. Hell's Kitchen
67. Space-Dye Vest
68. 6:00
69. The Bigger Picture
70. The Spirit Carries On
71. Transcending Time (my lowest ranked song from View)
72.
73. I Walk Beside You
74.
75. Never Enough
76. Hollow Years (#TeamBudokan by the way)
77.
78.
79. Caught In A Web
80. Strange Deja Vu
81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
86. Surrender To Reason
87.
88. Vacant (lowest ranked song from ToT)
89. The Dance of Eternity
90.
91. One Last Time
92. The Looking Glass
93. A Fortune In Lies
94. Ytse Jam
95. Afterlife
96. Under A Glass Moon
97.
98. Constant Motion
99.
100. The Enemy Inside


Some notes:

If nostalgia had played less of a part in my ranking then Blind Faith may well have been my #1. I think everything about it is perfect. I love especially the piano interlude and Petrucci's brilliant solo towards the end.

In The Presence of Enemies is a giant and mostly glorious mess to me (kind of like the entire SC album). The very opening is spectacular. What a way to announce a new beginning, having ended the cycle of starting one album as the last one ended. I also really like how Part 2 builds up. I just feel like there's a much better 15 to 20 minute song in amongst all these notes somewhere.

I don't have the history with Images and Words that a lot of fans have, I came to that album way after I first heard the run of Scenes through Octavarium. For that reason the 3 songs included in this update never really threatened the highest spots. Under A Glass Moon in particular is a song I've never really connected with for whatever reason.

Finally Free is the kind of song the band haven't written in a good while. A real 'journey' song, with music to match the dramatic ebb and flow of the lyrics. Oh and I'm crap at guitar but that acoustic intro at the start? I can play that sucker. Made a point of learning it years back.

Does Bridges in the Sky contain the band's best chorus? Why yes, yes it does. Check out the instrumental version of the track to hear how beautiful the instrumentation of that part really is. I'm not the biggest fan of Jordan's soloing in the band but I love it when he adds atmosphere to a piece.

Illumination Theory - beautiful central section, fantastic riffs, the only thing that slightly lets this tune down a bit is the 2nd-rate Octavarium finale. The guitar solo doesn't have the soaring grandeur of The Razor's Edge. Still a fine composition though.

[wolfking]

FF I had at 47.  Wonderful ending to an amazing album.

Strange Deja Vu came in at 39.  Lots to like here, high energy, killer stuff.

TTT came in at 35.  I thought maybe it should have been lower, but each time I hear it, I enjoy the fuck out of it, great song.

UAGM came in at 22.  Yep, classic song, fucking incredible solo.

Glass Prison I had at number 8. I remember going to the CD and buying SDOIT and playing it for the first time hearing this song.  It blew me away and still does.  Heavy, high energy, just fucking rips.  I love the trade off vocals in the first verse also between James and Mike.

PMU came in at 18.  Same as TTT, feels like it should be lower but it rips each time.



List                                                        Not Ranked         
100                                                    The Gift of Music
99 The Best of Times                          A New Beginning
98 Constant Motion                             New Millenium
97                                                     Sleeping Giant
96 A Fortune in Lies                            Awaken the Master
95 The Alien                                       To Live Forever
94 Our New World                               The Killing Hand
93 This is the Life                                Ytse Jam
92 Disappear                                       The Silent Man
91 Hollow Years                                   Raise the Knife
90 Sacrificed Sons                               Beneath the Surface
89 Only A Matter of Time
88 Vacant
87
86 Through Her Eyes
85
84 Stream Of Consciousness
83
82 Transcending Time
81
80
79 Pale Blue Dot
78 Wither
77 Lines in the Sand
76
75 The Ministry of Lost Souls
74 The Enemy Inside
73 One Last Time
72 Peruvian Skies
71 Forsaken
70 Lost Not Forgotten
69
68
67 S2N
66 Fall Into the Light
65
64 The Looking Glass
63 Panic Attack
62 Surrounded
61 On the Backs of Angels
60 Beyond This Life
59
58 Afterlife
57 Caught In A Web
56
55
54 The Great Debate
53 A Nightmare to Remember
52 Erotomania
51 Answering the Call
50 The Spirit Carries On
49 Space-Dye Vest
48 The Shattered Fortress
47 Finally Free
46 As I Am
45 Bridges in the Sky
44 The Dark Eternal Night
43
42 Never Enough
41 Wait For Sleep
40
39 Strange Deja Vu
38
37 The Bigger Picture
36 Outcry
35 Take the Time
34 Lie
33 The Root of All Evil
32 I Walk Beside You
31
30 A View From the Top of the World
29 Surrender to Reason
28 Barstool Warrior
27 Another Day
26 Lifting Shadows Off A Dream
25 Endless Sacrifice
24 Innocence Faded
23 Misunderstood
22 Under A Glass Moon
21 In the Presence of Enemies
20 Behind the Veil
19 Honor Thy Father
18 Pull Me Under
17
16
15
14
13 These Walls
12 At Wit's End
11 The Mirror
10
9
8 The Glass Prison
7
6 Blind Faith
5 Illumination Theory
4
3
2 This Dying Soul.
1

[Indiscipline]

Pull Me Under: 24. It's like my wife: every time I think I have grown tired of the familiarity, I give it a spin and I remember why I fell in love. For many today it may be just an old song, for many who where there, it's the "what the amazing fock is this? Anything is possible then" song.

The Glass Prison: didn't make the cut. The beginning of a sonic trend I can't appreciate.

Under a Glass Moon: 16. Spellbinding. JP shifts gear, leaves Nuno and PG behind and reaches Satch and Vai.
 

The Score so far:

3 - The Spirit Carries On
4 - Lines in the Sand
5 - In the Presence of Enemies
7 - Misunderstood
9 - Space-Dye Vest
11 - Beyond This Life
14 - Stream of Consciousness
16 - Under a Glass Moon
17 - Bridges in the Sky
19 - Illumination Theory
21 - A New Beginning
23 - Disappear
24 - Pull Me Under
25 - Surrounded
27 - The Best of Times
28 - Outcry
31 - Erotomania
32 - Strange Deja-Vu
33 - Surrender to Reason
34 - Take the Time
35 - Finally Free
36 - This Is the Life
38 - Hell's Kitchen
42 - Another Day
43 - One Last Time
45 - Vacant
46 - The Gift of Music
47 - Beneath the Surface
48 - The Silent Man
54 - Peruvian Skies
55 - The Dance of Eternity
56 - The Bigger Picture
61 - Wait for Sleep
64 - Blind Faith
65 - Pale Blue Dot
68 - Our New World
69 - Overture 1928
70 - Innocence Faded
71 - Behind the Veil
72 - The Looking Glass
76 - Lifting Shadows Off a Dream
77 - At Wit's End
78 - Lie
79 - Hollow Years
87 - Ytse Jam
88 - The Mirror
89 - Through Her Eyes
90 - Lost Not Forgotten
91 - 6:00
92 - The Killing Hand
93 - Endless Sacrifice
95 - Barstool Warrior
96 - Fall Into the Light
97 - A Fortune in Lies

Not Ranked: 33

[Cool Chris]

28.   Lines In The Sand NR That drag of an intro and yes the backing vocals drop this down past #100.
27.   The Mirror 29
26.   The Spirit Carries On 50
25.   Illumination Theory NR I just cannot get in to this song as an individual unit. It has some great parts, but they didn't bring it all together.
24.   Beyond This Life 51
25.   Bridges In The Sky 18 A great centerpiece to a great album.
22.   In The Presence Of Enemies 7 I love this song, everything about it, and yes even that wankery section and the cheese lyrics.
21.   Blind Faith 17 This really should be higher. I don't know why I don't listen to SDoIT:1 more often.
20.   Surrounded 52 Has not aged as well as most of I&W.
19.   Finally Free 6 A little surprised it was this high. Fantastic ending to a great album.
18.   Strange Deja Vu 69
17.   Take The Time 49
16.   Under A Glass Moon 25
15.   The Glass Prison 33 Loved this when I got the album, it's lost some luster over the years.
14.   Pull Me Under 16 As with others, this song cracked open the door, shortly before the whole album blew the door off the hinges.

[wolfking]

It's like my wife: every time I think I have grown tired of the familiarity, I give it a spin and I remember why I fell in love.

   Outstanding!

[TAC]

Even has the abrupt ending.

[wolfking]

Even has the abrupt ending.

Although like the misses is impressed to last 8 minutes!!

[Indiscipline]

[HOF]

It only just now struck me as odd that Pull Me Under finished outside the top 10. Considering it’s the band’s signature song of sorts.

[TAC]

It only just now struck me as odd that Pull Me Under finished outside the top 10. Considering it’s the band’s signature song of sorts.

I'm surprised it's that high, TBH. Where did it rank last time?

[jammindude]

Even has the abrupt ending.

 

Although like the misses is impressed to last 8 minutes!!

 

[WardySI]

Strange Deja Vu #47
Take The Time #11
Under A Glass Moon #16
The Glass Prison #60

Pull Me Under #1

So going into this I wondered if I would be the only one predictable enough to have this at 1

See the thing is where I am Down Under, no big city radio or anything back then, I picked Images And Words up on a whim while motorcycling up the Australian east coast (along with the Candlebox debut and Saigon Kick's Water to name just a few, guessing a year after its release thereabouts)...  Pull Me Under was my first listen of DT and it certainly comes with some nostalgic value now too.  No overexposure via radio and it was quite some time before I even knew PMU had been a 'Hit'.  Thankfully for me it's no more overplayed than any other DT.

So as obvious as it was, my use of the ranker put Pull Me Under at #1 and I'm more than fine with that 

[HOF]

It only just now struck me as odd that Pull Me Under finished outside the top 10. Considering it’s the band’s signature song of sorts.

I'm surprised it's that high, TBH. Where did it rank last time?

Wow, it's 13 spots higher than last time!

Updates to each song's ranking compared to the prior countdown

...

14. Pull Me Under – 27 (+13)

[Wim Kruithof]

The Glass Prison: didn't make the cut. The beginning of a sonic trend I can't appreciate.

Rude.

Indiscipline is a filthy boy...

[Wim Kruithof]

ReaperKK since #100 the countdown is revealed by three in a row each day. I remember that will change within the top, but can't remember in which way and scrolling and screening 54 pages is a little over the top. Do you deliver #13 - #11 the same time and then the top 10 with one each day... or what do you suggest?

[PixelDream]

Pull Me Under was the first DT song I ever heard, somewhere around 2000-ish around midnight, seeing the video for it. I quite liked it. Began to investigate the band online and saw people raving over how good JP is at playing guitar. I didn’t quite catch that on first listen but I was 14 and barely had any reference.

I got Images & Words off of Kazaa or something and also quite liked it but it didn’t really stick. Until a year later or so when I got SFaM from the library. That album blew me away and was like musical crack for my brain.

Regarding PMU: I was blasting it the other day recently and the thought occurred to me that this is like DT’s Enter Sandman. That clean intro, the build up, it’s just amazingly well executed. After years of being disinterested in it because they have so many more epic tracks with amazing lengthy instrumental sections, I’m starting to really dig PMU again because it’s just “great song”.

[ReaperKK]

ReaperKK since #100 the countdown is revealed by three in a row each day. I remember that will change within the top, but can't remember in which way and scrolling and screening 54 pages is a little over the top. Do you deliver #13 - #11 the same time and then the top 10 with one each day... or what do you suggest?

I'll probably do 3 at a time until the top 5. The only reason I'm doing that way is I have some travel coming up and I would like to wrap up before then because I'm not sure I can do updates regularly on the road.

[Wim Kruithof]

I see... your call mate!

[ReaperKK]

Update!

13. Fatal Tragedy
Highest Finish: 3 (jeff_kinsley)
Number of Lists appeared on: 65 (Adami, Animal, Awaken, axeman90210, Ben_Jamin, bosk1, CanuckChum, CharlesPL, Cool Chris, Dave_Manchester, devieira73, Dittomist, DragonAttack, Dream Team, DTwwbwMP, energythief, Evermind, geeeemo, hefdaddy42, Indiscipline, Jamesman42, jammindude, jeff_kinsley, JiM-Xtreme, jingle.boy, jonny108, JPZealot, KevShmev, King Puppies and the Acid Guppies, Lethean, lightningbolt, lucasembarbosa, mariner, Metro, MirrorMask, Mladen, MoraWintersoul, Mosh, MustActFastToCoverUp, nobloodyname, NoFred, OpenYourEyes311, Peter Mc, pg1067, PixelDream, Podaar, porcacultor, ReaperKK, ReaPsTA, Revenge319, romdrums, Setlist Scotty, Stadler, SwedishGoose, TAC, The Realm, Toro, Trav86, twosuitsluke, Vmadera00, WardySI, weirdo, Wim Kruithof, wolfking, Zydar)

Kind of surprised to see this song so high. It's a good song, always like it when it comes up in a playlist but never really put it on.

12. Scarred
Highest Finish: 1 (Ben_Jamin)
Number of Lists appeared on: 61 (Adami, Animal, Awaken, axeman90210, Ben_Jamin, bosk1, CanuckChum, CharlesPL, Cool Chris, Dave_Manchester, devieira73, Dittomist, DragonAttack, Dream Team, DTwwbwMP, energythief, Evermind, Fonzie, hefdaddy42, Indiscipline, Jamesman42, jammindude, jeff_kinsley, jingle.boy, jonny108, JPZealot, KevShmev, King Puppies and the Acid Guppies, Lethean, lightningbolt, lucasembarbosa, mariner, Metro, MirrorMask, Mladen, MoraWintersoul, Mosh, MustActFastToCoverUp, NoFred, Peter Mc, pg1067, PixelDream, Podaar, porcacultor, ReaperKK, ReaPsTA, romdrums, Setlist Scotty, Stadler, SwedishGoose, TAC, The Realm, Toro, Trav86, twosuitsluke, Vmadera00, WardySI, weirdo, Wim Kruithof, wolfking, Zydar)

I don't know why but it has been years since the last time I heard this song. I listened to it again for the countdown and I enjoyed it. I thought this song was more divisive on the forum and would place lower but I guess not.

11. In The Name Of God
Highest Finish: 1 (NoFred)
Number of Lists appeared on: 64 (Adami, Animal, Awaken, axeman90210, Ben_Jamin, bosk1, CanuckChum, CharlesPL, Cool Chris, Dave_Manchester, devieira73, Dittomist, DragonAttack, Dream Team, DTwwbwMP, energythief, Evermind, Fonzie, geeeemo, hefdaddy42, Indiscipline, Jamesman42, jammindude, jeff_kinsley, JiM-Xtreme, jingle.boy, jonny108, JPZealot, KevShmev, King Puppies and the Acid Guppies, Lethean, lightningbolt, lucasembarbosa, mariner, Metro, MirrorMask, Mladen, MoraWintersoul, Mosh, MustActFastToCoverUp, nobloodyname, NoFred, OpenYourEyes311, Peter Mc, pg1067, PixelDream, Podaar, porcacultor, ReaperKK, ReaPsTA, Revenge319, romdrums, Setlist Scotty, Stadler, TAC, The Realm, Toro, Trav86, twosuitsluke, Vmadera00, weirdo, Wim Kruithof, wolfking, Zydar)

Another banger off ToT. Great closer to a great album with an amazing solo section.

[axeman90210]

Fatal Tragedy- #16 on my list. Great, great song with a killer instrumental section. That unison is a favorite if I'm out for a run and need to pick up the pace.

Scarred- I had this up at #8, it just edges out another song I expect to see soon on this countdown for my favorite piece from Awake. Some cool lyrics, great moments from every instrument, and JLB is in full on God mode (as he is for most of Awake).

In the Name of God- Just missed nailing this one, #12 for me. So much to like about this song, man do they let it rip in the latter half. I also love both the studio Battle Hymn and live bonus guitar solo outros.

[MirrorMask]

13. Fatal Tragedy

Another masterpiece in their masterpiece album. Love the theatricality of it. Absolutely fantastic. For me it was 12th.

12. Scarred

This is even better! once again I have to be repetitive, there are only so many adjectives I can dance around with  this song is 1001% Dream Theater and has fantastic melodies, it's amazing from the beginning to the end. I love everything - the heavy verses, the contrast with the more melodic break / bridge, chorus is nice, and the mellow section that starts with the "Do you feel you don't know me anymore" is a glorious and fantastic crescendo of emotions and intensity. "And how come you don't understand me, and how come I don't understand you?", yes, yes, yes, and then "People in prayer for me, everyone there for me", even better, when does this song stops to be so kickass so I can take a breather from all these emotions? 

Really, I do hope they put such a big attention on the melodies on their next album. A song worth of this track that I placed 8th, 4 positions above, pity it didn't make the top ten.

11. In The Name Of God

I'm gonna calm down a bit with this one, it falls into the "yes, of course it's a fantastic song, but it's not that I'm completely obsessed over it" category for me. I won't complain about anything in the song but with such a tough competition, it did not go past the 44th position, 33 places lower. I guess it could have been place several spots higher however.

[Lonk]

I get it, tastes and all, but some of the songs that have been left out of some lists has be scratching my head

[jingle.boy]

Three songs in my Top 10 today

Fatal Tragedy ... 10.  Perfect song.  My highest rated from SFAM.  Top 3 instrumental sections in DTs catalogue
Scarred... I thought I might have a chance of being the highest ranker at #3, but alas, Ben beat me to it.  Flawless.  MM said just what I would have said.  I think it rates this high because those that love it, REALLY love it; those that don't, it's still a really good song.
In The Name Of God ... #5.  So much to love about this, only enhanced by the L@B version.  Heavy riffs, killer instrumental section, amazing unisons, and great delivery by James.  The band fires on all cylinders from start to finish.

I'm going to gather that every song left in the top 10 will invariably have at least one person that rates it as their #1 song

[Wim Kruithof]

Only the epics and Surrounded, that's all that's better than Scarred I believe. Surrounded is my most-listen-to Dream Theater track, but Scarred is my #2. Unbelievable beautiful and only a tribute to Ben_Jamin to rank this one at #1. Which doesn't surprise me at all... the reflection questions from 5.50 are probably the most emotional moments from the whole Awake album. Never from that moment on 'till #15 they reach the vunerable momentum as here...


096: Beyond This Life    72
095: I Walk Beside You     15
094: S2n     spot on
093: Never Enough     7
091: Caught In a Web     40
090: The Alien     21
089: Only a Matter of Time     7
088: Surrender to Reason     5
087: Forsaken     8
086: Through Her Eyes     12
085: The Silent Man     19
084: Constant Motion     2
083: Fall Into the Light     11
082: The Best of Times     5
080: Wait for Sleep     36
079: On the Backs of Angels     23
078: Behind the Veil     11
077: Afterlife     19
076: Hollow Years     17
074: Sacrified Sons     9
073: 6:00     39
072: Erotomania     32
069: Innocence Faded     27
068: The Enemy Inside     15
067: Pale Blue Dot     3
066: Fatal Tragedy     53
065: Another Day     27
064: Pull Me Under     50
063: Disappear     22
062: Peruvian Skies     18
061: Misunderstood     30
060: A Fortune in Lies     18
059: Hell's Kitchen     2
056: A Nightmare to Remember     6
055: Blind Faith     34
054: The Looking Glass     38
053: Raise the Knife     12
052: Under a Glass Moon     36
050: Wither     49
049: Lifting Shadows Off a Dream     14
048: Transcending Time     42
046: Barstool Warrior     6
045: The Root of All Evil     9
044: Ytse Jam     23
043: The Spirit Carries On     17
042: The Killing Hand     26
041: Sleeping Giant     44
040: Answering the Call     45
038: The Dance of Eternity     5
037: The Bigger Picture     23
036: Lines In the Sand     8
034: As I Am     9
033: At Wit's End   4
031: Endless Sacrifice     2
030: Space-Dye Vest     spot on
029: Awaken the Master     52
028: Stream of Conciousness     11
027: Honor Thy Father     44
025: Lie     22
024: One Last Time     22
023: In the Name of God     12
022: Finally Free     3
018: Outcry     47
017: Beneath the Surface     49
016: The Shattered Fortress     63
015: The Mirror     12
014: This Dying Soul     33
013: The Glass Prison     2
012: Bridges In the Sky     11
010: The Ministry of Lost Souls     51
009: Scarred     3
008: Surrounded     12
007: A View From the Top of the World     42
006: In the Presence of Enemies     16
004: Illumination Theory     21 highest

not ranked: 12 The Gift of Music / Vacant / Our New World / A New Beginning / This Is the Life / New Millennium / To Live Forever / Lost Not Forgotten / The Dark Eternal Night / Overture 1928 / Strange Deja Vu / Take the Time

[MustActFastToCoverUp]

13.   Fatal Tragedy I had this only at 38, probably because of the concept album thing and the whole being stronger than its pieces
12.   Scarred Definitely a Top10 for me, I had it at 9
11.   In The Name Of God Definitely a Top10 for me, I had it at 7

Seven left from my personal Top10 as we go into the consensus Top10

and MM is now the official abbrevation for MirrorMask?

[CharlesPL]

Fatal - 69
Scarred - 5
God - 35

[DragonAttack]

The Glass Prison- The first entry from my top 5, this was my #4 song. While it's not my #1, this song will always have a *very* special place in my heart. It's not an exaggeration to say that The Glass Prison changed my life in meaningful ways. Flash back to the summer of 2003. I'm just finished with my sophomore year of high school, and after not getting into music until I was 13-14, I am now big into music and hard rock/heavy metal in particular. Metallica is my favorite band and I spend time on the forums that are part of Metallica's official website. I'm browsing a thread about "recommend other bands that Metallica fans should check out". Plenty of posts about plenty of bands in there, but a post someone made about how if you love Metallica and heavy metal you need to hear this song The Glass Prison by a band called Dream Theater piqued my interest in particular. So one Saturday morning I take a trip to my local Sam Goody (RIP) and buy Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. I take it with me to work and pop it into my CD player on my lunch break and hit play. I can still remember exactly where I was sitting and the feeling of musical epiphany that kicked in along with the double bass drums and carried me through those brain-melting arpeggios. This was the apex of heavy metal to my ears. Now, it wasn't an immediate love affair with DT from that moment on. I did not love or even like prog at that time, I wanted everything to be as as The Glass Prison and I was initially disappointed by everything that wasn't. I stuck with them though, chasing that high from hearing TGP, and a little bit later Scenes From a Memory absolutely highjacked my brain for about three months straight and the rest was history. I moved over from the Metallica forums to these forums, hosted at the time on DT's official site, and over 20 years later I'm still here and I've forged so many important friendships and relationships out of this community that transcend "music friend" or "forum buddy". Not to mention, so much of what I listen to even now is either music directly connected in one way or another to DT or music that I got turned on to by spending time in this place. It's wild to think how different my life would've been if some rando on the Metallica forums hadn't plugged The Glass Prison back in 2003.

Great story!    I only found out about DT because of my wife and I going to see Queensryche.  We've made friends and met the band multiple times due to 'chance'.

13.   Fatal Tragedy (#30) first appearance of Brian May in a guitar solo 😉
12.   Scarred (#54)
11.   In The Name Of God (#41)

65/90 ****

[devieira73]

Through My Words/Fatal Tragedy (my #19) are really just one (amazing) song, my second fave from Scenes.

Scarred (my #80) is a bit disjointed, but still a great song. Its intro is one of my fave moments in DT catalog.

In The Name of God (my #11) is the best song from ToT. All the feel of the song is so coherent with its theme, with great riffs. That solo section is one of the most creative and iconic moments in DT catalog. And the ending is really beaufiful and epic!

[PixelDream]

Scarred was my number 2. It’s always been at the top for me.

[NoFred]

11. In The Name Of God
Highest Finish: 1 (NoFred)

It’s like they set out to write a midtempo metal plodder but couldn’t help themselves from infusing it with their own end of album epicness. Also my favorite example of the one thing they do better than anybody - effortlessly transitioning into and out of the crazy solo section. A seamless song that just keeps building.

Also love the subtle different inflections by JLB on the repeated chorus, gives the studio version a real immediacy, like the whole thing is done in one take.

[HOF]

Fatal Tragedy I’m not so fond of the verses, but the chorus is great and the instrumental parts are fun.

Scarred is one of DT’s most epic songs. The intro is outstanding. So much atmosphere. The first half of the song can maybe get a bit too melodramatic at times, but the second half of the song is absolutely peak DT (from “Do you feel…” onward). That buildup, and the keyboard and guitar solos are perfection. Really great outro with the string keys too. Just a great song that I kind of remember not doing so well last time? I could be wrong.

In The Name of God is one of the better songs on ToT. Still not something I’d listen to very often, but it has a nice atmosphere and some crazy solos that are a bit over the top but cool in that respect.

[Cool Chris]

13.   Fatal Tragedy 13 The first song I nailed on the ranking...
12.   Scarred 12 and I got the next one too!
11.   In The Name Of God (48) A fantastic song till the noodling kicks in. Fantastic way to end the Budokan video.

[Dream Team]

Oh my what an incredible batch of songs. I remember BlobVanDam calling Scarred the duck-billed platypus of DT songs but it works despite some awkward transitions. I would probably like it even more if it continued in the style of the first minute or so; and actually I thought the Ranker would have it higher. Those other 2 songs have some of the very best instrumental sections in the catalog. 

  3 Under a Glass Moon
  5 Only a Matter of Time
  6 The Killing Hand
  7 In the Name of God
  9 The Great Debate
11 Outcry
12 Overture 1928
14 Blind Faith
15 Fatal Tragedy
16 One Last Time
18 Illumination Theory
19 Beyond This Life
20 Lost Not Forgotten
21 Surrounded
22 A View From the Top of the World
24 This is the Life
25 Beneath the Surface
26 A New Beginning
27 Take the Time
28 Fall Into the Light
29 Bridges in the Sky
30 The Best of Times
31 Afterlife
32 Scarred
33 Disappear
35 S2N
38 Constant Motion
39 Behind the Veil
40 The Enemy Inside
41 Pale Blue Dot
42 The Root of All Evil
46 Misunderstood
48 A Fortune in Lies
51 Barstool Warrior
52 Our New World
53 At Wit's End
54 Wither
55 The Alien
56 Lifting Shadows off a Dream
57 Surrender to Reason
58 Raise the Knife
59 Innocence Faded
61 I Walk Beside You
62 Endless Sacrifice
63 Awaken the Master
64 The Looking Glass
65 Wait for Sleep
66 The Bigger Picture
67 A Nightmare to Remember
68 Sleeping Giant
70 The Ministry of Lost Souls
71 Pull Me Under
72 The Dance of Eternity
75 Panic Attack
76 Transcending Time
78 Ytse Jam
79 Sacrificed Sons
80 Strange Deja-Vu
81 The Gift of Music
84 Answering the Call
88 The Mirror
93 Another Day
95 On the Backs of Angels
97 The Shattered Fortress

Missed the top 100: Never Enough, Vacant, Forsaken, New Millennium, Through Her Eyes, To Live Forever, Honor thy Father, The Dark Eternal Night, The Silent Man, Hollow Years, Hell's Kitchen, These Walls, Caught in a Web, Lie, This Dying Soul, Peruvian Skies, As I Am, Erotomania, Stream of Consciousness, 6:00, Space-Dye Vest, The Spirit Carries On, Lines in the Sand, ITPoE, Finally Free, The Glass Prison

Highest Ranker Of: Only a Matter of Time, Outcry, Under a Glass Moon

[Dream Team]

I get it, tastes and all, but some of the songs that have been left out of some lists has be scratching my head

Such as?