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Favorite Tune Off Each Album?

Started by Uncle Rico, October 24, 2024, 08:43:41 AM

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Uncle Rico

Hello friends, this has probably been done before, but I didn't feel like searching through endless pages to find out. A Change of Seasons is my all-time favorite song of theirs, but since it's not a regular studio album, I won't include it. I figured this might be fun, and we can all kinda see what style or side to the band each person is drawn to?

1. The Killing Hand
2. Learning to Live
3. Scarred
4. Trial of Tears
5. Home
6. Blind Faith
7. In the Name of God
8. Octavarium
9. Repentance
10. The Count of Tuscany
11. Breaking all Illusions
12. Surrender to Reason
13. A New Beginning
14. Room 137
15. Sleeping Giant

WilliamMunny

Probably been done, but definitely worth another go-round (Lord knows my favorites change on a daily basis ;) )

We have a ton of overlap here!

1. Only A Matter of Time
2. Learning to Live
3. Voices
4. Trial of Tears
5. Home
6. Blind Faith
7. In the Name of God
8. Octavarium
9. ITPOE (both parts)
10. The Count of Tuscany
11. Breaking all Illusions
12. Surrender to Reason
13. A Life Left Behind
14. Barstool Warrior
15. Sleeping Giant

Buddyhunter1

A Fortune In Lies
Pull Me Under
The Mirror
Trial Of Tears
Fatal Tragedy
Blind Faith
Honor Thy Father
Octavarium
In The Presence Of Enemies
A Nightmare To Remember
Breaking All Illusions
Surrender To Reason
Dystopian Overture
Fall Into The Light
Answering The Call
Quote from: Crow on July 09, 2024, 06:34:55 PMoh yeah you're gonna have a super bad time in my electronic roulette.

Uncle Rico

Quote from: WilliamMunny on October 24, 2024, 09:12:50 AMProbably been done, but definitely worth another go-round (Lord knows my favorites change on a daily basis ;) )

We have a ton of overlap here!

1. Only A Matter of Time
2. Learning to Live
3. Voices
4. Trial of Tears
5. Home
6. Blind Faith
7. In the Name of God
8. Octavarium
9. ITPOE (both parts)
10. The Count of Tuscany
11. Breaking all Illusions
12. Surrender to Reason
13. A Life Left Behind
14. Barstool Warrior
15. Sleeping Giant

Awesome!!!

energythief

Cool idea for a thread. I seem to have a tremendous amount of overlap with WilliamMunny.

1. Ytse Jam
2. Metropolis
3. Voices
4. Trial of Tears
5. Home
6. Blind Faith
7. In the Name of God
8. I Walk Beside You
9. Forsaken
10. The Count of Tuscany (but NOT for the lyrics)
11. Breaking All Illusions (Lost Not Forgotten is so close to the top spot)
12. Illumination Theory
13. A Life Left Behind
14. At Wit's End
15. Answering the Call
16. Night Terror (so far)

lightbug

It's impossible for me to name only one favorite track per album, sorry!  :biggrin:


  • Only a matter of time / A fortune in lies
  • Learning to live / Another day
  • Scarred / 6:00
  • Just let me breathe
  • Beyond this Life / Finally free
  • About to crash / Solitary shell
  • Honor thy father
  • Octavarium
  • ITPOE part 2
  • The Count of Tuscany
  • Bridges in the sky / This is the life
  • Surrender to Reason / The bigger picture
  • A life left behind / Three days
  • At wit's end
  • Sleeping giant
  • Dead asleep

Shadowmangini

^fr I love deadass leep bussin bussin
(but fr have you heard the album early? or is it a guess?)

1. Light Fuse and Get Away
2. Erotomania
3. Lifting Shadows Off a Dream
4. You Not Me
5. Home
6. Disappear
7. Honor Thy Father
8. Octavarium
9. The Ministry of Lost Souls
10. Wither
11. Breaking All Illusions
12. Along for the Ride
13. Astonishing
14. Pale Blue Dot
15. Awaken the Master
16. The Shadow Man Incident (I'm assuming)

lightbug

Quote from: Shadowmangini on October 24, 2024, 10:30:06 AM(but fr have you heard the album early? or is it a guess?)
No and Yes  :biggrin: I guess "Dead Asleep" will be probably the "Bridges in the Sky" of Parasomnia.

pg1067

WDADU - The Killing Hand (68)
I&W - Learning to Live (1)
Awake - Scarred (12)
FII - Hollow Years (59)
SFAM - Home (5)
SDOIT - SDOIT (9) (or, if you don't count SDOIT as a single song, Blind Faith (21))
TOT - In the Name of God (11)
8VM - Octavarium (4)
SC - Constant Motion (86)
BS&SL - The Count of Tuscany (10)
ADTOE - Breaking All Illusions (8)
DT12 - Illumination Theory (25)
TA - A Life Left Behind (NR)
DOT - S2N (94)
View - Transcending Time (90)

My overall #1 song is A Change of Seasons (2)


The numbers in parentheses are where each song ranked in the DT song countdown earlier this year.
Feelin' kinda spooky.

jammindude

1. The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun
2. Learning to Live
3. The Mirror
4. Trial of Tears
5. Beyond This Life
6. The Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
7. This Dying Soul
8. Octavarium
9. The Dark Eternal Night
10. Nightmare to Remember
11. Bridges in the Sky
12. The Bigger Picture
13. A Life Left Behind
14. Barstool Warrior
15. A View from the Top of the World

TAC

The Killing Hand  (#4)
Learning To Live  (#1)
Scarred      (#3)
Lines In The Sand  (#8)
Fatal Tragedy  (#15)
Disappear  (#7)
Endless Sacrifice  (#13) 
Octavarium  (#2)
The Dark Eternal Night  (#22) 
The Count Of Tuscany  (#6)
Breaking All Illusions  (#9)
The Enemy Inside  (#28)
The X Aspect  (#19) 
Fall Into The Light  (#37)
The Alien  (#16)
Quote from: wkiml on June 08, 2012, 09:06:35 AMwould have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Quote from: Stadler on February 08, 2025, 12:49:43 PMI wouldn't argue this.

Samsara

WDADU - A Fortune in Lies
Images and Words - Learning to Live
Awake - Scarred
FII - Trial of Tears
SFAM - Overture: 1928/Strange Deja Vu (to me it's one song, sorta like Anarchy-X/Revolution Calling)
6DoIT - The Great Debate
ToT - In the Name of God
8V - Panic Attack
SC - Constant Motion
BC&SL - A Rite of Passage
ADToE - On the Backs of Angels
DT - The Enemy Inside
TA - Our New World
DoT - Pale Blue Dot
AVFtTotW - A View From the Top of the World

All subject to change of course. Particularly on the 90s albums.
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Jason Slater: For the Sake of Supposing (pre-order, available on March 8, 2025)

Stadler

Another Won (#128) <--- The Majesty Demos
Status Seeker (#47)
Pull Me Under (#8)
Voices (#2)
A Change Of Seasons (#103)
Take Away My Pain (#22)
Strange Deja Vu (#3)
Misunderstood (#6)
This Dying Soul (#7)
Octavarium (#16)
The Ministry Of Lost Souls (#40)
The Best Of Times (#31)
This Is The Life (#5)
Along For The Ride (#12)
Our New World (#28)
Fall Into The Light (#51)
Transcending Time (#33)
Cover My Eyes (#1) <---- Other/Miscellaneous/B-Sides

DTiwbwMP

WDADU - Ytsejam
Images and Words - Metropolis, pt.1
Awake - Voices
FII - Lines in the Sand
SFAM - Overture:1928/Strange Deja Vu
6DoIT - The Glass Prison
ToT - In the Name of God
8V - Octavarium
SC - In The Presence of Enemies
BC&SL - The Count of Tuscany
ADToE - Lost Not Forgotten
DT - The Bigger Picture
TA - Our New World
DoT - Fall Into the Light
AVFtTotW - Transcending Time

Awaken

Ytse Jam
Metropolis, Pt. 1: the Miracle and the Sleeper
Scarred
Trial of Tears
Home
The Glass Prison
In the Name of God
Octavarium
In the Presence of Enemies
The Count of Tuscany
Breaking All Illusions
The Bigger Picture
Moment of Betrayal
At Wit's End
Sleeping Giant



YngVai

WDADU - Fortune
I&W - TtT
Awake - This is hard, but I'ma say Voices
FII - LitS
SFAM - Home
6DoIT - Part of me wants to skip the obvious answer and say Blind Faith, but Glass Prison is fucking undeniable
ToT - I actually really like This Dying Soul
8vm - Title track, fucking duh
SC - ITPOE also fucking duh
BC&SL - Problems aside, Nightmare is still the most fun thing on the record
ADToE - Honestly not an album I've spent a lot of time with, but BAI
DT- This album is very consistent, for better or worse, but let's go Bigger Picture
TA - Can never finish it. Pick your poison
DoT - This one's also super consistent quality-wise. I like Barstool Warrior
View - Awaken the Master is particularly fun

TheCountOfNYC

Only a Matter of Time
Take the Time
Scarred
Lines in the Sand
The Dance of Eternity
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
(if the title track doesn't count as one song, Blind Faith)
Stream of Consciousness
Octavarium
Constant Motion
The Count of Tuscany
Breaking All Illusions
Surrender to Reason
Our New World
Pale Blue Dot
Sleeping Giant
Quote from: hefdaddy42 on November 12, 2024, 10:37:36 AMIn Stadler's defense, he's a weird motherfucker

energythief

Quote from: TheCountOfNYC on October 24, 2024, 12:58:23 PMSix Degrees of Inner Turbulence
(if the title track doesn't count as one song, Blind Faith)
I have always considered it one track, I'd say you're good.

SeRoX

The Killing Hand
Learning To Live
Scarred
Trial Of Tears
Finally Free
Disappear
In The Name Of God
Octavarium
In The Presecense of Enemies Pt 2
The Count Of Tuscany
Outcry
Surrender to Reason
Ravenskill
At Wit's End
Transcending Time

ganpondorodf

Ytse Jam
Metropolis
Erotomania
Peruvian Skies
Beyond this Life
About to Crash
Stream of Consciousness
Octavarium
Forsaken
The Count of Tuscany
Breaking All Illusions

Not familiar with the albums after that but might give them some spins before the US tour.

TheBarstoolWarrior

A Fortune in Lies
Take the Time I guess because it was my first ever DT song...favorite could easily be MP1, PMU, LTL or UAGM
Innocence Faded
Lines in the Sand
Overture 1928
Glass Prison
This Dying Soul
Panic Attack
In the Presence of Enemies Pt. 1
The Best of Times
Breaking All Illusions
Illumination Theory
The Gift of Music
Pale Blue Dot
Transcending Time or Awaken The Master or Title Track...maybe even Answering the Call (Along with Images, I find this album the hardest to select a favorite from because everything is so consistent)
Disclaimer: All opinions stated are my own unless otherwise specified. I do not personally know any present or former members of DT. From time to time where the context is or should be obvious, I may decline to explicitly label my words as opinion. I cannot predict the future.

Jamesman42

Ytse Jam

Metropolis Pt 1

ACOS

Innocence Faded

Hollow Years (LaB version)

TSCO

The Glass Prison

Endless Sacrifice

Octavarium

The Dark Eternal Night

The Count of Tuscany

On the Backs of Angels

The Enemy Inside

Unsure of TA

Out of Reach

Transcending Time

Night Terror

Eve
\o\ lol /o/

lightningbolt

At the moment:

1. Ytse Jam
2. Metropolis Pt. 1
3. 6:00
4. Trial of Tears
5. Home
6. The Glass Prison
7. Honor Thy Father
8. Octavarium
9. Dark Eternal Night
10. Count of Tuscany
11. Breaking All Illusions
12. Illumination Theory
13. The Gift of Music
14. Pale Blue Dot
15. Answering the Call

Deadeye21

#23
Not gonna air that info outside of my deep dives, but I will share the current standings here

Only a Matter of Time
Learning to Live (possibly tied with Surrounded)
Scarred
Lines in the Sand / Trial of Tears (definite tie)

Progmaniac1988

List stays pretty stable, but currently!

1 - WDADU - The Killing Hand
2 - I&W - Learning to Live
3 - Awake - Scarred
4 - FII - Trail of Tears
5 - SFAM - Home
6 - SDOIT - the whole six degrees suite, if we're not considering that one song I'd go with Blind Faith
7 - TOT - In The Name Of God
8 - Octavarium - Octavarium
9 - SC - In the presence of enemies pt1&2 (I consider this one song for sure)
10 - BCSL - The Count Of Tuscany
11 - ADTOE - Bridges In The Sky
12 - DT12 - Illumination Theory
13 - TA - Our New World
14 - DOT - At Wits End
15 - VFTTOTW - Sleeping Giant

Mladen

1. Only a matter of time (this one changes from time to time)
2. Metropolis pt 1: The Miracle and the sleeper
3. Scarred
4. Peruvian skies
5. Beyond this life
6. The Great debate
7. This dying soul
8. Octavarium
9. The Ministry of lost souls
10. The Count of Tuscany
11. Bridges in the sky
12. Illumination theory
13. A New beginning
14. Pale blue dot
15. The Alien

CraftyCaleb2483

Numbers in brackets are my personal rankings
Afterlife (39)
Learning to Live (1)
Lifting Shadows Off a Dream (5)
Hell's Kitchen (2)
Fatal Tragedy (7)
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (10)
Stream of Consciousness (20)
Octavarium (6)
In the Presence of Enemies (14)
The Count of Tuscany (16)
Breaking All Illusions (3)
The Looking Glass (17)
A New Beginning (18)
At Wit's End (25)
Transcending Time (29)
Night Terror (51)
Quote from: twosuitsluke on October 14, 2024, 02:27:06 PMCaleb also has way better taste
Quote from: Puppies_On_Acid on November 24, 2024, 11:43:49 AM
Quote from: CraftyCaleb2483 on November 24, 2024, 11:04:36 AM??: King Crimson – 21st Century Schizoid Man
Betting on: Vocals too harsh, too heavy, not proggy enough

evilasiojr

1. Only a Matter of Time
2. Learning to Live
3. Voices
4. Trial of Tears
5. Fatal Tragedy
6. The Glass Prison
7. Stream of Consciousness
8. Octavarium
9. In The Presences of Enemies (either the whole thing or just pt.I)
10. The Count of Tuscany
11. Breaking All Illusions
12. The Bigger Picture
13. The Path That Divides
14. S2N
15. The Alien

Funny how a few of these have changed since last time I thought about it, maybe a year ago.

Dedalus

1. Status Seeker
2. Metropolis
3. Space-Dye Vest
4. Trail of Tears
5. Beyond This Life
6. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence *
7. Vacant
8. Octavarium
9. Constant Motion
10. The Count of Tuscany
11. Breaking All Illusions
12. The Bigger Picture
13. The Gift of Music
14. S2N
15. The Alien

* If you don't consider it a song, well... that's not my problem. :lol

fibreoptix

1. Afterlife
2. Under a Glass Moon
3. Voices
4. Peruvian Skies
5. Finally Free
6. Misunderstood
7. In the Name of God
8. Octavarium
9. Repentance
10. Nightmare to Remember
11. Breaking All Illusions
12. Along for the Ride
13. Moment of Betrayal
14. At Wits End
15. Sleeping Giant

Another_Won

Quote from: jammindude on October 24, 2024, 11:50:21 AM1. The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun
.....
Love to see this one.  I think it underrated by most people.

jammindude

Quote from: Another_Won on October 26, 2024, 07:43:11 AMLove to see this one.  I think it underrated by most people.

That intro is amazing. But even after that, the atmosphere in the build up to the main part of the song is off the chart. And it's one of the best choruses they've ever written.

Still can't figure out why that song gets dogged on so much. It's brilliant.

Ben_Jamin

1. The Ones Who Help to Set The Sun
2. Surrounded
3. Scarred
4. Trial of Tears(official album release)/Where Are You Now?(demo)
5. Finally Free
6. Blind Faith/6DOIT
7. Stream of Consciousness
8. These Walls
9. Prophets of War/Repentance (my favorite from this album varies a lot, right now these two are tied)
10. The Count of Tuscany
11. This is The Life
12. The Bigger Picture
13. Chosen
14. At Wit's End
15. Answering The Call

Ben_Jamin

Quote from: TAC on October 24, 2024, 11:50:32 AMThe X Aspect  (#19) 

Glad to see this on a list. It is one of the songs that is really emotional. This specific song is where we see Arhys' Path of Division, to betray his blood to save his son.

SoundscapeMN

The Killing Hand
Learning to Live
Scarred
Raise the Knife
Finally Free
Blind Faith
In the Name of God
Octavarium
Prophets of War
The Count of Tuscany
Breaking All Illusions
Fall into the Light
"I have facility enough that I can throw down something, and play it, and play it correctly, and play it in time, but that doesn't make good records.  What makes good records for me, is when you capture a performance or you get some feeling that you get on tape and that you know you can't plan for it" -Kevin Gilbert