Dream Theater Studio Album Survivor: Images & Words wins!

[The Flash]

I think Rudess just doesn't want to be overshadowed technically. Petrucci does amazing things technically so Rudess wants to match him. Because he's just as capable technically. Would much rather prefer if he was coming up with stuff that creates a great atmosphere or basic (not that basic of course) cool melodies. I love what he does on Blind Faith, for example, something of that effect.

 

[Black Wizard]

That really short piece of music at the very end of the most recent album is beautiful. Rudess should do more stuff like that.

 

[Mosh]

At the very least, it'd be nice if he used a normal piano setting more often. One of my favorite things about Sherinian was how often is keyboards actually sounded like a piano. With JR it seems like he only uses that for ballads, until DT12 that is.

 

[Black Wizard]

There are a lot of moments when Rudess goes OTT with the keyboard stuff, particularly in 'The Dark Eternal Night'. That part is a bit ridiculous.

 

[Collin]

Black Clouds because I'm not much of a fan of the first 3 songs.
But still, I'm surprised Falling Into Infinity isn't going next.

 

[Mosh]

If the tie remains, SC is out.

 

[Mosh]

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11: Systematic Chaos
12: When Dream and Day Unite

 

[Black Wizard]

Falling Into Infinity
Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Dream Theater

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Dear Black Clouds, please die, and take your Silver Linings with you.

 

[Collin]

Falling Into Infinity needs to die.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Falling Into Infinity needs to die.

It's better than three of the other albums still in the race, so I cannot agree at this time.

 

[The Flash]

Dream Theater

 

[Detective Beauregard]

Six octave clouds

 

[Mosh]

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10: Black Clouds & Silver Linings
11: Systematic Chaos
12: When Dream and Day Unite

 

[Collin]

Falling Into Mediocrity

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Six Degrees and Octavarium

 

[Detective Beauregard]

Six Octaves

I won't vote for FII; it's actually in my top 5 along with Images, Awake, Train, and their s/t.

 

[Black Wizard]

Falling Into Infinity
Train of Thought
Dream Theater

 

[Mosh]

FII is a much better album than Octavarium, it's kind of lame to see them tied. Sure 8vm has the title track, but FII is far more consistent.

 

[Black Wizard]

'Octavarium' has some of my favourite Dream Theater songs and while 'Falling Into Infinity' isn't a particularly bad album it's nowhere near as good as 'Octavarium'.