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The first album by DT that made me yawn more than necessary and hasn't made up for it in some part of it. The Ministry Of Lost Souls is pretty good, but even that is like a mega-ballad, not an epic like Octavarium or The Count Of Tuscany or even Breaking All Illusions.
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| Rating: 8 |
My second favorite DT album. Constant Motion kicks everyone's ass, Forsaken is very well written, Prophets Of War has some of Labrie's best vocals and a great topic with amazing lyrics. Very consistent album...
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Bored out of my tree here. 
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| Rating: 6 |
Written by BoxCar Willy on 20.08.2012 at 16:56
Bored out of my tree here.
Why the hell would you start with DT with their worst album? 
Although Marcel will chime in and say FII is the worst.
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Written by Milena on 20.08.2012 at 19:58
Written by BoxCar Willy on 20.08.2012 at 16:56
Bored out of my tree here.
Why the hell would you start with DT with their worst album?
Although Marcel will chime in and say FII is the worst.
Heard a track on the radio, checked the whole thing, but man... BIG mistake 
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Written by BoxCar Willy on 20.08.2012 at 20:07
Heard a track on the radio, checked the whole thing, but man... BIG mistake
The Dark Eternal Night?
Yeah, it's pretty dull; the follow up is only sliiiightly better but it's still the same, completely wrong style. And the latest one split audiences completely, although the majority of both die-hard fans and casual fans outside of this website seem to dig it.
Enough about THOSE. If you want to try something better, consider Awake; aside from being my personal favorite, it's the darkest so it's the most fitting for you. Or Scenes From A Memory, which gets pretty elaborately wacky in the instrumental sections but has some quite rockin' tunes which might hold some appeal to you.
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This album has nice artwork.
That is all.
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oblong - 21.08.2012 at 03:13
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+ 1 on the Awake recommendation - so good.
I've always considered Images and Words to be a good 'break in' album though, so that's worth a look as well.
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Written by Mountain King on 08.05.2012 at 19:27
Forsaken is very well written
very well ... but not by Petrucci  Long live Victor Smolski  <------> listen to this song -> 'Fear' ( RAGE - 1999 )
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| Rating: 7 |
Written by Milena on 20.08.2012 at 20:14
Enough about THOSE. If you want to try something better, consider Awake; aside from being my personal favorite, it's the darkest so it's the most fitting for you. Or Scenes From A Memory, which gets pretty elaborately wacky in the instrumental sections but has some quite rockin' tunes which might hold some appeal to you.
I would say the darkest album would be Train of Thought. Awake has very dark lyrics, but musically seen I think Train of Though is darker. It was the first album I listened to and loved the dark sound of it.
Another very good starter would be Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. The whole album has a good mix of heavy and melo songs, so it gives you an idea of what Dream Theater sounds like.
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| Rating: 6 |
One of Dream Theater's worst albums. The short songs (and "short" in DT context means under 7 minutes) are all pretty good or at least solid, but "The Dark Eternal Night" is one of the worst songs they ever did. The longer tracks all have both good parts and weak parts and they should all have been edited: the second half of "Repentance" may be necessary but it should be much shorter and "The Ministry of Lost Souls" is just too long for its own good. "In the Presence of Enemies" has sections that are album highlights ("Prelude", "Heretic") but also a pointless never-ending solo section ("The Reckoning"). It's still probably my favourite song on here.
I'm not sure if this album is really better than Black Clouds & Silver Linings but it's a tad more enjoyable. I still have issues with that sharp, compressed guitar sound though.
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