Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
| Release date: | 23 June 2009 |
| Style: | Progressive metal |
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Disc I [Black Clouds & Silver Linings]
01. A Nightmare To Remember
02. A Rite Of Passage
03. Wither
04. The Shattered Fortress
1 - X. Restraint
2 - XI. Receive
3 - XII. Responsible
05. The Best Of Times
06. The Count Of Tuscany
Disc II [Uncovered 2008/2009]
01. Stargazer [Rainbow cover]
02. Tenement Funster / Flick Of The Wrist / Lily Of The Valley [Queen cover]
03. Odyssey [Dixie Dregs cover]
04. Take Your Fingers From My Hair [Zebra cover]
05. Larks Tongues In Aspic Pt.2 [King Crimson cover]
06. To Tame A Land [Iron Maiden cover]
Disc III [Black Clouds & Silver Linings Instrumental Mixes]
01. A Nightmare To Remember
02. A Rite Of Passage
03. Wither
04. The Shattered Fortress
05. The Best Of Times
06. The Count Of Tuscany
The Best Progressive Metal Album Of 2009
01. A Nightmare To Remember
02. A Rite Of Passage
03. Wither
04. The Shattered Fortress
1 - X. Restraint
2 - XI. Receive
3 - XII. Responsible
05. The Best Of Times
06. The Count Of Tuscany
Disc II [Uncovered 2008/2009]
01. Stargazer [Rainbow cover]
02. Tenement Funster / Flick Of The Wrist / Lily Of The Valley [Queen cover]
03. Odyssey [Dixie Dregs cover]
04. Take Your Fingers From My Hair [Zebra cover]
05. Larks Tongues In Aspic Pt.2 [King Crimson cover]
06. To Tame A Land [Iron Maiden cover]
Disc III [Black Clouds & Silver Linings Instrumental Mixes]
01. A Nightmare To Remember
02. A Rite Of Passage
03. Wither
04. The Shattered Fortress
05. The Best Of Times
06. The Count Of Tuscany
The Best Progressive Metal Album Of 2009
Reviews 
Lyrics James LaBrie - vocals
Jordan Rudess - keyboards
John Petrucci - guitars, backing vocals
Mike Portnoy - drums, backing vocals
John Myung - bass
Guest musicians
Jerry Goodman - violin
Additional info
The Deluxe Collector's Edition Box Set includes the full album, a CD of instrumental mixes of the album and a CD of six cover songs , plus the following special features:
DVD
- Stem mixes of standard CD (try your hand at producer with isolated audio tracks of the entire album)
- Dream Theater mouse mat
- Find a silver foil ticket (100 lucky fans win a Meet & Greet with the band)
- Lithograph of cover art, numbered (100 lucky winners will find a litho signed by Hugh Syme)
- Limited edition audiophile 180-gram double-LP set with exclusive artwork from Hugh Syme
Rating:
7.5
7.5
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Rating: 7.5 |
One of my all-time favorite bands, Dream Theater, has been mildly disappointing me since 2002 with their newfound musical direction. After a step in the right direction with their previous album Systematic Chaos, I was anxious to get my hands on their new offering Black Clouds & Silver Linings. With an album title suggesting aggression and great melodies, I thought this would be a real treat. Read more ›› |
Rating:
8.3
8.3
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Rating: 8.3 |
After revisiting Dream Theater's discography and particularly recently setting my eyes on this album, it was my album of choice to review, for there are really a lot of notes and opinions I'd like to speak out about it. With Black Clouds & Silver Linings released in 2009, Dream Theater vowed to hearken back to the days of 2003's Train Of Thought, with more heavy melodies, a straightforward metal approach, calm ballad-like songs in between with the obvious progressive elements, solos and some experimentation; though, after so many jams and extended solos, are we to say that their approach to experimentation, too, hasn't become something too ordinary and expected? Read more ›› |
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| Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695  |
The best they've done since "Six Degrees...". Love the album and this is what a special edition should look like! Not just one random bonus or demo track.
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Written by abacinatee on 19.09.2011 at 20:08 I like both, but the singing of TYR cover is a bit "mechanized", i mean, that's a bit mixed! i like the rest, but the singing ...bah 
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| Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603  |
Pretty polarizing - it has two absolutely bland slower numbers ("Wither" and "The Best Of Times"), three quite mood-dependant long songs ("Nightmare", "Rite", and "Shattered Fortress") and once again a great epic to close it. Stargazer is probably the best cover they ever did though, Rainbow's 70's style fits them well.
---- 7.0 means the album is good
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| Zombie94 Posts: 460  |
It's a shame because I find this band to be great instrumentally. But the singing and the lyrics are just so... gay.
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266  |
Written by [user id=17278] on 02.05.2012 at 00:52 I like this album, has a "Rush" feel to it more so than any of there other works.
---- rekt
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by tea[m]ster on 02.05.2012 at 03:01 I find their debut to have the biggest Rush feel to it.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Hermann Langke Brahmastra Corps Posts: 471  |
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| R Lewis Posts: 936  |
Written by [user id=34158] on 28.05.2010 at 07:21 And... 6?
---- We could be so much more than we are. Stop.
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| Vasil de Shumen Posts: 344  |
Performance - 10 Songwriting - 5 ( conglomerates of solos - Not songs ) Originality - 5 ( the old schemes from the previous albums + inappropriate and unnecessary influences - blast beat ) Production - 5 (The sound of instruments is digitally aligned = broken. The dynamics and the depth are missing.)
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| Mountain King K i K o Posts: 1361  |
There is quality and innovation here and there but as an album, it is weak. The production is great though.
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| Roman Doez Hallucigenia Posts: 978  |
This one is pretty great. I don't really understand why Wither and A Rite Of Passage exist, they're pretty average tracks, and the second half of The Count Of Tuscany needed a lot more polish, but A Nightmare To Remember, The Shattered Fortress and The Best Of Times are such masterpieces that I can't rate this album any lower. The deluxe edition has some great covers too, they should have put Lark's Tongue In Aspic or Stargazer in the actual album and removed Wither and A Rite Of Passage, it would have made for an almost perfect release. Overall a very solid 8.5 leaning to a 9.
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| 24emd Theory Snob Posts: 1089  |
One of my favs by DT. The Count of Tuscany is a masterpiece, but the album is consistently solid all the way through.
---- "I am too stupid to be human, and I lack common sense." - Proverbs 30:2 "Music? Well, it's just entertainment, folks!" - Devin Townsend Best 2024 Albums
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| Oldy86 Posts: 150  |
The Shattered Fortress and The Count Of Tuscany alone made this an 8 for me. The rest of it was very hit and miss for me unfortunately. But those 2 tracks were just outstanding
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| miekka18 Posts: 200  |
Lovely album. I think it's a concept album and really good one. My favorite song is propably Wither because it has some deep meaning to me from the time of this record was released. Best of times guitar solo really takes me somewhere else. Solid 8.5/10
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