Styles 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2005 So I want to pick up a Dream Theater CD, mostly because they're touring with Megadeth so I will likely be seeing them but am largely unfamiliar. Suposedly they're metal but everytime I put them in Music Match Jukebox their songs are like these long piano ballads. So, what's the deal? Anyone familiar with them, I'd appreciate a rundown of their catalogue and what you'd reccomend as a starter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2005 Images and Words, Awake and Train of Thought are all good CDs of theirs, chock full of crunchy metal with the off-kilter prog they're known for The long piano ballads you're probably getting are from Scenes From a Memory, which most of their fans consider classic (it's their answer to Operation: Mindcrime if you will), but I only like three songs off the CD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2005 D/l a song called me Pull Me Under, if you like that, you'll like some Dream Theater. However, on all their albums there is a good balance of heavy, balladry, and plain technical wizardry, so if can't handle that, odds are you won't be a big fan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Styles 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2005 D/l a song called me Pull Me Under, if you like that, you'll like some Dream Theater. However, on all their albums there is a good balance of heavy, balladry, and plain technical wizardry, so if can't handle that, odds are you won't be a big fan. I'm not looking to download anything, I want to get a cd and am looking for what their fans would consider their best work...I just heard a track from Train Of Thought on Music Match Jukebox so maybe I'll get that. Oh and the soft tracks I heard I think were from Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. Now I like prog rock (Rush being a favorite) but really these tracks just sounded like adult contemporary or something, definitely not rock in the sense. Is the whole album like that? See this is the info I need so I don't buy one with a different style and then shun the whole band for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2005 I personally think Train Of Thought is their weakest CD next to Falling To Infinity (I think that's what it's called, although I love Hell's Kitchen). I'd say Images and Words has less of the balladry and more prog stuff. Lots of crazy keyboarding with some heavier guitar stuff to match, although that switches up here and there. I can only think of two ballads on that CD, and one is only like 2 minutes long, so that would probably be an ideal starting point. If you don't like that one, you won't like Dream Theater. I mentioned d/l Pull Me Under because it's the opening track on that one, and you could save your money because if you don't like that you wouldn't have to buy the album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Styles 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2005 OK, well BMG didn't have Images And Words (I finally had a featured selection worth getting in Anthrax: Greater Of Two Evils which I wanted to get anyway, and so I get 2 free cds as a result) so I got Awake and Train Of Thought. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil-o-Mac 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2005 Awake and TOT are good picks if you like your prog-metal nice & ballsy. As for Six Degrees, no the whole CD isn't all piano ballads. The Glass Prison (track 1 on disc 1 of SDOIT) is possibly the heaviest thing they've ever done. 14 minutes of non-strop riffage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cartman 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2005 I have to say that Images and Words is the album you want. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
