Album Rating: 3.5

This definitely has its moments but some cuts like the opener are just embarassing. I prefer Falling into Infinity though, much more versatile.

I like As I Am... just gotta completely ignore the lyrics

Album Rating: 4.0

It's gimmick that is purely carried by nostalgia but the drum solo is legit awesome

Album Rating: 3.0

Taking in the view

from the outside,

feeling like the underdog.



Watching through the window,

I'm on the outside.

Living like the underdog!

Album Rating: 3.0

yah first DT album i heard, dad showed me it when I was prob about 14

Album Rating: 3.5

Gotta learn to ignore the lyrics with most of DT's stuff. I haven't gone through this in ages, but looking at the tracklist is making me wanna bump up my score, and I don't think it's just the nostalgia. These are all some of my favourite DT songs

Album Rating: 3.0

stream of consciousness and in the name of god are good enough to get this album a 3. plus some other typically amazing moments of musicianship scattered amongst the cheese

Album Rating: 4.0

The weird thing is that the lyrics to Endless Sacrifice, Vacant and arguably In The Name of good are actually pretty good.



I'd even argue that Endless Sacrifice have some of DT's best lyrics

Album Rating: 4.0

Lyrics are usually the last thing I'm paying attention to with DT, but yeah Endless Sacrifice and Vacant are pretty good in that department.

But man what I wouldn't do for an all-instrumental DT discog

Album Rating: 3.5

I would do nothing for instrumental DT, Labrie is deeply embedded in Theater's culture. Can't tell the same for the mediocre backing vocals of Portnoy...

Album Rating: 4.0

Potnoy's vocals >>> Petrucci's vocals



Apart from Nightmare to Remember. The fuck were you thinking Portnoy

What songs does JP have vocals on haha? I just assumed all the non-Labrie vocals were Portnoy

Album Rating: 3.5

Petrucci has always been a studio backing-vocalist for DT. In nearly any album of theirs he is mentioned as "John Petrucci: Guitars, vocals".

Album Rating: 4.0

Petrucci and Portnoy have awful vocals sadly lol. And yeah I completely agree that LaBrie is embedded the DT culture but I'd love to have instrumentals on top of that, but that could just be because I'm almost always more focused on instruments rather than vocals as a drummer

Oh I'm aware he gets credited as such, I'm just struggling to think of any serious and non-negligible instances of it. Looking up "John Petrucci vocals" and the only results are demos.

I'm assuming that's him in the Fatal Tragedy chorus, nothing comes to my outside of that. Maybe he's just severely low in the mix or something.

Album Rating: 4.0

I think Petrucci features a lot in Six Degrees and Systematc Chaos

Album Rating: 2.5

LeBrie was genuinely great before he started trying to sound like a tough guy.

Album Rating: 4.0

LaBrie always did what he was told tbh

Album Rating: 2.5

Imagine all of those awkward conversations over the years, instructing him to sound all tough and stuff.

Album Rating: 4.0

'Ok James, we need to really emphasis anger and frustration in these lines'

'You got it guys'

*cough*



'TAKE ME AS I YEEEEEE-AAAAAAMMMM'