(progressive metal) Dream Theater-Images and Words

Kaden · 11-17-2003, 02:52 PM

Somebody requested this one, so just to be nice, I'm goin' for it.

Images and Words is among my top ten albums of all time. It really shows the amazing range of Dream Theater's musical abilities.

Pull Me Under: Not really anything special in my opinion, definitely a good song, but not much more.

Another Day: Great song. It starts off kind of iffy, and they bring in a soprano sax player, making it sound like elevator music, which I hate. After that, the song picks up and is wondeful.

Take The Time: A classic. It's great and uplifting, features an awesome instrumental, classic DT.

Surrender: A really good song, nothing amazing, but good nonetheless.

Metropolis Pt. 1: BEST SONG OF ALL TIME. This song totally rules, it starts off with the lonely keyboards, then the guitar comes in, all distortionified and cool. When Labrie's vocals come in, they're very high, he sings at the top of his range this whole song. One of their best instrumental parts follows this, then a finich with the vocals. Awesome song.

Under a Glass Moon: This song starts off with a pretty cool guitar riff, then the vocals come and it's pretty grovy. One of the best guitar solos of all time.

Wait For Sleep: This is the song Vacant tried to be. This is an all-aroud great song, just piano and vocals. Makes a great intro for:

Learning to Live: This is the last track on the album. It's so awesome, a true epic. My short attention span demands that I stop this review, so I'm not gonna go in detail about this song. It's equal with Metropolis Pt. 1, though. Amazing song.

On that note, this album gets a 5/5 from me. Great stuff

Distorted Vision · 11-17-2003, 03:42 PM

Definitely a 5/5, Dream Theater's best.

In my opinion Learning To Live is better than Metropolis, but only by a little bit. LTL is my second face DT song, I love it. The ending is amazing (but then again so is Metropolis').

I like the fact that on Take The Time, each member was assigned a verse each to write separate from one another, then they wrote the chorus together.

Finally, it's Surrounded, not Surrender.

Kaden · 11-17-2003, 04:10 PM

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Originally posted by Distorted Vision
Finally, it's Surrounded, not Surrender.

I knew that, I'm just having a retard day.

savarious · 11-17-2003, 04:19 PM

This is the best prog metal album IMO. The odd thing is that I absolutely love every song. Even on other records that I would rate a 5/5 there is at least one song that I don't like. I will never get bored with this album. Nice review.

Kaden · 11-17-2003, 06:18 PM

^ I agree, it's one of the few albums where I like every song.

sting-ray · 11-17-2003, 08:44 PM

images and words is an album that should be a part of every metal/prog fan's collection. This is without a doubt DTs best album. My favourite songs are Wait for sleep, metropolis pt. 1 and pull me under. I give this album a 5/5. DT really came up with some good material on this album.

FillInTheBlankHere___ · 11-17-2003, 09:31 PM

I prefer Scenes From A Memory, but Images and Words is ****ing amazing as well. On this CD, I really dig the mellower tracks as well as the ones with the crazy instrumental stuff, I like the slower tracks less on other DT albums. Definetely classic.

Bigbadbob · 03-10-2004, 12:11 PM

You know I picked this up after reading the rave reviews in this forum and I'm sorry to say I'm just not sold on this band. Their musicianship is 1st rate, no argument there but I do not like the vocals at all. An while I find myself really liking certain musical passages within a song, overall, the same song kinda leaves me flat....oh well cant like em all.

Kaden · 03-10-2004, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Bigbadbob

You know I picked this up after reading the rave reviews in this forum and I'm sorry to say I'm just not sold on this band. Their musicianship is 1st rate, no argument there but I do not like the vocals at all. An while I find myself really liking certain musical passages within a song, overall, the same song kinda leaves me flat....oh well cant like em all.

I felt the same way at first. I got the cd because of how many praises it got here at MX, and was severely dissapointed. I hated the vocals and everything, but after awhile it grew on me. All my favorite albums have had to grow on me. Just keep in mind, give it more of a chance, you may grow to love it like I did

Squirrel · 03-11-2004, 01:26 PM

^ I find if i like an album / song at first it gets very tiresome very quickly, but if i'm not too fond of it, it eventualy grows on me and becomes an all time favorite. Images and words takes lots of time to grow on you but once youlike it; you're hooked

mexicanfloydian · 04-24-2004, 05:28 PM

I bought this cd after reading this review, i tought i wasnt gonna like it at first as some of you said, but I love it since the first time i heard it

The JoZ · 04-24-2004, 06:02 PM

My uncle has this CD, and I've put it on my PC since...it's a great disc, but I think your review was a bit bare bones...

Kaden · 04-24-2004, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by The JoZ

My uncle has this CD, and I've put it on my PC since...it's a great disc, but I think your review was a bit bare bones...

You're right. I do better reviews now, the first few I made were pretty nondescript.

sensitiveorgan00 · 04-24-2004, 07:16 PM

This is one of the DT cd's I must buy. I've only heard around three songs from Images, great stuff. I love Pull Me Under, but I can't compare it to the rest of the album since I haven't heard it.

NoHoper · 04-24-2004, 07:20 PM

Dt Is GhEy DeY jUsT sOlO fOr HoUrS aNd NeVeR pLaY nEthInG hArD eVeN tHoUgH PeEpS TiNk DeRe sTuFf Is HaRd It AiNT

Hitroshimite · 04-24-2004, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Dt Is GhEy DeY jUsT sOlO fOr HoUrS aNd NeVeR pLaY nEthInG hArD eVeN tHoUgH PeEpS TiNk DeRe sTuFf Is HaRd It AiNT

By saying DT is not hard, are you saying that their stuff is easy to play, or that it's not 'heavy'?

If it's the former, you're an idiot. If it's the later, Images and Words was never meant to be 'hard' (go check out Train of Thought).

The JoZ · 04-25-2004, 12:01 AM

Train of Thought is a great metal album...that's probably why I love it so much...every song on there is an ass-kicking good time...except Vacant...

Hitroshimite · 04-25-2004, 01:43 AM

To be honest, Vacant is probably my favorite song off that album. The reason being that while I love DT, I really have to be in the mood for some crazy shred-solos, random time signature changes, etc. when I listen to them. Slow songs like 'Waiting for Sleep' and 'Vacant' don't have any of that, and as such are a bit 'easier' so listen to.

Also, I'd like to add that the Cello in Vacant is absolutely beautiful.

The JoZ · 04-25-2004, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitroshimite

To be honest, Vacant is probably my favorite song off that album. The reason being that while I love DT, I really have to be in the mood for some crazy shred-solos, random time signature changes, etc. when I listen to them. Slow songs like 'Waiting for Sleep' and 'Vacant' don't have any of that, and as such are a bit 'easier' so listen to.

Also, I'd like to add that the Cello in Vacant is absolutely beautiful.

And being a cellist myself, I love it as well...Waiting for Sleep is a great song too

...but I love being able to headbang and have good driving music as well, and the rest of ToT does that quite well

04-26-2004, 12:11 PM

5/5 awesome album

I love every song, and Portnoy OWNS on drums

11-17-2003, 02:52 PM	#1
Kaden Little Nancy Callahan Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 8,550	(progressive metal) Dream Theater-Images and Words Somebody requested this one, so just to be nice, I'm goin' for it. Images and Words is among my top ten albums of all time. It really shows the amazing range of Dream Theater's musical abilities. Pull Me Under: Not really anything special in my opinion, definitely a good song, but not much more. Another Day: Great song. It starts off kind of iffy, and they bring in a soprano sax player, making it sound like elevator music, which I hate. After that, the song picks up and is wondeful. Take The Time: A classic. It's great and uplifting, features an awesome instrumental, classic DT. Surrender: A really good song, nothing amazing, but good nonetheless. Metropolis Pt. 1: BEST SONG OF ALL TIME. This song totally rules, it starts off with the lonely keyboards, then the guitar comes in, all distortionified and cool. When Labrie's vocals come in, they're very high, he sings at the top of his range this whole song. One of their best instrumental parts follows this, then a finich with the vocals. Awesome song. Under a Glass Moon: This song starts off with a pretty cool guitar riff, then the vocals come and it's pretty grovy. One of the best guitar solos of all time. Wait For Sleep: This is the song Vacant tried to be. This is an all-aroud great song, just piano and vocals. Makes a great intro for: Learning to Live: This is the last track on the album. It's so awesome, a true epic. My short attention span demands that I stop this review, so I'm not gonna go in detail about this song. It's equal with Metropolis Pt. 1, though. Amazing song. On that note, this album gets a 5/5 from me. Great stuff

11-17-2003, 08:44 PM	#6
sting-ray sunset on Ibiza Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 11,875	images and words is an album that should be a part of every metal/prog fan's collection. This is without a doubt DTs best album. My favourite songs are Wait for sleep, metropolis pt. 1 and pull me under. I give this album a 5/5. DT really came up with some good material on this album. Last edited by sting-ray; 11-17-2003 at 08:59 PM.

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11-17-2003, 03:42 PM	#2
Distorted Vision Synchestra Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bristol Posts: 4,853	Definitely a 5/5, Dream Theater's best. In my opinion Learning To Live is better than Metropolis, but only by a little bit. LTL is my second face DT song, I love it. The ending is amazing (but then again so is Metropolis'). I like the fact that on Take The Time, each member was assigned a verse each to write separate from one another, then they wrote the chorus together. Finally, it's Surrounded, not Surrender.

11-17-2003, 04:19 PM	#4
savarious o Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: VA Posts: 802	This is the best prog metal album IMO. The odd thing is that I absolutely love every song. Even on other records that I would rate a 5/5 there is at least one song that I don't like. I will never get bored with this album. Nice review.

11-17-2003, 06:18 PM	#5
Kaden Little Nancy Callahan Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 8,550	^ I agree, it's one of the few albums where I like every song.

11-17-2003, 09:31 PM	#7
FillInTheBlankHere___ Look, a 3-headed monkey! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 2,327	I prefer Scenes From A Memory, but Images and Words is ****ing amazing as well. On this CD, I really dig the mellower tracks as well as the ones with the crazy instrumental stuff, I like the slower tracks less on other DT albums. Definetely classic.

03-10-2004, 12:11 PM	#8
Bigbadbob Lacks Originality Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Portland, Or Posts: 1,356	You know I picked this up after reading the rave reviews in this forum and I'm sorry to say I'm just not sold on this band. Their musicianship is 1st rate, no argument there but I do not like the vocals at all. An while I find myself really liking certain musical passages within a song, overall, the same song kinda leaves me flat....oh well cant like em all.

03-11-2004, 01:26 PM	#10
Squirrel Dungeons and Dargons Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 13,953	^ I find if i like an album / song at first it gets very tiresome very quickly, but if i'm not too fond of it, it eventualy grows on me and becomes an all time favorite. Images and words takes lots of time to grow on you but once youlike it; you're hooked

04-24-2004, 05:28 PM	#11
mexicanfloydian Welcome to the machine Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Chihuahua, Mexico Posts: 1,181	I bought this cd after reading this review, i tought i wasnt gonna like it at first as some of you said, but I love it since the first time i heard it

04-24-2004, 06:02 PM	#12
The JoZ Beyond The Divide Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Norfolk, Virginia, USA Posts: 12,452	My uncle has this CD, and I've put it on my PC since...it's a great disc, but I think your review was a bit bare bones...

04-24-2004, 07:16 PM	#14
sensitiveorgan00 Birds on Fire Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,568	This is one of the DT cd's I must buy. I've only heard around three songs from Images, great stuff. I love Pull Me Under, but I can't compare it to the rest of the album since I haven't heard it.

04-24-2004, 07:20 PM	#15
NoHoper ROFLMFAO now STFU! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 373	Dt Is GhEy DeY jUsT sOlO fOr HoUrS aNd NeVeR pLaY nEthInG hArD eVeN tHoUgH PeEpS TiNk DeRe sTuFf Is HaRd It AiNT

04-25-2004, 12:01 AM	#17
The JoZ Beyond The Divide Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Norfolk, Virginia, USA Posts: 12,452	Train of Thought is a great metal album...that's probably why I love it so much...every song on there is an ass-kicking good time...except Vacant...

04-25-2004, 01:43 AM	#18
Hitroshimite Komm Süsser Tod Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,771	To be honest, Vacant is probably my favorite song off that album. The reason being that while I love DT, I really have to be in the mood for some crazy shred-solos, random time signature changes, etc. when I listen to them. Slow songs like 'Waiting for Sleep' and 'Vacant' don't have any of that, and as such are a bit 'easier' so listen to. Also, I'd like to add that the Cello in Vacant is absolutely beautiful.

04-26-2004, 12:11 PM	#20
Zppln Guest Posts: n/a	5/5 awesome album I love every song, and Portnoy OWNS on drums