Dream Theater Parasomnia
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Koris
Staff Reviewer
February 14th 2025


22351 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

WDaDU has definitely been the biggest leap in my ranking... ever since making my video on it, I've really come to appreciate it more and more over time



Edit: damn pagebreak has left my ranking in the previous page, lol

Titan
February 14th 2025


25894 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Good ranking, probably the same top 5 albums in a different order for me. I’d also have Black Clouds and the self titled higher.

Koris
Staff Reviewer
February 14th 2025


22351 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah, that's fair. Black Clouds is one of those albums that I desperately wish I could rate higher because of how brilliant the highlights are, but it's always been held back by some of the issues I addressed about that era of DT earlier. But man... that one-two finishing punch of The Best of Times and Count of Tuscany is worth the price of admission alone

Veldin
February 14th 2025


5556 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Cool ranking! Can you share this video with me?

Titan
February 14th 2025


25894 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah man I love Nightmare too

Koris
Staff Reviewer
February 14th 2025


22351 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Sure!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1IEZ4dfYts



I also did one on Awake if you'd like to check that out as well:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOq2i1tvmXU

Koris
Staff Reviewer
February 14th 2025


22351 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I've been a little slow with my Youtube output these days, but I'm planning on getting back into it soon

Meborphus
February 14th 2025


305 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

You might make some old heads upset with ToT so low. Very interesting ranking though! The debut in the top half is definitely something you don’t see too often.

AlexKzillion
Staff Reviewer
February 14th 2025


18543 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

train of thought and black clouds not even being top 10 really hurts my heart



still working on my own ranking as i complete my discog run... on relisten i have distance and view much higher than i initially thought

Meborphus
February 14th 2025


305 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

@ Titan re Outcry: it’s a great song! 3.5/5 for me. Probably my least favorite chorus on the album. Lost Not Forgotten on the other hand? Chef’s kiss.



@ Veldin - I think the discourse surrounding SC is pretty consistently polarizing. Enemies Pt. 1 is a discog classic, but Dark Eternal Night is embarrassing. The uneven quality of songs per album does definitely define the mid 00’s era.



Veldin
February 14th 2025


5556 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Thanks Koris! I’ll definitely check out your vid on Awake as well bc I don’t seem to “get it” like everyone else. I WANT to love it, but it didn’t resonate with me after 5 or so listens. I plan on returning to it and really chewing on Awake for awhile.

@meborphus- the problem is I like Dark Eternal Night lol Idk, like yeah the first minute or two of nu-Metal stylings is silly, but I like the chorus and think the lyrics are fun (reminds me of Iron Maiden). Half the time I think the album and the albums of that era are cringey, but other times I’m like, “I’m having a lot of fun”. I think Octavarium and now Systematic Chaos are the first albums in their discog where I’m starting to feel like there’s a cheesiness that goes beyond yr typical Prog cheese and enters into popular metal cheese. I also felt that with As I Am, but damn that song is fun lol. Sorry long rant

Veldin
February 14th 2025


5556 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I’m definitely gonna jam Liquid Tension Experiment bc I love the tracks I’ve heard and I’ll probably jam Petruccis solo work bc there’s only two albums (and a live album with Rudess), but is James LaBries solo albums and Mullmuzzer albums worth checking out?

Titan
February 14th 2025


25894 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

LTE's albums get boring quickly for me, therefore, I will take LaBrie's solo albums over them every day of the week. Also, Marco Sfogli is his guitarist and the guy is dynamite.

kalkwiese
February 14th 2025


10816 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

The great thing about LTE is they don't have to let James sing, sooo

Yea, better than DT at a certain point. The wank can be a bit much sometimes tbf, I am not always in LTE mood

Titan
February 14th 2025


25894 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Mine:



1) Images and Words

2) Awake

3) Scenes From a Memory

4) Six Degrees

5) A Change of Seasons

6) Falling Into Infinity

7) Black Clouds

8) A Dramatic Turn

9) Octavarium

10) Dream Theater

11) Systematic Chaos

12) Distance Over Time

13) A View From The Top

14) Train of Thought (I never have the urge to listen to this)

15) When Dream And Day

16) The Astonishing



Parasomnia will be right around Black Clouds and ADTOE

10-14 are somewhat interchangeable

e210013
February 14th 2025


5914 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm not pretty sure about my definitive ranking of the albums of the band Titan.

Still, I think I can show you what is probably my ranking at the moment.



1 - Scenes From A Memory

2- Awake

3 - Images And Words

4 - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

5 - Train Of Thought

6 - Black Clouds & Silver Linings

7 - Falling Into Infinity

8 - Octavarium

9 - A Dramatic Turn Of Events

10 - Distance Over Time

11 - A View From The Top Of The World

12 - Systematic Chaos

13 - Dream Theater

14 - The Astonishing

15 - When Dream And Day Unite



I'm listening to Parasomnia in this moment, so I canot rate it yet. Probably it will be put sometnig between Black Clouds & Silver Linings and A View From The Top Of The World. I think it can be considered a kind of a fresh air to the band.



11 to 15 are also somewhat interchangeable.



I don't put here A Change Of Seasons because thecnically it isn't a regular album but an EP. For me as it is like to belonds to Images And Words. So, I love it and it belongs to the top of their discogarphy.



Pikazilla
February 14th 2025


31861 Comments


I haven't heard everything by this band

but Awake is definitely the best

and Train of Thought/Astonishing are definitely the worst

e210013
February 14th 2025


5914 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I disagree Pika. Train of Thought is a great album. Very heavy and very umble, paraphrasing the name of the debut album of Uriah Heep.

Beardog
February 14th 2025


5827 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Fair ranking imo

e210013
February 14th 2025


5914 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Thanks for your comment Beardog



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