[QUOTE=Distorted Vision]I changed my rating to a 4 rather than a five. The re-emergence of this thread made me look over it and it's obvious I was in a state of quite severe fanboy-ism at the release of the CD. Over time I've come to see more of the faults and it's definitely not what I would now consider a 5-star album, but it's still enjoyable from time to time and I think 4 is fair.

Nevertheless, I'm going to leave my review as it is, even though I don't necessarily agree with all I said when it was written. This was when I had a little too much 'Blind Faith', so to speak, in Dream Theater. I've grown out of that, so it's not the same viewpoint I hold now, but I'm quite proud of it as my first review.[/QUOTE]

4/5 is perfect. Dream Theater, with the sole exception of Falling into Infinity, does not know how to make a bad album.

This one is different, and lesser to their bests, but still quite good. The first 6 minutes of This Dying Soul is my favorite spot of the album. If they cut it to six or seven minutes it would be the best track on the album.

Overall, every track is good or great, and i can listen to them all again and again.

[QUOTE=Kaden]Falling into Infinity gets a 0/5 from me. That album is the sucks.[/QUOTE]
falling into infinity isn't too bad, i in fact like it. just let me breathe, take away my pain, and you not me kill it kinda, but i'd give falling into infinity 3.75/5. trial of tears is orgasmic, and is in my favorite song. train of though isn't as bad as i thought it would be since most of my friends are fans of old dream theater and said train of though sucks, well, they're wrong. endless sacrifice, in the name of god, stream of consciousness, and vacant are all killer tracks. train of though gets a solid 4/5 from me :thumb: . . .

loved it

I just bought [I]Train of Thought[/I]. Its my 3rd DT album ([I]IaW[/I] and [I]SFAM[/I] being the first two), and I havent had a chance to fully listen to it yet. I guess all I can really say at this point is that its not quite as good as the other two I have, but I do like what I hear so far.

[QUOTE=juggalotricksta]I just bought [I]Train of Thought[/I]. Its my 3rd DT album ([I]IaW[/I] and [I]SFAM[/I] being the first two), and I havent had a chance to fully listen to it yet. I guess all I can really say at this point is that its not quite as good as the other two I have, but I do like what I hear so far.[/QUOTE]

It all depends on what you like.

If you like Dream Theater for their not-quite-as-heavy, epic stuff like is found on I&W and SFAM, then you might not like ToT as much, because ToT is pretty much straightforward progressive metal. It's quite a bit heavier than almost anything they've done, save for a few tracks on Awake and Six Degrees. The rest of their stuff can still be called metal, but ToT is *more* metal than the rest.

I like it because they think about what there writing. that fact that some bands do still care about there music that much is good to know. that's why i'm a tool fan, opeth fan, etc...