... each track is a masterpiece with the shortest track being 4 minutes 29 seconds long(i walk beside you) and the longest track being a staggering 24 minutes long (Octavarium). Every track is very much different in the sense that you never!! get bored of the album, but yet each track is different ... Read review
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Octavarium
Prog rockers Dream Theater tallied 16 years as a band with the release of Octavarium, but
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in listening you're apt to suspect otherwise. As a collective they remain as tight as they were on 2003's obsessively dark Train of Thought (like all music-school...
Octavarium - Dream Theater
Prog rockers Dream Theater tallied 16 years as a band with the release of Octavarium, but
... more
in listening you're apt to suspect otherwise. As a collective they remain as tight as they were on 2003's obsessively dark Train of Thought (like all music-school...
Octavarium - Dream Theater
Prog rockers Dream Theater tallied 16 years as a band with the release of Octavarium, but
... more
in listening you're apt to suspect otherwise. As a collective they remain as tight as they were on 2003's obsessively dark Train of Thought (like all music-school outfits, they've exacted an all-for-one formula that doesn't allow a single player more than his share of swagger), but a post-hardcore edge--call it a leap into 2005--has invaded their pledge of allegiance to theatrical heavy rock. Hear it on "I Walk Beside You" and "The Answer Lies Within," both of which, at under five minutes, play like charming haikus from a band known for its epic poetry, and also on the orchestra-backed 20-plus-minute final cut, which skips around from Pink Floyd to Rush to Black Sabbath influences, stopping off every so often at a place fans of My Chemical Romance might find familiar. As with all the band's discs, guitars loom large and both doom and redemption seem no further than the next twisted verse. What's changed is Dream Theater's commitment to carrying on their reputation as underground progressive rock's classicists, and it seems well-timed. --Tammy La Gorce, All Music Guide
Advantages: each track is long making this album worth your money Disadvantages: none what so ever
OK this album by Dream Theater is purely one of their best pieces of work yet if not the best. It consists of 8 completely groundbreaking tracks. Groundbreaking in terms of it's excellence that is. I personally cannot say one bad thing about a single track on the album. It is true music and truly inspirational. your very much getting your money worth with buying this album. each track is a masterpiece with the shortest track being 4 minutes 29 seconds ... ...staggering 24 minutes long (Octavarium). Every track is very much different in the sense that you never!! get bored of the album, but yet each track is different in it's own way, in terms of tonality and tempo. The songs which are included on the album are as follows:
1. The root of all evil
This song is a follow on from 'This Dying Soul' on the 'Train of Thought' album, which is again a follow on from 'The Glass Prison' on the 'Six Degrees of ...
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Advantages: an awesome cd, with unbelievable guitar solos that will inspire all you guitarists out there! Disadvantages: songs are rather long and get a little repetitive
yes people!
dream theater are such an awesome talented band that really do show the other bands up in playing abilities!
john petruci never lets you down with those unbelieveable guitar solos and the drum rides and the super fast keyboard solos!
the only problem i have with it is that dream theater always seem to bore me after iv heard 10 minutes of continuous guitar solos, i wish they would learn to keep songs below the 10 minutes mark, when ...
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Advantages: Classic Dream Theater, but with a new twist Disadvantages: More of a "poppy" style that Dream Theater's other work
...introduced on Train of Thought, Octavarium still manages to be a different album, with its own individual style.
The range of different song styles on this album is staggering, with the poppy U2esque style of I Walk Beside You, compared to teh PInk Floyd style of parts of the title track Octavarium. Possibly the only thing I would change about this album would be more focus on the progressive style of Dream Theater's earlier albums, such as Awake ...
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Album Notes: Dream Theater: John Petrucci (vocals, guitar); Mike Portnoy (vocals, drums, percussion); James LaBrie (vocals); Jordan Rudess (lap steel guitar, keyboards); John Myung (bass instrument).
Titles on disc 1
1.: Root Of All Evil
2.: Answer Lies Within
3.: These Walls
4.: I Walk Beside You
5.: Panic Attack
6.: Never Enough
7.: Sacrificed Sons
8.: Octavarium
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