How does it compare to the artist's other releases
Average
Value for Money
Good
Advantages:
Classic Dream Theater, but with a new twist
Disadvantages:
More of a "poppy" style that Dream Theater's other work
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
This is a great album, because whilst still retaining the progressive nature which has been valuable to Dream Theater fans since the 1980's and the heavier style 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 and Images and Words, and/or the heaviness which is found on Train of Thought, and later on Systematic Chaos.
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Octavarium - Dream Theater
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...
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... more
in listening you're apt to suspect otherwise. As a collective they remain as tight as they were on 2003's obsessively darkTrain of Thought(like all music-school ou...
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