Falling Into Infinity
by Dream Theater

Falling Into Infinity by Dream Theater
Year: 1997
Overall rank: 6,153rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 104 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (98th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (991st)
Award Best albums of all time (6,153rd)

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Dream Theater bestography

Falling Into Infinity is ranked 13th best out of 41 albums by Dream Theater on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Dream Theater is Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory which is ranked number 784 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,204.

Dream Theater album bestography « Higher ranked (5,699th)
Systematic Chaos
This album (6,153rd)
Falling Into Infinity
Lower ranked (6,738th) »
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Falling Into Infinity rankings

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Overall rank: 6,153rd | 1990s rank: 991st | 1997 rank: 98th

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70/100 (from 104 votes)
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From 04/30/2013 21:03 | #74878
I agree, veeeery underrated. New millennium is a masterpiece that might not belong to DT
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From 08/28/2012 05:24 | #49353
I think this album is underrated. Sherinian brings an interesting dynamic to the band's sound, and Petrucci belts out some of his most tasteful solos ever. There are a few duds on this album, for sure - it tends to be a bit too "alternative" in spots, and gets a little -too- dynamic at times. Still, songs like New Millennium, Hell's Kitchen, Lines in the Sand, and Trial of Tears are Dream Theater at its best. Even the piano-driven song Anna Lee gets high marks in my book.

Some other minor issues that keep this album from DT's top tier:
(1) Some of the songs are a bit -too- derivative of other bands, even for DT.
(2) The album is far more succinct than some of the others in DT's catalog, but they still managed to leave the best work from the recording sessions off the album. Then again, the 20-minute epic Metropolis Part 2 was developed into a (generally) excellent full album two years later, so I can't complain too much.
(3) Desmond Child's influence on You Not Me makes that song sooo un-DT. The original chorus was just as bad though. The song probably should've been canned completely in favor of Raise the Knife.

I guess my 90/100 is factoring in all the deleted material - otherwise, we'd be looking at a low-end 85.
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