Falling Into Infinity (studio album) by Dream Theater
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Falling Into Infinity is ranked 13th best out of 38 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 743 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,375.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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80/100  | 04/30/2025 12:50 |  luigybetis | | 87/100 |
85/100 | 04/24/2025 14:57 | lolothardo | | 73/100 |
90/100 | 04/23/2025 18:57 | Museman | | 93/100 |
90/100 | 02/26/2025 22:07 | POWER18 | | 97/100 |
95/100 | 02/24/2025 10:19 | tiger555 | | 93/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.1/100, a mean average of 68.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.
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I agree, veeeery underrated. New millennium is a masterpiece that might not belong to DT
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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