Distance Over Time
by Dream Theater
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Dream Theater bestography
Distance Over Time is ranked 10th best out of 42 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 792 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,180.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Distance Over Time track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Distance Over Time rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 14 Music Albums of 2019 | 9/14 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 59 Music Albums of 2019 | 29/59 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2019 201-300 | 42/100 | - |
| 2026 | 1d410Arthur | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 78/99 | 22 |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2019 | 15/20 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2019 | 45/66 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 89/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 46 Music Albums of 2019 | 36/46 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 58 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 291 | |||
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Distance Over Time ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/17/2026 08:46 | cicadelic | 13,830 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2026 15:56 | jon5417 | 4,103 | 68/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 06:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,590 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.7.
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Forum mentions
neilgee 08/08/2026 09:41 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
teague 07/31/2020 22:02 in What album are you listening to right now? Purplepash 07/09/2020 08:36 in What album are you listening to right now?Distance Over Time comments
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teague 07/31/2020 23:16 | #256545 | TOP COMMENT
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This is their best album of the 2010s. The songs are tighter than they've ever really been and the musical acrobatics are never out of place. I do think a couple songs are a little underwhelming (Barstool Warrior, Room 137 (those lyrics sound like they were written by a high schooler), Out of Reach), but the rest are really good.
Not really my kind of music, but I think it is a good rock album.
jeremy9 09/18/2019 10:26 | #242761
One of the best album in 2019
Excellent album from Dream Theatre with stunning musicianship throughout. What is good is that the drums aren't stealing the shown like on so many of the earlier albums.
Highest quality prog-metal. Intricate and frequently excellent.
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