A View From The Top Of The World
by Dream Theater
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Dream Theater bestography
A View From The Top Of The World is ranked 15th 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 800 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,158.
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A View From The Top Of The World track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
A View From The Top Of The World rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Museman | Top 45 Music Albums of the 2020s | 19/45 | 12 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2021 | 17/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 17 Music Albums of 2021 | 4/17 | 4 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 84 Music Albums of the 2020s | 11/84 | 18 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 10 Music Albums of 2021 | 3/10 | 4 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 78/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 36 Music Albums of the 2020s | 15/36 | 12 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 52 Music Albums of 2021 | 34/52 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2021 | 52/58 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 38 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 216 | |||
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A View From The Top Of The World ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/15/2026 23:57 | Andrash | 236 | 65/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2026 09:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,023 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2026 09:49 | TonySayers61 | 25,808 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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I was a big Dream Theater fan up to Octavarium, but started losing interest when Systematic Chaos was released, and although I've listened to most of the albums released since a few times, I've never gone back to them the same way as their earlier stuff.
So from someone who is a bit of a lapsed fan, this is probably the album of theirs I've most enjoyed since Octavarium.
For me, it does a good job of combining being melodic and catchy with the virtuoso musicianship and solos, which is what I always thought was Dream Theater's biggest strength. It also sounds really nice, the production on this album is really good.
Highlights for me are "Transcending Time", which I think is a great example of the combining catchy, melodic songwriting with incredible musicianship, along with "Answering the Call" and "The Alien".
It is an album which sounds very much like they're staying in their comfort zone, which might not be a compliment for a prog band, but I think it's how reminiscent of the old stuff it is which makes me enjoy it so much. Overall, I think this is a really good album, and I think anyone who liked their classic albums would enjoy this.
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