Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
by Dream Theater

From AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/21/2014 00:49 | #107036 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This record was my introduction to Dream Theater nearly 4 years ago. I fell in love with it right away with the music, the story (with parts of songs set in the present day, and others set in 1928), the production, the players, and the way the songs were set up into Acts. It's a genius album rivaling Dark Side of the Moon in my honest opinion. Though some songs are a bit.. draggier than others, they all have a hand in telling the amazing story crafted by the band. This album is simply a masterpiece and Dream Theater's finest work to date.

From floyducci 08/09/2013 05:54 | #83579 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

pink Floyd=dark side of the moon
dream theater = Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
I MEAN THIS RECORD IS A MASTERPIECE OF THESE YEARS.
40 YEARS AGO I LOVED PINK FLOYD, NOW I ADORE DREAM THETER

Just a good album. Really like it. After years of listening to this band and then realising that the mostly suck, this is the only album that remains listenable. Some decent riffs and some good writing. Intresting story, but a little like: "OMFG WHAT A FUCKING TRAGEDY JUST LOOK TRAGEDY SADDNESS RESOLUTION I FEEL LOST OMG". You understand me, hopefuly. It can be a little melodramatic, cheesy and predictable, but it's by far the best prog album to come out in the last 2 decades.

From Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/20/2018 01:34 | #208885 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Seeing a while back a BEA user had this as their number 1 best ever album I attempted to listen through and didn't get too far before giving up

Fast forward to February 2018 & I knuckled down and did it , I listened right through every moment twice all 1 hour and 17 minutes of this long album for a 2 hour 34 minute commitment

Firstly this is a very popular album sitting currently 496th over all on BEA , with Rolling Stone awarding it as the best ever Prog Concept Album . Secondly this album tells a convoluted tail of love , murder and regression through the eyes of a character call Nicolas who has apparently lived as a female Victoria in a previous life . So here's a tip before you listen jump on line to read and understand the story before you listen to this album because on my 2 listens I found it impossible to follow via the tracks ( its very confusing )

So is it any good ? Yes and no . The story is slightly interesting even though its a tad cliqued as we've heard it all before through movies and books , the musicianship is first class with ripping guitars , driving drums and an eclectic mix of instruments which includes a Honky Tonk cowboy piano thrown in at one point . There's also some neat story telling props such a cars starting , ice cubes clinking into glass and a creepy Hypnotherapist just to name a few

But ...

Lyrically oh boy it sure is cheesy , other BEA users have commented on this and I 100% agree , check this out:
"Wandered through my head / I wept just like a baby/ As I lay awake in bed" (Through Her Eyes)
or
" Feeling good this Friday afternoon / I ran into Julian / Said we'd get together soon " (Finally Free )

A masterpiece it most certainly is not

Closer to Spinal Tap

50/100

From Gooz 01/14/2014 06:43 | #100627 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

It definitely hasn't power for a such long listening. Great songs but, c'mon, not a masterpiece.