Octavarium
by Dream Theater

Octavarium by Dream Theater
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-06-07
Overall rank: 2,454th

Average Rating:

76/100 (from 205 votes)

Accolades:

Top albums of 2005 (51st)

Top albums of of the 2000s (403rd)

Best albums of all time (2,454th)

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Dream Theater bestography

Octavarium is ranked 4th 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 2,178.

Dream Theater album bestography « Higher ranked (2,398th)
Train Of Thought This album (2,454th)
Octavarium Lower ranked (2,464th) »
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

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Octavarium track list

The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Root Of All Evil

Average Rating: 84 (47 votes)Comments: 2

The Answer Lies Within

Average Rating: 80 (41 votes)Comments: 0

These Walls

Average Rating: 83 (46 votes)Comments: 1

I Walk Beside You

Average Rating: 81 (44 votes)Comments: 1

Panic Attack

Average Rating: 86 (59 votes)Comments: 1

Never Enough

Average Rating: 79 (44 votes)Comments: 1

Sacrificed Sons

Average Rating: 83 (47 votes)Comments: 1

Octavarium

Average Rating: 89 (87 votes)Comments: 3

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Octavarium rankings

Octavarium rankings summary

Overall rank: 2,454th | 2000s rank: 403rd | 2005 rank: 51st
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings).(Last updated: 2 hours ago)

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Year	Source	Chart	Rank	Rank Score
2026	slatsheit	Top 15 Music Albums of 2005	12/15	1
2026	Helios	Top 100 Music Albums of 2005	72/100	1
2026	Museman	Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s	9/100	18
2026	juanr1096	Top 99 Music Albums of 2005	95/99	0
2026	Steppenwolf666	Top 100 Music Albums of 2005	90/100	1
2026	AAL2014	Top 52 Music Albums of 2005	1/52	5
2026	ssteve	Top 57 Music Albums of 2005	57/57	0
2026	Museman	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	18/100	80
2026	fabm0	Top 16 Music Albums of 2005	8/16	3
2026	jeremy9	Top 87 Music Albums of 2005	30/87	3
		Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		108
		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		654

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Octavarium ratings

Average Rating:

76/100 (from 205 votes)

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70/100 !	06/06/2026 16:19	Exist-en-ciel	15,604	70/100
75/100 !	03/07/2026 23:18	PapaShiz86	11,695	79/100
50/100 !	12/29/2025 17:47	mutant	1,671	56/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.

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Forum mentions

This album has been referenced 3 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.

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BestEverAlbums 08/15/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5405): By AAL2014

“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by AAL2014 () 1. by (1976) 2. by (1975) 3. by (2015) 4. by (1969) 5. by by (1965) 9. by (1999) 10. by (1966) 11. by (1998) 14. (1973) 16. by (1971) 18. by (1973) 19. by by (1972) 21. by (1975) 22. (1984) 23. by (2012) 24. by (1984) 25. by…”

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BestEverAlbums 09/24/2018 20:00 in Album of the day (#2841): Octavarium by Dream Theater

“Today's album of the day Octavarium by Dream Theater ( | ) Year: 2005. Country: Overall rank: 1,851 Average rating: 76/100 (from 139 votes). Tracks: 1. Root Of All Evil 2. Answer Lies Within 3. These Walls 4. I Walk Beside You 5. Panic Attack 6. Never Enough 7. Sacrificed Sons 8. Octavarium About…”

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dihansse 07/27/2017 21:09 in My discoveries per year

“Thx AAL2014 and here is my opinion: - (nr 44 on the overall BEA top chart of 2005): I think I most agree with your comment on how tedious DT can be but there is one great track on this album with a very good guitar solo, Never Enough, and also the title track is not bad. The rest is really not my…”

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Octavarium comments

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100/100

From YoungPunk 03/10/2018 20:42 | #210599 | TOP COMMENT

Solid DT release. Nothing too mind blowing

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From TheMostAverage 02/26/2017 09:48 | #186373 | TOP COMMENT

Title track is godlike. Even if it has some songs, that were either melodramatic or plain meehy, the album is strong enough to hold up.

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90/100

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AAL2014 06/21/2016 07:51 | #169313 | TOP COMMENT

Probably Dream Theater's best work since Metropolis Part 2. The only forgettable song here is Sacrificed Sons, the rest is great. Great however, does not begin to describe the power of the title track.

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Rating:

80/100

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flyingcitrus 10/06/2015 20:12 | #151084 | TOP COMMENT

One of the most creative concepts for an album I know

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75/100

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