The Astonishing
by Dream Theater
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Dream Theater bestography
The Astonishing is ranked 17th 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 802 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,157.
(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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The Astonishing track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Astonishing 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 |  AAL2014 | Worst Albums I’ve Listened To | 37/59 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Museman | Top 15 Music Albums of 2016 | 10/15 | 2 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 5 Music Albums of 2016 | 4/5 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | 1 My Chart All Time 3 | 89/100 | - |
| 2026 | Museman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2016 | 65/86 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | 2016 Honorable Mentions | 84/99 | - |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 61 Music Albums of 2016 | 59/61 | 0 |
| 2026 | mikepen | Top 34 Music Albums of 2016 | 19/34 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 40 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 202 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/10/2026 11:53 | Adhura | 1,733 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2026 19:42 | iann97 | 2,211 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2026 14:46 | TonySayers61 | 25,833 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 62.1/100, a mean average of 60.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 60.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 24.5.
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RockyRaccoon 02/03/2016 13:38 in From the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota: Rocky's LogThe Astonishing comments
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The length really hurts this album, when it used to be one of the strong points of Dream Theater.
I mean, I appreciate the effort, but it's like they wanted to achieve another Scenes from a Memory, in this era of the band.
And it really makes you uncomfortable...
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/24/2016 20:10 | #171750 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the site's biggest Dream Theater fans here.
I can tell you even live the music from this record was disappointing and I went to the show well aware that I was getting the full record..
..Left at intermission.
Some good moments, predictable melodies and exhausting lenght. The idea and the effort are remarkable, but on a musical level they could have done better. Nothing special.
Cargusbralem 10/09/2016 15:46 | #176601 | TOP COMMENT
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Alright can we bring Portnoy back now?
DanielNunes93 07/24/2016 18:33 | #171749 | TOP COMMENT
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The album is not bad, but...34 songs? More than 2hours?
It is impossible not to become bored, which is a shame , the album has good times! If they had just picked the best 10/12 songs, we had here a great Dream Theater album !
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