Dream Theater 
The latest album released by Dream Theater is Parasomnia. This album was released 02/07/2025.
The best album credited to Dream Theater is Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory which is ranked number 737 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2,408.
Dream Theater is ranked number 210 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 9,924.
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- See also:
- Billy And Charles
- Franke & The Knockouts
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Dream Theater best albums
The following albums by Dream Theater are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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Dream Theater bestography composition
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Dream Theater best tracks
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Dream Theater ratings
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100/100  | 09/16/2024 19:31 | VINYLGUY7788 | | 79/100 |
95/100 | 08/19/2024 17:49 | tiger555 | | 93/100 |
85/100 | 07/19/2024 08:23 |  doombringer | | 90/100 |
35/100 | 02/13/2024 00:55 | RockingRoll666 | | 79/100 |
80/100 | 01/25/2024 02:36 | r0b07 | | 84/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 3% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 80.3/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 18.9.
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probably the closest metal has gotten to being decent in and of itself but I'm not really a fan. I respect images and words though....
more metal cliches but with better musicians. i like them when they stick to more classic prog I guess
jeremy9 03/02/2020 08:34
High level of progressive metal
I have tons of respect because they are extremely talented players, but they can't write a half-decent song to save their lives.
Cargusbralem 02/05/2019 19:24
Not every band has a 10 HANDED DEMIGOD on every instrument
Amazing musicians with some underrated somgwriting talent, but they should've hung it up after Octavarium.
LedZep 02/27/2018 00:41
Musically they’re currently the best band out there. It’s not all in technical stuff, but it tends to be forgotten among non-musicians how hard it is to perfect playing instrument(s).
Chicken4Sale 08/22/2016 01:16
Super underrated band with incredible musicians and complex songs. One of my all time favorites, and a must listen for prog rock fans
koner1 03/07/2015 00:35
Don't know if I call myself a fan, but lots respect for these guys, they are great musicians with fantastic variety. Most importantly, they make very engaging music.
It sounds like there is tons of inspiration that they put into their music, which is something honorable.
AAL2014 02/02/2015 23:41
Dream Theater has been a favorite of mine since I first seriously started listening to music.
We always mention their musicianship, and of course it's on a level that only few other bands have reached, but sometimes that's all people focus on and there is so much more to the band than that. Dream Theater can write truly amazing songs, not just long epic songs. They have an amazing sense of melody and they are one of the best live bands on Earth.
I don't think anything has topped, or ever will top Scenes From A Memory in their catalog, but Six Degrees and Octavarium came close. This band helped revolutionize and widen the audience of progressive music and for that they should be applauded.
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