Dream Theater
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AAL2014 
One of the bands I've been into for a very long time. Mike Portnoy influenced me as a drummer more than just about anyone. I fell in love by hearing Scenes From a Memory after plucking it out of my dad's album collection. My friends in my first band turned me on to Octavarium and we would listen to it all the way through. I discovered the rest of the catalog soon after.
For anyone unsure of this band, just give them a well deserved listen. Prog or prog metal may not be your cup of tea, but these guys have great songwriting abilities to accompany their instrumental prowess. Dream Theater will always have one of my favorite back catalogs and I will always consider them an influence, but they are starting to lose me with their last couple albums. The Astonishing is anything but. I hope to always be a fan of this band be it Mike Portnoy or Mike Mangini.. Dream Theater is one of the greats.
- Chart updated: 02/07/2025 06:45
- (Created: 06/18/2016 21:46).
- Chart size: 21 albums.
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Dream Theater composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1980s | 1 | 5% | |
| 1990s | 5 | 24% | |
| 2000s | 8 | 38% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 24% | |
| 2020s | 2 | 10% |
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| Dream Theater | 21 | 100% |
Dream Theater chart changes
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| Down 1 from 11th to 12th Live Scenes From New York by Dream Theater |
| Down 1 from 12th to 13th Black Clouds & Silver Linings by Dream Theater |
| Down 1 from 13th to 14th A Change Of Seasons by Dream Theater |
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| Parasomnia by Dream Theater |
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From AAL2014 02/27/2017 19:18 | #186486
AAL2014 02/27/2017 19:18 | #186486
Hey LedZep. Thanks for your interest in my charts, very honored to hear that from a member like yourself who has great taste and wonderful charts as well. Many of my charts are incomplete, others are just always going to be works in progress.
As for this chart, The Astonishing does nothing for me. There are a lot of people who love it and many who were floored by the live show of it. I attended their Detroit show fully aware of what I was getting. I had listened to disc 1 previously, bored to death telling myself I'll get to disc 2 at some point before the show comes. Well, I didn't. At the show, the lights which corresponded with the technical rhythms were impeccable and the stage looked very unique however live, the music came out as lifeless as it did on my CD. Aaaaand my friends and I took off at intermission. Still haven't heard disc 2 and I don't give a shit enough at the moment to do so. I'm sure I will at some point, but man it's a bummer of a record. Ambitious, yes, but perhaps a bit too much.
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LedZep 01/29/2017 01:40 | #184467
LedZep 01/29/2017 01:40 | #184467
Astonishing is really THAT bad? I've been browsing your charts today and I like your taste very much and I haven't listened to Astonishing yet...
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