My Favorite Mike Portnoy Albums
by AAL2014

Michael Stephen Portnoy. One of the most important players to ever impact my drumming. His musicality, control of odd time, creativity, and powerful groove have helped me to shape my own drumming for over half a decade.

Mike's influence on me stems far beyond his drumming. His intellect fascinates me. Mike and I have a similar brain. We're both very analytical, detail oriented people who have a definitive direction for their music or otherwise. A lot of that comes from listening to the music of Dream Theater and studying Mike 's drumming and his decision making as a band leader, producer, set list creator, music collector, etc...

As for the music he has created since the late 80's, much of it has a special place in my heart and collection. You can find his drumming from multiple albums spread across my Main Chart on this site, however, with this chart, I'm taking it a step further. This chart will feature my favorite albums featuring Mike on drums.


There will be a lot of Dream Theater albums here that you've probably heard/of, but I encourage you...no no.. implore you to check out his side projects and post-DT material. SO much good stuff. Mike has been out of Dream Theater for more than 7 years and they are no longer the same band.. Holy shit, I still remember reading that news....
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[First added to this chart: 05/05/2017]
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1999
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2,259
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2005
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668
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2012
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104
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[First added to this chart: 08/01/2021]
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2002
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1992
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2,038
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[First added to this chart: 08/01/2021]
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2003
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652
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2007
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239
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[First added to this chart: 08/01/2021]
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2009
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597
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[First added to this chart: 08/01/2021]
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2014
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82
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[First added to this chart: 08/01/2021]
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1999
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100
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Total albums: 18. Page 1 of 2
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My Favorite Mike Portnoy Albums composition

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1990s 7 39%
2000s 6 33%
2010s 5 28%
2020s 0 0%
Country Albums %


United States 18 100%

My Favorite Mike Portnoy Albums chart changes

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Climber Up 2 from 13th to 11th
Liquid Tension Experiment
by Liquid Tension Experiment
Climber Up 2 from 8th to 6th
Train Of Thought
by Dream Theater
Climber Up 2 from 7th to 5th
Images And Words
by Dream Theater
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 2 from 5th to 7th
Systematic Chaos
by Dream Theater
Faller Down 2 from 6th to 8th
Black Clouds & Silver Linings
by Dream Theater
Faller Down 1 from 2nd to 3rd
Flying Colors
by Flying Colors
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Top 12 Music Albums of 2003danwright2522003 year chart2017
Top 12 Music Albums of 2002danwright2522002 year chart2016
Top 12 Music Albums of 2005 flyingcitrus2005 year chart2017Unknown
Top 11 Music Albums of 1992GeorgeW491992 year chart2018
Top 11 Music Albums of 1992ihwar20001992 year chart2013

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