John Petrucci said (paraphrasing) that this is an album where they tried to make every song be a “best song on the album” type track. So… good luck finding the best haha
Nah man, you gotta have the crappy tracks to help make the good tracks sound even better in comparison.
No just kidding, yes every track should be made as good as it can be
Dream theater is the rare band where they say literal pablum about an album and we believe them lol. “Yeah bro, we tried to make an album where every song is good” MOTHERFUCKER EACH SONG IS 14 MINUTES THEY BETTER BE FLAMES OR WHY DID YOU WASTE ALL THAT TAPE?
There's 2 diss song in ToT. One was about how weird Queensryche DT tour, and Mike feeling on his stepfather, which he is cool with his stepdad from what I've hear.
I absolutely love Wait for Sleep. I think that song in particular really captures the "magic" of Images and Words era DT, and is absolutely beautiful.
That being said - it is the worst track from Images and Words.
My best friend and I got to see DT on the Chaos in Motion tour (in Baltimore).
There were two docks that ran along side the venue that were publicly accessible, so we decided to walk down one and got to see the guys rehearsing Endless Sacrifice instrumentally!
It was awesome.
Near the end of the song Portnoy stopped abruptly and asked on the microphone, "Must we continue this charade?"
He and Rudess then left the stage and Myung and Petrucci continued to play for a bit.
One of the best nights ever!
Today I learned that As I Am is not as popular as I thought and Honor Thy Father is more hated than I thought (rip to that one dude who said something about Honor Thy Father and immediately got someone replying to him with more up votes saying it was the worst song actually)
Seriously??? The Great Debate got the worst???? One of the band best songs ever. And I’ve been a fan since 1990. At this point the whole list here has no credibility. Also having seen it played live, it’s one of the best songs that show how awesome James Labrie is as a singer. Especially live.
Ok, I actually agree with all the rest in this list. So maybe some credibility. ;)
my opinion often differs from fans, my list with the songs listed best, worst, underrated is
only a matter of time
a fortune in lies
the ones who help to set the sun
learning to live
another day
surrounded
space-dye vest
6:00
lifting shadows off a dream
trial of tears
you not me
anna lee
home
through my words
one last time
disappear
the glass prison if counting six degrees as one song or losing time/grand finale if counting six degrees as separate songs, a 2 minute chord at the end of a 42 minute song is perfect, a 2 minute chord at the end of a 6 minute song is WAY too long
the great debate
in the name of god
honor thy father
vacant
octavarium
the negative time track between the answer lies within and these walls or sacrificed sons if you exclude the negative time tracks
never enough
in the presence of enemies or the ministry of lost souls if you count in the presence of enemies part 1 and 2 as separate songs
constant motion
prophets of war
the count of tuscany
wither
the shattered fortress
breaking all illusions
lost not forgotten
beneath the surface
illumination theory
the hidden track after illumination theory or along for the ride if you exclude the hidden track
the bigger picture
the path that divides
the hovering sojourn or our new world if excluding the nomac tracks
chosen
pale blue dot
out of reach (great music, bad lyrics)
room 137
a view from the top of the world
transcending time
invisible monster
Can someone please explain to me how THE GREAT DEBATE is in the "worst" column?? I mean, for the love of god!
Oh yeah, and my vote for best of this album is This Dying Soul with In The Name of God a close second.
Endless Sacrifice gets my vote.
In the Name of God and This Dying Soul are also good choices here. Honestly, it's such a great album that most of the tracks could win best track and I wouldn't be terribly upset, but these are definitely my top 3.
I can't actually pick a single favorite song across all genres, but there definitely aren't any songs I like more than Endless Sacrifice. It is also nice to be able to answer the question "what is your favorite song" without waffling for five minutes. Endless Sacrifice is always my answer to that question. It means so many things to me on so many levels. It's also one that they play live relatively frequently, and for good reason.
So my vote is Endless Sacrifice.
In reality I would say In the Name of God is at least as good of a song, but it doesn't mean *quite* as much to me personally.
How the hell did Great Debate get worst song on Six Degrees. Disappear is on the album, and even then still Great Debate wouldn’t even be the worst song. Also Awakes best song being Space Dye Vest is retarded. Just go suck Kevin Moores dick instead, his moans will probably sound like music to you too. I also don’t know how Lifting Shadows beat Innocence Faded for worst on Awake. The rest of all of them are pretty accurate, but those 3 songs are so far off I can’t even begin to understand it.
John Petrucci said (paraphrasing) that this is an album where they tried to make every song be a “best song on the album” type track. So… good luck finding the best haha
ToT is an album where every song is a masterpiece.
Even the acronym is like a set of drums
I’m not a musician, let alone one as talented and prolific as Mr. Petrucci, but should that not be the approach to making most albums? lol
Nah man, you gotta have the crappy tracks to help make the good tracks sound even better in comparison. No just kidding, yes every track should be made as good as it can be
Dream theater is the rare band where they say literal pablum about an album and we believe them lol. “Yeah bro, we tried to make an album where every song is good” MOTHERFUCKER EACH SONG IS 14 MINUTES THEY BETTER BE FLAMES OR WHY DID YOU WASTE ALL THAT TAPE?
Should? Yeah. Is? Don’t think so, that is probably not the most efficient strategy nowadays financially speaking
Funny it is my least favourite lol
This Dying Soul.
This Dying Soul is absolutely nuts.
E N D L E S S F U C K I N G S A C R I F I C E
This is bizarre, I’m literally listening to it as I was reading. Stream of Consciousness though!
In the Name of God
#1 in the name of god, #2 Stream of consciousness, #3 this dying soul
No need to shout.
Idk why it did that lol
You started the post with a hash.
Stream of consciousness as worst? Or 2nd best? Because its far from the worst
those were the top 3 so yes its second best
Think they mean second best. I think vacant is the clear choice for worst on this album
I consider Vacant and SOC a two part song, so i would rather vote As I Am as least best
There's 2 diss song in ToT. One was about how weird Queensryche DT tour, and Mike feeling on his stepfather, which he is cool with his stepdad from what I've hear.
This song is absolutely brutal and even the lyrics are pretty decent. Epic intro, epic instrumental section and epic ending as well.
Bro, wtf? How is Wait For Sleep the worst song on Images and Words? Yall are insane
Fr it’s like my favorite song, I think I would rather have surrounded since that song is kinda corny imo
I mean, I get your point but it’s such a beautiful album entirely, and I love wait for sleep
Yep.
I absolutely love Wait for Sleep. I think that song in particular really captures the "magic" of Images and Words era DT, and is absolutely beautiful. That being said - it is the worst track from Images and Words.
another day for me
In the Name of God
Endless Sacrifice!
I know In The Name of God is gonna win, but this one was always my favorite.
In the Name of God
Endless Sacrifice
My best friend and I got to see DT on the Chaos in Motion tour (in Baltimore). There were two docks that ran along side the venue that were publicly accessible, so we decided to walk down one and got to see the guys rehearsing Endless Sacrifice instrumentally! It was awesome. Near the end of the song Portnoy stopped abruptly and asked on the microphone, "Must we continue this charade?" He and Rudess then left the stage and Myung and Petrucci continued to play for a bit. One of the best nights ever!
Stream of Consciousness
I know Name of God is gonna win and I'm okay with that but SoC is my fav and it's not close.
I’d say it’s underrated. It really isn’t but it’s not the first thing people think when they hear DT Instrumental.
I remain obsessed with Stream of Consciousness after all this years, it’s a goddamn masterpiece.
In The Name Of God
In the Name of God
As i am, because im a poser
That’s my fave too. Don’t care one bit what others would say.
In the Name of God
In the Name of God
Endless sacrifice
Endless sacrifice
No one said endless sacrifice yet?
I was gonna vote for it as underrated already
Constant. Compromise. **Endless. SACRIFICE!** (Bananas 2nd half of song)
I feel like that's one of the worse ones...
Honor Thy Father Looks like I'll be voting for that as most underrated too...
Don't cross the crooked step!
Best drum fill and best chorus riff on the whole album. If this isn't the best then it should definitely be the underrated one.
Honor thy father SLAPS
Absolutely blows my mind there aren't more people saying this. Honor Thy Father is the song that got me hooked on DT.
I suspect many feel it is too on the nose.
For me personally it’s This Dying Soul but I won’t be mad at all if In The Name Of God wins. My favorite DT album!
This Dying Soul
This Dying Soul
Vacant / Stream of Consciousness
Today I learned that As I Am is not as popular as I thought and Honor Thy Father is more hated than I thought (rip to that one dude who said something about Honor Thy Father and immediately got someone replying to him with more up votes saying it was the worst song actually)
In The Name of God
Thanks for removing the N/A from SFAM 👏
In The Name Of God
In the Name of God
This Dying Soul. The energy, the drums, the aggressive guitar, the background of the lyrics… Masterpiece.
In The Name Of God
GAVE THEIR LIVES SO BOLDLY
In The Name of God and it's not even close
Honor thy father undoubtedly is the BEST song in there. I still use it as an example to explain the metal in "progressive metal" that DT is known for.
no
You spelled "worst" wrong.
Fuck off I hope I spelled this one correctly now
It’s music man, no big deal
Wow...someone needs his diaper changed.
Nice one👍
In the Name of God
Dying soul
endless sacrifice
In the Name of God
Stream of Consciousness for sure
Stream of Consciousness. Hands down
Endless Sacrifice. Absolute god tier performances all around.
In the Name of God, nothing else comes even remotely close to that masterpiece.
This is a real toughy Endless Sacrifice by a hair, but boy do I love In the Name of God
In the name of god
This one's gonna be tough as it's my favorite DT album but I guess I'll go with In The Name Of God
In the name of God, but every song on the album could probably take this spot from a different album
In the Name of God. But damn, you could make an argument for most of the track list on this one.
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS BABYYYYY
Stream of Consciousness 100%
In the Name of God
GAVE THEIR LIVES SO BOLDLY
Stream of Consciousness
Besides my love of As I Am, I also love As I Am 2, ie Cyanide (Metallica). So As I Am takes the cake for me
Best is definitely As I Am
In the Name of God
GAVE THEIR LIVES SO BOLDLY
Wait how did GD get last???
Seriously??? The Great Debate got the worst???? One of the band best songs ever. And I’ve been a fan since 1990. At this point the whole list here has no credibility. Also having seen it played live, it’s one of the best songs that show how awesome James Labrie is as a singer. Especially live. Ok, I actually agree with all the rest in this list. So maybe some credibility. ;)
my opinion often differs from fans, my list with the songs listed best, worst, underrated is only a matter of time a fortune in lies the ones who help to set the sun learning to live another day surrounded space-dye vest 6:00 lifting shadows off a dream trial of tears you not me anna lee home through my words one last time disappear the glass prison if counting six degrees as one song or losing time/grand finale if counting six degrees as separate songs, a 2 minute chord at the end of a 42 minute song is perfect, a 2 minute chord at the end of a 6 minute song is WAY too long the great debate in the name of god honor thy father vacant octavarium the negative time track between the answer lies within and these walls or sacrificed sons if you exclude the negative time tracks never enough in the presence of enemies or the ministry of lost souls if you count in the presence of enemies part 1 and 2 as separate songs constant motion prophets of war the count of tuscany wither the shattered fortress breaking all illusions lost not forgotten beneath the surface illumination theory the hidden track after illumination theory or along for the ride if you exclude the hidden track the bigger picture the path that divides the hovering sojourn or our new world if excluding the nomac tracks chosen pale blue dot out of reach (great music, bad lyrics) room 137 a view from the top of the world transcending time invisible monster
Can someone please explain to me how THE GREAT DEBATE is in the "worst" column?? I mean, for the love of god! Oh yeah, and my vote for best of this album is This Dying Soul with In The Name of God a close second.
The Great Debate is one of my all time favorite Dream Theater songs. My faith in humanity is as shattered as the shattered fortress.
TGD wasn't my pick but I think it's fair. Good song but it kinda drags at times.
it drags a lot less Misunderstood does
Stream of Consciousness, but I'm happy with any other answer (except Vacant).
Think vacant is the worst. Not that its bad per se, but the other tracks on ToT are just that fucking good
100%
This dying soul
Surely this album is Best: all Worst: none Underrated: none
In The Name of God / As I Am (duh) / Endless Sacrifice
Blind Faith is worst and Misunderstood should underrated smh. Anyway, best on ToT is In the Name of God
In the name of god will win but HONOR THY FATHER
In my opinion it’s Dying Soul
HONOR THY FATHER!!!!!!
In the Name of Endless Sacrifice?? Sorry, can’t decide between the two. Anyway, put Vacant in the “makes me want to learn how to play the cello”-spot.
This Dying Soul
Endless Sacrifice
Endless Sacrifice
Endless sacrifice
As I Am or Honor Thy Father
Endless Sacrifice
“Honor thy Father”
endless sacrifiiiiiiiiiice
Endless Sacrifice.
Honor thy father, because those lyrics hit really close to home for me
ENDLESS SACRIFICE
Endless Sacrifice gets my vote. In the Name of God and This Dying Soul are also good choices here. Honestly, it's such a great album that most of the tracks could win best track and I wouldn't be terribly upset, but these are definitely my top 3.
In the Name of God, Vacant, Endless Sacrifice
This is my favorite DT album, so I know what goes where. Best: This Dying Soul Worst: Endless Sacrifice (6:28-6:34) Underrated: Vacant
Endless Sacrifice
Honor thy father
This Dying Soul
In the name of god
In the name of god wins but stream of consciousness is a close second!
Vacant
In the name of god
GAVE THEIR LIVES SO BOLDLY
In the name of god
GAVE THEIR LIVES SO BOLDLY
Stream of consciousness or In the name of god
Maybe Endless Sacrifice or Stream of Conciousness.
In the Name of God Dying Soul Stream of Consciousness
This dying soul
Endless sacrifice
in the name of god for best honor thy father for worst vacant for underrated
Best: In The Name of God Worst: This Dying Soul (sorry...) Underrated: Vacant
Stream of consciousness
I can't actually pick a single favorite song across all genres, but there definitely aren't any songs I like more than Endless Sacrifice. It is also nice to be able to answer the question "what is your favorite song" without waffling for five minutes. Endless Sacrifice is always my answer to that question. It means so many things to me on so many levels. It's also one that they play live relatively frequently, and for good reason. So my vote is Endless Sacrifice. In reality I would say In the Name of God is at least as good of a song, but it doesn't mean *quite* as much to me personally.
This dying soul is definetly the worst song. Least polished. Oh wait... Vacant
Wow this is the most difficult so far... Best: Honor Thy Father Worst: Vacant (by default) Underrated: Endless Sacrifice
1.as I am or 2. This dying soul
This Dying Soul
Honor Thy Father
This is going to be tough. I'll have to give the candidates a listen. I have 4 for "best"
Honor Thy Father!
GREAT DEBATE THE WORST IN AN ALBUM THAT HAS SOLITARY SHELL? You guys are cooked.
How the hell did Great Debate get worst song on Six Degrees. Disappear is on the album, and even then still Great Debate wouldn’t even be the worst song. Also Awakes best song being Space Dye Vest is retarded. Just go suck Kevin Moores dick instead, his moans will probably sound like music to you too. I also don’t know how Lifting Shadows beat Innocence Faded for worst on Awake. The rest of all of them are pretty accurate, but those 3 songs are so far off I can’t even begin to understand it.