METROPOLIS PART 2 - SCENES FROM A MEMORY

I have watched Dream Theater's progression through each album release. I have to say Scenes From A Memory is somewhat of a dissapointment. There's no-doubting the instrumentation is superb as always, and there is a concept/story from start to finish, which is refreshing and intelligent. However, the songs individually aren't especially outstanding, and the whole thing comes across a tad cheesy for my liking. Emotional and elaborate it may be, but sometimes over-elaborate in my view.