DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Being the die hard Floyd fan that I am, it was pretty hard to hear DSotM being performed by anybody other than Pink Floyd. With that being said, Dream Theater did better than I expected them to. I found that they were able to stay very true to the album and did some good covers, although nothing really blew me out of the water. Like most listeners, I was impressed by how well they were able to do Great Gig in the Sky, which I did not expect to hear out of Dream Theater, and I also particularly enjoyed LaBrie's singing on Brain Damage, although throughout the rest of the album his singing wasn't very impressive. The biggest issue with the album I found was Any Colour You Like, personally I didn't like Dream Theater's version at all. I found that they gave it too much of a metal feel with the distorted guitar and it ended up feeling much too choppy and inconsistent. Where the Pink Floyd version works beautifully as part of the album, it seemed to me like Petrucci took way too much control over the song on Dream Theater's version.

I appreciate that Dream Theater pays tribute to their influences and helps spread the sound of Pink Floyd to more people who may not usually listen to it. However, in the end it was nothing more than a decent cover that pales in comparison to the masterpiece that is the original album.