OCTAVARIUM

We all know that Images and words and Scenes are 5 star albums, so is this one equally as good? I think not. Its a great album, but not PERFECT. The 1st track is a BORE- its rather simplistic, 4/4 all over, and I dont like the "This Dying Soul" interjection- That was a bad song to begin with- Why dont they enter a part from Awake, or Images? The Second Track is RATHER BORING- and the LYRICS? cmon- VERY CLICHE- I dont care if Petrucci is writing to his young children- it boring!!! I love ballads- but this song plain sucks- As for the rest of the album- it rocks- Different sounds all over- I would have liked to hear more Petrucci, but the world is not perfect!! I reccomend for everyone to pick this up - ITS FAR BETTER THAN TRAIN WRECK, errrrrrI mean Train of Thought- This time- the Train is back on track. 4 stars