Now I like/love that X now i hate that !

Progzilla wrote: Awake by dream theater is probably the album I've had to listen to the most in order for it to be really great. I hated it when it came out, I had so high expectations, and it sounded pretty dull. Then it gradually got better, but very slowly. It wasn't until I knew ALL the tracks in my head that the album opened, and the harvest was ready to reap.

And I thought I was the only one who had felt this way about "Awake"... I was extremely enthusiastic after listening to "Images and Words" and wanted to get more of the same thing. "Awake" proved so very different and completely inaccessible at first that I wanted to throw it out of the window. Luckily I gave it another listen, and another... and voila, I love it as much as I do "I&W". 

Funnily enough, the same thing happened to me with "Falling into Infinity", only that in this case I thought at first listen that it sounded too accessible and banal. Fortunately repeated listens proved that I had been wrong again, it is a very good album.   

Titan wrote: Blacksword wrote: Sometimes the best albums take a while to sink in. I actually hated Relayer by Yes at first. I thought it was a pointless record, a cacophony. Now I think it's great - not their best - but great nonetheless. Octopus by Gentle Giant, as already mentioned here, is a very intricate and well crafted album. When I first heard I thought it was awful, and conjured up images of Morris dancers, and men in tights, blowing horns ... As a contrast Images & Words by Dream Theater was an instant hit with me. I thought it was excellent. Now I cant be bothered with it at all. Welcome to the club Relayer, we have 4 members already :) Octopus has been mentioned 2 or even 3x tho

Octopus is an excellent example though, of a slow grower. I thought it deserved another mention..

I think these 'slow grower' albums are always the best. There is more subtlety to them, more to discover. An album thats grabs you immediately is often 'all mouth and no trousers' and I'm starting to feel that Dream Theater fall into that category, for me anyway.

Sometimes the best albums take a while to sink in.

I actually hated Relayer by Yes at first. I thought it was a pointless record, a cacophony. Now I think it's great - not their best - but great nonetheless.

Octopus by Gentle Giant, as already mentioned here, is a very intricate and well crafted album. When I first heard I thought it was awful, and conjured up images of Morris dancers, and men in tights, blowing horns ...

As a contrast Images & Words by Dream Theater was an instant hit with me. I thought it was excellent. Now I cant be bothered with it at all.

Ehi guys, strange but true, same experience with RELAYER!

What a powerful disc, but i accepted it only after a few listening. IMHO, you have to UNDERSTAND what the album is saying to you! It has a lot to communicate!  

Hey titan great topic!  

___BYE___

Almost all Gentle Giant music (now love most that I've heard,intially I was underwelmed)

IQ - The Wake (initially wrote them off as bad 'Genesis clones',but couldn't stop playing the thing once I got past 2 or 3 listens)

Ed_The_Dead wrote: Trouserpress wrote: GoldenSpiral wrote: sadly, I think I'm growing apart from Dream Theater... Welcome to adulthood.

It's not that I don't like them, I guess, I just used to listen to them almost exclusively, but now my tastes are far more varied thanks to PA

I am slowly starting to appreciate Porcupine Tree, now that I have heard Deadwing and Warsawa....it's taken a long time...

....but hearing these has helped me appreciate Signify and Coma Divine more, which I had previously owned.