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    Posted: April 26 2006 at 10:36
I'll have to go with Octavarium.  There is some good matierial on Train of Thought, but nothing in particular stands out the way Octavarium and Sacraficed Sons do.  Octavarium also has some great tracks in Never Enough, The Root of All Evil, and These Walls.
 
Of course In the Name of God and Stream of Conciousness are great tunes, but they just seem to be weak compared to other DT tracks of that same calibur.

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Originally posted by Malve87 Malve87 wrote:

Well...we're talking about Progressive, and so I chose Octavarium, cause I think that Train Of Thought isn't so much prog....it's more like a sheer Metal album...the only prog influence on it in my opinion are on tracks: Vacant and In the name of God....


When I listen to a pure metal album in comparison - for example the latest Bruce Dickinson album or even Judas Priest, In Flames, whatever ... then I do hear an apparent difference. It's not a prog masterpiece, but certainly a progressive album.
    
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Well...we're talking about Progressive, and so I chose Octavarium, cause I think that Train Of Thought isn't so much prog....it's more like a sheer Metal album...the only prog influence on it in my opinion are on tracks: Vacant and In the name of God....
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Octavarium is the best of the 2.  ToT is more metal than Prog.
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Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Train of Thought, easily.Smile
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Octavarium indeed.
More progressive than Train Of Thought.
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I voted TOT because I consider it better as a whole album, but Octavarium (the song) is the best track DT ever produced IMO.
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ToT - innovative,challenging,dark,angry,METAL!!!

8ium - weak,repetitive,void,usual,unprofessional,CRAP!!!

Easy choise!
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I own both and routinely listen to neither. 

These albums, to me, represent the beginning of the end for Dream Theater.  Lack of originality, uninspired lyrics, ripoffs galore all over the place... 

Totally not progressive...not even Octavarium's title track.
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When I first played  octa I was Big smile    now I am  Confused    when I first played train I was Confused  now I am Big smile
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Octavarum is crap compared to TOT, IMO.

Octavarium: 3 or 3.5/5
 
TOT: 4.5/5
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Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Train of Thought, easily.Smile
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Train of Thought, easily.Smile
 
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I CANT VOTE .BOTH ARE VERY BAD. 
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At this moment ToT wins this one for me.
I think that that album was the only one from DT so far I didn't have to get used to. I sounded excatly the way I wanted it to sound.
Still one of the most-played DT cd's I have.

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I thought ToT had some very strong moments but also some very weak moments, 8V even though more commercial sounding had more better songs on it, the title track won this with ease
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Points: 21575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 25 2006 at 02:56
BTW ... here are my track by track ratings for the two albums:
 
 
 
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Octavarium. It has more commercial tndencies, but overall it contains better songs IMHO.
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