Octavarium ... like it or hate it ?

My second favurite dt album...only topped by SDOIT

s1ipp3ry wrote: If you find it average (mediocre)  just don`t vote

That about sums it up for me. My first experience of Dream Theater and after listening to it, it's very difficult to get enthusiastic about listening to any more, although DT fans assure me they've done much better!

Perhaps there should have been a "It's mediocre" choice in the poll. You know, I think damning something with faint praise is worse than saying you loathe it - if you do, at least it stirred a reactionin you - which Octavarium didn't in me.

So, no vote from me!

this album is the main reason why DT are no longer my fav. band!

I HATE IT!!!!!

I find the album to be a solid effort (mainly because the topic and lyrical
concept really grasped my attention.) At first I thought the album was
incredible but after a while it's most definitely less than that.

I would give 5 stars to the title track any day though. I hate how people say
it's an exact copy off other bands. It's similar at parts but no classic 70s
prog band would have wrote an epic like that. It's different, with a metal
edge to it.

3.5 /5  ? thats about the size of it

It shall be interesting what Dream Theater do next

Its one of their "medium" albums, but definitely not their best.

It would be around the 4.25 region.

Dragon Phoenix wrote: transend wrote: after the dreadful TOT, I thought it was a step in the right direction... Yup.

I don't think Train of Thought is dreadful at all, deceptive is the term i would use.  Different songs have different functions.  A song like As I Am or Honor Thy Father may not be anything great, but certain songs such as Stream of Conciusness or In the Name of God are works of art.  The album does not seem as progressive as it really is.  Most songs feature varying degrees of top class playing and emotion.  The album has an emotional theme to it unlike most Dream Theater albums.  Many criticize the album sayings it only has one atmosphere, but a band like Opeth only has the lone dark atmosphere, and i don't belive many think Opeth lacks emotion.

On Octavarium, i think it was a good but not their best effort.  It's a mix of the old and the new Dream Theater.  Rudess favored more of an analog tone to his synths unlike the other albums of his era.  The songs are less technical but more structured than Train of Thought.  I don't think this album is a step in the right or wrong direction, but a step in a different direction than most Dream Theater fans are used to.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: 3.75 for me.

That's about where I think it's at too.