JJunkie
Power User
I had 2.5 listens to the album and its not too bad. I know this kind of music grows on you the more you listen, but I'm not really seeing a monumental difference in this to the recent albums. I think its on par with the previous ones. Each album had a couple stand-out songs in them. By the way, I'm listening to this on ear buds with my employer company's name on them... no I don't work for sony.. I work for an engineering consultant.... is pettrucci's tone different from right to left?!? Maybe listening on good speakers at home will help bring out some more appreciation.
Sure there were some cool moments here but nothing that gave me goosebumps or surprised me. They certainly wouldn't hurt my feelings if they were to take a radically different approach to the music. They have built up a good collection of "Dream Theater" songs now, more than most would listen to in a lifetime. I would actually like that... for example, Faith No More in the mid nineties had an album where many of the songs were so different from eachother and from what had been typical of FNM up to that point it made stop and think if it was still them playing! (but then patton's eventual shouting, sceaming and vomiting would confirm the truth).. I loved that album! I loved the surprises!
Still gonna get the album. I think there might have been one song in there I may be capable of playing.....
Sure there were some cool moments here but nothing that gave me goosebumps or surprised me. They certainly wouldn't hurt my feelings if they were to take a radically different approach to the music. They have built up a good collection of "Dream Theater" songs now, more than most would listen to in a lifetime. I would actually like that... for example, Faith No More in the mid nineties had an album where many of the songs were so different from eachother and from what had been typical of FNM up to that point it made stop and think if it was still them playing! (but then patton's eventual shouting, sceaming and vomiting would confirm the truth).. I loved that album! I loved the surprises!
Still gonna get the album. I think there might have been one song in there I may be capable of playing.....