Best Dream Theater Album Closers
I was really surprised when I saw that there wasn't list for this, especially considering that most of the fan favourite Dream Theater songs are the closers.
I absolutely love this song, a lot of it is simply nice to listen to, but the Full Circle section is amazing. The lyrics are a perfect kind of weird, and the melody is amazing.
I've always preferred this to Octavarium, while that song had a lot to love about it, this one is extremely interesting as well, but doesn't have a single second of filler, while Octavarium had a bit of time where it was just ambient noise.
The chorus lone gives this song the right to be high up on my personal list, but as well as that, it has some great solos and great lyrics.
I like this more than Octavarium, even though The Count Of Tuscany is my absolute favorite on here.
This is a personal favourite of mine, what it lacks in raw technical prowess, it makes up for it in terms of emotional power. While epics like Count of Tuscany and Octavarium might win in terms of complexity and skill, I find this song to be the one taking me to another world
This is just an all around great song, with some of my favourite keyboard work by Dream Theater. James Labrie also sings amazingly here.
While the melody is simple and no more than fun, I really love the lyrics. Closing off the album with different characters all singing the same chorus makes for a really good way to end the plot. The ending with Nicholas being killed was also an interesting way to end the song.
While one would expect a song clocking in at over 40 minutes to be a masterpiece, I honestly can't say it's the greatest thing ever. Parts of it like The Test That Stumped them All and War Inside My Head are amazing, but there are sections such as most of Goodnight Kiss and part of Overture that feel like padding. Still a great song overall though.
I find this to have a very similar issue to Shine on You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd, while the first part of the song is absolutely amazing, the second part goes on a bit too long and ends up being more dull than I would like. I still like the song, but it definitely isn't one of the strongest points in Dream Theater's discography.
It has good moments, but goes on too long for it to be interesting to me, it has a lot of parts which feel like they're going nowhere.
This song always hits me hard even though I have no idea what it’s about. John Myung is a lyrical and musical genius.
This is my choice for weakest epic that the band has ever done, I find the first few minutes to be great, and then for it to go on way too long. There are things to like in here, but it's ultimately bogged down by too much filler