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How To Go About Listening to Dream Theater
I recently obtained (don't ask) Dream Theater's complete discography. The only song I've heard was In the Name of God, off of Train of Thought, and that was in my friend's car. It was effing incredible. I've read up on Dream Theater and their albums so I know a fair amount about their critical reception and such.
So, I have every album by Dream Theater, and I do not want to dive right in and explore; I would like to know a certain route to take. Earliest to latest, latest to earliest, etc. Anyone that is pretty well versed in the band I would love to have hear from. (I don't want any 'eyy i don't listen to them buutttt with fall out boy...', just actual listeners.) Thank you!
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Hi there,
I thought SURELY several people would have answered this by now or I wouldn't have delayed.
Earliest to latest. No question at all, especially with Dream Theater. Listening to Mike Portnoy grow into the drummer he has become would be my main reason, were I to embark on the adventure you propose.
Now, I don't mean to bone-pick here... but are you SURE you have the complete Dream Theater discography covered? If you have everything commercially released, then you aren't even close to having the complete album list.
The bootleg tapes have been passed around for 20 years. Some were getting impossible to find in listenable condition.
Remember that they were "Majesty" before they were "Dream Theater." With this in mind, if you don't have the "Majesty Demos" you don't really have a starting point. You will be coming into the Dream Theater story way later than you might want.
Mike Portnoy setup his own record label, YtseJam Records, to release the bootlegs on CD at long last.
YtseJam Records:
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I look forward to your feedback. :-)
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