Dream Theater, 2002.
A double CD, featuring 6 tracks (do the maths!) - CD 2 is one whole piece in 8 distinct sections.
Immaculate music - technically way OTT - more skill in his little finger than whole bands put together, etc.
One of the continually pleasurable features of DT is that they have very cool melodies and hard out rock sections - something for everyone.
The heart of this album is CD2, the title track.
The overture is superbly executed, and is the ideal track to play if persuading your parents to listen to DT.
My personal favourite at this stage is Section 6, Solitary Shell - great story line, catchy chorus, and lashings of Rick Wakeman (from Yes) style synthesiser (I guess that's the tell-tale reason I like it - something of a retrovision nostalgia trip for us original proggers).
Tight, intelligent and powerful music.
10/10.
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