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THE REVIEW
Train Of Thought is an album that says a couple of things overall:
1. The theatre of dreams is now old
2. Despite this, the members have improved with age like a good wine
3. You either hate them or love them
The recording quality is as perfect as usual, as we’ve been accustomed to having from DT for some time. The songs are the right length despite the usual mammoth durations typical of DT, and in some moments, one must admit the skill in creating certain touching or at least well-structured moments, but the ideas are now exhausted..
There are many plagiarisms of song parts from bands of our days or the now past (see Metallica, Pantera, and Tool, above all), and by now the musicians' exhibitionism has become something abstract on the album; in fact, Petrucci's solos are indeed very fast but lack pathos and sometimes really seem like a sort of declaration of the type "listen how fast I go... I am the best!"
On the positive side, it's worth highlighting that LaBrie, thanks also surely to the composition of the pieces, feels more at ease and finally sings properly without falling into phrases that were barely understood in the past.
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The review of Dream Theater's Train of Thought praises the band's improved musicianship and production quality while criticizing the album's lack of originality and overemphasis on fast solos. Vocal performance by LaBrie is noted as improved. Some passages borrow heavily from other bands, leading to a sense of creative exhaustion.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
Dream Theater
American progressive metal band formed in 1985, known for virtuosic musicianship and landmark albums such as Images And Words and Metropolis Pt. 2.160 Reviews
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