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DREAM THEATER: 'Black Clouds' Track-By-Track Breakdown With MIKE PORTNOY
- June 29, 2009
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DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy recently took U.K.'s Total Guitar magazine track by track through the band's newly released album, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings". Watch the six-and-a-half-minute clipe below. According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" is on track to sell between 35,000 and 40,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. DREAM THEATER's last CD, "Systematic Chaos", opened with 36,000 units in 2007 to enter The Billboard 200 chart at No. 19. 2005's "Octavarium" premiered with 27,000 copies to debut at No. 36. In addition to the standard-version CD, DREAM THEATER's tenth studio album, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", was also made available on vinyl LP, as well as a three-disc, special-edition CD that includes the full album, a CD of instrumental mixes of the album and a CD of six cover songs.
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COMMENT | Dr. Portnoy
posted by : donk rider supreme
6/29/2009 8:52:19 PM
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Great lecture!
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COMMENT | Great new DT album!
posted by : RiotAct666
6/29/2009 9:11:48 PM
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Got the 3 disc vserion and the limited Editon boxset.
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COMMENT | Wow.
posted by : anti emo
6/29/2009 9:34:23 PM
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Dillinger shirt. Applause to you, and good use of blast beats on A Nightmare to Remember.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
6/29/2009 11:12:32 PM
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Haha "A Right of Passage"....
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COMMENT |
posted by : Big Black Kangaroo
6/30/2009 12:06:53 AM
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It's an excellent album in my opinion, a solid 9.5/10. I haven't stopped listening to it since I got it the day after it was released, and I strongly encourage everyone to check it out if you haven't already.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
6/30/2009 12:38:53 AM
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another excellent album. Great band
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COMMENT | Great album....
posted by :
6/30/2009 12:52:42 AM
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IMO this is their best "album" since Scenes From A Memory. Each album after Scenes had some good songs but in their entirety lacked cohesiveness.
By the way this is the first interview I have seen with Portnoy in a long while where he's doesn't come off as a pompous douche.
BRAVO!!
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COMMENT | LOVE
posted by :
6/30/2009 1:41:09 AM
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BC&SL
Album of 2009
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COMMENT | Portnoy's
posted by :
6/30/2009 1:53:28 AM
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never a douche...wtf you talking about...This whole band seem like genuine good people..and always give good interviews.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
6/30/2009 1:55:27 AM
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Great album, but A Rite of Passage totally prevents this from being a GREAT album if you know what I mean. Can anyone explain why the production is so much worse on that song compared to the rest of the album? It has it's moments, but not DT's best.
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COMMENT | black clouds
posted by :
6/30/2009 4:24:58 AM
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yeah, im loving this album! octavarium and systematic chaos didn't grab me by the balls like other albums have done, but i'm absolutely loving black clouds, its great, I really wish I'd bought the hyper fancy box set now,
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COMMENT | ..
posted by : Pod
6/30/2009 6:01:49 AM
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A Nightmare To Remember drags the album down a lot, MP should really stop doing vocals.
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COMMENT | naa
posted by :
6/30/2009 6:07:11 AM
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a nightmare to remember is beast, i know what you mean about the bit with the vocals with a rhythmicness that reminds me of cradle, I much prefer MP to dani filth though
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COMMENT | !!
posted by : ssamu
6/30/2009 6:08:00 AM
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This album is so damn great! I agree with the dude that said it's the best thing since Scenes. A Rite of Passage is the weakest song, but A Nightmare to Remember and The Count of Tuscany are just so damn awesome that you kinda forget about it.
A great album and a seminal improvement from Systematic Chaos (even though The Best of Times' lyrics give the words "cheesy lyrics" a whole new meaning haha).
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COMMENT | Hahahaha
posted by :
6/30/2009 9:14:35 AM
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I have to disagree with everyone here. Prog by numbers. They are so supposed to be a prog band. There is nothing on this album that they haven't done previously. It is technically brilliant as you'd expect but the songwriting is generic. They need to rip it up and start from scratch. They need a switch of emphasis. Like Rush had when they left the guitar oriented rock behind for more layered offerings such as moving pictures and signals. DT NEED to try something different.
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COMMENT | na
posted by :
6/30/2009 10:04:30 AM
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oh well, in my humble opinion, thats bolocks XD, yeah they reference their previous ideas, but usually when theres a relationship between the songs, I think their song writing has stepped up a notch, and is less technical, its like they're not trying anymore, but its freed them up to just write beast songs
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COMMENT | I'm a huge DT fan, but...
posted by : screamformechicago
6/30/2009 10:18:27 AM
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The lyrics on this album are bad...not just everyday bad, but laughably bad! I am stunned by their badness. People bitched about the fantasy lyrics on Systematic Chaos, but at least they weren't rubbish. I swear, the lyrics on DC&SL sound like they were written by a high school sophomore, and not one whose at the top of his English class. They're obvious and clumsy.
The worst offenders are Shattered Fortress, Best of Times, and Count of Tuscany. I know they're drawn from real-life experiences, but that doesn't give them a free pass. Lyrically, they suck. Shattered Fortress is just a bunch of AA lingo strung together, Best of Times is about as deep as my kids' baby pool, and Count of Tuscany is just about as unintentionally funny as it can get, what with all the "I'm afraid for my life, there must be some mistake, give me one more chance" malarkey.
OK, rant over. Again, big DT fan here, and lyrics have never been the strong point of this band, but at least they've usually been passable, and sometimes actually good. What the hell happened here?
Is it any mystery why they released the instrumental only version? I think they know the lyrics are nonsense...
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COMMENT | oops
posted by : screamformechicago
6/30/2009 10:19:33 AM
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that should be "BC&SL"...my bad.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
6/30/2009 10:45:39 AM
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great album musically and lyrically
album of the year
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COMMENT | lyrics
posted by :
6/30/2009 10:46:51 AM
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i agree the lyrics are terrible, but i think thats part of the charm to be honest, i really like them, XD
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COMMENT | well,
posted by :
6/30/2009 11:22:10 AM
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im afraid your mistake is in claiming your opinion to be fact,
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COMMENT |
posted by :
6/30/2009 11:27:29 AM
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if you love the band wouldnt you love this album
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COMMENT | Portnoy
posted by : VerbalKint
6/30/2009 12:20:04 PM
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He seems like a good dude here and when he is off stage but once he gets on stage it seems his "confidence" comes across wrong or something at least IMO. Nevertheless he is just a little bit of a douche to watch live. Some guys are interesting to watch live and unfortunately he is NOT ONE OF THEM. Greta drummer to listen to but looks like a complete arrogant toolbox live. Wish I could explain it better.
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COMMENT | It's like this...
posted by :
6/30/2009 4:57:26 PM
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I have always said that you either LOVE or HATE this band.
Personally I have been a fan since Images and Words and I think BC&SL is another excellent album from a band that has never really released anything less than excellent material.
While other bands change their sound or break up all together, Dream Theater has been cohesive for 20+ years.
It's just a shame that people feel the need to break them down and bash their albums just because they are incapable of judging the material on it's own and not based on previous albums or whatever the case may be.
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