DREAM THEATER — Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) (review)

DREAM THEATER — Greatest Hit (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) album cover Boxset / Compilation · 2008 · Progressive Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
2/5 ·
progkidjoel
Reading the other reviews for this compilation, I'm not sure why it has such incredibly bad reviews - Its NOT made for Dream Theater fans, its made for newcomers to the band, and as such, it isn't really meant to add any B-Sides or material unavailable on their full studio albums. As an impartial listener of Dream Theater, I picked this up as my first CD from the band to sample their sound and style...



Although I found out Dream Theater wasn't a band I would follow completely, these discs did give me a great sample of the various genres this band has played, and gave me a lot of understanding of why some people do love DT.



There are no bad tracks on this compilation, but at the same time, there are no tracks which make me genuinely "wow"... It is a good compilation, although it was foolish for the band to exclude their fan-favourite "In The Presence Of Enemies", or for that matter, any material from Systematic Chaos, considering this set was released one full year after SC.

Until next time, keep proggin'

-Joel
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markwilson wrote:
more than 2 years ago
The reason why no Systematic Chaos material was included was because it was on a different label,and the compilation was for their old label.

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