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Dream Theater's tenth long-player is about as dense and challenging as any album in the band's discography and emphasizes not only the virtuoso members' stupefying musicianship, but also their most aggressive and thoroughly metallic songwriting tendencies. The sixteen-minute opener "A Nightmare to Remember" quickly establishes this agenda via frequently thrash-paced staccato riffing, some of John Petrucci's most blistering guitar solos ever, and the return of drummer Mike Portnoy's syncopated growls, which provide contrast for singer James LaBrie's soaring melodic elegance. "The Count of Tuscany" is a heady prog-metal magnum opus brimming with more ideas, notes, and time changes over 19 minutes than most bands bother with over a ten album career. In fact, "Whither," a tender ballad and mere babe at five minutes in length, is the album's only concession to commerce. Black Clouds & Silver Linings, for all its abundantly positive qualities and minor but clear distinctions from prior efforts, is still an archetypal Dream Theater album; one that's unlikely to broaden their audience all that much, but is conversely guaranteed to thrill their hard core converts with its renewed devotion to the most exigent and stimulating facets of the band's chosen musical domain.

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Personnel: James LaBrie (vocals); John Petrucci (guitars); Jordan Rudess (keyboards); John Myung (bass instrument); Mike Portnoy (drums).Record Collector (magazine) (p.80) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "'A Nightmare To Remember' kicks things off as you'd expect, with a 16-minute exemplar of the genre -- gothic keys and whirring guitar battling it out with mammoth percussion..."
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List Price $24.98 (You save $1.93)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Heavy Metal CDs, Progressive, Rock, Box Sets
Label Roadrunner
Orig Year 2009
All Time Sales Rank   330    Top 500
CD Universe Part number 7938265
Catalog number 178835
Discs 3
Release Date Jun 23, 2009
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Personnel Mike Portnoy - drums
John Petrucci - guitars
James Labrie - vocals
John Myung - bass instrument
Jordan Rudess - keyboards
Additional Info Special Edition
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1.Nightmare To Remember, A  
2.Rite of Passage, A
3.Wither  $1.29
4.Shattered Fortress, The
5.Best of Times, The
6.Count of Tuscany, The
Black Clouds & Silver Linings Songs DISC 2:
1.Stargazer
2.Tenement Funster/Flick of the Wrist/Lily of the Valley
3.Odyssey
4.Take your Fingers from my Hair
5.Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)
6.cover song #6
Black Clouds & Silver Linings Album DISC 3:
1.Nightmare To Remember [Instrumental], A  
2.Rite of Passage [Instrumental], A
3.Wither [Instrumental]  
4.Shattered Fortress [Instrumental], The
5.Best of Times [Instrumental], The
6.Count of Tuscany [Instrumental], The
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Average Rating: (4.2 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

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5 stars An Epic Masterpiece
I don't think there's any such thing as a bad Dream Theater album, some are just greater and more significant than others. Black Clouds & Silver Linings certainly must be considered the most creative, original, musically daring and important album this band has released since Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. This one grabs you right from the ominous opening notes of 'A Nightmare to Remember' and does not let go. All the elements that make this band special are present here in abundance. Power, technical virtuosity, melodic sensibility, intricate song structures that continue to redefine the prog-rock/prog-metal genre, and of course flawless musicianship. The album has much better thematic and structural balance than Systematic Chaos, and marks the return of what this listener considers the 'trademark' DT sound - strong melodies, solid complex arrangements and the more up-tempo feel of their earlier works. The album is heavy, yes, but also delicate and intricate in the way only DT can be. Lovers of a more progressive Dream Theater (like me) will embrace this album as strongly as those who enjoy their heavier side. The band is adventurous on this one, with more backing harmonies than on any previous album (and good ones too, I might add), and lyrics that are unusually personal (which give the songs an intimacy and honesty that was sorely lacking on Systematic Chaos). The songs do not feel quite as formulaic as they did on the previous two albums. There is an organic flowing quality to this album, the songs all have life and energy and yet in no way is the band's technical prowess diminished. Once again there is a lot of brilliant crazy keyboard work from Jordan Rudess. Look for a particularly breathtaking Continuum solo on 'The Count of Tuscany'. Amazing and beautiful. JP has worked the acoustic guitar back into his repertoire and it is featured heavily on several songs. A nice and surprising touch which further proves his mastery of his instrument. Mike Portnoy is superlative on drums as always, and the conclusion of his AA Suite is about as perfect as one could hope for. Fans of John Myung will be blown away by the power and presence of the bass on this one. The quietest member of the band has his stamp all over this album in a huge way. The biggest and most welcome surprise however is James LaBrie. He's taken a lot of heat over the last few years from DT fans, some of it justified, some of it not, but there is not doubt that the voice of Dream Theater is back with a vengeance on this album. His voice has not sounded this clear, this strong, this complete, probably since Scenes from a Memory. LaBrie is a major part of why this album is so spectacular. (I have the 3 CD special edition with the instrumental mixes, and while they are fun and interesting in their own right, I frankly can't imagine these songs without LaBrie's vocals. Yes, he is that good. Again. Finally.) He uses his full range to great affect throughout the album and his vocals on "Wither", "The Best of Times" give me shivers. His singing on the closing minutes of 'The Count of Tuscany' may well be his finest moment with Dream Theater. As far as the individual songs go, all of them are strong and remarkably well conceived. 'A Nightmare to Remember' seems to be the most daring and experimental. At the other end of the album, the finale, 'The Count of Tuscany' is a classic DT progressive epic and likely the best song on the album, and one of their best efforts ever. Black Clouds & Silver Linings is Dream Theater at their very best, truly their finest hour. As with all DT albums, the more one listens, the more one will discover new things, but even after a few plays, I think this one is going to go down as their masterwork, the album DT fans will look back on and say, 'Yes, this is the one.'
Submitted by istari_olias (Lehigh Valley, PA)
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5 stars Simply Amazing
Another excellent album by Dream Theater! I have never been disappointed with one of their CDs. If you love dream theater then i highly recommend this album; if this is your first dream theater album, then you will be highly impressed
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5 stars Step Aside Deep Purple, Queen, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin!
Black Clouds and Silver Linings has to go down as a Classic Masterpiece in due time. It surpasses the classics Machine Head, Dark Side of the Moon, Led Zeppelin 4 and anything Queen has done. Stargazer is a power song with a Deep Purple flavor. Disc 2 Track 2 Flick of the Wrist has a Queen sound and Lily of the Valley has the return of Freddy Mercury in James LaBrie voice. Every song is destined to be classic. It is a shame that this CD won't get the air time on our rapidly diminishing quality of FM radio. This CD will just have to be passed around to reach people that claim to like the above mentioned groups while declaring Dream Theater is not their type of music. I was in Junior High School when all of the above groups came out and Dream Theater is better them all of them. James LaBrie has a much broader range and talent than Freddy Mercury, Ian Gillan, and Robert Plant. And if you listen to Black Clouds and Silver Linings you will be convinced that Petrucci, Portnoy, Myung, and Rudess far surpass anyone else with artistic talent and overwhelming writing ability. Number 1
Submitted by Donovan C. (Oklahoma City, OK, USA)
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5 stars Perfect.
This album is truly a masterpiece. It contains every aspect of classic Dream Theater. As a note, I feel that you must listen to it more than once to really take everything in. It's one of those albums that gets BETTER and BETTER each and every time you hear it. Every single song is outstanding, however a couple are simply breathtaking. "The Count of Tuscany" - This 20min song will go down as one of Dream Theater's best. Lyrically, it is just beautiful, as well as the instrumentals. Another of my favorites is "The Shattered Fortress" - This song combines a few of the older DT riffs and lyrics into one epic conglomeration. I believe this song is the last in the series of the 12-Step Suite about Mike's past troubles with alcoholism. Like Systematic Chaos, Mike Portnoy participates a lot in the vocals, but on this album he does a far better job, and it sounds amazing. Everyone needs to buy this album, I highly recommend it! Can't wait to hear them play it live!
Submitted by Matt (Sacremento, CA, USA)
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3 stars Octavarium Fan is an easily mislead fan
Dude you are way off here--Octavarium was by far DTs lamest effort. There is NOTHING on this new album that is old, repetative or copied. In fact it is quite the opposite. It's like everything you say one should just do the opposite and then it would be right. BC & SL is original, firey, melodic and as powerful as anything they have ever written. Opeth is respectable but not on par with DT in any universe. Mars Volta is unique--you sure got that right. Uniquely bizzaire and musically irrelvant in my book. Modern day bands that I like almost equally to DT include Symphony X, Vanden Plas, In Flames, King's X and Brainstorm. Any true and long time DT fan cannot possibly dislike this album. Octavarium on the other hand--there was much fan dissent when this came out that is an established fact.
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