I recently got the Awake album by Dream Theater because I heard the song Voices somewhere and I absolutely loved it. Apart from the fact that Dream Theater are generally one of the most awesome bands I've ever heard, I crave skill...this band has more amounts of skill than I've ever seen. Their singer has such a huge vocal range, their keyboardist, bassist, drummer, guitarist, they are ALL amazing at what they do and I can never fault anything they ever have ever done. Every song seems unique and this album shows the world just exactly how great Dream Theater are...I also don't understand how they have the brain power to write songs which are anything higher than 10 minutes long...also check out Octavarium...24:00 long...J E S U S

All in all...Dream Theater are amazing and this album completely rocks...end of!

I completely missed out on Dream Theater until I bought this album a year ago and all I can say is wow. There is so much going on - every track has a unique appeal. Kind of like Metallica mixed with Pink Floyd and a bit of Muse in places. Some tracks like 6 and 7 are beyond criticism. I bought the entire back catalogue on the strength of this album. Please buy it NOW

I got this last year and it took awhile to properly get into it. The songs that struck me first were In The Presence Of Enemies Pt 1, Constant Motion, The Dark Eternal Night & Prophets Of War. All Mindblowing songs. The rest of the album took me awhile before i realised the whole album was a masterpiece. Dream Theatre are awesome musicians. This is my first album from theirs. But my friend lent me a live album of theirs(there awesome live). This is worth the money for any metalhead it may take you awhile to get into but if you dont like straight away do not throw it away as it is a masterpiece. Rock On!!!!