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Time changes, kinetic guitar work and a rhythm section that works perfectly in unison is what this record is all about. If you're looking for the Backstreet Boys or even the saccharine pop metal of Poison, Dream Theater has beaten them bloody and left them in an ally to die. This is an album where lofty ambition and final product actually meet. Whether exploring the topics of stem cell research ("The Great Debate"), the existential nature of existence ("Misunderstood") or madness ("The Entire Six Degrees Suite"), the lyrics are passionate and just a touch preachy without going overboard. This is a record that will challenge your ear and your mind, the way Rush and Queensryche records used to do. The first disc is excellent, but the band's exploration of the many sides of mental illness in the eight different movements of Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence is the crowning jewel of the double album. From the beginning of the "Overture" to the last bars of the "Grand Finale," the listener is taken on a roller coaster ride with no brakes. "About to Crash," the second movement, is an excellent example of the type of storytelling the band sets up on this opus. If you enjoy headbanging, music that challenges your ears and lyrics that force you to think, this is the record for you. It easily makes its way on to my best of the year. ~R. David Smola
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