Train of Thought

Train of Thought is the seventh full-length studio album by progressive metal band Dream Theater. Inspired by the audience response to Dream Theater's heavier songs while on tour, Train of Thought is widely considered their heaviest album to date. The album was written in three weeks. It was engineered by Doug Oberkircher and mixed by Kevin Shirley. The album has seven songs, while its predecessor (Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence) has six and its... more

Train of Thought is the seventh full-length studio album by progressive metal band Dream Theater. Inspired by the audience response to Dream Theater's heavier songs while on tour, Train of Thought is widely considered their heaviest album to date. The album was written in three weeks. It was engineered by Doug Oberkircher and mixed by Kevin Shirley. The album has seven songs, while its predecessor (Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence) has six and its successor (Octavarium) has eight. The song pattern then reverses for the next two albums; Systematic Chaos has seven songs, and Black Clouds & Silver Linings has six. This carries out the theme of Octavarium, which states that everything ends where it began. The album has been generally well-received by critics, but reception of the album by fans was and continues to be mixed. Some newer fans enjoyed the harder, more straightforward metal sound. Many other Dream Theater fans were disappointed with the style, though, and thought it was too... less