Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Glass prison
2. Blind faith
3. Misunderstood
4. Great debate
5. Disappear

Disc 2:

1. Overture
2. About to crash
3. War inside my head
4. Test that stumped them all
5. Goodnight kiss
6. Solitary shell
7. About to crash (reprise)
8. Losing time/Grand finale

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3915 in Music
• Released on: 2002-01-21
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Enhanced

Amazon.co.uk Review
Never a band to do things by halves, Dream Theater's Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence is a two-disc extravaganza with a title track that clocks in at a prog-tastic 42 minutes. Following very much in the style of their previous studio release Scenes from a Memory, the "Six Degrees" piece, which occupies the entire second disc, is divided into eight movements beginning of course with the now-obligatory "Overture". It's all good, meaty stuff, but the quasi-symphonic structure isn't really justified by the music, which alternately noodles and thrashes about in a somewhat haphazard manner; while singer James LaBrie's elliptical storytelling struggles to make an impression over the rest of the band's stunningly virtuosic onslaught. The other disc has five chunky shorter pieces (averaging about 10 minutes each) which hearken back to the grungier sound of their Awake album. Guitarist John Petrucci dominates proceedings here perhaps more than he should, and only fearsome drummer Mike Portnoy can compete in the sheer volume and notes-per-second competition. The result is an album that fulfils all the fans' expectations of what this band do best. Despite the "progressive" tag, Dream Theater have, it seems, found a formula and they're sticking to it.--Mark Walker

CD Description
Fifteenth album from the Long Island rock act who formed in1985. The album features Jordan Rudess on keyboards, who replaced Derek Sherinian in 1999. They are influenced by acts such as Led Zeppelin, Yes and Queen.

Customer Reviews

Simply... Superb
As the follow-up album to Scenes From a Memory, this record had a lot to live up to. How the band would top their previous effort would have been a step too far for most other bands. However, in a manner typical only of DT, they have managed to come up with a collection of fantastic new material and, not only that, in a double album format!
Here we have basically two albums packaged as one and neither "side" will disappoint seasoned DT fans. If there are people out there who are unfamiliar with the band's work, this offering presents a tantalising flavour of just about every side to the band's prolific output. Throughout the epic journey that is Disc 2, we go from the Pantera-esque riffage in the chorus of The Test That Stumped Them All to the exquisite acoustic meanderings of Solitary Shell, ending up with the suitably grandiose Losing Time/Grand Finale. In short,Three Degrees.. is 42 minutes or so of near musical perfection. And then there's the first disc which would have been accepted as a fine album in its own right. Glass Prison, Misunderstood & Blind Faith are excellent extended tracks displaying the virtuosity of each member of this extraordinary band. The riffs in Glass Prison are particularly splendid and surely a homage to the best of Metallica, Megadeth et al. Need I say more....buy!

Just try air guitaring to this one . . .
What you have here is DT's next two albums in one package. Disc 1: Well, the opening track "Glass Prison" is worth the price on its own. This is Metallica crossed with Yes, interpollated with Pantera. Play it as loud as you dare, annoy your neighbours (I never told you that) they'll think the devil has ripped a sphincter in your living room. The other 4 tracks are slightly more mellow, but do have their moments. Disc 2: Superb, and typical of their earlier material. The first few minutes are a bit tedious, however the next fourty more than make up. This is probably the best 42 minute track you will ever hear. So good it seems shorter when listened to. Overall; LaBrie's vocals, strong. Petrucci's guitaring sets his frets alight. Portnoy's drumming is just unbelievable and Rudess and Myung as outstanding as ever on keyboard and bass respectively. BUY THIS ALBUM you wont be disapointed.

An spectacular album, but with 2 distinct halves...
I have been a Dream Theater nut for just around a year (and I apologise to all those long time fans for not discovering this musical treasure earlier!) but compared to the other albums I own ('Octavarium', 'Metropolis Prt.2', 'Awake' and 'Train Of Thought', this one stuck out the most. Many passing listeners will have said that DT are a much of trumped-up musicians with now idea of how to make good music. Yes, go away those people. I'm sorry to disapoint those people who were expecting something along the lines of The Killers, Franz Ferdinand or The Artic Mokeys, but this is real musicianship! DT have produced, and hopefully will keep producing, some of the best progressive metal (with a heavy dash of Pink Floyd, Yes, Rush) around. But why does this stick out?

Disc 1 is some of the most memorable music by DT, a pure 5 track CD of brilliance. The opener, 'Glass Prison', is 13 minutes of musical splendour, with its fairly lengthy solo section. The track, which through to other albums if I'm not much mistaken (On Train Of Thought-'This Dying Soul', and Octavarium-'The Root Of All Evil') is a masterpiece. The polictically inspired 'The Great Debate' stands out for me because of its subtle musical build into a fantastic melody, and 'Blind Faith' for its amazing and very catchy bass and guitar riffs, not to mention great vocals.

But the second CD is a complete letdown personally. I'm sure some fans will throughly enjoy it, but the whole stroy thing is a good idea, but it seems to be mimicking 'Metropolis Prt.2' too much and too hard, and on a smaller and less developed scale. And the sense of over confidence and blatent cheesyness (is that even a word?) of the whole section really irritates me. We know Dream Theater to go at everything full throttle and fairly over-the-top (which is no bad thing!) but this series of tracks really goes sour after the first song kicks in. If you are just able to buy the first CD, then please do.

Note I have not marked the rating down because of the letdown of the second CD. I feel that the first CD is strong enough to ignore it,but I'm sure some fans out there will enjoy it. The album is just another aspect of DT's musical genius, which I have enjoyed to a certain extent. Still a great addition to their fairly jaw dropping collection