Title: DT needs to take some time off
Product review: Long time DT fan here, seen many of their shows. The record contract must have some tight requirements on how often they have to squeeze out albums. This cycle of heavy touring + quick album every two years is resulting in lots of weak efforts. Every album after Scenes From a Memory has consisted of perhaps 50% throwaway tracks. Octavarium is 75% throwaway. DT should take a vacation, and then sit down and really write an album. They're such talented musicians that even their rushed garbage is amazing, but it's not very good music. Octavarium is mostly cheese and DT formula. I hope we don't see another DT album until 2008 or 2009. Maybe that will give them enough time to develop enough good ideas to fill a whole album. On a related note, if you get "Score" the live album, Labrie's voice has never sounded better. Enjoy.
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