Train of Thought

The title of this article is ambiguous. Additional meanings are listed under Train of Thought (disambiguation) .

Train of Thought
Studio album by
Publication (s)	November 10, 2003
admission	March 10 - September 2003
Label (s)	Elektra Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Progressive metal
Title (number)	7th
running time	69:24
occupation	Singing : James LaBrie Guitar : John Petrucci Electric bass : John Myung Keyboard : Jordan Rudess Drums : Mike Portnoy
production	Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci
Studio (s)	Cove City Sound Studios, New York (USA) Pie Studios, New York (USA) Beat Street Studios, New York (USA)
chronology Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002) Train of Thought Live at Budokan (2004)

Train of Thought ( English for " train of thought") is the seventh studio album by the American progressive metal band Dream Theater , which was released in November 2003.

Music genre

The band intended, influenced by the heavy metal - covers that Dream Theater during their previous world tour played to take a hard and loud metal album. She played the complete albums Master of Puppets by Metallica and The Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden, among others . Train of Thought is considered by many fans of Dream Theater to be the heaviest album the band had produced until then. For this reason, many speak of the band's heavy metal album.

Track list

1. As I Am (John Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess, Mike Portnoy / John Petrucci) - 7:47
2. This Dying Soul (John Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess, Mike Portnoy / Mike Portnoy) - 11:28

   IV. Reflections of Reality (Revisited)

   V. Release

3. Endless Sacrifice (John Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess, Mike Portnoy / John Petrucci) - 11:23
4. Honor Thy Father (John Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess, Mike Portnoy / Mike Portnoy) - 10:14
5. Vacant (Jordan Rudess, John Myung / James LaBrie) - 2:58
6. Stream of Consciousness (Instrumental) (John Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess, Mike Portnoy) - 11:16
7. In the Name of God (John Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess, Mike Portnoy / John Petrucci) - 14:16

particularities

• The album was written in just three weeks and was the band's fastest-written album until the release of Distance Over Time in 2019.
• Mike Portnoy wrote the song "Honor Thy Father" about his stepfather. When asked what made him write this song, Portnoy replied in an internet relay chat that he was not good at writing a love song and therefore wrote a "hate song".
• There are some obvious connections between Train of Thought and the previous and following Dream Theater albums:
  • The album has seven songs and it is the band's seventh studio album. The predecessor, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence , has six songs and the successor, Octavarium , has eight.
  • The first song, "As I Am", starts with the same symphony / orchestra sound that ends the last song of Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence .
  • "This Dying Soul" is part of Mike Portnoy's "Alcoholics Anonymous" series , which tells of his previous alcohol addiction and experiences with Alcoholics Anonymous. The series begins with the song "The Glass Prison" by Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence , the last song being "The Shattered Fortress" by Black Clouds & Silver Linings .
• “Stream of Consciousness” is the longest instrumental piece on a Dream Theater studio album. Stream Of Consciousness was also the originally intended title for Falling into Infinity .
• In the version of “As I Am” that is on the compilation Greatest Hit (… And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) , the word “ Fuck ” has been removed from the second verse.

Chart placements

Charts	placement
German album charts	16
Billboard 200	53
Billboard Top Internet Albums	53
UK album charts	146

Web links

• Train of Thought at Discogs
• Reviews of Train of Thought on the Babyblauen Seiten

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Writing the Train of Thought. (Video) (No longer available online.) In: google.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011 ; accessed on December 12, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Original excerpt from the chat with Portnoy. (No longer available online.) In: dtfaq.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2009 ; accessed on December 12, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.