Wow indeed!
Finished listening to the new Dream Theater album "A View From The Top Of The World".
First impression - BEST Dream Theater album for my taste. What I like most is the fact that every song is - for the lack of a better description - "pleasant" to listen to. The album never gets boring. It is sooo musical and airy, and the harmonies always have a 80s/90s sound which I like very much. It goes way back to "Images and Words" and is up there with it but better in every way. More mature technically and musically. And the production is top-notch.
I'm not a big DT fan or connoisseur, I've gone through their entire catalog maybe twice... But every time the density of their style used to get tiring with me. But not now! This is muuuch more to my taste. Very airy and just beautiful! Five-star album without a doubt.