damn this is always so hard to do. at the moment i'd say

1. Synchestra
2. Terria
3. Ocean Machine
4. Infinity
5. Acclerated Evolution
6. Physicist

every album has been at the #1 spot at least at one point in time. I have a feeling Terria will reclaim the top again though once I get over Synchestra, which I still see staying close to the top for a long time to come.

Poor Physicist will have an inferiority complex after this thread!

Synchestra
Accelerated Evolution
Ocean Machine
Terria
Physicist
Infinity


thats pretty close i reckon

favourite -

01 Infinity
02 Terria
03 Ocean Machine
04 Synchestra
05 Physicist
06 Accelerated Evolution

- least favourite

Most Favorite = Terria
Second Favorite = Synchestra, Ocean Machine, Infinity, Accelerated Evolution
Third = Physicist

1 - Terria
1 - OM
1 - Synchestra
2 - Infinity
2 - AE
3 - Physicist

That's the best I can do, honest! And I'll guarantee I'll have changed my mind tomorrow...

My idea of the standings as of today

1. AE (my favorite, I have an attatchment to it)
2. Synchestra (maybe soon to be my favorite, I just havent had the right mindset to listen to it lately, my tastes have been heavier than the DTB right now)
3. Ocean Machine (aka fucking amazing, that is all I have to say. It rules and is an excellent album, I can almost feel Devin's stream of consciousness on this, absolutely beautiful)
4. Terria (Used to be my favorite, but ever since my life changing experience, I have been rather afraid of the trueness of this album. It is very darm and gloomy, and beautiful. I love it, but it stands behind the others
5. Infinity (Other than a few pick songs, this cd doesnt flow, its all over the place. I have never really been able to see the beauty of this one)
6. Physicist (of course, the popular one to be in last place. It just isnt a Devin Townsend album imo. Should have been called just Physicist, it is too agressive. And I rarely ever enjoy it. I may become attached to it later at some time, but along with Infinity, this album never really caught my interest)

Im gonna try something interesting now. Im going to make a line, showing how far away from each other these albums compare.

A-S--O----T---------------------I--P

As you can see, AE, Synchestra, and Ocean Machine are fairly close to each other, with a little bit bigger gap from Terria. Then the bigger gap shows that I dont like Infinity or Physicist nearly as much as I do Terria and the rest of the others.

Poor Physicist will have an inferiority complex after this thread!

yeah poor physicist
it feels weird putting a cd that you really love at the end of the list. i bought a physicist mousepad tho, i hope that makes up for it a bit

Based on early listens of Synchestra which have mightily impressed me, here is my Dev tree:

1. Ocean Machine



2. Synchestra
3. Physicist

4. Infinity
5. Terria










6. Accelerated Evolution

1. Terria
2. Infinity
3. Synchestra
4. Accelerated Evolution
5. Physicist
6. Ocean Machine

2-5 switch around very often though.

I'll include Punky Bruster and Devlab in my list, most to least liked:

1. Terria
2. Ocean Machine
3. Infinity
4. Physicist
5. Accelerated Evolution
6. Devlab
7. Punky Bruster
8. Synchestra

best to worst

1. Synchestra
2. Ocean Machine
3. Infinity
4. Terria
5. Physicist
6. Accelerated Evolution

Jeez, I forgot to add Devlab into the list... I would put it just under Ocean Machine, so position number 4. I love that album! I can't believe it slipped my mind...

I don't really think Devlab fits in this list. It's sooooooo completely different from any other album he's done that it's just uncomparable. Maybe later we can make a list with Devlab, Hummer and EKO or something?

I don't really think Devlab fits in this list. It's sooooooo completely different from any other album he's done that it's just uncomparable. Maybe later we can make a list with Devlab, Hummer and EKO or something?

But it's a Devin Townsend album just like the rest - he wrote the songs, and according to a posting by Devin, it is among his personal top 5 of albums he was involved in, so including it is very well justified. (As is Punky Bruster.)
Besides, it's just as effective as the rest in inducing a deeply emotional response in the listener.

Project EKO, on the other hand, is more of a bonus thingie, with only three tracks available.