@@joannalewis5279 I hope you are aware that this is by no means live, and still, no, it is not particularly hard. If I were in her position I’m confident that this is the only part here I could do. Even if it sounds cool, the riff before is a lot harder. This is just raking at the 5th harmonic position.
Sharon saying she MIGHT be better than she thinks she is, is the most humble thing ever possible on this channel. This was a freaking great job, and such a joy to watch!
It's cool that all these apps exist to help bassists learn new songs. Back in my day we had play parts of a cassette over and over until we got it. I also learned to play a lot of songs live on a stage. The guitarist would just call out the progression and key, like I, V, vi, IV in Am. Then we'd play it.
Doug Pinnick is one of my favorite vocalists and bassists. Thank you for sharing this. I did not know that he sang a tune with Dream Theater. John Myung is a maestro. It's good to see a younger musician experience the excellent songwriting of Dream Theater and the brilliance of the bass, the backbone of any great song.
Grinning ear to ear watching this. Fell off with DT after 'Awake' but the two of you are absolutely full of such positive energy. Biggest smiles of the day for me. Thank you!
Myung is one of the reasons I started playing 6 strings. Anthony Jackson is another. I can't play their stuff very well, but practice is more enjoyable
He’s the reason I started playing, the live in Tokyo VHS sold me! Under a glass moon is the first song on it and right away I was addicted to that tape
The talent and ability to do something like this in a lighthearted way, nail it and laugh about how you didn't quite "get it" is inspirational to a hack like me that will never be able to do a fraction of what you can do, because your attitude and enthusiasm are are so real. Thank you!
Loved this video! So fun to watch other people's process of transcription. Also great to see other folks sing the parts to learn faster! Keep em' coming, SBL!
YES! Please make more of these videos. It is entertaining, yes, but seeing the way Sharon breaks down the bassline and learns in general is very informative and inspiring. New subscriber from this video ✌🏼
As a DT fan, and an amateur bass player, I can’t quite find the right words to describe how happy watching this awesome video makes me. “Swept away with the tiiide!!”
Trial of tears has a sweet bass fill. It's very subtle and during JP's slow solo, but Myung just slides a quick vibrato high note at the tail, and his tone sounds soooo good.
Watching you learn that specific song/part made me SO happy! Congrats you killed it. 🏆🔥 Easily one of DTs riffiest, catchiest songs and a blast to play. Looking forward to the follow up. And hopefully Just Let Me Breathe 😉👊🏻
Aaaaah!!! Yeaaaaah!!! Go Sharon!!!! ❤❤❤ Loved this so much! Also adore the camaraderie between you two, Ian and Shroonz! Thanks for the total radness! PS. Shoutout for rad editing too, Yogev 😎
I love you guys so freakin' much. And as a die-hard Dream Theater fan, I enjoyed every second of it. I can't wait for more to come. You (and maybe a few other guys on UA-cam) make me wanna learn to play bass (as fast as possible). 🧡
I'm not a bassist (although I own a bass), but I love this exact part in Lines in the Sand. You both have made this extremely fun. Now I want a six string bass!
Thank you for specifying the model! I was looking into that as my first 6 string, but, since it's literally above my pay grade, I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon. Maybe, if maybe, I can dig up something used for below 700€ I can think about it
@@sharonrenold Truth, I definitely have the warwick bug. My corvette NT5 has the most comfortable neck i've ever played. A thumb 5 is definitely next on my list
No kidding, the part she says "I'm not happy right now, but I will be so happy when I'm able to play it". HOLD ON TO THAT FEELING. This simple feeling can help you get motivation to learn new songs. Savor it.
I love this idea! It's also super helpful for musicians who are still in the early stages of learning to see professionals working through the same exact problems that they have!
Some gems in here. Three observations: 1) I love this teaching chemistry between the two of you. Y’all dance the line of mentor/colleague really nicely and it’s so fun. 2) Transcribe is a gem; one that I haven’t thought about since trying to learn NHØP solos in college… 3) The last thing you said is great. Never lose sight of your abilities despite the lies your brain makes up! 4) I’d say that Dance of Eternity DT’s Sir Duke 😮💨
"Learning that I might be better than I think I am". I know exactly what she means. The more songs you learn, the quicker you learn them. Been going to an open jam for a year and there's a re a few guitarists who will just start playing something I've never played and I have to figure it out on the fly. I've been surprised at how many I can pick up right away. It's such a rush. I learned this one by ear along with the video, I've got the notes but to be honest I can't play it as smoothly as them. My fingers still fly around too much. My suggestion to other bass players. Just throw on a playlist of songs you love and see how many you can figure out on the fly. You might surprise yourself. It's a lot of fun.
Images and Words blew my mind, but like Ian, this album was the height of my DT fandom. I went so far as to buy the 5 string Yamaha RBX775 (closest thing to his signature), that I have to this day. It is the only 5 string that I have kept. gawd it's a great bass..
100% behind the approach of singing during transcription. Looping and slowing stuff down helps me, but generally I feel like if I can sing it, I can match the notes I'm singing to those on my guitar and I can work anything out.
John at one time played a Yamaha 6 signature and then went with a Bongo 6 but the neck that was used was for the 5 string and had a special 6 string nut made for the neck. I feel this was to give him less wood on the neck, while putting strings space closer.
Transcribe is a great piece of software. My guitar teacher told me about it and I used to learn the most difficult bluegrass song I learned, I don't think I could have learned it without that software.
when I decided to go full in on the bass guitar I was 14 and my main goal for what a bass player should sound like was John Myung.... the way his bass playing made me OBSSESS over the damn instrument and how HE plays it, his technique with the three fingers on the right hand, his range of playing with the left hand, the SPEED and COORDINATION of both, I thought to myself, there is NO OTHER WAY TO PLAY THE BASS BUT THIS! AND I WANT TO PLAY LIKE THAT! it's been 24 years since that moment, STILL to this day it is my objective as a bass player to be ABLE to play AS IS Dream Theater songs made by this man, it's just MIND boggling the complexity not only musically but physically that it takes as a bass player to execute these songs, it's just an incredibly respectable to do it, no questions asked! if ANY bass player can pull off JOHN MYUNG songs from the first to the last second, you have my UTTER respect! I have yet to still master a DT song without feeling like my left hand will lock-up and my muscles and tendons will give in and I'll become disabled from the physical effort.... it's just INSANE!
found out that the last part and thze last D are easier to play if instead of playing 12(2nd)-14(2nd)-12(1st)-14(2nd)-12(2nd)-15(3rd), you play it with the pinky :12(2nd)-9(1st)-12(1st)-9- 12(2nd)-10(2nd). that way , if you play tha last F with the middle finger you get the index free for the low D. Thanks for the harmonic trick!
This was the first DT song that I had ever heard, my friend in school played it to me some 24 years ago and I was instantly hooked. I'd never heard anything like it at that time or a drum kit played like that.
Dude no way! I found this right after your Tool video and low and behold this is my FAVORITE Dream Theater song of all time. Love DT and this song (and album) is amazing! Total Godsend providence. I have been rocking out to this song for over 20 years. Also, this bass line has always fascinated me and it’s probably DT’s most overtly Christian song.
I loved this album, saw them on this tour and it was fantastic. I was up against the barricade in standing room only club where they played. My cousin and I got there early and we got to listen to sound check and got to meet them as well. it was such a great night.
I was definitely not expecting Lines In The Sand for this video, maybe Panic Attack or Dance of Eternity, but I forgot how hard the bass line went and Sharon's process was incredibly insightful!
A compositions and arrangements teacher had 2 mantras: - Play slow to incorporate. - Sing every note, otherwise you don't know what to play. I love to see it here too :)
Very cool! But, comparatively, this was a pretty straight forward bass line for Myung. Watching him go on the faster, more-complex, songs is insane. Fingers - on both hands - look like spiders dancing up & down!
Actually, after many years thinking that i loved awake over all the discography, i just realize how much i love Falling Into Infinity! It's an awesome album, the best for me! The transition from Hells Kitchen to Lines in The Sand is marvelous, so magical! I just love what they did!
I'm sorry for this kind of comment, but I'm simping so hard for sharon. Uplifting character, incredible bass skills and the side cute are just slapping my heart
When Sharon got the harmonics I was like wow. Please do more of this Drumeo format it's great
YESSS! I clapped irl! I thought there would be another section of the video for harmonics
Yep, me too! Lovely moment in the video. Genuine delight from everyone!
Actually not that hard. It is a typical earlier John Myung thing. Sounds really cool, but it is not really complicated.
@@TheVoitel doing it live on a video that will get a million views is hard
@@joannalewis5279 I hope you are aware that this is by no means live, and still, no, it is not particularly hard. If I were in her position I’m confident that this is the only part here I could do. Even if it sounds cool, the riff before is a lot harder. This is just raking at the 5th harmonic position.
That harmonic run is absolutely lush. Major kudos to Sharon for nailing it in such a short time. Fast fingers and a faster mind!
Dream Theater: raising the bar for ambitious shredders since 1989.
Amen to that!!
Especially with Mike back, the anticipation is so loud for this album!
I Thought Since 1985... 🤔
@@KristianJoyZX_V-T-D. Well....actually it was Majesty
@@psionic6126
Yes, That's What I Mean...
"Raising The Bar For Ambitious Shredders Since The Majesty Days In 1985!".
Honestly, Falling into Infinity has a lot of bangers. New Millenium, Hell's Kitchen, Lines in the Sand, Trial of Tears...
It's aged extremely well!
Peruvian Skies is soooooo goooooood as well!
Anna Lee, Just Let Me Breathe... top three DT album easy.
@@jamesrosco4816Anna Lee is easily their worst song, and is an embarrassment. They're allowed to have just one, and that's the one.
@kahwigulum what's wrong with Anna Lee "trying to believe the scars unseen, the tears washed clean" has a great melody.
Sharon saying she MIGHT be better than she thinks she is, is the most humble thing ever possible on this channel. This was a freaking great job, and such a joy to watch!
It's cool that all these apps exist to help bassists learn new songs. Back in my day we had play parts of a cassette over and over until we got it. I also learned to play a lot of songs live on a stage. The guitarist would just call out the progression and key, like I, V, vi, IV in Am. Then we'd play it.
Doug Pinnick is one of my favorite vocalists and bassists. Thank you for sharing this. I did not know that he sang a tune with Dream Theater. John Myung is a maestro. It's good to see a younger musician experience the excellent songwriting of Dream Theater and the brilliance of the bass, the backbone of any great song.
Falling Into Infinity was probably the biggest record of my childhood.. i thoroughly enjoyed this 💆🙏😻
Mine too
I love this record too, is so good and have a lot of good feelings behind the songs when you listen carefully. It's the most proggy album from DT.
It's peak DT to me. Scenes from a memory is great and all but this album is just so damn musical.
Very much underrated unfortunately
Not sure about the most proggy (Scenes, Six Degrees and Octovarium are more prog to my ears) but it's aged really well and is extremely well mixed!
Shes a machine and a talented young lady.
Im more into drums but lines in the sand is one of my favourite dream theater songs ever
Grinning ear to ear watching this. Fell off with DT after 'Awake' but the two of you are absolutely full of such positive energy. Biggest smiles of the day for me. Thank you!
Most musicians that have this musical gift are so cool and humble about it.
Myung is one of the reasons I started playing 6 strings. Anthony Jackson is another. I can't play their stuff very well, but practice is more enjoyable
He’s the reason I started playing, the live in Tokyo VHS sold me! Under a glass moon is the first song on it and right away I was addicted to that tape
Funny fact; myung is the reason i never started playing 6 strings
@@bassimprovjams3772 And to think that the whole Images and Words was recorded on a 4 string is mind boggling
Falling Into Infinity deserves more love!
Ian made an amazing choice!
I thought you said falling in reverse at first and I actually threw up in my mouth a bit.
@@jamesadamgleason9471 🤣 I meant Dream Theater’s fourth studio album
It definitely deserves more love!!
The talent and ability to do something like this in a lighthearted way, nail it and laugh about how you didn't quite "get it" is inspirational to a hack like me that will never be able to do a fraction of what you can do, because your attitude and enthusiasm are are so real. Thank you!
What I learned from this is double tracked bass sounds so good! Good job you two.
Oh, the Bass Face at 4:37. Pure Gold. Fantastic video folks.
Love you two. SBL is lucky to have you both on board. :D
Loved this video! So fun to watch other people's process of transcription. Also great to see other folks sing the parts to learn faster! Keep em' coming, SBL!
All of y’all at SBL Are a gift to the world🫶🏻 your love for music is so infectious!!
YES! Please make more of these videos. It is entertaining, yes, but seeing the way Sharon breaks down the bassline and learns in general is very informative and inspiring.
New subscriber from this video ✌🏼
The bass playing is extraordinary. But I gotta tell ya: that editing was beyond!!! Kudos to the Production Team AND the bassists! 😎
Sharon has such an amazing personality, so cute and smart and an amazing bassist of course , I always enjoy see her in your videos.
As a DT fan, and an amateur bass player, I can’t quite find the right words to describe how happy watching this awesome video makes me. “Swept away with the tiiide!!”
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This content is just getting better and better. Keep up!
One of my favourite tracks of all time. this helped me figure out the long run. TY Allison and Sharon!♥
I was thinking this would be fun to learn. Then I remembered I only have a 4 string 😅
My first DT album was this and since then I’ve been hooked to DT. Love the sonic quality of this album personally.
I love this format, it keeps the playing real, showing actual methods for learning !
Some of these songs live in my heart. Now you do too.
Sharon is an awesome addition to SBL, more prog!
Agreed 💯
Trial of tears has a sweet bass fill. It's very subtle and during JP's slow solo, but Myung just slides a quick vibrato high note at the tail, and his tone sounds soooo good.
His bass sound on FII is fantastic all round!!
More Dreamtheater and John Myung! 🙏🙏
Only seen her in a few videos but I love this girl. She knows her shit. Very well done
Sharon is so much fun!!! been loving the Ian/Sharon podcast duo and i think Sharon should talk on them more!
Watching you learn that specific song/part made me SO happy! Congrats you killed it. 🏆🔥 Easily one of DTs riffiest, catchiest songs and a blast to play. Looking forward to the follow up. And hopefully Just Let Me Breathe 😉👊🏻
Aaaaah!!! Yeaaaaah!!! Go Sharon!!!! ❤❤❤ Loved this so much! Also adore the camaraderie between you two, Ian and Shroonz! Thanks for the total radness! PS. Shoutout for rad editing too, Yogev 😎
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I love you guys so freakin' much. And as a die-hard Dream Theater fan, I enjoyed every second of it. I can't wait for more to come. You (and maybe a few other guys on UA-cam) make me wanna learn to play bass (as fast as possible). 🧡
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Stop making such great content. I'm spending way to much time on UA-cam, and i am not even a bass player. 😂
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I'm not a bassist (although I own a bass), but I love this exact part in Lines in the Sand. You both have made this extremely fun. Now I want a six string bass!
The album is my favorite of DT's, and this song (including the surrounding songs) is the best of the bunch. Simply my favorite.
She has an amazing ear and can play so well. I love listening to her learn stuff.
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Dance of Eternity bass solo breakdown next! DT and John Myung are awesome, thanks for the video
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Lol!!!
Or Ytse Jam bass solo! :D
While the Ian and Scott content is like hanging out with the guys. The Sharon and Ian content is a cut above! Great video and bonkers playing.
She's fantastic!
Amazing! She did it in a blast! Such an excellent ear perfect pitch you have their! Keep it up! God Bless!
So awesome, Sharon you are amazing! I’m going to go practice now, because I am
completely humbled. Also please do more vids like this!
Having spent around 20 hours in SBL i gotta say that Ian is just a really good teacher. He makes really complicated things seem easy to understand.
I’m impressed Sharon can handle a thumb 6, that fretboard felt like an aircraft carrier deck to me and my hands aren’t small
It is TOTALLY an aircraft carrier deck 🥲 but such a comfy and ‘like butter’ aircraft carrier deck 😂
Thank you for specifying the model! I was looking into that as my first 6 string, but, since it's literally above my pay grade, I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon.
Maybe, if maybe, I can dig up something used for below 700€ I can think about it
@@sharonrenoldmaybe it's your fingers the secret for that bass sounding SO GOOD.
You rocked!!
@@sharonrenold Truth, I definitely have the warwick bug. My corvette NT5 has the most comfortable neck i've ever played. A thumb 5 is definitely next on my list
@@sharonrenoldis yours from the 80s or 90s? It looks like an earlier one
That was fun! Great job Sharon!
Her initial reaction to finding out what she had to learn is the appropriate response.
This was a blast to watch! Please do more videos like this :)
No kidding, the part she says "I'm not happy right now, but I will be so happy when I'm able to play it". HOLD ON TO THAT FEELING.
This simple feeling can help you get motivation to learn new songs. Savor it.
I'm liking her straight off after just few minutes. ❤ Keep her involved 😊
Lots more to come from Sharon!!
Sharon's idea about learning it vocally first has changed my life!!! Incredible work
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I love this idea! It's also super helpful for musicians who are still in the early stages of learning to see professionals working through the same exact problems that they have!
Some gems in here. Three observations:
1) I love this teaching chemistry between the two of you. Y’all dance the line of mentor/colleague really nicely and it’s so fun.
2) Transcribe is a gem; one that I haven’t thought about since trying to learn NHØP solos in college…
3) The last thing you said is great. Never lose sight of your abilities despite the lies your brain makes up!
4) I’d say that Dance of Eternity DT’s Sir Duke 😮💨
when the Berklee ensemble pic got out up I did the Leo meme pointing at the screen. im like that's Yogev Gabay
I could imagine a weekend workshop of doing an intensive musical seminar with such master bass players.
This was so fun! Well done!
Sharon killed it!
"Learning that I might be better than I think I am". I know exactly what she means. The more songs you learn, the quicker you learn them. Been going to an open jam for a year and there's a re a few guitarists who will just start playing something I've never played and I have to figure it out on the fly. I've been surprised at how many I can pick up right away. It's such a rush. I learned this one by ear along with the video, I've got the notes but to be honest I can't play it as smoothly as them. My fingers still fly around too much. My suggestion to other bass players. Just throw on a playlist of songs you love and see how many you can figure out on the fly. You might surprise yourself. It's a lot of fun.
Transcribe! is an awesome software. I like being able to pitch everything up an octave when I'm having a hard time hearing the low end.
Images and Words blew my mind, but like Ian, this album was the height of my DT fandom. I went so far as to buy the 5 string Yamaha RBX775 (closest thing to his signature), that I have to this day. It is the only 5 string that I have kept. gawd it's a great bass..
100% behind the approach of singing during transcription. Looping and slowing stuff down helps me, but generally I feel like if I can sing it, I can match the notes I'm singing to those on my guitar and I can work anything out.
Erotomania is a real finger stretcher. Love to see it
Drummer here: it's something also for us
Lines in the sand is my most favorite song. Everything in this track is incredible. And of course guitar solo is amazing.
It's a killer tune, no question! One of quite a few on Falling Into Infinity!
Lines in the sand is one of the best DT songs.
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Man, I love watching Sharon vibe this hard!
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John at one time played a Yamaha 6 signature and then went with a Bongo 6 but the neck that was used was for the 5 string and had a special 6 string nut made for the neck. I feel this was to give him less wood on the neck, while putting strings space closer.
Hi Sharon, well played. I loved that you picked that up so fast. Respects.
No surprise Ian is gonna bring a track with dUg on vocals 😅
Lmao Sharon I miss the old days when we played DT together at Berklee hahahhahaahhaha XD
Transcribe is a great piece of software. My guitar teacher told me about it and I used to learn the most difficult bluegrass song I learned, I don't think I could have learned it without that software.
when I decided to go full in on the bass guitar I was 14 and my main goal for what a bass player should sound like was John Myung.... the way his bass playing made me OBSSESS over the damn instrument and how HE plays it, his technique with the three fingers on the right hand, his range of playing with the left hand, the SPEED and COORDINATION of both, I thought to myself, there is NO OTHER WAY TO PLAY THE BASS BUT THIS! AND I WANT TO PLAY LIKE THAT!
it's been 24 years since that moment, STILL to this day it is my objective as a bass player to be ABLE to play AS IS Dream Theater songs made by this man, it's just MIND boggling the complexity not only musically but physically that it takes as a bass player to execute these songs, it's just an incredibly respectable to do it, no questions asked!
if ANY bass player can pull off JOHN MYUNG songs from the first to the last second, you have my UTTER respect!
I have yet to still master a DT song without feeling like my left hand will lock-up and my muscles and tendons will give in and I'll become disabled from the physical effort.... it's just INSANE!
Myung’s definitely one of the most technical bassist and always underrated
Falling Into Infinity is my favorite Dream Theater album, and Lines In The Sand is my favorite of their songs....so...great choice!
You should try to play Archspire I would LOVE to see that
Sharon is awesome … fantastic timing, feel and ear
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More of this, please
found out that the last part and thze last D are easier to play if instead of playing 12(2nd)-14(2nd)-12(1st)-14(2nd)-12(2nd)-15(3rd), you play it with the pinky :12(2nd)-9(1st)-12(1st)-9- 12(2nd)-10(2nd). that way , if you play tha last F with the middle finger you get the index free for the low D. Thanks for the harmonic trick!
This was the first DT song that I had ever heard, my friend in school played it to me some 24 years ago and I was instantly hooked. I'd never heard anything like it at that time or a drum kit played like that.
SBL stands for Sharon Bass Lessons!!!! She is awesome!!!
YES!!!
such a great video, even for someone like me that doesn't even know which end of the bass to plug the USB stick into.
Dude no way! I found this right after your Tool video and low and behold this is my FAVORITE Dream Theater song of all time. Love DT and this song (and album) is amazing! Total Godsend providence. I have been rocking out to this song for over 20 years.
Also, this bass line has always fascinated me and it’s probably DT’s most overtly Christian song.
I loved this album, saw them on this tour and it was fantastic. I was up against the barricade in standing room only club where they played. My cousin and I got there early and we got to listen to sound check and got to meet them as well. it was such a great night.
Nice!!!
How have I never watched this channel before, it's so fun (my excuse is I play guitar). Fellow Berklee alum here, this was great! Great job 🤘
I was definitely not expecting Lines In The Sand for this video, maybe Panic Attack or Dance of Eternity, but I forgot how hard the bass line went and Sharon's process was incredibly insightful!
A compositions and arrangements teacher had 2 mantras:
- Play slow to incorporate.
- Sing every note, otherwise you don't know what to play.
I love to see it here too :)
I love your dog, so cute.
I love the album!
She nailed it ... impressed!
The album is great, as is Sharon!
Very cool! But, comparatively, this was a pretty straight forward bass line for Myung. Watching him go on the faster, more-complex, songs is insane. Fingers - on both hands - look like spiders dancing up & down!
When you played together - that's been just phenomenal!
Just got done learning The dance of eternity on bass, its SO FUUUUUUUUN
Actually, after many years thinking that i loved awake over all the discography, i just realize how much i love Falling Into Infinity! It's an awesome album, the best for me!
The transition from Hells Kitchen to Lines in The Sand is marvelous, so magical! I just love what they did!
Definitely! FII has aged well, and has what is possibly JMs best bass mix on it. His Yamaha basses recorded extremely well!
Sharon is a total bad ass!!! I also have an even higher respect for John Myung.
Sharon has a great bass face.
I had ZERO idea DT did a thing with Doug Pinnick, but I should have realized, I did know the band loved King's X and toured with them.
Wow.. you bring back those memories in 97.. work so hard to listen New Millennium song..
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As an old Dream Theater fan, I can say this album is very underrated, underestimated. I like this album very much
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I'm sorry for this kind of comment, but I'm simping so hard for sharon. Uplifting character, incredible bass skills and the side cute are just slapping my heart
It's also my favourite. I understand they recorded the tracks one at a time, and it feels that way, with the most variety in a single DT album.
2:25 great transition!