Chaos In Motion 2007-2008 is probably the best music DVD that I've ever seen. If you are a Dream Theater fan then you should probably have it already, if you don't have it, don't even wait for Christmas, just go buy it. It is a compilation of Dream Theater's Chaos In Motion world tour (hence the title) in support of their 9th studio album, Systematic Chaos. However, with all Dream Theater live releases Portnoy has nicely included many songs from other albums. If you aren't a Dream Theater fan, this would be a good thing to check out: If it blows you away then you'll probably like most of their material, but if you don't like it then it would also be a pretty good indicator as well.

It's an ongoing debate as to which member is really the most talented and the winner of this round is Rudess. He has the most amazing solo yet, combining Continuum, keyboard, and the new Zen Riffer. I didn't have a chance to go through all of the bonus material until today and I'm pleased to say that it is pretty great as well (even Myung talks a good deal); I really hope there is a Making of documentary about album number ten, which is currently being recorded.

NOTE: If you can still find a Special edition (with three CDs of the concert in addition to the 2 DVDs) then go for it. It was limited to 5,000 copies and from what I saw sold out pretty quickly, but if you get lucky enough to find it on the shelf at $50 it's $10 per disc, and who doesn't love driving down the street jamming with live music blaring?