but i think Physicist is my favorite devin townshend album. its nearly flawless which is something i can't say about terria, ocean machine, or infinity. granted i still haven't heard the new one enough to make a judgement.
I think it's one of his best albums too. But City, Biomech, and Terria are still my favorites. City is of course the masterpiece there, by far the best.
I don't know why Physicist tends to get overlooked, Kingdom and Planet Rain are two of his best songs, no question...not only were none of its songs played when I saw Devin last week (although since it features the SYL lineup, I wasn't expecting any), it wasn't even on sale at the merch booths.
he doesn't like it because he felt obligated to his fans to make a heavy album at the time. He got into all sorts of trouble with CM about that album too...