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darkshade 
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 Topic: List your favorite Opeth albums
Posted: August 03 2012 at 16:54 |
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I've been listening to Opeth a bunch lately, more than I have in a very, very long time, aside from the occasional album here or there. I was curious to see what PA's members favorite albums were, so let's have it.
Mine are:
Ghost Reveries
Deliverance
Heritage
Blackwater Park
Still Life
Damnation
Watershed
My Arms, Your Hearse
Morningrise
Orchid
Orchid and Morningrise are rarely listened to, even though I used to listen to them a lot when I was 15 or 16. The music's structures are not well crafted yet, and there's too much bleakness and black metal for my tastes these days. Ghost Reveries has been my absolute favorite ever since it came out, beating out Deliverance, which I think is an awesome album, but some people don't for some reason. Blackwater Park was my first album and I've always considered it one of their best, but was recently beat out of the top 3 slot by their new album Heritage; I love the atmosphere on their new one. The rest are great.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: August 03 2012 at 16:56 |
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1. Heritage
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Master of Time
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Posted: August 03 2012 at 17:12 |
I've only listened to four. I don't love growling but they're still great albums, but that puts the growless albums higher on my list. 1. Damnation 2. Heritage 3. Still Life 4. Black Water Park They're all great though.
Edited by Master of Time - August 03 2012 at 17:13
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sleeper
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 05:38 |
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Blackwater Park
My Arms, Your Hearse
Still Life
Orchid
Morningrise
Watershed
Heritage
Ghost Reveries
Damnation
Deliverance
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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richardh
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 10:48 |
 Snow Dog wrote:
1. Heritage |
damn it you stole my list 
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AlexDOM
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 19:17 |
Still Life (in my top 3 favorite albums)GAP My Arms, Your Hearse
Blackwater Park and Ghost Reveries (tie) Deliverance Damnation Watershed Morningrise Heritage Orchid
I have Still Life on vinyl and love it so much, have all their live dvds, and the Live at Royal Albert Hall mega vinyl and dvd pack (and all their cds duh ha ha)
Edited by AlexDOM - March 14 2013 at 09:11
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HolyMoly
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 19:52 |
I haven't been able to get into Opeth yet. I have copies of several albums, and I'm just waiting for them to click someday. I'm not really a metal guy, so it's an uphill battle, but I have known to get very attached to a select few metal bands from time to time (e.g. Boris), so I'm not giving up on Opeth yet.
Oh, and if you say "try Heritage" (it's not metal), I have. I just don't know what's missing.
Edited by HolyMoly - August 04 2012 at 19:54
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Anthony H.
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Location: Virginia
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 21:01 |
richardh wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
1. Heritage |
damn it you stole my list |
Fail and double fail. 
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IMPF
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 21:13 |
Morningrise is by far most definitley Opeth's best album and one of the greatest albums ever made inthe history of the time and everything.
Yes, that makes no sense, but it's quite good.
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MFP
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 22:02 |
Top 3:
Morningrise Still Life My Arms, Your Hearse
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Morningrise
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 22:13 |
Top 3
1- Still Life
2- Blackwater Park
3- Morningrise
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stonebeard
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 22:35 |
Awesome Tier
1. Ghost Reveries 2. Blackwater Park
Great Tier
3. Still Life
Good Tier
4. My Arms Your Hearse 5. Morningrise
Meh Tier
Orchid Deliverance Damnation Watershed
Get the Hell Out of My Playlist Tier
Heritage
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appudds
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Posted: August 05 2012 at 08:26 |
My order has been 1)Morningrise (The most intense, emotional album I have ever listened to. Blackrose Immortal and The Night and The Silent Water are songs from god. Not to forget the soothing To Bid You Farewell) 2)Orchid (A Lot of experimentation was made in this album and though some songs arent famous, they are really one of a kind. Like Under The Weeping Moon with its black metal feel and The Apostle In Triumph with the fretless bass and percussion section and not to forget the atmospheric Forest of October) 3)Blackwater Park (What a transition. The heavy songs are good and so are the softer songs as well. Perfect mix)
My least favourite has been Watershed. (Mediocre though good. A disappointment when compared to Ghost Reveries)
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AlexDOM
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Posted: August 05 2012 at 12:25 |
IMPF wrote:
Morningrise is by far most definitley Opeth's best album and one of the greatest albums ever made inthe history of the time and everything.
Yes, that makes no sense, but it's quite good. |
I'm listening to Morningrise right now!
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Eria Tarka
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Posted: August 05 2012 at 18:51 |
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Watershed's their only album I've been able to get into, and its one of my top albums.
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Lofcaudio
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Posted: August 06 2012 at 15:28 |
- Still Life
- Blackwater Park
- Watershed
- Ghost Reveries
- Damnation
- Deliverance
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Jbird
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Posted: August 07 2012 at 06:40 |
1. Ghost Reveries 2. Blackwater Park 3. Deliverance 4. Still Life 5. Watershed 6. My Arms, Your Hearse 7. Damnation 8. Heritage 9. Morningrise 10. Orchid
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shermike
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Posted: August 09 2012 at 06:06 |
1. Morningrise2. Heritage 3. Ghost Reveries 4. Still Life
5. Blackwater Park
6. My Arms, Your Hearse
7. Orchid
8. Damnation
9. Watershed
10. and Deliverance that actually I never like
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darkshade
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Posted: August 09 2012 at 14:32 |
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I listened to Morningrise earlier, and I may have to move it up a couple notches in my list, it was a lot better than I remembered it being. Ghost Reveries is still their best album.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: August 09 2012 at 14:55 |
Orchid Deliverance Still Life Blackwater Park Damnation That last spot is kinda up for grabs to me. The first four are easily above the rest IMO.
Edited by Man With Hat - August 09 2012 at 14:56
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