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The Bearded Bard 
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 Topic: Still Life Or Blackwater Park?
Posted: November 06 2013 at 17:14 |
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: November 04 2013 at 19:59 |
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Man these albums are so close for me that I can't honestly take one over the other. One of those rare times when two albums are equal for me.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: November 03 2013 at 15:09 |
 Neo-Romantic wrote:
It's funny to see just how divided opinions are about the tracks on BWP. I actually think the title track is the best on the album by far, but each song presents a memorable riff or passage. |
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Earthmover
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Posted: November 03 2013 at 14:56 |
still (pun not intended) can't into still life for some reason gotta give it a spin later
Edited by Earthmover - November 03 2013 at 14:57
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Earendil
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Posted: November 03 2013 at 07:04 |
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I like BWP park more because of how ridiculously well it uses the contrast of bleak, acoustic passages and awesome riffs. I think there's more buildup and emotion in it. And I think it's Akerfeldt's best vocal performance.
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Neo-Romantic
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Posted: November 03 2013 at 02:36 |
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It's funny to see just how divided opinions are about the tracks on BWP. I actually think the title track is the best on the album by far, but each song presents a memorable riff or passage.
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Gallifrey
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Posted: November 03 2013 at 01:43 |
paganinio wrote:
Still Life's sheer riffage is unparalleled. Blackwater Park got no memorable riffs except for the title track.
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Although I agree with you, I actually think that the title track of BWP is easily the weakest. The first riff of Bleak is probably my favourite Opeth riff ever.
Actually no the final one in Face Of Melinda. Or the lead riff in The Moor. Or that epically brvtal one in SPD.
Yeah I really don't get how BWP is rated better than Still Life.
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paganinio
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Posted: November 03 2013 at 00:55 |
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Still Life's sheer riffage is unparalleled. Blackwater Park got no memorable riffs except for the title track.
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Earendil
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Posted: November 02 2013 at 10:39 |
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I think Still Life is an excellent album, but Blackwater Park is a masterpiece
Edited by Earendil - November 03 2013 at 07:02
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MFP
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 20:27 |
Neo-Romantic wrote:
Still Life still gets the edge by a wide margin. It's strong in every possible way, conceptually, musically, lyrically... |
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adace1
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 13:47 |
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Blackwater Park for me, but I'm biased since that's the album that got me into the band.
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Prog Sothoth
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 09:02 |
Blackwater Park for me.
Still Life is quite good, but I prefer the two albums it's sandwiched between.
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Roj
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Posted: October 31 2013 at 08:57 |
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A bit shocked to see Still Life is that far ahead. It's good but for me not a patch on the amazing Blackwater Park. It's probably their best, though Deliverance and Ghost Reveries are right up there too.
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Padraic
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Posted: October 30 2013 at 14:59 |
sleeper wrote:
Is that the 5.1 remix that came out a few years ago?
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Yeah. In 2008, as it turns out (I thought it was more recently).
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sleeper
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Posted: October 30 2013 at 14:20 |
Padraic wrote:
sleeper wrote:
Blackwater Park, one of my top 5 albums. Stil Life's great but it's badly mixed, very hard to hear the bass.
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Did you hear the remastered version? The improvement in sound quality is tremendous. It actually helped me enjoy the album a lot more. |
Is that the 5.1 remix that came out a few years ago? I haven't heard it since there's no point in having two albums of the same thing, but if the stereo mix is improved as well I may consider getting it and passing on my current copy.
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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ole-the-first
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Posted: October 30 2013 at 14:16 |
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Blackwater Park
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This night wounds time.
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Neo-Romantic
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Posted: October 30 2013 at 13:28 |
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^Definitely. I haven't heard the version before the remastering, but I can vouch for how balanced and complete the mix is after the apparent touch-ups. I also like the updated album cover much more too. One of my all time favorites, actually. It was the wallpaper on my phone for several months.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: October 30 2013 at 10:40 |
^ Thanks for that, Scott
Padraic wrote:
sleeper wrote:
Blackwater Park, one of my top 5 albums. Stil Life's great but it's badly mixed, very hard to hear the bass.
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Did you hear the remastered version? The improvement in sound quality is tremendous. It actually helped me enjoy the album a lot more. |
I should get this
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: October 30 2013 at 08:34 |
Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - October 30 2013 at 08:35
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Padraic
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Posted: October 30 2013 at 08:33 |
sleeper wrote:
Blackwater Park, one of my top 5 albums. Stil Life's great but it's badly mixed, very hard to hear the bass.
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Did you hear the remastered version? The improvement in sound quality is tremendous. It actually helped me enjoy the album a lot more.
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