What's the best Opeth Album and why?
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Topic: What's the best Opeth Album and why?
Posted By: Treasure
Subject: What's the best Opeth Album and why?
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 13:39
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My choice is My Arms, Your Hearse. It's so amazing and well written. My absolute favorite by them. ------------- 
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Posted By: metalisgood
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 13:40
| Still Life because the atmosphere is just too perfect |
Posted By: proggy
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 13:54
Damnation by Steven Wilson
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Posted By: horsewithteeth11
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 13:57
I could easily choose either BP, Still Life, and Watershed. Right now, I'm in more of a BLEAK mood though ------------- 
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Posted By: mickstafa
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 14:14
| Damnation: SWilson + no Growling = a listenable album for me. |
Posted By: Darklord55
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 14:19
All of them. So I can't vote. 
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Posted By: keiser willhelm
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 14:37
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Blackwater Park. Still Life is oh so close but BP has the Drapery Falls and as such, takes the cake. fav. Opeth album to date. also, kudos to their newest for re kindling my interest in the band. not their best but. . . interesting. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/KeiserWillhelm" rel="nofollow - What im listening to |
Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 14:40
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Blackwater park by Miles away. It going to take a long time for Opeth to make a superiot album. ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 14:45
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Damnation for me because it's so melancholic,and i really like the mellotron. Blackwater Park and Still Life round out my top three. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 14:54
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Blackwater Park. With the help of Steven Wilson they created the most melencholic, haunting and even beautiful album that I've ever heard, that just happens to absolutely rock.
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 15:07
Damnation, because Cookie Monster stayed home on Sesame Street where he belongs.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Genesister
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 15:23
| Watershed: there's just an emotion there that the other albums don't have, and also because it's more varied than past releases. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 15:30
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My Arms, Your Hearse Unprecedented sophistication in songwriting that would lay dormant until Damnation and Ghost Reveries. All of the songs are excellent, but it has my favorite Opeth song, "Epilogue." ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 15:32
| Ghost Reveries is my favorite, to me it's great riffs, great technicality, but very emotional passages. Might be the best metal album I own. |
Posted By: The Crow
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 15:41
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I choose "Deliverance"... It's the first Opeth album I heard and still my personal favourite. I really like the powerful guitar sound, and of course, the incredible Martín López drums, his best in my opinion.
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Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 16:16
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Ghost Reveries has such a tremendous set of riffs, memorable passages, melodies, guitar solos, etc., great atmosphere, and great flow, among other things. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph  
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Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 17:17
| I've been listening to this band for a long time. Blackwater Park has always been number one...but I still feel like something will take its place. Still Life and My Arms, Your Hearse have the potential. Damnation is always nice to listen to for some easy listening Opeth. Great band, always putting out quality albums. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 17:41
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Blackwater park. Cause it has the best production of all Opeth albums (thanks to mr Wilson). It might be their most brutal moment while having some of the best acoustic pieces they have done. It´s got Opeth arguably best known song (The drapery falls) and their best (The leper affinity, although thats just my opinion). It´s, along with Ghost reveries, probably the album that has the most flow to it, every song seems to marriage each other really well, as opposed to Still life, where every song is killer but they seem to individual, no connection with the next one, Blackwater has it, and it has it better than in any other Opeth album. All songs are incredibly composed and they are quite varied within each other, in tempos primarly, which is another thing Still Life doesnt have. All songs, as said before are great, but it´s never really "on", it never really get´s fast and heavy, it seems a bit too lineal at times (probably due to the production), Blackwater park doesn´t, it´s a mountain ride that doesn´t let go. And Wilson sings in one song... what more can you ask for? ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 19:12
You forgot that Wilson plays keyboards on a few sections.  ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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el böthy wrote:Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 19:14
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I've been putting off getting anything before Still life for awhile, I guess I should jump on it. I guess Still life would be their best that I own, though I think Ghost of Perdition is their best song easily. ------------- 
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Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 19:16
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Deliverance. The title track is amazing. ------------- 
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 19:37
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I only own 6 Opeth albums and from those I'd say "Ghost Reveries" is the best, followed by "Still Life". The first one has the best track (Ghost of Perdition) and the second is the best album overall, with all songs at a great level. ------------- 
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: June 13 2008 at 20:15
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Ghost Revries is my favorite for the same reasons stated earlier. It just sounds like the COMPLETE package.
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Posted By: enteredwinter
Date Posted: June 14 2008 at 02:28
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My favorite is Still Life. I'd rank them like this, from best to worst: Still Life, My Arms Your Hearse, Watershed, Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries, Morningrise, Damnation, Deliverance, Orchid. Two reasons why Still Life is the best: 1) It is the most consistent, from a musical-quality standpoint, IMO. Every other album has at least one track that isn't quite up to the general "Opeth standard". 2) It works very well as a concept album, more so than any other Opeth album. Its lyrics read like an interesting novel, from start to finish. ------------- 
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Posted By: white_russian
Date Posted: June 14 2008 at 05:12
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Morningrise. Because of Black Rose Immortal.
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Posted By: PROGMONSTER2008
Date Posted: June 14 2008 at 05:28
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Damnation easily. If opeth did all their albums like this they would be a cool band. None of that garbage growling and no metal. But 80% of their songs are garbage. Deliverance is a poor album. Metal is boring
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: June 14 2008 at 13:07
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Still Life Why? Consistency and some very adventurous chord progressions. I also love the atmosphere, and the balance between heavy and mellow is utter perfection. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: June 14 2008 at 14:06
| Blackwater Park because it sounds the best. |
Posted By: Demonoid
Date Posted: June 14 2008 at 14:57
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ALL OF EM! mmm... Ghost Reveries but not by much. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/dem0n0id/?chartstyle=LivejournalColors"> 
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Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: June 15 2008 at 12:18
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Morningrise because it's epic and doesn't have any of those horrible clashing riffs or overly "technical" sections that make every album after it impossible to enjoy for me.
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Posted By: EliasMisael
Date Posted: July 02 2008 at 17:37
Please let me give one vote to ORCHID Forest Of October: Love at first listen Note: The album sounds raw and the ideas aren't totally developed but I still believe it's a true gem. ------------- "...Basic temperamental filters on our eyes Alter our perceptions Lenses polarize..." 
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Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: July 02 2008 at 21:03
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Watershed is probably their most exciting album to date, but Still Life is still 'the' album. I can't dig Blackwater Park as much as others may do. The second half isn't very exciting for me and I can never seem to recall anything in the title track besides that chilling acoustic part. Of course, the opener would easily fit in my top 10 Opeth Tracks. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: July 03 2008 at 16:36
Blackwater park yust arived in my mailbox, my first ever Opeth album and its love on first listen!  ------------- 
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Posted By: Your Lame Sister
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 14:55
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Blackwater Park. I rarely Listen to it now, simply beacuse I'm sick of it to death, but it's stil their best: Akerfeldt's vocals and riffs at their peak, the best production on any opeth album, and overall amazing and diverse songwriting. ------------- "Playing acoustic guitar is like having sex with your clothes on - I mean, you know how to do it, but it's more difficult." - Dave Mustaine |