List your favorite Opeth albums
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Topic: List your favorite Opeth albums
Posted By: darkshade
Subject: List your favorite Opeth albums
Date 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. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 03 2012 at 16:56
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1. Heritage ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Master of Time
Date Posted: August 03 2012 at 17:12
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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.
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Posted By: sleeper
Date 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 ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005  |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 04 2012 at 10:48
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Snow Dog wrote:Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: August 04 2012 at 19:17
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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)
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: August 04 2012 at 19:52
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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. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: August 04 2012 at 21:01
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Posted By: IMPF
Date Posted: August 04 2012 at 21:13
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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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Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: August 04 2012 at 22:02
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Top 3: Morningrise Still Life
My Arms, Your Hearse |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: August 04 2012 at 22:13
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Top 3
1- Still Life
2- Blackwater Park
3- Morningrise
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 04 2012 at 22:35
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Awesome Tier 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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Posted By: appudds
Date Posted: August 05 2012 at 08:26
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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) |
Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: August 05 2012 at 12:25
I'm listening to Morningrise right now!
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Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: August 05 2012 at 18:51
| Watershed's their only album I've been able to get into, and its one of my top albums. |
Posted By: Lofcaudio
Date Posted: August 06 2012 at 15:28
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Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: August 07 2012 at 06:40
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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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Posted By: shermike
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 06:06
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1. Morningrise 2. 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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Posted By: darkshade
Date 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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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 09 2012 at 14:55
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OrchidDeliverance Still Life Blackwater Park Damnation That last spot is kinda up for grabs to me. The first four are easily above the rest IMO.
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Posted By: deathlifereborn
Date Posted: March 14 2013 at 07:52
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1. Ghost Reveries 2. Still Life 3. Blackwater Park 4. Damnation 5. Heritage 6. Watershed 7. Deliverance 8. My Arms, Your Hearse Still haven't heard Orchid or Morningrise yet so.... ------------- 'What happened to our innocence, did it go out of style' |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: March 14 2013 at 12:08
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1. Blackwater Park & Heritage (10/10) 2. Watershed, Deliverance, Damnation (9/10) 3. Morningrise & Orchid (8,5/10) 4. My Arms Your Hearse, Still Life, Ghost Reveries (8/10) ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: March 14 2013 at 12:11
| My favorite is a toss-up between Blackwater Park and Deliverance. |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: March 14 2013 at 12:12
| I'm not an Opeth fan, though I think Blackwater Park was the album I enjoyed the most when gave them a listen. |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: March 18 2013 at 14:13
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Fave Opeth albums, from first to last :
1 - Still Life
2 - Blackwater Park
3 - My Arms, Your Hearse
4 - Deliverance
5 - Ghost Reveries
6 - Heritage
7 - Morningrise
8 - Watershed
9 - Orchid
I haven't listened to Opeth in quite some time, now, thanks to you, I'll have to listen to all of them again very soon !  ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: March 18 2013 at 14:15
 ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: zeqexes
Date Posted: March 19 2013 at 04:51
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Out of the ones I own: Blackwater Park Ghost Reveries Damnation Heritage Watershed Deliverance ------------- 
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Posted By: everest
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 02:11
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1. My Arms, Your Hearse (It's..perfect.) 2. Watershed (First I ever listened to) 3. Still Life I also love Damnation and Deliverance. 
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Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 10:31
I rank MAYH very high too. Love that album! |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 10:56
I'd lower a bit ratings for Deliverance, Damnation (8,5/10 both), My Arms... and Still Life (7/10 both) and raise Morningrise up to 9/10. Anyway, I still love all those slbums. ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 11:00
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With all this snow outside, it's looks desolate out there; I feel like I have to throw some Opeth on.
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Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 15:15
Opeth is perfect for snowy weather. |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 15:24
Probably my list too |
Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: February 04 2014 at 00:44
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Every one of Opeths albums are awesome and unique. They all bring something to the table, so it is very hard to list them from favorite to least favorite. Lets see...
1. Still Life- it's too good, the concept, the melodies, the riffs, it has two of Opeths top five songs and is, in my opinion, the quintessential Opeth album. Flows perfectly from start to finish and every musician was at their best on this monster album. 2. Blackwater Park- usually gets hailed as the bands best work, it has a few weak songs though, and they hold it back from the top spot, but tracks like Bleak and The Drapery Falls are essential. 3. Ghost Reveries- maybe they're most even effort, this and Blackwater are interchangeable. Ghost Reveries is Opeths darkest album, and maybe heaviest as well, last one with Lopez, he plays so damn good on this album, it's almost like he knew. 4.My Arms, Your Hearse- When Opeth defined they're sound, very strong album, April Ethereal and When are my two favorites, Mikeal played bass on this one, Mendez is missed whenever I revisit this, but it's still great. 5.Morningrise- Classic, these songs stand the test of time no questions asked. More acoustic than newer albums, lots of black metal characteristics, and Akerfeldt sounds downright evil, winning formula? Yes. 6. Watershed- Balanced album, nothing sounds bad, and, using Opeth standards, nothing sounds amazing either, save Hessian Peel, Hessian Peel is flawless, Watershed is not, but it is still quite good. 7. Deliverance- Soaring highs and crashing lows that is Deliverance in a nutshell for me. It has two of my favorite Opeth tracks in Deliverance and Master's Apprentices, and two tracks I skip every single time in Wreath and By the Pain I see in Others, some it feels stale and uninspired, and some if it is classic Opeth. 8. Damnation- I am not a huge fan of Opeths lighter side, on other albums Mikaels clean vocals are welcome and serve as great texturing and a great tool to bring in beautiful melodies amongst the the most inspired and well written metal of my generation, here they are the whole package, and I find myself missing what makes Opeth truly Opeth. However, these are good songs, Damnation has it's place in the Opeth discography, and in my opinion 8th place seems appropriate. Good album, missing the most crucial part of Opeths sound. 9. Orchid- Orchid is raw, very very raw. For me listening to it is just like a little history lesson. Opeth evolved into something truly unique and amazing, this is where they came from. It doesn't get much play because it sounds so unfinished to my ears, but is still intriguing to listen too. 10. Heritage- Like I said, I prefer Opeths heavy side, because it is an integral part of who Opeth are. There is no heavy side to this album, and that is not even close to the worst thing wrong with it. As a fan of prog rock I hate to use this term but it is the truth, this album suffers greatly from progressive "noodling". Most of the time Opeth are moving from boring passages of music that feel totally improvised, which doesn't cut it for me. The lyrics are laughable most of the time with gems like "feel the pain in your brain, insane". It's really a shame that this is the path Opeth are taking for their new sound. It has some alright moments in I Fear the Dark and Folklore, but this one is truly for fans and collectors only. Or for close minded people that think anything with growls isn't music anymore ;) Opeth is in my top 3 favorite bands of all time and I highly recommend them to everyone. |
Posted By: KonradKupiec
Date Posted: February 06 2014 at 15:25
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1. Blackwater Park 2. Watershed 3. Still Life
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Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: February 11 2014 at 08:23
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1. Ghost Reveries 2. Still Life 3. Blackwater Park 4. Heritage 5. Damnation 6. Watershed 7. Deliverance 8. My Arms, Your Hearse ------------- https://twitter.com/ProgFollower" rel="nofollow - @ProgFollower on Twitter. Tweet me muzak. |
Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 01:12
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Of the ones I've heard: 1. Ghost Reveries (A top 5 album ever in my book) 2. Still Life (If Ghost Reveries is #5, this album is #6) 3. Blackwater Park 4. Damnation 5. Watershed 6. Heritage |
Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 04:13
You've gotta go listen to My Arms Your Hearse, Deliverance, and Morningrise.
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 07:52
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1. Deliverance 2. Blackwater Park 3. Ghost Reveries 4. Damnation 5. Watershed 6. Still Life 7. Heritage 8. MAYH 9. Morningrise 10.Orchid For me the top 3 are absolutely incredible albums and way above the others. I would rate each of them as a 5 star masterpiece. Numbers 4-5 are excellent and 6-7 are both good albums too. The first three have never really resonated with me for some reason |
Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 13:32
I'll get on that soon! Which do you recommend I start with? |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 13:41
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^Morningrise is epic. A very beautiful album although very far from what Opeth were doing later because it's more black meal than death metal.
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Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: February 13 2014 at 05:47
If you're favorite was Ghost Reveries, I'd say pick up My Arms, Your Hearse. "When" is a top ten Opeth track for sure.
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Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: February 15 2014 at 00:54
Sounds like a plan! Thank you both so much for your input 
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: February 15 2014 at 19:18
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Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: March 17 2014 at 13:35
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Really not a fan of Opeth, but Still Life is brilliant (almost 5-star for me) 1. Still Life then much further down... 2. Blackwater Park 3. Ghost Reveries 4. Damnation 5. Heritage |