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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #175 on: August 23, 2012, 09:53:47 PM »
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The Leper Affinity
Bleak
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Dirge For November
Patterns In The Ivy
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #176 on: August 23, 2012, 09:57:57 PM »
There is a wide gap between the top 5 and bottom 3 for me.

1. Bleak
2. The Drapery Falls
3. Harvest
4. Patterns in the Ivy
5. Blackwater Park
6. The Funeral Portrait (love the intro with the acoustic)
7. Dirge for November (incredible outro, but a rather average song before that)
8. The Leper Affinity (love the solo in the middle and that gorgeous outro, but the growling does nothing for me in this song, making the singing parts rather ho-hum to me)

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #177 on: August 23, 2012, 10:37:23 PM »
I feel like some balance in the world has been restored as I realize how dissimilar our rankings are much like our opinions on many things sports related. Thanks for obliging :metal

About Dirge For November: No love for the intro?
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #178 on: August 23, 2012, 10:48:09 PM »
Oh yeah, the intro to that is really cool, too.  But like The Leper Affinity, the growling vocal parts do nothing for me in this tune.

Edit: I just listened to both again and probably like Dirge for November more than The Funeral Portrait, so flip those two on my earlier list.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #179 on: August 23, 2012, 11:43:39 PM »
1. Patterns In The Ivy (should've been a longer song)
2. The Funeral Portrait
3. The Drapery Falls
4. The Leper Affinity
5. Bleak
6. Harvest
7. Blackwater Park
8. Dirge For November

Haha, just noticed the top 4 all have "the" in their name.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #180 on: August 24, 2012, 12:40:23 AM »
1. The Drapery Falls
2. Bleak
3. The Leper Affinity
4. Harvest
(Patterns 2)
(Still Day Beneath the Sun)

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5. The Funeral Portrait
6. Patterns in the Ivy
7. Blackwater Park
8. Dirge for November (bottom 5 Opeth song)

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #181 on: August 24, 2012, 12:44:16 AM »
1. Bleak
2. The Drapery Falls
3. Harvest (the first Opeth song I ever heard)
4. The Funeral Portrait
5. Patterns In The Ivy
6. Blackwater Park
7. Dirge For November
8. The Leper Affinity
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #182 on: August 24, 2012, 12:50:43 AM »
1. The Leper affinity
2. Harvest
3. The Drapery falls
4. Bleak
5. The Funeral portrait
6. Patterns in the Ivy
7. Blackwater park
8. Dirge for November

I'm not too crazy about the bottom four, and even Bleak isn't really that awesome. However, I bought their most recent DVD yesterday, the one that features the entire Blackwater park, and I hope that will help me appreciate this album a bit more.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #183 on: August 24, 2012, 02:18:30 AM »
1. Blackwater Park
2. The Leper Affinity
3. The Drapery Falls
4. Bleak
5. Harvest
6. Patters in the Ivy
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7. The Funeral Portrait
8. Dirge For November

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #184 on: August 24, 2012, 02:20:04 AM »
1. The Leper Affinity
2. Blackwater Park
3. The Drapery Falls
4. Bleak
5. The Funeral Portrait
6. Harvest
7. Dirge For November
8. Patterns In The Ivy

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #185 on: August 24, 2012, 02:22:33 AM »
As September is only a few days away, fall is around the corner. Which means Opeth season for me. They don't really feel like a summer band.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #186 on: August 24, 2012, 02:25:55 AM »
While I agree with that, I'm still getting into them so they really don't have a specific season for me yet.

And what's this "fall" thing you speak of?

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #187 on: August 24, 2012, 02:27:10 AM »
With Fall I mean Autumn.
Zydar is my new hero.  I just laughed so hard I nearly shat.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #188 on: August 24, 2012, 02:27:56 AM »
It's interesting how Opeth turned out to be my summer band this year. I usually get into something lighter, cheesier and prettier.  :lol

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #189 on: August 24, 2012, 02:31:33 AM »

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #190 on: August 24, 2012, 02:32:27 AM »
Zydar is my new hero.  I just laughed so hard I nearly shat.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #191 on: August 24, 2012, 02:41:22 AM »
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #192 on: August 24, 2012, 11:40:25 AM »
Opeth are DEFINITELY an autumn/winter band. I'm not sure I listen to any "summer" bands. Debra, what's your favourite Opeth album?  :laugh: If you've already said, I've missed it.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #193 on: August 24, 2012, 12:14:46 PM »
No worries, it's kind of buried in my long gushing posts anyway :lol

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #194 on: August 24, 2012, 08:22:05 PM »
really not understanding the "Dirge for November" placements, but then i suppose i regard nearly every song on BWP equally. there's just no way to lose anywhere on the album for me!

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #195 on: August 24, 2012, 10:31:53 PM »
Theres no seperate tiers on this album, and its all very similar to me. If the highest track was a 10, the lowest would be a 9.

The Drapery Falls
Bleak
Blackwater Park
The Leper Affinity
Dirge for November
The Funeral Portrait
Harvest
Patterns in the Ivy

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #196 on: August 24, 2012, 11:39:05 PM »
really not understanding the "Dirge for November" placements, but then i suppose i regard nearly every song on BWP equally. there's just no way to lose anywhere on the album for me!

After spending some time at an Opeth forum, I can safely say that DTF is quite far from being representative of Opeth's fanbase at large. On this forum, songs with zero clean vocals and shorter songs tend to be far less popular than the rest of the lot. Dirge may have clean vox in the intro but it's still basically an all roar song for all intents and purposes since it's more or less an a capella intro over some sparse guitar before the song kicks into full swing.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #197 on: August 25, 2012, 03:17:05 AM »
Bleak
The leper affinity
Patterns in the ivy
Blackwater Park
Dirge for November
(small gap)
The Drapery Falls
The Funeral Portrait
Harvest

Love them all but there is a small gap between the first five and the last three. BWP is my favorite Opeth album and I don't think that's changing anytime soon.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #198 on: August 27, 2012, 07:19:37 AM »
I've always found it very interesting to compare the studio version intro of Dirge Of November to the live version on the Royal Albert Hall CD/DVD. It's amazing how much Mikael has developed his clean vocals. So much more confidence and POWAH on the live version.

I wonder how Damnation would sound if recorded today?
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #199 on: August 27, 2012, 08:16:07 AM »
Listened to the first disc of Royal Albert Hall yesterday. Good stuff.

I dunno, all the songs are pretty damn good. I always liked The Leper Affinity and The Funeral Portrait the best, I suppose, with Patterns In The Ivy getting an honorable mention. There's really not a bad song here. Very consistent album.

I think my favorite overall moment is the quiet part of the title track oozing back into the heavy part. BABABAAAA-BAAAdodododoooo....

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« Reply #200 on: August 27, 2012, 01:31:17 PM »
I think my favorite overall moment is the quiet part of the title track oozing back into the heavy part. BABABAAAA-BAAAdodododoooo....

Ooo, LOVE that part myself. :caffeine: :heart

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #201 on: August 27, 2012, 10:30:46 PM »
I think I've said this before, but Blackwater Park is probably one of the only albums where every track bar one is a 10; for me anyway.

The Drapery Falls (one of my favourite tracks by any band)
The Leper Affinity
Blackwater Park
Bleak
Harvest
The Funeral Portrait
Patterns in the Ivy
Dirge for November (the 9.5)

The top four make it into my top 10 Opeth tracks, too. Simply brilliant album.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #202 on: August 29, 2012, 11:20:13 AM »
Blackwater Park is for sure in my Top 15 albums of all time.

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #203 on: August 29, 2012, 02:31:57 PM »
1. Patterns In The Ivy (should've been a longer song)
2. The Funeral Portrait
3. The Drapery Falls
4. The Leper Affinity
5. Bleak
6. Harvest
7. Blackwater Park
8. Dirge For November

Haha, just noticed the top 4 all have "the" in their name.
Where are those DVDs _floyd?  :lol
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #204 on: August 29, 2012, 03:34:16 PM »
I'm confused. I thought you were talking about Patterns being longer on the Royal Albert Hall DVD but, after checking it, there's barely any difference. Enlighten me please, good sir.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #205 on: August 29, 2012, 11:50:51 PM »
I'll bet my My Two Dads DVDs that no one ranks PiTI higher than I did.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #206 on: August 29, 2012, 11:54:55 PM »
Can we rank Deliverance yet?
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #207 on: August 30, 2012, 01:03:57 AM »
 :lol Of course. I sure as shit don't own this thread :)

Deliverance ranking time!

1. A Fair Judgement
2. By the Pain I See in Others
3. Deliverance
4. Masters Apprentices
5. Wreath
6. For Absent Friends

I'll bet my My Two Dads DVDs that no one ranks PiTI higher than I did.


But I never even took it out of the cellophane yet :(
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #208 on: August 30, 2012, 01:17:19 AM »
1. Master's Apprentices
2. A Fair Judgement
3. Deliverance
4. Wreath
5. For Absent Friends
6. By The Pain I See In Others

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Lost Control
« Reply #209 on: August 30, 2012, 02:30:47 AM »
1. Deliverance (top 10 Opeth song)
2. Master's Apprentices (great)

3. Wreath (has grown on me recently and I like it but it's still not one of their best songs)
4. A Fair Judgement (ok throughout but includes the most boring outro in any Opeth song, save Dirge for November)
5. For Absent Friends (nice little interlude, nothing more)



6. By the Pain I See in Others (don't think I need to say anything about this one! :lol)