Rank OTBOA if it was on SC or BC&SL

[TAC]

A lot is made out of OTDOA containing more of a classic flavor. That said, if it was released on Systematic Chaos or Black Clouds, where would it rank against the rest of the songs on those albums?

For me:

Systematic Chaos
In The Presence Of Enemies
The Dark Eternal Night
The Ministry Of Lost Souls
On The Backs Of Angels
Prophets Of War
Forsaken
Constant Motion
Repentence

Black Clouds And Silver Linings
The Count Of Tuscany
The Best Of Times
On The Backs Of Angels
Wither
A Nightmare To Remember
A Rite Of Passage
The Shattered Fortress

[FlyingBIZKIT]

It would make both albums stronger. 3rd best from SC, behind Repentance and ITPOE. 4th best from BCSL, behind TCOT, ANTR, TBOT.

[MetropolisxPt1]

Systematic Chaos
In The Presence Of Enemies
The Dark Eternal Night
The Ministry Of Lost Souls
Constant Motion
On The Backs Of Angels
Repentence
Forsaken
Prophets Of War

Black Clouds And Silver Linings
The Count Of Tuscany
A Nightmare To Remember
The Best Of Times
The Shattered Fortress
On The Backs Of Angels
Wither
A Rite Of Passage



I have had zero drive to listen to otboa

[LKap13]

It's in the top 2 of both

[perfectchaos180]

On SC I would put ITPOE and maybe TMOLS ahead of it

on BCSL I would put TCOT and maybe TBOT above it

[Blackfield]

On the backs of angels
The count of tuscany
ITPOE PT1
Beyonce - Best thing I never had (It's there to demonstrate what I think of the rest of the songs)

Yes I am serious.

[Jamesman42]

Systematic Angels Ranking:

OTBOA
Repentance
ITPOE pt. 1
TDEN
CM
PoW
ITPOE pt. 2
Forsaken
TMOLS


Black Backs and Silver Angels Ranking

The Count of Tuscany
The Shattered Fortress
On the Backs of Angels
Wither
ANTR
TBOT
AROP

[Jarlaxle]

It would be second on each album, behind ITPOE(both parts) and The Count of Tuscany, respectively.

[Nick]

Hmm, cool thread.

On Black Clouds it would probably be 3rd or 4th for me, and the same for Systematic Chaos.

[Jamariquay]

1. In The Presence Of Enemies, Pt. 1
2. On The Backs Of Angels
3. rest of Systematic Chaos

1. The Count Of Tuscany
2. On The Backs Of Angels
3. rest of Black Clouds


OTBOA is a pretty good song.

[Aniland]

SC

In the Presence of Enemies, pt. 2
In the Presence of Enemies, pt. 1
Constant Motion
Forsaken
The Ministry of Lost Souls
On the Backs of Angels
Prophets of War
The Dark Eternal Night
Repentance

BC&SL

Wither
The Count of Tuscany
A Nightmare to Remember
The Shattered Fortress
On the Backs of Angels
The Best of Times
A Rite of Passage

It's at this moment I realize my initial rating of 9/10 has dropped to 6/10. OtBoA doesn't have much staying power. I blame the vocal melody.

[Adami]

SC:

Repentance
On The Backs of Angels
ITPOE Pt. 1
(the rest of the songs in whatever order you want since I like none of them)


BCSL:

The Best of Times
The Count of Tuscany
On the Backs of Angels
A Nightmare to Remember
The Shattered Fortress
A Rite of Passage

[Chrissalix]

SC
On The Backs of Angels
ITPOE Pt.1
Repentance
Constant Motion
Prophets of War
Forsaken
Ministry of Lost Souls
ITPOE pt.2
The Dark Eternal Night

BC&SL

The Count of Tuscany
On The Backs of Angels
A Nightmare to Remember
Wither
The Shattered Fortress
A Rite of Passage
The Best of Times

[RuRoRul]

ITPOE
TMOLS
OTBOA / TDEN

TCOT
TSF
ANTR
OTBOA

All the ones above it are songs I really like and On The Backs Of Angels doesn't really come that close, to be honest. It's probably a bit higher than The Dark Eternal Night. Wither, The Best Of Times and A Rite Of Passage wouldn't be that far behind it (I'm not sure how I'd rank those ones to be honest, just that they're quite far below my top 3 of BC&SL which would all probably be in my top 20).

[toro]

SC:
ITPOE Pt. 1
On The Backs of Angels
Repentance
(the rest of the songs in whatever order you want since I like none of them)

Fix'd for me

and

BC&SL

TCOT
Wither
OTBOA
TSF
TBOT
ANTR
AROP

[Pinga]

Better than both albums combined.

[Metal]

Systematic Chaos
In The Presence Of Enemies
The Ministry Of Lost Souls
The Dark Eternal Night
Repentence
On The Backs Of Angels
Prophets Of War
Constant Motion

Black Clouds And Silver Linings
The Count Of Tuscany
A Nightmare To Remember
The Shattered Fortress
The Best Of Times
On The Backs Of Angels
Wither
A Rite Of Passage

[The Presence of Frenemies]

SC:

ITPOE
TMOLS
TDEN
Forsaken
OTBOA
POW
CM
Repentance

BCSL:
TBOT
TCOT
ANTR
OTBOA
Wither
AROP
TSF

Middling on both albums.

[Ħ]

Constant Motion
In the Presence of Enemies
The Ministry of Lost Souls
ON THE BACKS OF ANGELS
Forsaken
The Dark Eternal Night
Repentance
Prophets of War

The Shattered Fortress
The Count of Tuscany
A Nightmare to Remember
ON THE BACKS OF ANGELS
The Best of Times
Wither
A Rite of Passage

[IJewBear]

A Chaotic Turn of Systems
Repentance
OTBOA
ITPOE 1
TDEN
ITPOE 2
Forsaken
POW
TMOLS
CM

Dramatic Black Clouds with Silver Events
TCOT
ANTR
OTBOA
AROP
TSF
TBOT

[bosk1]

Since it is such an amazing song, it is tied for first along with all other songs on both of those albums that are not called Prophets of War, The Ministry Of Lost Souls, and The Best Of Times.

[krands85]

A Chaotic Turn of Systems

Dramatic Black Clouds with Silver Events

Systematic Chaos:
ITPOE
TMOLS
OTBOA
CM
TDEN
Forsaken
POW
Repentance

BC&SL:
TCOT
ANTR
OTBOA
TSF
TBOT
AROP
Wither

[Jamesman42]

Since it is such an amazing song, it is tied for first along with all other songs on both of those albums that are not called Prophets of War, The Ministry Of Lost Souls, and The Best Of Times.

You are such a fanboy.

[bosk1]

When bosk gives you song rankings, you count them. 

[Jamesman42]

I'm sorry, what?

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

SC:
In the Presence of Enemies
Constant Motion
Repentance
The Ministry of Lost Souls
On the Backs of Angels
The Dark Eternal Night
Prophets of War
Forsaken

BCaSL:
The Count of Tuscany
On the Backs of Angels
A Nightmare to Remember
The Best of Times
A Rite of Passage
Wither
The Shattered Fortress

[Vajra]

Systematic Chaos - OTBOA is the 3rd best song (tied with Repentance)
Black Clouds and Silver Linings - OTBOA is the 4th best song

[bss4life15]

Systematic Chaos:

TMOLS
ITPOE
Repentenance
Constant Motion
The Dark Eternal Night
On The Backs of Angels
Forsaken
Prophets of War

BC&SL:
TCOT
TBOT
ANTR
TSF
On The Backs Of Angels
AROP
Wither

Pretty low on both albums for me

[Nefyn]

SC
ITPOE ties with OTBOA
Rest of the stuff

BC&SL
TCOT
OTBOA ties with Wither
Rest of the stuff

[MetropolisxPt1]

SC
ITPOE ties with OTBOA
Rest of the stuff

BC&SL
TCOT
OTBOA ties with Wither
Rest of the stuff

Are you saying ITPOE = Wither?

[Heretic]

SC:
OTBOA
Constant Motion
ITPOE
TMOLS
TDEK
Repentance
Forsaken
POW

BC&SL:
TCOT
OTBOA
ANTR
Wither
AROP
TSF
TBOT

[energythief]

3rd on Systematic Chaos (behind ITPOE and Forsaken), 1st on BC&SL by a longshot.

[GuineaPig]

#2 on both. 

[?]

First on SC, #2 on BC&SL (behind The Count).

[BlackInk]

Systematic Chaos

In the Presence of Enemies
The Ministry of Lost Souls
On the Backs of Angels
Repentence
Prophets of War
The Dark Eternal Night
Forsaken
Constant Motion

Black Clouds & Silver Linings

The Count of Tuscany
On the Backs of Angels
The Shattered Fortress
A Nightmare to Remember
The Best of Times
Wither
A Rite of Passage