submitted my list.
I really didn't want to spend hours or days trying to (over) think this, especially since I listened to all 13 albums
(or 16 incl the other Arch-related records) over the last 2 months for my YouTube channel.
I also plan to make 2 other lists, 1 including APSOG as 1 song, and the other that includes those other Arch tracks, just per those seem to be more proper, personal lists for me.
I still don't follow/agree with having APSOG as 11 separate songs. It's 1 song, period. Based on that, then we should have separated the movements of The Ivory Gates of Dreams, lol.
I also still roll my eyes at all the hate Disconnected and even FWX get. I did my review series on YouTube and then a ranking Video recently and Disconnected finished #2. That album is a stone cold bloody masterpiece as far as I'm concerned. And when it was released in 2000 and 2001, the fanbase I interacted with, namely on mp.com and some of the dt.net groups felt pretty similarly about it. But time hasn't been as kind to it I guess? ..i dunno, I find it still holds up rather well.
FWX much the same. A song like "Heal Me" is still among my favorites and I consider the best track on FWX. But that album only has a couple of songs I don't care for; Stranger (With a Familiar Face) and Crawl. The rest of that record totally works for me (including Sequence #7).
Epitaph not being on this list is a pretty massive facepalm for me. It's the crowning achievement with John Arch, and maybe sans for the Arch EP, John Arch's greatest musical work ever as far as I'm concerned.
That all being said, this is a sample size of 19 people? lol..I'd wager if the same kind of cumulative ranking list was made among some of the Facebook Groups, the results would vary more (and I suspect the majority would consider APSOG 1 song, not 11 or 12), and maybe more importantly, would be a larger sample size to really know.
But anyway, here's my LISTS...
My Voted List50. Life in Still Water
49. At Fates Hands/At Fates Fingers
48. SOS
47. Falling/Falling Further
46. Shelter Me/Circles
45. River Wide Ocean Deep
44. Silent Cries
43. A Handful of Doubt
42. Shades of Heavenly Death
41. Guardian
40. Eye to Eye
39. Left Here
38. Seven Stars
37. Simple Human
36. One
35. Monument
34. The Road Goes on Forever
33. Through Different Eyes
32. Prelude to Ruin
31. Leave the Past Behind
30. Damnation
29. Wish
28. So
27. Fata Morgana
26. Chasing Time
25. Traveler in Time
24. From the Rooftops
23. Another Perfect Day
22. Point of View
21. Pieces of Me
20. The Ghosts of Home
19. The Apparition
18. Heal Me
18. The Eleventh Hour
17. Nothing Left to Say
16. Epitaph
15. Something from Nothing
14. The Light and Shade of Things
13. The Ivory Gate of Dreams
12. Still Remains
11. APSOG IV (Listen)
10. APSOG I (So Where Do We Begin)
9. APSOG V (Murdered in Munich/Let Nothing Bleed into Nothing)
8. APSOG IX (Stayed up Late Last Night)
7. APSOG VII (Stare from the Darkness/Let Nothing Bleed into Nothing Reprise)
6. APSOG II (Drifting in and Out)
5. APSOG VIII (Instrumental)
4. APSOG XII (This Pleasant Shade of Gray)
3. APSOG III (Rain Falling Hours Crawling)
2. APSOG X/XI (Instrumental/Do You Think That I Remember)
1. APSOG VI (Turn Back All the Years)
Top 50 Fates Warning only songs w/ APSOG as 1 song.50. The Arena
49. White Flag
48. Don't Follow Me
47. The Destination Onward
46. Exodus
45. Static Acts
44. Falling/Falling Further
43. Like Stars Our Eyes Have Seen
42. Anarchy Divine
41. Life in Still Water
40. At Fates Hands/At Fates Fingers
39. SOS
38. Falling/Falling Further
37. Shelter Me/Circles
36. River Wide Ocean Deep
35. Silent Cries
34. A Handful of Doubt
33. Shades of Heavenly Death
32. Guardian
31. Eye to Eye
30. Left Here
29. Seven Stars
28. Simple Human
27. One
26. Monument
25. The Road Goes on Forever
24. Through Different Eyes
23. Prelude to Ruin
22. Leave the Past Behind
21. Damnation
20. Wish
19. So
18. Fata Morgana
17. Chasing Time
16. Traveler in Time
15. From the Rooftops
14. Another Perfect Day
13. Point of View
12. Pieces of Me
11. The Ghosts of Home
10. The Apparition
9. Heal Me
8. The Eleventh Hour
7. Nothing Left to Say
6. Epitaph
5. Something from Nothing
4. The Light and Shade of Things
3. The Ivory Gate of Dreams
2. Still Remains
1. A Pleasant Shade of Gray
Top 50 Fates Warning + John Arch/Arch Matheos songs w/ APSOG as 1 song50. Midnight Serenade
49. Wanderlust
48. Falling/Falling Further
47. Like Stars Our Eyes Have Seen
46. Anarchy Divine
45. Life in Still Water
44. At Fates Hands/At Fates Fingers
43. SOS
42. Falling/Falling Further
41. Shelter Me/Circles
40. River Wide Ocean Deep
39. Silent Cries
38. A Handful of Doubt
37. Straight and Narrow
36. Shades of Heavenly Death
35. Guardian
34. Eye to Eye
33. Left Here
32. Seven Stars
31. Tethered
30. Simple Human
29. One
28. Monument
27. The Road Goes on Forever
26. Through Different Eyes
25. Prelude to Ruin
24. Leave the Past Behind
23. Damnation
22. Wish
21. So
20. Fata Morgana
19. Chasing Time
18. Traveler in Time
17. From the Rooftops
16. Another Perfect Day
15. Point of View
14. Pieces of Me
13. The Ghosts of Home
12. The Apparition
11. Heal Me
10. The Eleventh Hour
9. Nothing Left to Say
8. Epitaph
7. Something from Nothing
6. The Light and Shade of Things
5. Cheyenne
4. The Ivory Gate of Dreams
3. Relentless
2. Still Remains
1. A Pleasant Shade of Gray