The official Opeth thread v. Bring on the new album!

[HarlequinForest]

Hessian Peel
Heir Apparent
The Lotus Eater
Burden
Hex Omega
Coil
Porcelain Heart

[Big Hath]

Once we're done with Heritage, someone should totally go through all the posts and rank all the songs based on average score, like Big Hath's top 50 albums spreadsheet.

you wouldn't be able to do all the songs together because each ranking was only done within the context of each album.  You could get a compilation ranking for each album (and maybe that's what you meant).

Yeah, that's true. But a compilation ranking for each album would be really cool.

ok, it's in progress.  I have all the rankings people have done so far in a spreadsheet.

After Heritage, we should also do non-album/bonus/cover songs:

Into the Frost of Winter
Eternal Soul Torture
Circle of the Tyrants
Remember Tomorrow
Still Day Beneath the Sun
Patterns in the Ivy II
Soldier of Fortune
Derelict Herds
Bridge of Sighs
Den ständiga resan
Pyre
Face in the Snow

[Big Hath]

Stats and Observations on the Orchid rankings:

Song Ranking

Orchid                        Avg Rank
The Twilight is My Robe       2.00
In Mist She Was Standing      2.43
Under the Weeping Moon        3.57
The Apostle in Triumph        3.71
Forest of October             3.86
Silhouette                    5.71
Requiem                       6.71


- Silhouette and Requiem both had relatively low standard deviations, so they were clearly the least favorite songs.  Requiem received 5 last place votes (out of only 7 ranked lists)
- Twilight received the most first place votes with 3.  Mist received 2 votes for first.
- UtWM received a first place vote as well as a last place vote contributing to it's high relative standard deviation making it perhaps the most polarizing song on the album

[Scorpion]

Just wanted to pop in and say that Black Rose Immortal is fucking awesome.

[black_biff_stadler]

Thanks for doing these composite rankings Hath

[Big Hath]

no problemo

I'll get the other albums out before too long

[Buddyhunter1]

Might as well do Heritage if people are done with Watershed.

1: Folklore
2: The Devil's Orchard
3: Famine
4: Haxprocess
5: The Lines In My Hand
6: I Feel The Dark
7: Marrow Of The Earth
8: Nepenthe
9: Slither
10: Heritage

Also a very underrated album.

[black_biff_stadler]

1. Häxprocess
2. Famine
3. Folklore
4. The Lines in My Hand
5. Heritage
6. I Feel the Dark
7. Slither
8. Nepenthe
9. The Devil's Orchard
10. Marrow of the Earth

[MK_Ultra]

I can't rank Heritage since I don't know it well enough. I can however tell you that Folklore is the best song on it by a very long way.

[fadetoblackdude7]

Nepenthe
Folklore
I Feel The Dark
Haxprocess
The Devil's Orchard
The Lines In My Hand
Slither
Heritage
Famine
Marrow Of The Earth

[?]

Orchid                        Avg Rank
The Twilight is My Robe       2.00
In Mist She Was Standing      2.43
Under the Weeping Moon        3.57
The Apostle in Triumph        3.71
Forest of October             3.86
Silhouette                    5.71
Requiem                       6.71

A bit surprising to see that TTIMR is so well-liked and Forest of October isn't as popular as I thought.

Heritage ranking:

Folklore
Famine
I Feel the Dark
Häxprocess
Devil's Orchard
Slither
Lines in My Hand
Marrow of the Earth
Nepenthe
Heritage

[Zantera]

Famine
Folklore
I Feel the Dark
Nepenthe
Häxprocess
Devil's Orchard
Lines in My Hand
Marrow of the Earth
Slither
Heritage

[Onno]

I Feel The Dark
Famine
Devil's Orchard
Folklore
Lines in my Hand
Nepenthe
Häxprocess
Slither
Marrow of the Earth
Heritage

[Mladen]

1. Nepenthe
2. Lines in my hand
3. I feel the dark
4. The Devil's orchard
5. Folklore
6. Slither
7. Marrow of the earth
8. Famine
9. Häxprocess
10. Heritage

I thought this album was pretty great, but if they continue with prog rock, their next album will be even more impressive.

Nice statistics about Orchid, and I'm happy to see TTIMR being the best ranked song of the bunch, because it's easily my favorite on the record.

[black_biff_stadler]

Fucking right on the Twilight love, Mladen Also, congrats on your nearing 5000th post

[Xanthul]

Folklore
Lines in my hand
Slither
The devils orchard

I feel the dark
Nepenthe
Heritage
Marrow of the earth

Famine
Haxprocess

[Mladen]

Also, congrats on your nearing 5000th post

Ooh, good point, I didn't even notice that! Better make that post meaningful. It's hardly gonna happen, though. 

[Big Hath]

Stats and Observations on the Morningrise rankings:

Song                              Avg Rank
The Night and the Silent Water    2.50
Advent                            2.50
To Bid You Farewell               2.63
Black Rose Immortal               3.38
Nectar                            4.00



- Ok, this was an interesting album to analyze.  Each song received at least one first place vote.
- I guess you have to give the number one ranking to TNatSW since it tied for first in avg rank and had 2 first place votes with 0 last place votes.  Advent had 1 first place vote and 1 last place vote.
- To Bid You Farewell had the most first place votes with 3, and it had 0 last place votes, however it also had several for 3rd and 4th bringing down its average.
- Nectar seemed to clearly be the least favorite song since it received 5 of the 8 last place votes.  But it did get 1 first place and 1 second place vote as well.

[The King in Crimson]

Folklore

The Devil's Orchard
The Lines In My Hand

Famine
I Feel The Dark
Slither

Nepenthe

Haxprocess
Heritage
Marrow of the Earth

[Buddyhunter1]

Famine seems to be doing better than I thought, most people seemed to dislike that one when the album came out.

[Zantera]

Famine seems to be doing better than I thought, most people seemed to dislike that one when the album came out.

It's been my favorite pretty much all along. Most people are fawning over Folklore though, which I think is great, but I don't like the outro that much.

[Tomislav95]

The Devil's Orchard
Slither
I Feel The Dark
Folklore
Nepenthe
Heritage
Marrow of the Earth
Famine
The Lines In My Hand
Haxprocess

[?]

Famine seems to be doing better than I thought, most people seemed to dislike that one when the album came out.

I think a lot of people outside this forum still dislike it but it's good to see it doing well in the rankings here.

[Big Hath]

Stats and Observations on the My Arms Your Hearse rankings:

Song                Avg Rank
When                2.11
Demon of the Fall   2.33
April Ethereal      3.22
Karma               3.44
The Amen Corner     4.67
Credence            6.33
Epilogue            6.89
Madrigal            7.33
Prologue            8.67




- When and DotF were clearly the top two songs.  When received 5 first place votes and Demon received 3.  Karma was the only other song to receive a first place vote with 1.
- Prologue is undeniably the least favorite with 7 out of the 9 last place votes.
- April Ethereal actually had the most second place votes, but two 4th places and two 5th places along with no first place votes placed it behind Demon.

[DebraKadabra]

We should call you "Stat Man", Hath.

[Mladen]

No surprises there. I wish April Ethereal were higher, though...

[Big Hath]

Still Life ranking will be posted tonight

[DebraKadabra]

[Big Hath]

Stats and Observations on the Still Life rankings:

Song                       Avg Rank
The Moor                   1.69
Face of Melinda            3.19
Serenity Painted Death     3.63
Godhead's Lament           3.88
White Cluster              4.69
Moonlapse Vertigo          5.19
Benighted                  5.75





- The Moor dominated with 10 of the 16 first place votes.  It had one 5th place vote, but the rest were 1st, 2nd or 3rd.
- The race for 2nd place was very interesting.  Face of Melinda received two 1st place votes, SPD received three, and Godhead's Lament received zero.  However the rankings for SPD were all over the map.  It also received 3 last place votes and ultimately got at least one vote for each of the 7 possible slots giving it the highest standard deviation on the album.  Of the 16 votes, Godhead's Lament received 13 that were 2nd, 3rd, or 4th, giving it the lowest standard deviation on the album.
- Moonlapse Vertigo received one 1st place vote and four last place votes
- Benighted was clearly the least favorite song getting half the last place votes with 8.

[Buddyhunter1]

I do not approve of the Still Life rankings.

[Mladen]

Nice, although I'm surprised Serenity painted death is that high.

[DebraKadabra]

I do not approve of the Still Life rankings.

This.

[Ben_Jamin]

The only album I don't own, for some reason. But, I've listened to it, and its,a great album.

[Big Hath]

Nice, although I'm surprised Serenity painted death is that high.

It had the second most 1st place votes, and the same number of 2nd place votes as FoM.

[black_biff_stadler]

SPD is great. It's easily up there with Demon of the Fall as far as being their de facto ass kicker yet has that gorgeous first solo and melodic section leading into what's probably Mike's most hell-summoning roars ever (5:28-6:14) plus there's a beautiful air of despair in the clean vocal section after the 2nd solo. Also gotta love the random Peewee Hermancore outro.