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What are your three favorite Opeth records?

Orchid
7 (1.1%)
Morningrise
15 (2.3%)
My Arms, Your Hearse
26 (4%)
Still Life
81 (12.3%)
Blackwater Park
161 (24.5%)
Deliverance
43 (6.5%)
Damnation
53 (8.1%)
Ghost Reveries
152 (23.1%)
Watershed
66 (10%)
Heritage
21 (3.2%)
Pale Communion
32 (4.9%)

Total Members Voted: 224

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #875 on: September 07, 2016, 02:05:44 AM »
I actually love both of the new songs and have high hopes for the new album. :tup
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #876 on: September 07, 2016, 03:13:04 AM »
Really like both new songs, newest one reminds me of Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), which is nice.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #877 on: September 07, 2016, 03:28:31 AM »
Favorite albums:

1. Blackwater Park
2. Still Life
3. Ghost Reveries
4. Deliverance
5. Damnation

Favorite songs:

1. Bleak
2. Blackwater Park
3. Deliverance
4. Windowpane
5. The Moor
6. Ghost of Perdition
7. Faith in Others
8. April Ethereal
9. A Fair Judgement
10. The Drapery Falls
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #878 on: September 07, 2016, 03:41:56 AM »
Top 5 favorite albums:

Blackwater Park
Still Life
Ghost Reveries
My Arms, Your Hearse
Deliverance

Basically, the essence of what Opeth really is. :)

Top 15 (10 is impossible) favorite songs (no order):

The Moor
Blackwater Park
Master's Apprentices
Ghost Of Perdition
The Baying Of The Hounds
Reverie / Harlequin Forest
Wreath
Deliverance
When
The Amen Corner
Karma
The Apostle In Triumph
The Funeral Portrait
Godhead's Lament
Hours Of Wealth

PS: Nah, I don't care much for Damnation. From all Opeth records from 1995 to 2008, I think Damnation is the weakest.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #879 on: September 08, 2016, 04:19:57 AM »
Top 5 albums:

Watershed
Blackwater Park
My Arms Your Hearse
Ghost Reveries
Pale Communion

Favorite songs:

Bleak
Demon of the Fall
Heir Apparent
Eternal Rains Will Come
The Moor
Master's Apprentices
Hessian Peel
April Ethereal
Harlequin Forest
The Grand Conjuration

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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #880 on: September 08, 2016, 08:28:19 AM »
Blackwater Park
Still Life
Ghost Reveries
My Arms, Your Hearse
Deliverance

"Forest of October"
"Black Rose Immortal"
"To Bid You Farewell"
"The Amen Corner"
"Demon of the Fall"
"White Cluster"
"The Leper Affinity"
"Deliverance"
"Ghost of Perdition"
"Heir Apparent"
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #881 on: September 08, 2016, 09:15:02 AM »
I think Damnation is a really, really strong album. Do you guys agree?
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #882 on: September 08, 2016, 09:43:12 AM »
I'll just do Top 5 albums as song rankings I find quite hard for me to do.

Blackwater Park
Damnation
Ghost Reveries
Heritage
Morningrise


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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #883 on: September 08, 2016, 09:53:00 AM »
Quote from: Scar on September 08, 2016, 09:15:02 AM
I think Damnation is a really, really strong album. Do you guys agree?
Nope, but I guess most Opeth fans love that album.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #884 on: September 08, 2016, 09:57:48 AM »
Quote from: Scar on September 08, 2016, 09:15:02 AM
I think Damnation is a really, really strong album. Do you guys agree?

I do love it but it's not in my top 5 albums, I love the contrast of heavy to mellow in Opeth songs. Ghost Reveries will always be my number 1 I think. Damnation is perfect when I'm in the mood for it though.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #885 on: September 08, 2016, 10:50:49 AM »
Damnation is my favourite Opeth album, but then again, I'm not a fan of growls so it's an easy pick.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #886 on: September 08, 2016, 11:05:50 AM »
Quote from: Ben_Jamin on September 08, 2016, 09:43:12 AM
I'll just do Top 5 albums as song rankings I find quite hard for me to do.

Ghost Reveries
Watershed
Damnation
MAYH
Heritage
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #887 on: September 08, 2016, 11:26:09 AM »
Quote from: Ben_Jamin on September 08, 2016, 09:43:12 AM
I'll just do Top 5 albums as song rankings I find quite hard for me to do.

Ghost Reveries (their best)
Blackwater Park
Watershed
Deliverance
Still Life
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #888 on: September 08, 2016, 11:35:15 AM »
My top 5 albums:

1. Ghost Reveries
2. Watershed
3. Blackwater Park
4. Still Life
5. Damnation

(I take it back Scar, Damnation is in my top 5 actually  :lol)

Top 10 songs (in no particular order):

1. Ghost of Perdition
2. The Drapery Falls
3. Windowpane
4. Hours of Wealth
5. Heir Apparent
6. The Leper Affinity
7. The Grand Conjuration
8. The Lotus Eater
9. Burden
10. Ending Credits
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #889 on: September 08, 2016, 11:41:15 AM »
Original number one, that's a very underrated song.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #890 on: September 08, 2016, 11:49:53 AM »
Quote from: Mladen on September 08, 2016, 11:41:15 AM
Original number one, that's a very underrated song.

It could have been under #10. There wasn't an order, I just listed my ten faves.

Original sarcasm, that's a very underrated form of wit.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #891 on: September 08, 2016, 12:57:52 PM »
Wait, did you just edit your list?  :lol
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #892 on: September 08, 2016, 01:20:38 PM »
Quote from: ChuckSteak on September 08, 2016, 09:53:00 AM
Quote from: Scar on September 08, 2016, 09:15:02 AM
I think Damnation is a really, really strong album. Do you guys agree?
Nope, but I guess most Opeth fans love that album.

It's a great EP ("Windowpane," DWAL, "Closure," "Hope Leaves," "Ending Credits") but otherwise I find it overstays its welcome (TRTD) or just bores me (IMTON, "Weakness"). Happy it's a pretty short 45 minuter.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #893 on: September 08, 2016, 01:36:08 PM »
Quote from: Mladen on September 08, 2016, 12:57:52 PM
Wait, did you just edit your list?  :lol

Nope, no edits  :biggrin:
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #894 on: September 08, 2016, 01:58:15 PM »
Quote from: seasonsinthesky on September 08, 2016, 01:20:38 PM
Quote from: ChuckSteak on September 08, 2016, 09:53:00 AM
Quote from: Scar on September 08, 2016, 09:15:02 AM
I think Damnation is a really, really strong album. Do you guys agree?
Nope, but I guess most Opeth fans love that album.

It's a great EP ("Windowpane," DWAL, "Closure," "Hope Leaves," "Ending Credits") but otherwise I find it overstays its welcome (TRTD) or just bores me (IMTON, "Weakness"). Happy it's a pretty short 45 minuter.
I wouldn't disagree that there are good songs on Damnation, but it is as if the band was trying to make the statement "oh, yea.. here, look.. we can be mellow too, you know, oh look how eclectic we are!". It seems forced and lacks the inspiration of previous records.

For example, I think Hours of Wealth or Benighted or Face of Melinda or Credence or Burden are much, much better than any song on Damnation. Isn't it funny that all those ballads in a typical Opeth album with growls sound much better than on an album only with ballads?

PS: By ballads I mean songs without growls.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #895 on: September 08, 2016, 03:00:42 PM »
1. Ghost Reveries
2. Blackwater Park
3. Damnation
4. Pale Communion
5. Still Life
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #896 on: September 08, 2016, 03:23:16 PM »
I love Damnation, it's hauntingly soothing. But then my first dive into those songs were from Lamentations.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #897 on: September 08, 2016, 03:25:05 PM »
Damnation is tremendous.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #898 on: September 08, 2016, 08:04:28 PM »
Top 5 Albums:
1. Still Life
2. Ghost Reveries
3. Watershed
4. Blackwater Park
5. Pale Communion

Top 10 Songs:
1. The Moor
2. Ghost of Perdition
3. The Lotus Eater
4. Face of Melinda
5. The Leper Affinity
6. Heir Apparent
7. The Grand Conjuration
8. Deliverance
9. Serenity Painted Death
10. Folklore
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #899 on: September 09, 2016, 12:25:57 AM »
1. Blackwater Park
2. Ghost Reveries
3. Damnation
4. Still Life
5. Watershed
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #900 on: September 09, 2016, 03:11:32 AM »
1. Blackwater Park
2. Ghost Reveries
3. Watershed
4. Damnation
5. Pale Communion
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #901 on: September 09, 2016, 04:48:32 AM »
Quote from: Scar on September 08, 2016, 09:15:02 AM
I think Damnation is a really, really strong album. Do you guys agree?

I like it but it's not one of my favourites. I'd have prefered those songs to be scattered around their other albums. I don't think Opeth do any one thing brillantly, they do so many different things well, and when they put them all together in a song, then it becomes brilliant. Damnation is, for me, too many of those elements removed for it to be a great record. It is a nice listen though with 3 truly great songs.

My album Top 5:

Ghost Reveries
Still Life
Deliverance
Blackwater Park
Watershed

Top 10 Songs

The Baying of the Hounds
Ghost of Perdition
Reverie/Harlequin Forest
The Moor
Godhead's Lament
Serenity Painted Death
Wreath
A Fair Judgement
The Drapery Falls
In My Time of Need
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #902 on: September 09, 2016, 05:01:12 AM »
Don't think I can narrow it down to top 10 songs.

1. Ghost Reveries
2. Blackwater Park
3. Deliverance

4. Watershed

5. Orchid

Very close between Orchid and Morningrise for the 5th spot. They seem to get a bit of a bad rap, but I really enjoy them - certainly more than the 2 albums that followed.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #903 on: September 09, 2016, 07:25:24 AM »
Quote from: krands85 on September 09, 2016, 05:01:12 AM
Very close between Orchid and Morningrise for the 5th spot. They seem to get a bit of a bad rap, but I really enjoy them - certainly more than the 2 albums that followed.

Pretty sure you're the first person I've ever seen say they like O/M more than Still Life.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #904 on: September 09, 2016, 07:37:54 AM »
Top 5 albums:

Still Life
Blackwater Park
Ghost Reveries
My Arms, Your Hearse
Orchid

Top 10 songs:

The Moor
Ghost of Perdition
Bleak
Demon of the Fall
The Drapery Falls
The Baying of the Hounds
Reverie / Harlequin Forest
In the Mist She Was Standing
White Cluster
Hope Leaves

Or something like that, anyway. They have lots of fantastic songs.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #905 on: September 09, 2016, 08:50:58 AM »
I agree. To the others here, what do you prefer: Black Rose Immortal, Advent, or To Bid You Farewell?

I'm running a survivors and there seems to be mixed ratings for these songs.
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #906 on: September 09, 2016, 09:32:28 AM »
1. My Arms, Your Hearse
2. Watershed
3. Damnation
4. Still Life
5. Ghost Reveries
6. Blackwater Park
7. Deliverance (easily my favorite seven album run of any band)

8. Pale Communion




9. Morningrise
10. Orchid






11. Heritage
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #907 on: September 09, 2016, 09:44:43 AM »
Blackwater Park
Ghost Reveries

Deliverance
Still Life
Pale Communion
Watershed
Damnation
My Arms Your Hearse

Heritage
Morningrise

Orchid


those albums are really close within those groupings
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #908 on: September 09, 2016, 09:46:27 AM »
My Arms Your Hearse
Still Life
Deliverance
Ghost Reveries
Blackwater Park
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Orchid
Morningrise
Watershed
Damnation
Pale Communion
Heritage
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Re: The official Opeth thread v. Pale Communion
« Reply #909 on: September 09, 2016, 11:40:01 AM »
1 to 3 are interchangeable.

1- Blackwater Park
2- Ghost Reveries
3- Still Life
4- My Arms, Your Hearse
5- Deliverance
6- Orchid
7- Watershed
8- Morningrise
9- Heritage
10- Damnation
11- Pale Communion
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