The fact that fan's lists are so different and diverse is a testament to how great Opeth's entire catalog is. Its virtually impossible for me to do a list on this band, however I could easily compare this band to other metal bands!
I think people who love the death metal side of the band will pick My Arms, Your Hearse; people who love the proggy direction they have gone in will pick Sorceress or one of the later albums. There's a definite split between the diehard original fans of Opeth who love the early/mid death metal stuff and hate the prog; and people open to both.
Hi Pete! One thing about Opeth is that none of their albums are duds! This band has really matured musically! Very dedicated in their crafting of music! I respect them for that! All their albums are just great stuff! So, there's no way I could do a list! Great video! Thanks!
I did posted a ranking a couple weeks ago, and I love all Opeth albums but for me it’s 1. Deliverance 2. Blackwater Park 3. Still life 4. Ghost reveries 5. Watershed 6. My arms your hearse 7. Damnation 8. Morningrise 9. Sorceress 10. Pale communion 11. Orchid 12. Heritage Edit: Writing this like a year after I posted this, and I think still life or Blackwater park is my favorite, and deliverance is 3rd, GR is a very close 4th. Hard to judge as all of their albums kick ass. A lot of the ranking for me has changed for me to be honest.
1. Still Life 2. Blackwater Park 3. Deliverance 4. Ghost Reveries 5. Watershed 6. My Arms Your Hearse 7. Morningrise 8. Damnation 9. Orchid 10. Heritage Haven't heard the others
Doing worst to best is definetly better, great show Pete! Some ideas for next "Best to Worst" Albums : PFM -Symphony X - Steely Dan - Echolyn - Kansas - Pantera - Dixie Dregs - Zao (the french band) - Ayreon - Fates Warning - IQ - Return to Forever - Meshuggah - Univers Zero - Neal Morse - Greg Howe - Shadow Gallery - Soft Machine - Banco - Spock's Beard - Toto - Death - Marillion - Gentle Giant - Steve Vai - The Mars Volta - The Flower Kings - Between the Buried and Me - Dream Theater - Devin Townsend - Weather Report - Led Zeppelin - Van Der Graaf Generator.
uffff.. its an almost impossible challenge to rank Opeth albums, i love all of them, but i will try my best to give my opinion, as a prog fan and metal fan 12. Heritage - love some moments in there, but its just a bit to quiet in some ways, the cut with all the stuff before was rough aswell to take as a fan. 8/10 pts. I feel bad for putting this on the last spot though. 11. Sorceress - I know its a great album, but somehow when i listen to it, i am really missing some old opeth features, not neccesarily the growls, but i think some more heavy chords and real metal riffs could have made it sooo much better. 8/10 points 10. Morningrise - Not so sure about it, except "To bid you farewell", most tracks sound similar to me, Balck metal part after acoustic guitar after black metal part... "To bid you farewell" on the other hand is the very first, but maybe the most beautiful opeth ballad to me. It has a crazy atmosphere and makes you fell a very unique way when you listen to it. This track alone should probably set the record to a higher ranking for me, but i just didnt want give a single track such a high influence on the ranking 8.5/10 (7.5 without to bid you farewell) 9. Orchid - Similar to Morningrise, but it has some really psychedelic vibes in some tracks, that are absolutely unique and i never heard combined with black metal like this on any other album (check "under the weeping moon") 8/10 8. Pale Communion - Magnificient Opeth record in their post - deathmetal era, best one so far. Love "Eternal rains will come", "moon above, sun below" and "river". Somehow, i really dislike "Cusp of eterenity", my least favourite Opeth track, idk what was going on with them with that "aahhhaah"- Chorus. Still, i dont want to give single tracks to much weight in this list. 8.5/10 This is were it starts getting tough, i am totally fanboing for everything from Opeth between "My arms your hearse" and "Watershed".... 7. Still Live - I know this is a top 3 opeth record for many fans, it has great, long, complex, proggy, heavy and heartwarming Songs, every single one on it actually. Still, in my opinion its missing a tiny bit of atmosphere compared to some albums, and some wildness compared to some of the others that i have ranked higher 9/10 points 6. Damnation - its just so hard to compare damnation with the other records, its defenetly a masterpiece, and if you say you didnt get that much into the second half of the record, you probably just didnt listen enough, i find the second half even better than the first, personally. "To rid the disease" and"closure" are absolutely outstanding tracks 9.5/10 points from here on, since 10 years i struggle to decide which i like most, every single one of those have been my number 1 record for a while, and it might change every day.... 5. Watershed - This one i cant decide with place 4, you might just switch them up in the ranking if you want. what can i say? absolute prog metal masterpiece, crazy stuff in here. Listening the album as a whole is a 10, if you rank track by track its maybe a tiny bit weaker than the top 3 in this list. 9.5/10 4. My arms your hearse - Dude, next to Demon of the Fall you listed the Outro and Madrigal, a short instrumental, what the heck? This album ist just raw, its pure, there is no other opeth album that has this kind of energy. In my opinion, this record was the biggest step in the evolution of opeth, its just SO much more complex, prog stuff going on than in their previous record morningrise. Also Mikaels disorted Vocals switching from Black Metal screaming in morningrise to death Metal growling on this one is a great step. besides the legendary Demon of the fall, every single real(!) track on this album is a killer that comes really, really close to it. Only missing a nice ballad eventually. 9.5/10 points 3. Deliverance - "Deliverance", "A fair judgement" and "Master apprentices" are all like 11/10 tracks. Brutality, great riifs, gigantic tranistions, incredible Beauty especially on Fair Judgement and the filling instrumental "for absent friends". Just the first and the last track on the record i consider a tiny bit more generic, but still 9/10 tracks, so the whole record gets its 10/10 2. Ghost Reveries - In its sound a bit similar to watershed, like you said, a great comination of Deliverance and damnation. sick prog metal masterpieces with crazy transitions, no words needed, 10/10 1. Balckwater Park, what else could be here? The title track is not only a Prog Classic if you consider the instrumental work, its also simply the heaviest Death metal track ever written. Its sounds like the end of the freakin world. What else to say about it? Oh wait there are seven 10/10 tracks leading up to this song i was just talking about. 10/10 points
I very much agree with this list, Faultier. I'd rank Watershed a little higher, but hey, that doesn't matter at all. And yes, the end of the world, as "The Sun sets forever over Blackwater Park"!
At the moment: 1. My Arms, Your Hearse 2. Still Life 3. Morningrise 4. Blackwater Park 5. Damnation 6. Watershed 7. Heritage 8. Deliverence 9. Ghost Reveries 10. Orchid 11. In Cauda Venenum 12. Pale Communion 13. Sorceress It’s hard because they almost have a flawless discography!
Excellent review (one of my Fav bands) and a stellar idea on ranking albums. Maybe titled "Bottom to Top" or "Last to First". Keep up the excellent reviews / polls and looking forward to 2019 (late '18) reveiws.
Always remember discovering Opeth back when I was 17 and I’d listen to Blackwater Park and resonate with the harrowing and doom like sound of the music, that was back when my life was in a much darker place. Now I appreciate it for the artistic style and masterpiece of musicianship.
My list would be so different but I'm really glad that you made this video. Thanks! But, I'm wondering what are you thinking about In Cauda Venenum. And how you place it in your list?
@@seaoftranquilityprog Thank you for your answer! Waiting for your opinions. For me the latest record is their prog-rock era's peak after Pale Communion.
The CD-versions you showed are the same as my collection. Still Life digipak, is there even a jewel case available? Also have the 2CD version of Blackwater Park, of course I have the 1CD version also.
1. Blackwater park, still life, my arms your hearse, watershed, ghost reveries, deliverance&damnation, heritage 2. morningrise, pale communion, orchid, in cauda venenum, sorceress. ranking them in any other way is nearly impossible i just love them all in so many different ways
Man, we have SO different rankings 13. Sorceress 12. Heritage 11. Pale Communion 10. In Cauda Venenum 9. Damnation 8. Watershed 7. Ghost Reveries 6. Deliverence 5. Morningrise 4. still life 3. My Arms, Your Hearse 2. Blackwater Park 1. Orchid
You can’t be serious? Are you just trying to be different for the sake of it or you genuinely think that orchid tops everything else they’ve done? If so, all I gotta say is DAMN.
Really admire you for doing something that personally I'd find impossible, but good on you for doing it. My top Opeth album would be the one i started with, Still Life.
I just discovered these guys after going down the prog rabbit hole. So far the newer retro prog stuff is way more accessible, but some of the death metal stuff is growing on me too. Growls and screams to me are way more impactful when there is a balance between the clean and harsh vocals. Anyway, Sorceress was the first song i heard and fell in love with. Would like to hear your top 10 songs for Opeth as well as Dream Theater when you get to it!
I still need to pick up a few more Opeth albums to complete the catalog. I just picked up Orchid on CD from a record store that's going out of business near me (Vintage Vinyl in Fords NJ). Anyway I like the ranking Pete. For me, it would probably go like this- 13. Orchid 12. Morningrise 11. My Arms, Your Hearse 10. Heritage 9. Ghost Reveries 8. Still Life 7. In Cauda Venemum 6. Deliverance 5.Sorceress 4.Damnattion 3. Watershed 2. Pale Communion 1. Blackwater Park
I love 70s prog and classic rock, but I much prefer Opeth's heavier material. 1. Still Life 2. Blackwater Park 3. Ghost Reveries 4. Deliverance 5. Damnation
For everyone missing metal Opeth, here's my favorite surrogates: Ikuinen Kaamos (listen to "Indoctrination of the lost"), Barren Earth ("Oriental Pyre"), Obsidian Tide ("Seven"), Gwynbleidd ("Nostalgia"), Iapetus ("My father, my god"). I have been looking for music to fill the gap Opeth left after Watershed for many years now. That's the best I have to offer.
7- Damnation: Although it was supposed to be the 2nd part of a double album, Damnation came to be a groundbreaking and daring album for the band on its own. It features some gorgeous moments my favorites being Death Whispered A Lullaby and Closure. Still it varies too little regarding the soundscapes it offers, sounding a bit monotone to listen to in one take.(7/10) 6- Sorceress: the third record regarding the band's so called 70's prog era ironically kicks in with an heavy chugging metal clad beauty in the form of the title track and we're tricked to believe that Opeth is going for a different approach this time. But, after the Barret's era Floydesque The Wilde Flowers we're quickly disenchanted of that possibility and we're left with the same formula Pale Communion tried to borrow from Heritage. Although being a bit boring , Sorceress is really well preformed (as always) and there's still room for a great 70's metal track in Chrysalis and a prog rock extravaganza in Strange Brew. (7/10) 5- Morningrise: After an interesting debut Opeth's sophomore came out to be something I really wasn't expecting. Granting its heaviness with a bulk of blackened melodic death metal, the guys gave this great record an uncanny ambiance of beauty and majesty by injecting tons of folk elements in their pompous compositions. And what to say about the masterpiece that is Black Rose Immortal? (7.5/10) 4- Blackwater Park: Well... not much else to say about this one is it? Cuts like Bleak, The Drapery Falls, Dirge For November or The Funeral Portrait are simply the stuff every prog metal fan dreams are made of. Absolute classic. (8.5/10) 3- In Cauda Venenum: After two albums replicating what was achieved in Heritage (with some amazing cuts here and there but lacking the spontaneous wit of the said album) Mikael went for something somehow more venturous. Make no mistakes, though: the main dish served here is still retro prog rock with sparks of metal (although a couple of new tricks were revealed like the djenty Charlatan or something that seems to be out of Mr. Devin Townsend's imaginary in Guilt). What's new is the most edgy, daring and refreshing approach to it, making it rise above its previous pears. A long waited return to form. (8.5/10) 2- Heritage: When this record came out my first reaction wasn't shock but instead awe. In themes like Nepenthe, The Lines In My Hand or I Feel The Dark Mikael achieved to recapture that retro prog jam vibe in such an accurate way it seems the band is playing cover versions of an early 70's prog record. On the other hand The Devil's Orchard, Slither and Folklore are hybrid each one featuring various influences (from 70's metal to psychedelia , from Folk to Prog Rock...) being mixed and played at masterful level. Of course people payed too much attention to the stylistic changes namely regarding heaviness and singing style but it's their loss. While dwelling with redundant stuff they missed an absolutely amazing record. (8.5/10) 1- Still Life: Forgive me everyone but IMO Still Life is without shadow of doubt Opeth's finest hour by far. This monument based in an tragic concept was served with a coat of absolutely off the charts prog death metal riffage (especially Godhead Lament and Serenity Painted Death) smartly interluded by state of the art acoustic tunes (Face of Melissa and Benighted are simply put their 2 best compositions regarding this category). IMO their peak and a defining record within the genre (9.5/10) As for the remainder of Opeth's catalogue I find it hard to listen so it's difficult for me to rate it. I don't want to give them a crap note because none of them is bad per se (far from it!). And the reasons form my somewhat indifference before those albums vary: Orchid still presented them in a bit of an embryonic stage and I find My Arms Your Hearse being too dense acoustically for me to enjoy it. On the other hand I think albums like Pale Communion or even fan favorites Deliverance, Ghost Reveries, and Watershed found the band over-dwelling and over-exploring paths they threaded way better before (with the only exception being the excellent Hex Omega and Atonement). The excellent elements of Opeth's best tunes are there, but they seem to be somehow recycled and lacking freshness. However I really enjoy tons some tracks some being Demon Of The Fall, A Fair Judgement, Master's Apprentice, Eternal Rains Will Come or the aforementioned Hex Omega and Atonement.
Nice job and yes it's tough to rate Opeth records. Saw them for the first time opening for Nevermore at the Hard Rock in Chicago in 2001. That was their 'Black Waterpark" tour and "Dead Heart" for Nevermore. One of the best shows ever... Saw Opeth pretty much on every tour after that, they' re one of the best band live. My order of favorites: 1. Blackwater Park 2. Deliverance 3. Still Life 4. Ghost Reveries 5. Watershed 6. Damnation 7. Sorceress 8. Heritage 9. Pale Communion 10. My Arms, your hearse 11. Morningrise 12. Orchid
Just got Sorceress in the mail (on vinyl). sides 1 & 2 are perfection. 3 & 4 classic prog. I think the album excels in the quieter moments. I'm new to Opeth so I don't suffer the trauma of their transition away from their metal roots. It's all new and wonderful to me. In Cauda Venenum is definitely better in Swedish and Sorceress is definitely up there for me. A completely different listening experience than Ghost Reveries or Still life, but one I will be returning to a lot. Prog? Sure, why not? So beautiful? without a doubt.
My list is: 01. My Arms, Your Hearse 02. Ghost Reveries 03. Damnation 04. Still Life 05. Blackwater Park 06. Deliverance 07. Morningrise 08. Orchid 09. Watershed I've liked every release, but Watershed did nothing for me. I tried multiple times to like the songs, but it just felt boring to listen to for some reason. I don't even know where to put the new sound albums Heritage Pale Communion Sorceress In Cauda Venenom Heritage is the one that I listened to the most out the new sound albums because I tried so hard to get into the new sound. I kept telling myself: It's gotta click, but it just never did. I listened to Pale Communion twice, then dropped it. I listened to Sorceress multiple times, but dropped it as well. I did like the title track and Will o the Wisp, though. I just listened to In Caudia Venenom, but ended up just liking Heart in Hand and All Things will Pass.
Hi Pete. I am a norwegian guy who have been following your vlogs for a while and we pretty much have had the same taste for music up through the years. (I an 67 years old by the way.) I just wonder if you ever have listened to a norwegian band called Circus Maximus..? I think they are pretty amazing although they haven't released too many albums until now. I recommend listening to their album "Nine" as a good intro to their music. ;-) Please send me a comment on your reaction to this album. Best regards from Arnfinn Lauritzen - Norway
I feel like with most bands there is more of a general consensus as to the peak of their careers by their fans. Opeth seem to defy this because we all have such dramatically different favorites. Their catalog is so storied and diverse, my personal top ten can vary day to day or listen to listen. Such an amazing band, I pretty much listen to them every day and have for the last 2 decades. my list: Damnation Still Life Blackwater Park In Caudia Watershed Pale Communion Ghost Reveries Heritage My Arms, Your Hearse Deliverance Sorceress Morningrise Orchid
Idk man, I think the general consensus among Opeth fans is, that Blackwater Park and Ghost Reveries are their best. But Still Life is my favorite too, hands down.
This List really needed a Remake. 13. Pale Communion (Still the only Opeth Album I dislike) 12. Heritage The Rest of the Opeth Albums are Phenomenal! 11. Sorceress 10. Deliverance 9. In Cauda Venenum 8. Ghost Reveries 7. Damnation 6. Watershed 5. My Arms Your Hearse 4. Blackwater Park 3. Morningrise 2. Orchid 1. Still Life Over time, I learned to appreciate the Death Metal Era.
Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries and Still Life are my favorites. Really impressive. I really don't like Watershed much. That was a strange album. One of the few I don't care for much. It did have a couple great tracks, but overall could not compare to the earlier material. I do miss the heavier side of the band.
Enjoyed watching this video alot Heres my list : From *WORST* to Best Orchid Sorceress Morningrise In cauda venenum Damnation Heritage Pale Communion My arms your hearse deliverance Watershed Ghost Reveries Still Life Blackwater park
I believe that my Opeth ranking is 1. Blackwater Park 2. Damnation 3. Ghost Reveries 4. Still Life 5. Watershed 6. Deliverance 7. In Cauda Venenum 8. My Arms Your Hearse 9. Sorceress 10. Morningrise 11. Pale Communion 12. Heritage 13. Orchid
One of the defining prog metal bands of the modern era! Not a bad album, terrific prog and metal! 1. Blackwater Park 2. Deliverance 3. In Cauda Venenum 4. Sorceress 5. Mighty Watershed 6. Damnation 7. Ghost Reveries 8. Heritage 9. My Arms, Your Hearse 10. Orchid 11. In Pale Communion 12. Morningrise 13. Still Life
1. Ghost Reveries 2. Pale Communion, Blackwater Park 3. Damnation, Sorceress 4. Heritage All I have seriously listened to (as a whole) as of yet, got into Opeth just recently. Even the worst of the above is really good.
interesting list Pete. But where would In Cauda Venenum rank. It came out not long after this ranking list. For me its right up there in top three. Watershed is probably my #1.
My rankings will only be limited to those albums that I've given a mindful listen i.e. first nine albums. I've nothing against their later outputs, in fact I'm very happy that the band is doing what they feel inclined to do so at this point in their career. I just gravitate to albums that have extreme metal influences, anyway here are my favourites: 1. My Arms, Your Hearse (Fav Track : The Amen Corner) 2. Morningrise (Fav Track : The Night And the Silent Water) 3. Still Life (Fav Track : Godheads Lament) 4. Orchid (Fav Track : The Apostle In Triumph) 5. Deliverance (Fav Track : Wreath) 6. Ghost Reveries (Fav Track : The Grand Conjuration) 7. Damnation (Fav Track : To Rid the Disease) 8. Blackwater Park (Fav Track : The Leper Affinity) 9. Watershed (Fav Track : Heir Apparent)
Love your attitude. I also happen to prefer most of the stuff up to Watershed, but also really appreciate their work afterwards. Ackerfeld ones talked about it, how they set around preping and realizing, that they just didn't feel like writing in that style organically anymore.
1 Morningrise 2 Still Life 3 In Cauda Venenum 4 Orchid 5 Pale Communion 6 Blackwater Park 7 My Arms Your Hearse 8 Watershed 9 Damnation 10 Deliverance 11 Ghost Reveries 12 Heritage 13 Sorceress
Still Life all the way for me. It’s got a story, a dynamic range from vicious to tranquil, and a beautiful balance between production quality and raw/organic power. Although the last 2 tracks are slightly weaker, those first 5 tracks are PERFECT.
My order 1. Ghost reveries 2 deliverance 3 Blackwater park 4. Watershed 5. Still Life 6 my arms your hearse 7 damnation 8 morningrise 9 in cauda venenum 10 sorceress 11 pale communion 12 heritage 13 orchid
My list is pretty similar to Pete's- I like the new era a lot. I love in cauda venenum and sorceress, i feel like Mikael has become a much better songwriter and arranger over the years-songs build and make sense rather than feel like a hodge podge of different riffs and quiet parts. I love the early albums too, and there are tons of cool ideas and riffs on albums like still life and bwp, but the vocal melodies, songs and arrangements weren't there yet.
12. Morningrise 11. Damnation (still great tho) 10. Orchid 9. Heritage 8. Pale Communion 7. Sorceress 6. Blackwater Park 5. My Arms, Your Hearse 4. Watershed 3. Deliverance 2. Still Life 1. Ghost Reveries
Right now: Top 5; my opinion: 1. Heritage (after 9 years I discovered the true greatness of this album) ------------------------- 2. Deliverance (because of; 'For absent friends', ' A fair judgement' & Wreath) 3. Damnation (less heavy, better for your eardrums and a lot warmer) 4. Blackwater Park (classic, nostalgic, artistic but also raw and heavy) 5. Watershed/ Ghost Reveries (technically outstanding, beautiful, but also very dark, unpleasant and heavy)
Damnation was my first Opeth cd. I like it. I guess haven't listened to it in a while. I don't have any Opeth cds with death growls. I have all the ones without death growls. I actually like Opeth's recent retro albums better than Damnation.
1. Blackwater Park 2. Watershed 3. Ghost Reveries 4. Deliverance 5. In Cauda Venenum 6. Lamentations 7. Still Life 8. Pale Communion 9. Sorceress 10. My Arms Your Hearse 11. Heritage 12. Orchid 13. Morningrise
1. Ghost Reveries 2. Blackwater Park 3. Damnation 4. Heritage 5. Morningrise 6. Sorceress 7. Watershed 8. Pale Communion 9. In Cauda Venenum 10. Still Life 11. Deliverance 12. Orchid 13. My Arms Your Hearse The first 5 on my list are 10/10s The next 5 on my list are 9/10s The last 3 on my list are 8/10s. So not a bad album in the bunch!!
Mine probably is 1. Morningrise 2. Orchid 3. Still Life 4. Blackwater Park 5. Deliverance 6. Ghost Reveries 7. My Arms, Your Hearse 8. Watershed I'm not a fan of their prog rock stuff including Damnation. Opeth's early years are such a huge part of my music appetite and important to me on a more personal level.
It took me a long long time to like Watershed as a complete album. I loved Burden (the solos on that are my favorite of any ever!) but I really had to give it time. Heir Apparent is amazing also. And I've grown to see the strengths of the others too since. Currently I'm struggling to like any of the albums since then. I like songs here and there but It's really not for me I guess. So my list from best to worst currently is: Ghost Reveries Blackwater Park Still Life Deliverance My Arms Your Hearse Morningrise Damnation Orchid Pale Communion Sorceress Heritage I haven;t listened to the new album yet :/ ....which says it all really. I haven't been anticipating an Opeth release since Watershed
My rank: 1 Watershed 2 Ghost Reveries 3 Blackwater Park 4 Sorceress 5 Still Life 6 Deliverance 7 In Cauda Venenum 8 Pale Communion 9 Damnation 10 Morningrise 11 My Arms, Your Hearse 12 Heritage 13 Orchid
I'm more into their heavier stuff. 1. Blackwater Park 2. Ghost Reveries 3. Deliverance 4. Watershed 5. Still Life 6. My Arms, Your Hearse 7. Morningrise 8. Damnation 9. Orchid 10. Sorceress 11. In Cauda Venenum 12. Pale Communion 13. Heritage
1. Blackwater Park 2. Still Life 3. Deliverance 4. Ghost Reveries 5. My Arms, Your Hearse 6. Damnation 7. Watershed 8. Morningrise 9. Orchid 10. Heritage 11. Sorceress 12. Pale Communion Haven’t really listened to the newest one yet. Needless to say, I’m partial to the older Opeth.
1. Blackwater park 2. Ghost reveries 3. Watershed 4. Still life 5. Deliverance 6. My arms, your hearse 7. Damnation 8. In cauda venenum 9. Morningrise 10. Orchid 11. Pale communion 12. Heritage 13. Sorceress
So mine goes like this 13.- Heritage 12.- In Cauda Venenum 11.- Soceress 10.- Morningrise 9.- My Arms, Your Hearse 8.- Damnation 7.- Orchid 6.- Pale Communion 5.- Watershed 4.- Still Life 3.- Ghost Reveries 2.- Deliverance 1.- Blackwater Park But all of them are at least a 9/10, there is no bad album
1. Watershed 2. Ghost Reveries 3. Blackwater Park 4. Still Life 5. Damnation 6. My Arms, Your Hearse 7. Deliverance 8. Pale Communion 9. Sorceress 10. Morningrise 11. Orchid 12. Heritage 13. In Cauda Venenum
12) Heritage 11) Pale Communion 10) Sorceress 9) Orchid 8) Morning Rise 7) Deliverance 6) My Arms, Your Hearse 5) Watershed 4) Damnation 3) Still Life 2) Black Water Park 1) Ghost Reveries
The fact that fan's lists are so different and diverse is a testament to how great Opeth's entire catalog is. Its virtually impossible for me to do a list on this band, however I could easily compare this band to other metal bands!
For me it’s very simple.
1. My Arms, Your Hearse
2. Everything else
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Morningrise is the first album i heard from Opeth. I was hooked after that. To bid you farewell is amazing. Black rose immortal etc.
same to me !!!
You might be the only person on the planet who’s favorite Opeth album is Sorceress haha
and you know what? That's quite ok!
Sea of Tranquility or course! Love the content by the way!
Sorceress is also my fav album lol, my second is Ghost Reveries
It’s mine favorite too
I think people who love the death metal side of the band will pick My Arms, Your Hearse; people who love the proggy direction they have gone in will pick Sorceress or one of the later albums. There's a definite split between the diehard original fans of Opeth who love the early/mid death metal stuff and hate the prog; and people open to both.
THANK YOU! Watershed is wayyy underrated.
I think Watershed is pretty universally loved by Opeth fans, no?
People are split on the softer songs and hex omega on this album. Everyone loves the heavier stuff.
Opeth have so many great albums, but Ghost Reveries is the best of all their styles both heavy and light. A masterpiece.
Agreed 100% Opeths many incarnations all in one perfectly written recorded and mixed
Love your videos knew you were a fan when I saw the poster in one your videos
And phenomenal production.
Hi Pete! One thing about Opeth is that none of their albums are duds! This band has really matured musically! Very dedicated in their crafting of music! I respect them for that! All their albums are just great stuff! So, there's no way I could do a list! Great video! Thanks!
I did posted a ranking a couple weeks ago, and I love all Opeth albums
but for me it’s
1. Deliverance
2. Blackwater Park
3. Still life
4. Ghost reveries
5. Watershed
6. My arms your hearse
7. Damnation
8. Morningrise
9. Sorceress
10. Pale communion
11. Orchid
12. Heritage
Edit: Writing this like a year after I posted this, and I think still life or Blackwater park is my favorite, and deliverance is 3rd, GR is a very close 4th. Hard to judge as all of their albums kick ass. A lot of the ranking for me has changed for me to be honest.
1. Still Life
2. Blackwater Park
3. Deliverance
4. Ghost Reveries
5. Watershed
6. My Arms Your Hearse
7. Morningrise
8. Damnation
9. Orchid
10. Heritage
Haven't heard the others
I’m curious to see how you would rank Jethro Tull albums.
Doing worst to best is definetly better, great show Pete! Some ideas for next "Best to Worst" Albums : PFM -Symphony X - Steely Dan - Echolyn - Kansas - Pantera - Dixie Dregs - Zao (the french band) - Ayreon - Fates Warning - IQ - Return to Forever - Meshuggah - Univers Zero - Neal Morse - Greg Howe - Shadow Gallery - Soft Machine - Banco - Spock's Beard - Toto - Death - Marillion - Gentle Giant - Steve Vai - The Mars Volta - The Flower Kings - Between the Buried and Me - Dream Theater - Devin Townsend - Weather Report - Led Zeppelin - Van Der Graaf Generator.
Nice mix of classic rock, hard rock, fusion, prog, metal and prog metal in there.
Do it
I can't get behind your list-mine would be radically different-but I am damn glad you did this....cool channel,keep up the great work...
Hey Pete. I went back and rewatched all the rankings. I’m curious to know where you would place their newest album “In Cauda Venenum” at on this list
uffff.. its an almost impossible challenge to rank Opeth albums, i love all of them, but i will try my best to give my opinion, as a prog fan and metal fan
12. Heritage - love some moments in there, but its just a bit to quiet in some ways, the cut with all the stuff before was rough aswell to take as a fan. 8/10 pts. I feel bad for putting this on the last spot though.
11. Sorceress - I know its a great album, but somehow when i listen to it, i am really missing some old opeth features, not neccesarily the growls, but i think some more heavy chords and real metal riffs could have made it sooo much better. 8/10 points
10. Morningrise - Not so sure about it, except "To bid you farewell", most tracks sound similar to me, Balck metal part after acoustic guitar after black metal part...
"To bid you farewell" on the other hand is the very first, but maybe the most beautiful opeth ballad to me. It has a crazy atmosphere and makes you fell a very unique way when you listen to it. This track alone should probably set the record to a higher ranking for me, but i just didnt want give a single track such a high influence on the ranking 8.5/10 (7.5 without to bid you farewell)
9. Orchid - Similar to Morningrise, but it has some really psychedelic vibes in some tracks, that are absolutely unique and i never heard combined with black metal like this on any other album (check "under the weeping moon") 8/10
8. Pale Communion - Magnificient Opeth record in their post - deathmetal era, best one so far. Love "Eternal rains will come", "moon above, sun below" and "river". Somehow, i really dislike "Cusp of eterenity", my least favourite Opeth track, idk what was going on with them with that "aahhhaah"- Chorus. Still, i dont want to give single tracks to much weight in this list. 8.5/10
This is were it starts getting tough, i am totally fanboing for everything from Opeth between "My arms your hearse" and "Watershed"....
7. Still Live - I know this is a top 3 opeth record for many fans, it has great, long, complex, proggy, heavy and heartwarming Songs, every single one on it actually.
Still, in my opinion its missing a tiny bit of atmosphere compared to some albums, and some wildness compared to some of the others that i have ranked higher 9/10 points
6. Damnation - its just so hard to compare damnation with the other records, its defenetly a masterpiece, and if you say you didnt get that much into the second half of the record, you probably just didnt listen enough, i find the second half even better than the first, personally. "To rid the disease" and"closure" are absolutely outstanding tracks 9.5/10 points
from here on, since 10 years i struggle to decide which i like most, every single one of those have been my number 1 record for a while, and it might change every day....
5. Watershed - This one i cant decide with place 4, you might just switch them up in the ranking if you want. what can i say? absolute prog metal masterpiece, crazy stuff in here. Listening the album as a whole is a 10, if you rank track by track its maybe a tiny bit weaker than the top 3 in this list. 9.5/10
4. My arms your hearse - Dude, next to Demon of the Fall you listed the Outro and Madrigal, a short instrumental, what the heck? This album ist just raw, its pure, there is no other opeth album that has this kind of energy. In my opinion, this record was the biggest step in the evolution of opeth, its just SO much more complex, prog stuff going on than in their previous record morningrise. Also Mikaels disorted Vocals switching from Black Metal screaming in morningrise to death Metal growling on this one is a great step. besides the legendary Demon of the fall, every single real(!) track on this album is a killer that comes really, really close to it. Only missing a nice ballad eventually. 9.5/10 points
3. Deliverance - "Deliverance", "A fair judgement" and "Master apprentices" are all like 11/10 tracks. Brutality, great riifs, gigantic tranistions, incredible Beauty especially on Fair Judgement and the filling instrumental "for absent friends". Just the first and the last track on the record i consider a tiny bit more generic, but still 9/10 tracks, so the whole record gets its 10/10
2. Ghost Reveries - In its sound a bit similar to watershed, like you said, a great comination of Deliverance and damnation. sick prog metal masterpieces with crazy transitions, no words needed, 10/10
1. Balckwater Park, what else could be here? The title track is not only a Prog Classic if you consider the instrumental work, its also simply the heaviest Death metal track ever written. Its sounds like the end of the freakin world. What else to say about it? Oh wait there are seven 10/10 tracks leading up to this song i was just talking about. 10/10 points
I very much agree with this list, Faultier. I'd rank Watershed a little higher, but hey, that doesn't matter at all. And yes, the end of the world, as "The Sun sets forever over Blackwater Park"!
I think Damnation is their best record
At the moment:
1. My Arms, Your Hearse
2. Still Life
3. Morningrise
4. Blackwater Park
5. Damnation
6. Watershed
7. Heritage
8. Deliverence
9. Ghost Reveries
10. Orchid
11. In Cauda Venenum
12. Pale Communion
13. Sorceress
It’s hard because they almost have a flawless discography!
Surprising yet excellent list and descriptions. I'll have to check out their most recent and your favorite.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW What opeth albums have no growl vocals,I love the music but can't get that vocal style,
they have 5 albums with no growls and quite a few songs without growls/scream on other albums
Excellent review (one of my Fav bands) and a stellar idea on ranking albums.
Maybe titled "Bottom to Top" or "Last to First".
Keep up the excellent reviews / polls and looking forward to 2019 (late '18) reveiws.
I completely agree with this list, in its exact inverse - respectfully. Big fan of your content and insight brother
Always remember discovering Opeth back when I was 17 and I’d listen to Blackwater Park and resonate with the harrowing and doom like sound of the music, that was back when my life was in a much darker place. Now I appreciate it for the artistic style and masterpiece of musicianship.
thanks for the tips list you gave -I totally agree-you helped me on Opeths music,bought first 4 you showed I have purchased-Great stuff
My list would be so different but I'm really glad that you made this video. Thanks! But, I'm wondering what are you thinking about In Cauda Venenum. And how you place it in your list?
Not sure yet...need more time with it.
@@seaoftranquilityprog Thank you for your answer! Waiting for your opinions. For me the latest record is their prog-rock era's peak after Pale Communion.
The CD-versions you showed are the same as my collection. Still Life digipak, is there even a jewel case available? Also have the 2CD version of Blackwater Park, of course I have the 1CD version also.
1. Blackwater park, still life, my arms your hearse, watershed, ghost reveries, deliverance&damnation, heritage
2. morningrise, pale communion, orchid, in cauda venenum, sorceress.
ranking them in any other way is nearly impossible i just love them all in so many different ways
Nice to see heritage in a high ranking
love the vids keep em coming Watershed is my fave haven't heard Sorceress so i'll have to give it a listen
Man, we have SO different rankings
13. Sorceress
12. Heritage
11. Pale Communion
10. In Cauda Venenum
9. Damnation
8. Watershed
7. Ghost Reveries
6. Deliverence
5. Morningrise
4. still life
3. My Arms, Your Hearse
2. Blackwater Park
1. Orchid
Orchid is def my least fav of their death metal era but still a great album and I respect it and your opinion.
You can’t be serious? Are you just trying to be different for the sake of it or you genuinely think that orchid tops everything else they’ve done? If so, all I gotta say is DAMN.
Really admire you for doing something that personally I'd find impossible, but good on you for doing it. My top Opeth album would be the one i started with, Still Life.
I think that in the future we will look back at Opeth's discography the same way we look back at the amazing heritage of a band like Pink Floyd.
are you gonna coment this in every single video?
Hey Pete! How would you rank Opeth’s newest release? Does it best Sorceress?
Where do you rank the latest one now? In cauda venenum
I just discovered these guys after going down the prog rabbit hole. So far the newer retro prog stuff is way more accessible, but some of the death metal stuff is growing on me too. Growls and screams to me are way more impactful when there is a balance between the clean and harsh vocals. Anyway, Sorceress was the first song i heard and fell in love with.
Would like to hear your top 10 songs for Opeth as well as Dream Theater when you get to it!
You're nuts!
1) Morningrise
2)Orchid
3)My arms your hearse
4)Blackwater Park
5)Still life
any order for the rest.
Best Thin Lizzy song- "Emerald"
I still need to pick up a few more Opeth albums to complete the catalog. I just picked up Orchid on CD from a record store that's going out of business near me (Vintage Vinyl in Fords NJ). Anyway I like the ranking Pete. For me, it would probably go like this-
13. Orchid
12. Morningrise
11. My Arms, Your Hearse
10. Heritage
9. Ghost Reveries
8. Still Life
7. In Cauda Venemum
6. Deliverance
5.Sorceress
4.Damnattion
3. Watershed
2. Pale Communion
1. Blackwater Park
OMG THANKS FOR RANKING WATERSHED SO HIGH! AWESOME DUDE!
i kinda wanna see your opinion on the steven wilson solo albums
I never thought I'd ever give a toss about someone else's opinion about the music I love , but , I like thus guy.
informative and genuine.
NICE !
I love 70s prog and classic rock, but I much prefer Opeth's heavier material.
1. Still Life
2. Blackwater Park
3. Ghost Reveries
4. Deliverance
5. Damnation
My arms, Your hearse!
still life is prob my all-time favorite album, any genre
Mikel Akervelt (I probably just butchered the spelling my bad) is a very underrated genius. I love Opeth
Mikael Akerfedlt
Mikael Åkerfeldt! Gotta love that «Å»
For everyone missing metal Opeth, here's my favorite surrogates: Ikuinen Kaamos (listen to "Indoctrination of the lost"), Barren Earth ("Oriental Pyre"), Obsidian Tide ("Seven"), Gwynbleidd ("Nostalgia"), Iapetus ("My father, my god"). I have been looking for music to fill the gap Opeth left after Watershed for many years now. That's the best I have to offer.
Pale communion is their best prog album I think. Even though sorceress is amazing.
7- Damnation: Although it was supposed to be the 2nd part of a double album, Damnation came to be a groundbreaking and daring album for the band on its own. It features some gorgeous moments my favorites being Death Whispered A Lullaby and Closure. Still it varies too little regarding the soundscapes it offers, sounding a bit monotone to listen to in one take.(7/10)
6- Sorceress: the third record regarding the band's so called 70's prog era ironically kicks in with an heavy chugging metal clad beauty in the form of the title track and we're tricked to believe that Opeth is going for a different approach this time. But, after the Barret's era Floydesque The Wilde Flowers we're quickly disenchanted of that possibility and we're left with the same formula Pale Communion tried to borrow from Heritage. Although being a bit boring , Sorceress is really well preformed (as always) and there's still room for a great 70's metal track in Chrysalis and a prog rock extravaganza in Strange Brew. (7/10)
5- Morningrise: After an interesting debut Opeth's sophomore came out to be something I really wasn't expecting. Granting its heaviness with a bulk of blackened melodic death metal, the guys gave this great record an uncanny ambiance of beauty and majesty by injecting tons of folk elements in their pompous compositions. And what to say about the masterpiece that is Black Rose Immortal? (7.5/10)
4- Blackwater Park: Well... not much else to say about this one is it? Cuts like Bleak, The Drapery Falls, Dirge For November or The Funeral Portrait are simply the stuff every prog metal fan dreams are made of. Absolute classic. (8.5/10)
3- In Cauda Venenum: After two albums replicating what was achieved in Heritage (with some amazing cuts here and there but lacking the spontaneous wit of the said album) Mikael went for something somehow more venturous. Make no mistakes, though: the main dish served here is still retro prog rock with sparks of metal (although a couple of new tricks were revealed like the djenty Charlatan or something that seems to be out of Mr. Devin Townsend's imaginary in Guilt). What's new is the most edgy, daring and refreshing approach to it, making it rise above its previous pears. A long waited return to form. (8.5/10)
2- Heritage: When this record came out my first reaction wasn't shock but instead awe. In themes like Nepenthe, The Lines In My Hand or I Feel The Dark Mikael achieved to recapture that retro prog jam vibe in such an accurate way it seems the band is playing cover versions of an early 70's prog record. On the other hand The Devil's Orchard, Slither and Folklore are hybrid each one featuring various influences (from 70's metal to psychedelia , from Folk to Prog Rock...) being mixed and played at masterful level. Of course people payed too much attention to the stylistic changes namely regarding heaviness and singing style but it's their loss. While dwelling with redundant stuff they missed an absolutely amazing record. (8.5/10)
1- Still Life: Forgive me everyone but IMO Still Life is without shadow of doubt Opeth's finest hour by far. This monument based in an tragic concept was served with a coat of absolutely off the charts prog death metal riffage (especially Godhead Lament and Serenity Painted Death) smartly interluded by state of the art acoustic tunes (Face of Melissa and Benighted are simply put their 2 best compositions regarding this category). IMO their peak and a defining record within the genre (9.5/10)
As for the remainder of Opeth's catalogue I find it hard to listen so it's difficult for me to rate it. I don't want to give them a crap note because none of them is bad per se (far from it!). And the reasons form my somewhat indifference before those albums vary: Orchid still presented them in a bit of an embryonic stage and I find My Arms Your Hearse being too dense acoustically for me to enjoy it. On the other hand I think albums like Pale Communion or even fan favorites Deliverance, Ghost Reveries, and Watershed found the band over-dwelling and over-exploring paths they threaded way better before (with the only exception being the excellent Hex Omega and Atonement). The excellent elements of Opeth's best tunes are there, but they seem to be somehow recycled and lacking freshness. However I really enjoy tons some tracks some being Demon Of The Fall, A Fair Judgement, Master's Apprentice, Eternal Rains Will Come or the aforementioned Hex Omega and Atonement.
Picked up Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries, Watershed, Pale Communion, Sorceress. All great and amazing
awhile ago I was watching a repeat of Criminal Minds and that episode raised the hair on my neck.......Opeth was playing......awesome!
Nice job and yes it's tough to rate Opeth records. Saw them for the first time opening for Nevermore at the Hard Rock in Chicago in 2001. That was their 'Black Waterpark" tour and "Dead Heart" for Nevermore. One of the best shows ever... Saw Opeth pretty much on every tour after that, they' re one of the best band live.
My order of favorites:
1. Blackwater Park
2. Deliverance
3. Still Life
4. Ghost Reveries
5. Watershed
6. Damnation
7. Sorceress
8. Heritage
9. Pale Communion
10. My Arms, your hearse
11. Morningrise
12. Orchid
“In Cauda Venenum” is a masterpiece
Is there growling vocals on that?
@@patrickmurphy1803 there are like 2 seconds of growling in the background on Dignity at 5:04 , Mikael even performs that growl live
Just got Sorceress in the mail (on vinyl). sides 1 & 2 are perfection. 3 & 4 classic prog. I think the album excels in the quieter moments. I'm new to Opeth so I don't suffer the trauma of their transition away from their metal roots. It's all new and wonderful to me. In Cauda Venenum is definitely better in Swedish and Sorceress is definitely up there for me. A completely different listening experience than Ghost Reveries or Still life, but one I will be returning to a lot. Prog? Sure, why not? So beautiful? without a doubt.
My list is:
01. My Arms, Your Hearse
02. Ghost Reveries
03. Damnation
04. Still Life
05. Blackwater Park
06. Deliverance
07. Morningrise
08. Orchid
09. Watershed
I've liked every release, but Watershed did nothing for me. I tried multiple times to like the songs, but it just felt boring to listen to for some reason.
I don't even know where to put the new sound albums
Heritage
Pale Communion
Sorceress
In Cauda Venenom
Heritage is the one that I listened to the most out the new sound albums because I tried so hard to get into the new sound. I kept telling myself: It's gotta click, but it just never did. I listened to Pale Communion twice, then dropped it. I listened to Sorceress multiple times, but dropped it as well. I did like the title track and Will o the Wisp, though. I just listened to In Caudia Venenom, but ended up just liking Heart in Hand and All Things will Pass.
You can't do a "worst to best" with Opeth because they're all good. You have to do a " the album I like the least to the album I like the most".
true same with King Crimson and Porcupine Tree
That's literally what he says in the video.. did you even watch it?
Hi Pete. I am a norwegian guy who have been following your vlogs for a while and we pretty much have had the same taste for music up through the years. (I an 67 years old by the way.) I just wonder if you ever have listened to a norwegian band called Circus Maximus..? I think they are pretty amazing although they haven't released too many albums until now. I recommend listening to their album "Nine" as a good intro to their music. ;-) Please send me a comment on your reaction to this album. Best regards from Arnfinn Lauritzen - Norway
Just discovered this band, up till now "heritage" and "Orchid" are my favourites
1 Ghost reveries
2 Watershed
3 Blackwater park
4 Pale communion
5 Damnation
6 Still life
7 Morningrise (yes)
8 Deliverance
9 My arms your hearse
10 Orchid
11 Sorceress
12 Heritage
I feel like with most bands there is more of a general consensus as to the peak of their careers by their fans. Opeth seem to defy this because we all have such dramatically different favorites. Their catalog is so storied and diverse, my personal top ten can vary day to day or listen to listen. Such an amazing band, I pretty much listen to them every day and have for the last 2 decades.
my list:
Damnation
Still Life
Blackwater Park
In Caudia
Watershed
Pale Communion
Ghost Reveries
Heritage
My Arms, Your Hearse
Deliverance
Sorceress
Morningrise
Orchid
Idk man, I think the general consensus among Opeth fans is, that Blackwater Park and Ghost Reveries are their best. But Still Life is my favorite too, hands down.
My Arms Your Hearse is my favorite. Then Watershed and Deliverance.
Shocked to see My Arms Your Hearse that low ranked
This List really needed a Remake.
13. Pale Communion (Still the only Opeth Album I dislike)
12. Heritage
The Rest of the Opeth Albums are Phenomenal!
11. Sorceress
10. Deliverance
9. In Cauda Venenum
8. Ghost Reveries
7. Damnation
6. Watershed
5. My Arms Your Hearse
4. Blackwater Park
3. Morningrise
2. Orchid
1. Still Life
Over time, I learned to appreciate the Death Metal Era.
I used to write off the latest 4 albums but I really started to enjoy post Watershed Opeth.
Blackwater Park, Ghost Reveries and Still Life are my favorites. Really impressive. I really don't like Watershed much. That was a strange album. One of the few I don't care for much. It did have a couple great tracks, but overall could not compare to the earlier material. I do miss the heavier side of the band.
Enjoyed watching this video alot
Heres my list :
From *WORST* to Best
Orchid
Sorceress
Morningrise
In cauda venenum
Damnation
Heritage
Pale Communion
My arms your hearse
deliverance
Watershed
Ghost Reveries
Still Life
Blackwater park
Love Opeth! I saw them live 4 days ago.
Watershed will probably always be my favorite Opeth album, it's a masterpiece!!
I believe that my Opeth ranking is
1. Blackwater Park
2. Damnation
3. Ghost Reveries
4. Still Life
5. Watershed
6. Deliverance
7. In Cauda Venenum
8. My Arms Your Hearse
9. Sorceress
10. Morningrise
11. Pale Communion
12. Heritage
13. Orchid
Agreed. Great list.
One of the defining prog metal bands of the modern era! Not a bad album, terrific prog and metal!
1. Blackwater Park
2. Deliverance
3. In Cauda Venenum
4. Sorceress
5. Mighty Watershed
6. Damnation
7. Ghost Reveries
8. Heritage
9. My Arms, Your Hearse
10. Orchid
11. In Pale Communion
12. Morningrise
13. Still Life
I liked your comment. why?
Deliverance and In Cauda Venenum are so great.
@@rm-stuffs2802 there top opeth albums
@@kyle.sterritt ya 😎
1. Ghost Reveries
2. Pale Communion, Blackwater Park
3. Damnation, Sorceress
4. Heritage
All I have seriously listened to (as a whole) as of yet, got into Opeth just recently. Even the worst of the above is really good.
interesting list Pete. But where would In Cauda Venenum rank. It came out not long after this ranking list. For me its right up there in top three. Watershed is probably my #1.
Interesting opinion, I respect it! Here's my opinion
1. Deliverance (10/10)
2. Ghost Reveries (10/10)
3. Still Life (10/10)
4. Blackwater Park (10/10)
5. My Arms Your Hearse (9/10)
6. Damnation (9/10)
7. Watershed (8.5/10)
8. Morningrise (8/10)
9. Pale Communion (8/10)
10. Orchid (7/10)
11. Heritage (7/10)
12. Sorceress (7/10)
13. In Cauda Venenum (7/10)
My rankings will only be limited to those albums that I've given a mindful listen i.e. first nine albums. I've nothing against their later outputs, in fact I'm very happy that the band is doing what they feel inclined to do so at this point in their career. I just gravitate to albums that have extreme metal influences, anyway here are my favourites:
1. My Arms, Your Hearse (Fav Track : The Amen Corner)
2. Morningrise (Fav Track : The Night And the Silent Water)
3. Still Life (Fav Track : Godheads Lament)
4. Orchid (Fav Track : The Apostle In Triumph)
5. Deliverance (Fav Track : Wreath)
6. Ghost Reveries (Fav Track : The Grand Conjuration)
7. Damnation (Fav Track : To Rid the Disease)
8. Blackwater Park (Fav Track : The Leper Affinity)
9. Watershed (Fav Track : Heir Apparent)
Love your attitude. I also happen to prefer most of the stuff up to Watershed, but also really appreciate their work afterwards. Ackerfeld ones talked about it, how they set around preping and realizing, that they just didn't feel like writing in that style organically anymore.
12. Orchid
11. My Arms Your Hearse
10. Sorceress
9. Damnation
8. Heritage
7. Morningside
6. Pale Communion
5. Deliverance
4. Watershed
3. Still Life
2. Blackwater Park
1. Ghost Reveries
1 Morningrise
2 Still Life
3 In Cauda Venenum
4 Orchid
5 Pale Communion
6 Blackwater Park
7 My Arms Your Hearse
8 Watershed
9 Damnation
10 Deliverance
11 Ghost Reveries
12 Heritage
13 Sorceress
Still Life all the way for me. It’s got a story, a dynamic range from vicious to tranquil, and a beautiful balance between production quality and raw/organic power. Although the last 2 tracks are slightly weaker, those first 5 tracks are PERFECT.
Well, based on your list, and how many seem to agree with you, I just ordered: Still Life, Watershed, and Sorceress. Here's to the future...
I'm surprised that there hasn't been a Jethro Tull ranking video yet. I'd love to see one.
I did a JT Top 10 Songs video a month or so ago. Check the Top 10 Songs playlist.
@@seaoftranquilityprog Awesome. I will check it out!
My order
1. Ghost reveries
2 deliverance
3 Blackwater park
4. Watershed
5. Still Life
6 my arms your hearse
7 damnation
8 morningrise
9 in cauda venenum
10 sorceress
11 pale communion
12 heritage
13 orchid
In Cauda Venenum,..Heritage,..Sorceress ,all fantastic!
Yes In Cauda Venenum
My list is pretty similar to Pete's- I like the new era a lot. I love in cauda venenum and sorceress, i feel like Mikael has become a much better songwriter and arranger over the years-songs build and make sense rather than feel like a hodge podge of different riffs and quiet parts. I love the early albums too, and there are tons of cool ideas and riffs on albums like still life and bwp, but the vocal melodies, songs and arrangements weren't there yet.
Love to see the Watershed appreciation
Deliverance... every day, most awesome all round ultra heavy, folk, life album ever!!
12. Morningrise
11. Damnation (still great tho)
10. Orchid
9. Heritage
8. Pale Communion
7. Sorceress
6. Blackwater Park
5. My Arms, Your Hearse
4. Watershed
3. Deliverance
2. Still Life
1. Ghost Reveries
Right now:
Top 5; my opinion:
1. Heritage (after 9 years I discovered the true greatness of this album)
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2. Deliverance (because of; 'For absent friends', ' A fair judgement' & Wreath)
3. Damnation (less heavy, better for your eardrums and a lot warmer)
4. Blackwater Park (classic, nostalgic, artistic but also raw and heavy)
5. Watershed/ Ghost Reveries (technically outstanding, beautiful, but also very dark, unpleasant and heavy)
Damnation was my first Opeth cd. I like it. I guess haven't listened to it in a while. I don't have any Opeth cds with death growls. I have all the ones without death growls. I actually like Opeth's recent retro albums better than Damnation.
I agree with your opinions on scocerless their most underrated album.
1. Blackwater Park
2. Watershed
3. Ghost Reveries
4. Deliverance
5. In Cauda Venenum
6. Lamentations
7. Still Life
8. Pale Communion
9. Sorceress
10. My Arms Your Hearse
11. Heritage
12. Orchid
13. Morningrise
1. Ghost Reveries
2. Blackwater Park
3. Damnation
4. Heritage
5. Morningrise
6. Sorceress
7. Watershed
8. Pale Communion
9. In Cauda Venenum
10. Still Life
11. Deliverance
12. Orchid
13. My Arms Your Hearse
The first 5 on my list are 10/10s
The next 5 on my list are 9/10s
The last 3 on my list are 8/10s.
So not a bad album in the bunch!!
1.Still life
2.Anything else
Mine probably is
1. Morningrise
2. Orchid
3. Still Life
4. Blackwater Park
5. Deliverance
6. Ghost Reveries
7. My Arms, Your Hearse
8. Watershed
I'm not a fan of their prog rock stuff including Damnation. Opeth's early years are such a huge part of my music appetite and important to me on a more personal level.
It took me a long long time to like Watershed as a complete album. I loved Burden (the solos on that are my favorite of any ever!) but I really had to give it time. Heir Apparent is amazing also. And I've grown to see the strengths of the others too since. Currently I'm struggling to like any of the albums since then. I like songs here and there but It's really not for me I guess.
So my list from best to worst currently is:
Ghost Reveries
Blackwater Park
Still Life
Deliverance
My Arms Your Hearse
Morningrise
Damnation
Orchid
Pale Communion
Sorceress
Heritage
I haven;t listened to the new album yet :/
....which says it all really. I haven't been anticipating an Opeth release since Watershed
My rank:
1 Watershed
2 Ghost Reveries
3 Blackwater Park
4 Sorceress
5 Still Life
6 Deliverance
7 In Cauda Venenum
8 Pale Communion
9 Damnation
10 Morningrise
11 My Arms, Your Hearse
12 Heritage
13 Orchid
Alice Cooper band studio albums would be interesting. Of course Alice's solo discography as well
I'm more into their heavier stuff.
1. Blackwater Park
2. Ghost Reveries
3. Deliverance
4. Watershed
5. Still Life
6. My Arms, Your Hearse
7. Morningrise
8. Damnation
9. Orchid
10. Sorceress
11. In Cauda Venenum
12. Pale Communion
13. Heritage
1) Ghost Reveries
2) Damnation
3) Morningrise
4) Pale Communion
5) Blackwater Park
6) Still Life
7) Watershed
8) Sorceress
9) Deliverance
10) Heritage
1. Blackwater Park
2. Still Life
3. Deliverance
4. Ghost Reveries
5. My Arms, Your Hearse
6. Damnation
7. Watershed
8. Morningrise
9. Orchid
10. Heritage
11. Sorceress
12. Pale Communion
Haven’t really listened to the newest one yet. Needless to say, I’m partial to the older Opeth.
1. Blackwater park
2. Ghost reveries
3. Watershed
4. Still life
5. Deliverance
6. My arms, your hearse
7. Damnation
8. In cauda venenum
9. Morningrise
10. Orchid
11. Pale communion
12. Heritage
13. Sorceress
Pete your ranking is way better than the others no bad opeth album!!!!!!
12. Morningrise
11. Damnation
10. Sorceress
9. Orchid
8. Heritage
7. Pale Communion
6. Watershed
5. Blackwater Park
4. My Arms, Your Hearse
3. Deliverance
2. Still Life
1. Ghost Reveries
1. Blackwater park
2. Still life
3. Ghost revelries
4. Deliverance
5. Pale communion
6. Watershed
7. Orchid
8. My arms your hearse
9. Morningrise
10. Damnation
11. Sorceress
12. Heretage
Favorite album Sorceress, oh dear God look at this child of yours.
My favourite are
Morningrise
My Arms, Your Hearse
Deliverance
Sorceress
In Cauda Venenum
So mine goes like this
13.- Heritage
12.- In Cauda Venenum
11.- Soceress
10.- Morningrise
9.- My Arms, Your Hearse
8.- Damnation
7.- Orchid
6.- Pale Communion
5.- Watershed
4.- Still Life
3.- Ghost Reveries
2.- Deliverance
1.- Blackwater Park
But all of them are at least a 9/10, there is no bad album
I thought I was the only one with Heritage last
1. Deliverance (10/10)
2. Still Life (10/10)
3. My Arms Your Hearse (10/10)
4. Ghost Reveries (10/10)
5. Blackwater Park (10/10)
6. Watershed (9/10)
7. Damnation (9/10)
8. Orchid (8/10)
9. Pale Communion (8/10)
10. Morning rise (7.5/10)
11. Heritage (7.5/10)
12. Sorceress (7/10)
13. In Cauda Venenum (7/10)
Deliverance 😈🤘🏼🤘🏼😈, In Cauda Venenum 😎 (for me) first places
@@rm-stuffs2802 In Cauda Venenum is a decent album, but definitely my least favorite
1. Watershed
2. Ghost Reveries
3. Blackwater Park
4. Still Life
5. Damnation
6. My Arms, Your Hearse
7. Deliverance
8. Pale Communion
9. Sorceress
10. Morningrise
11. Orchid
12. Heritage
13. In Cauda Venenum
12) Heritage
11) Pale Communion
10) Sorceress
9) Orchid
8) Morning Rise
7) Deliverance
6) My Arms, Your Hearse
5) Watershed
4) Damnation
3) Still Life
2) Black Water Park
1) Ghost Reveries
You ranking is almost the mirror opposite of mine haha.
1. Still Life
2. Blackwater Park
3. Ghost Reveries
4. My Arms, Your Hearse
5. Watershed
6. Deliverance
7. Pale Communion
8. Morningrise
9. Orchid
10. Damnation
11. Sorceress
12. Heritage