Best and Worst Arranged Opeth Songs

[burntoast]

What are you choices for Opeth's best and worst arranged songs? In other words, we're looking for exceptional flow and transition, as well as the "goodness of fit" of every riff or passage or musical idea.

I think "The Leper Affinity" is exceptionally arranged, but "Porcelain Heart" needed a hell of a lot more work.

 

[pyr0rrzzz]

Ghost of Perdition and The Lotus Eater
Porcelain Heart is too simple.

 

[Dark Winterstorm]

Best - Black Rose Immortal
Worst - Porcelain Heart

 

[Hedon-]

Best - Black Rose Immortal

???

 

[Alex78]

Best: Godheads Lament.

 

[Hedon-]

everyone's just gonna mention their favorite songs..

 

[To rid you disease]

best - ghost of perdition - flows like no other song

worst - black rose immortal - rofl

 

[Sad Madrigal]

Best - The Moor, Lepper Affinity, When, Baying Of The Hounds
Worst - lol

 

[Dark Winterstorm]

???

Hm? You mean Black Rose Immortal is too long? Not for me. I like the way its arranged and I like every single riff.

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

Hm? You mean Black Rose Immortal is too long? Not for me. I like the way its arranged and I like every single riff.

except it's just that, a riff fest. riff, riff, riff, riff. there's no structure or flow to any of the parts, like most of orchid/mr.

best is probably ghost of perdition / masters apprentices. worst, definitely everything off of orchid/mr except tnatsw.

 

[greasyboat]

best: ghost of perdition, the leper affinity
worst: black rose immortal

porcelain heart isn't arranged all that bad, it's just that it blows

 

[Dark Winterstorm]

except it's just that, a riff fest. riff, riff, riff, riff. there's no structure or flow to any of the parts, like most of orchid/mr.

Exactly. You are right, and that's why I like it

 

[sotua]

best - ghost of perdition - flows like no other song

worst - black rose immortal - rofl

Agreed.

Ghost of Perdition is completely awesome.

I like Deliverance, too. Though the outtro is twice as long as it needed to be.

 

[greasyboat]

Exactly. You are right, and that's why I like it

how fucking cute

 

[FRUGiHOYi]

Definitely Porcelain Heart is very badly arranged, but most of the badly arranged songs would be from their first few albums, I think.

As for well arranged songs, the first one that comes to mind is The Moor, but in general the newer songs are better arranged, aside from Watershed, which has some pretty bad arrangements IMHO (not just Porcelain Heart).

 

[Dark Winterstorm]

how fucking cute

I know.

 

[hexwind]

Bests-Hessian Peel.
Worst- Porcelain heart, it's a boring son imo

 

[Hedon-]

Hm? You mean Black Rose Immortal is too long? Not for me. I like the way its arranged and I like every single riff.

no man i like it too but saying it has a flowing structure is ridiculous
its a pretty obvious choice getting "worst" on this thread, so seeing you wrote it as best was a surprise

 

[i aint play this]

sup Philno

 

[Vega Skater]

Gotta love Blackwater Park. Definitely not a traditional approach but man it's a monster.

Worst? Not a fan of Masters' Apprentices (not a fan of the abrupt outro), but hey that's just me.

ps- Black Rose Immortal may not have a smooth flow, but in some ways that is what makes it so beautiful. There are moments of silence where you can imagine yourself in solitude in the wilderness, amazing.