Favorite Opeth Ballad **UPDATE**

[achip]

OK, since many of you were complaining about the lack of songs off of Deliverance, Ghost Reveries, and Watershed in the last "best ballads" poll, I thought it was time to do another...

I choose Patterns in the Ivy II.

 

[BlackLodge]

I think your thought was wrong.

 

[BlueSky]

I think your thought was wrong.

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I went with Isolation Years, but this one hard. A Fair Judgement, and Patterns were close too. Ofc Burden is also awesome.

 

[Black Session]

Easy ... A Fair Judgement.

 

[Jackehh]

burden is their own ballad together with maybe isolation years.

Obvious choice for me, Burden. Its much more epic and much more ballad-like than isolation years is, isolation is arguably a better song but not in terms of "ballad"

EDIT: There is a significant difference between ballad and "mellow" heh.

 

[Luann]

benighted, harvest and face of melinda

 

[opeth8]

Burden is such a good song & it's fresh so I've yet to overplay it.

 

[Sisyphus's Struggle]

Where is "Still Day Beneath The Sun", "Coil"?... i don't know if "Ballad" is the right term [1) "Any light, simple song, esp. one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody"; 2) "A sentimental or romantic popular song". From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ballad ]... maybe "Mellow" songs

 

[dwoakee]

i voted isolation years ... but really, in all these best-song polls i can't really choose because there too many songs that are equally great. choosing one is not fair judgement.

 

[Cognitive Intercourse]

Easy one for me. Patterns in the Ivy II. IMHO, it's Opeth's best song. Chilling. Haunting. Sends chills up my spine everytime I hear it.

 

[CadenZ]

Close call...Credence and A Fair Judgement as runner-ups - but Isolation years takes the cake for me!

 

[Eternalnow]

Man, they are all Good!!!

But I would have to pick Benighted as my favorite, even though they all are my favorite....damn!

 

[Ben_jamin]

I demand Coil to be on this poll.

 

[Erion]

Objectively, it'd be a tie between Face of Melinda and Hours of Wealth. But I have to choose just one, and Face of Melinda means a lot to me, so I finally went for it.

 

[Nasty-Fire]

Burden!? What the hell.

 

[Hedon-]

easily an unfair juggernaut

 

[Slayer101]

It was between Burden and TBYF for me, but I had to go with TBYF. It's just such a classic song!!

 

[Annihilat0r]

Out of those, Facial of Melinda.

I don't count it as a ballad, though. At least the parts of it which make it the best Opeth song for me aren't the mellow parts.

 

[Mr. Bland]

Definitely going for To Bid You Farewell. First Opeth song for me, and still one of the best.

 

[Sexy_Grandpa]

Where is "Still Day Beneath The Sun", "Coil"?... i don't know if "Ballad" is the right term [1) "Any light, simple song, esp. one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody"; 2) "A sentimental or romantic popular song". From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ballad ]... maybe "Mellow" songs

According to this definition, I think 'Coil' would fit into the 'ballad' category.