is anybody still listening to gr?

[Mr. Josey Wales]

i cant get myself to listen to gr anymore...everytime i go to play an opeth song i usually pick something off one of their old cd's...it just seems like their new sound is more tight and kinda forced as opposed to the older stuff.

i like the first three songs, but they don't come close to the masterpieces of previous albums.

does anyone else hardly listen to the album anymore besides me?

 

[Autumnal]

I could listen to GoP, Hours of Wealth, and Isolation Years all day long. As for the album on a whole I listen to it probably once a week. Once I start listening I get into it, although usually I wouldn't pick something off it just for one song other than those three. But I can listen to stuff at work, so I can listen to a whole range of stuff. One day I listen to Opeth's entire discography chronologically at work. That was a good day.

 

[Kenneth R.]

i still listen to GR, it's a great album. asking this is like asking who still listens to Still Life... of course people do

 

[worldwide_suicide]

I do! I can't get enough of Baying of the Hounds.

 

[Tubbs]

Is this a joke? Of course I listen to Ghost Reveries, and often. (currenty I'm listening to Altars Of Madness by Morbid Angel, but sometime during this week I'll go back to GR.)

 

[Powers]

I'm listening to it right now.

 

[Hügelgräber]

i cant get myself to listen to gr anymore...everytime i go to play an opeth song i usually pick something off one of their old cd's...it just seems like their new sound is more tight and kinda forced as opposed to the older stuff.

i like the first three songs, but they don't come close to the masterpieces of previous albums.

does anyone else hardly listen to the album anymore besides me?

I know what you mean. I am one of those who see their latest progress positive, but I have to admit, that the only songs which I can listen to often are Ghost Of Perdition, The Baying Of The Hounds and Harlequin Forest. I mostly skip several tracks after some time on most albums, but indeed never that much on an Opeth album.

 

[Opeth0507]

Well as of right now, it's the only album I have, so yeah i've been listening to it a lot.

 

[naboo]

I'll listen to one or two songs occassionally. The only one I really love is Ghost of Perdition.

 

[Midwinter_melancholY]

everyday - it's in my car on my way to work. in the morning i usually check the news programs first (actual news + programs abóut the news) and then I switch to my selfmade opeth tape of gr, with two bwp tracks on it (leper affinity + bwp title track).

 

[opeth8]

I've been an outspoken supporter of this album since its release, so yes I still listen to it frequently. I play it every other day when I go for my 3 mile run.

Today however, I listened to Deliverance & Possessed 13 from The Crown !!!

I think Porcupine Tree's Deadwing is next. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here is Superb !!!

 

[all_sins_undone]

I've been an outspoken supporter of this album since its release, so yes I still listen to it frequently. I play it every other day when I go for my 3 mile run.

Today however, I listened to Deliverance & Possessed 13 from The Crown !!!

I think Porcupine Tree's Deadwing is next. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here is Superb !!!

Arriving Somewhere But Not Here

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

I can't really listen to much off GR, as I think some of the songs (*cough*TGC*cough*) are much better live.

Speaking of which, does anybody know what bass effects Martin used on TGC? It sounds heavily distored (at least on a live show I have) at about a minute in (on the "dundundun" riff)

 

[3rd eye]

the only song i usually skip is atonement.it's a nice tune,but noy as the other tracks imho

 

[Midwinter_melancholY]

(...) what bass effects Martin used on TGC? It sounds heavily distored

They sound even more like that in the title track of bwp.

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

Where in BWP? I know towards the end is slap, but other than that it sounds to me like a normal or a slightly overdriven bass

 

[CF87]

I still listen to it. Great album even though it's Opeth's weakest.

 

[Kenneth R.]

I can't really listen to much off GR, as I think some of the songs (*cough*TGC*cough*) are much better live.

Speaking of which, does anybody know what bass effects Martin used on TGC? It sounds heavily distored (at least on a live show I have) at about a minute in (on the "dundundun" riff)

live, it sounded to me like an echo/overdrive of some kind, to make the bass sound more metallic, wet, and generally pipes-ish, if that is even a valid description. it was very spooky, and very cool.

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

Yeah, it sounds overdriven/distorted with some kind of chorus. I might try it with my Big Muff later today and see if I can mimmick it kind-of.

 

[Forest-of-October]

No, not a whole lot anymore. I listen to a bit of Baying of the Hounds and a few solos from various songs. Then Im done.