Album · 2001
Blackwater Park
by Opeth
Blackwater Park is a 2001 progressive metal album by Opeth. It runs 8 tracks across 67 minutes on Music For Nations. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.2/5 from 56 ratings.
Progressive Metal · Death Metal · Metal
#5 in Best albums of 2001 · #8 in Best progressive metal albums
Your rating
- 4.2 /5
- 56 ratings
- 92 /100
- 8 critics
- 8
- Tracks
- 67 min
- Runtime
- 131 bpm
- Tempo
- A minor
- Key
Ratings
56 ratings · avg 4.2
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Critics
8 publications
- Sea of Tranquility5/5
- AllMusic5/5
- Ultimate Guitar9.8/10
- Rock Hard9.5/10
- Metal Crypt4.75/5
- Pitchfork9/10
- Record Collector4/5
- Classic Rock4/5
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Blackwater Park album cover
The Blackwater Park cover was designed by Opeth and Travis Smith and photographed by Harry Välimäki.
- Design
- Opeth, Travis Smith
- Photography
- Harry Välimäki
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Tracklist
8 tracks · 67 min
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Every pressing below shares this page's rating and reviews — they are the same record.
Blackwater Park (20th Anniversary Edition)Anniversary edition · 2010 · 9 tracks
- 1The Leper Affinity
- 2Bleak
- 3Harvest
- 4The Drapery Falls
- 5Dirge for November
- 6The Funeral Portrait
- 7Patterns in the Ivy
- 8Blackwater Park
- 9The Leper Affinity (Live)
Ranked by listeners
top 5 · 6 rated tracks
According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Blackwater Park is The Leper Affinity — rated 4.8/5 by 2 listeners.
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About
Blackwater Park is the fifth studio album by Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth. It was released on February 27, 2001 through Music for Nations and Koch Records. The album marks the first collaboration between Porcupine Tree frontman Steven Wilson and the band, as Wilson had been brought in to produce the album, which led to a considerable shift in Opeth's musical style. Blackwater Park did not chart in North America or the United Kingdom. The album had two singles released from it: "The Drapery Falls" and "Still Day Beneath the Sun". Blackwater Park was highly acclaimed on its initial release and has been praised by critics, with Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic stating that the album is "surely the band's coming-of-age album, and therefore, an ideal introduction to its remarkable body of work."
In brief
- Is Blackwater Park good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Blackwater Park 4.2/5 from 56 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on Blackwater Park?
- The Leper Affinity, rated 4.8/5 by 2 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was Blackwater Park released?
- Blackwater Park was released in 2001 on Music For Nations.
- How many tracks are on Blackwater Park?
- Blackwater Park has 8 tracks, with a runtime of 67 minutes.
- What genre is Blackwater Park?
- Blackwater Park is catalogued under Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Metal.
- What BPM is Blackwater Park?
- Blackwater Park runs at a median tempo of 131 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Blackwater Park?
- Listeners of Blackwater Park also rate Train of Thought by Dream Theater, Master of Puppets by Metallica, Leviathan by Mastodon.
- Who produced Blackwater Park?
- Blackwater Park was produced by Opeth and Steven Wilson. Opeth produced all of them.
- Who wrote the songs on Blackwater Park?
- Mikael Åkerfeldt wrote 3 of the 8 tracks on Blackwater Park.
Blackwater Park at a glance
- Labels
- MNRK Music Group, Music for Nations
- Recorded at
- Studio Fredman
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Credits
- Produced by
- Written by
- Mikael Åkerfeldt
- Played by
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Peter Lindgren- Vocals by
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