For other uses, see Blackwater Park (disambiguation).
2001 studio album by Opeth
Blackwater Park
Cover art by Travis Smith
Studio album by
Opeth
Released
March 12, 2001 (2001-03-12)[1]
Recorded
August – October 2000
Studio
Studio Fredman (Gothenburg, Sweden)[2][3]
Genre
Progressive death metal[4]
progressive metal[5]
progressive rock[6]
Length
66:59
Label
Music for Nations / Koch
Producer
Opeth, Steven Wilson
Opeth chronology
Still Life (1999)
Blackwater Park (2001)
Deliverance (2002)
Singles from Blackwater Park
"The Drapery Falls" Released: 2001
"Still Day Beneath the Sun" Released: 2001
Blackwater Park is the fifth studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. It was released on March 12, 2001, in Europe and a day later in North America through Music for Nations and Koch Records.[1][2] 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. This contributed to a shift in Opeth's musical style. The songs "The Drapery Falls" and "Still Day Beneath the Sun" were released as singles.
Although Blackwater Park did not chart in North America or the United Kingdom, it was a commercial breakthrough for the band. Often considered their magnum opus,[7][8][9] the album was highly acclaimed among 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 2020, Loudwire listed Blackwater Park as the number one progressive metal album of all time.[10]Rolling Stone ranked the album as 55th on their list of 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.'[11]
^ ab"Opeth official site". 10 April 2001. Archived from the original on 10 April 2001. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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^Rivadavia, Eduardo (3 January 2018). "The Best Metal Album From 40 Subgenres". Loudwire. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^"Top 25 Progressive Metal Albums of All Time". Loudwire. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^Ezell, Brice (15 February 2012). "The 10 Best Progressive Rock Albums of the 2000s". PopMatters. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
^"Best Opeth Albums". Heavy Music Headquarters. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^"Opeth Albums From Worst To Best". Stereogum. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^"Opeth Albums Ranked". Loudwire. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^"Top 25 Progressive Metal Albums of All Time". Loudwire.
^"Rolling Stone Share Their Choices for 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time'". 21 June 2017.
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