Blackwater Park
2001 studio album by Opeth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Released | March 12, 2001 (2001-03-12)[1] | |||
Recorded | August – October 2000 | |||
Studio | Studio Fredman (Gothenburg, Sweden)[2][3] | |||
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Length | 66:59 | |||
Label | Music for Nations / Koch | |||
Producer | Opeth, Steven Wilson | |||
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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]