Still Life
by Opeth

Still Life by Opeth
Year: 1999
Overall rank: 1,343rd   
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 226 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1999 (28th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (245th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,343rd)

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Opeth bestography

Still Life is ranked 3rd best out of 19 albums by Opeth on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Opeth is Blackwater Park which is ranked number 740 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,343.

Opeth album bestography « Higher ranked (1,275th)
Damnation
This album (1,343rd)
Still Life
Lower ranked (1,431st) »
Ghost Reveries

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Still Life track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Still Life rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,343rd | 1990s rank: 245th | 1999 rank: 28th

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Still Life ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 226 votes)
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11/25/2025 07:15 Exist-en-ciel   5,65870/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.0.

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75/100
From 02/23/2021 23:48 | #266645
Guttural vocals alongside vocal melodies. Tranquil rhythms one minute, brutal metal the next. Opeth are masters of musical blending and do it so well. Great album from start to finish. Gets better every time I listen to it.
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From 04/08/2020 17:55 | #249671
This was actually my least favorite album upon first listening when I started listening to Opeth. Now it's probably my favorite by them. It's Opeth at their best, mixing beauty and brutality seamlessly. The way the first track, The Moor, builds is perfect and is one of their best songs. Serenity Painted Death is the only song that I'm not infinitely enthusiastic about, but it does not diminish my enthusiasm for the rest of the album. If you're a fan of progressive rock and/or death metal, I absolutely recommend this album. And band.
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From 04/15/2018 10:26 | #212930
My favorite Opeth record by far, and one of the most underrated metal albums of all time. It combines the best parts of the My Arms, Your Hearse and Blackwater Park and every song is masterful.
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95/100
From 11/24/2017 03:29 | #201983
Probably my favorite metal album of all time. There's a magical and medieval feel all across the album that's unlike any other metal album I've heard and it's GREAT
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From 06/29/2017 20:40 | #193435
Agree with the one above me. It can't get why this isn't in the top 1000. Opeth's best along with BWP.
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From 05/06/2015 10:41 | #140952
Criminally underrated on this site, this is Opeth's best along with Blackwater Park.
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