Damnation (studio album) by Opeth

Damnation by Opeth
Year: 2003
Overall rank: 1,240th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 267 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2003 (24th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (189th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,240th)
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Opeth bestography

Damnation is ranked 2nd best out of 19 albums by Opeth on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Opeth is Blackwater Park which is ranked number 736 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,401.

Opeth album bestography « Higher ranked (736th) This album (1,240th) Lower ranked (1,328th) »
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Damnation track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 267 votes)
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11/26/2024 12:54 cicadelic  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 9,69073/100

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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 79.8/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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85/100
From 03/09/2021 00:39
Opeth went to a totally different direction with this album. It set the turning point and the direction to all the following albums after Damnation. I like this album very much, it is more laid back then the previous releases and has some beautiful melodies. It shows the spectrum the band has and also Mikael's voice, that can so much more than just screaming. On this album he never growls or screams. So, every song is relaxing and brings beautiful soundscapes. Especially Windowpane is one of the greatest songs of the band.
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From 11/12/2019 17:53
So different so beautiful
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From 05/08/2019 06:07
My favourite Opeth album and you can hear the influence of Steve Wilson throughout the album. Haunting.
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90/100
From 02/16/2019 20:31
Extraordinário. Melodias brilhantes que descrevem a tristeza e a melancolia. Contraponto com o outros álbuns da banda.
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From 04/30/2018 21:58
Such a great album, a counterpart to Deliverance what I believe may be their heaviest release. They really should've been a double album. Opeth is as beautiful as they are hard-hitting, and they certainly show that here.
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From 12/21/2013 02:53
It's good, not great. "Windowpane" is phenomenal and could measure up against anything on Blackwater Park, but the rest of the album fails to live up to it. Still pretty dang good, though.
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From 05/14/2012 22:04
It is true, I only listened to this because Steven Wilson produced, played the keyboard and co-wrote one track. But this is not a Steven Wilson album. It is clearly Mikael Åkerfeldt driven here. Such beautifully haunting tracks. Favourites are: the first 3 tracks, To Rid The Disease and Weakness.
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