Orchid (studio album)
by Opeth
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Opeth bestography
Orchid is ranked 13th best out of 19 albums by Opeth on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Opeth is Blackwater Park which is ranked number 731 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,387.
(N.B. Bestographies do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Orchid track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 09/15/2025 09:31 | Jun_Res | | 85/100 |
75/100 | 06/18/2025 06:01 | juanr1096 | | 78/100 |
65/100 | 05/13/2025 18:40 | iann97 | | 74/100 |
80/100 | 04/12/2025 02:50 |  ExTeaSea | | 83/100 |
50/100 | 04/07/2025 20:27 | thepardunk | | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.7.
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Spectacular debut. Still when it was mainly guttural vocals. Skilled musicians that can make tracks go off in all directions and tangents yet manage to hold it all together as one. Even at this early stage for them, they showed they were worthy of the crown of kings of true prog metal
Pretty much hate it due to the infernal growl/snarl which ruins all but one track:
Orchid- Sihouette- No growl/snarl.
As a prog soul who isn't too confortable with death metal, I must say that I find this album quite good and fun to listen. Both the harder and softer parts fit in well in most of the songs, with special mention to the 14 minute opener.
Mercury 02/17/2013 05:07
Hmm, interesting. I remember getting really interested in this band a decade and a half ago and this album was sorta considered one of 3 albums of theirs that were just all the buzz of metal. I remember really enjoying this record when I got it. It was the only album of theirs I got, and I was impressed with the complex arrangements and the dark experimentalism. It was BRUTAL but intellectual at the same time. Ill have to hear some of their stuff now after all these years and ill have to dig this up and give it another listen too. Interesting that its not even one of their new or most acclaimed albums now... I feel old.
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