Deliverance
by Opeth

Deliverance by Opeth
Year: 2002
Release date: 2002-11-12
Overall rank: 2,387th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 143 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2002 (37th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (394th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,387th)

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Opeth bestography

Deliverance is ranked 6th best out of 19 albums by Opeth on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Opeth is Blackwater Park which is ranked number 732 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,371.

Opeth album bestography « Higher ranked (2,165th)
Watershed
This album (2,387th)
Deliverance
Lower ranked (2,895th) »
Morningrise

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Deliverance track list

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

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Deliverance rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,387th | 2000s rank: 394th | 2002 rank: 37th
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2026vruslovTop 99 Music Albums of the 2000s93/991
2026 AAL2014Top 50 Music Albums of 200218/503
2026bonnequestionBest Albums From Countries other than the UK, USA or Canada60/100 -
2026JohnnyoScandinavian artists28/69 -
2026stevengnzTop 100 Music Albums of 200226/1004
2026matterhornriderTop 36 Music Albums of 200226/362
2026MusemanTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s28/10015
2026bonnequestionMy Favorite Prog-Rock Albums70/100 -
2026saltysurpriseTop 36 Music Albums of 20025/364
2026 RepoTop 56 Music Albums of 200225/563
2026MusemanTop 100 Greatest Music Albums15/10085
2026bonnequestionTop 28 Music Albums of 200211/283
2026SethGundeTop 100 Greatest Music Albums64/10036
2026Exist-en-cielTop 66 Music Albums of 200228/663
2026bonnequestionTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s69/1006
2026PavlossTop 51 Music Albums of the 2000s25/5111
2026SethGundeTop 7 Music Albums of 20023/74
2026bonnequestionBest albums from '95 to '0469/100 -
2025Musicmister9988Top 50 Greatest Music Albums15/5066
2025VINYLGUY7788Top 86 Greatest Music Albums33/8654
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 85
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 674
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Deliverance ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 143 votes)
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06/12/2026 00:55 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,82270/100
 
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05/29/2026 13:44 bonnequestion  Ratings distribution  1,65570/100
 
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05/16/2026 00:37 NiceLemon282  Ratings distribution  8084/100
 
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12/29/2025 18:01 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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12/15/2025 04:22 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100

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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 78.5/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.

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75/100
From 05/29/2026 13:50 | #314657
Very pleasantly surprised by this album. It starts off brutally with an intense opening track, but the transition into the next two songs is so well constructed that, after a few listens, the whole thing starts to make perfect sense. The flow between the first four tracks is especially seamless. It all unfolds so naturally that you barely notice how carefully it’s been put together.

The drum sound can get a bit annoying at times though. There’s a lot of reverb, the toms are huge and very separated in the mix, and the snare sits extremely far forward. It’s not a very natural drum sound. But in the end, it still works. The drummer is incredibly tasteful and clearly very skilled, and he never gets in the way of the music.

There’s a really nice balance between the different sections throughout the album. Everything flows effortlessly. Really solid record.
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From 09/14/2014 20:06 | #121941
Sounds like Porcupine Tree in Master's Apprentices for a while. Predicts the album Storm Corrosion well! This is a fun ride indeed!
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