Pelagial
by The Ocean

Pelagial by The Ocean
Year: 2013
Release date: 2013-04-26
Overall rank: 24,315th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 20 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2013 (574th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (5,418th)
Award Best albums of all time (24,315th)

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The Ocean bestography

Pelagial is ranked 2nd best out of 10 albums by The Ocean on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Ocean is Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic which is ranked number 17207 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 65.

The Ocean album bestography « Higher ranked (17,207th)
Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
This album (24,315th)
Pelagial
Lower ranked (34,435th) »
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Overall rank: 24,315th | 2010s rank: 5,418th | 2013 rank: 574th  Overall chart history
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From Anonymous 04/21/2014 18:46 in You must listen to the album below you.
“For yourself: Never reviewed this, can't say I enjoyed it though. It sounds like boring alt-rock (very ballad-y at times) with a few harsh-vocals, metal-riffs, atmospheric touches -- as if trying to sound more dramatic/meaningful, but instead they all made it sound sillier to me. The irritating…”
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From Hayden 03/10/2014 19:01 in Recommendations Thread
“Both of these are metal with post-rock. Sludge metal. That Russian Circles album is pretty good :) I should have mentioned them in bands that I was looking out for. I've seen the cover of The Ocean a few times around... I never really thought of what kind of music it was :? Will check out though :)”
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From 08/10/2013 14:29 | #83644
So this album is a concept album, and the concept is actually pretty cool. The tracks are built around the idea of someone going deeper and deeper through the different depth zones of the ocean. From the surface to the deepest part of the ocean. As you get “deeper” into the ocean (or deeper into the album) the music gets darker, simulating the loss of light. The surface is lighter, but the deep, that’s where it gets dark, that’s where it gets heavy, and the ride down there is fantastic. Instrumentally, this album is fantastic, initially it was going to be released as an exclusively instrumental album, but later, The Ocean decided to add vocals, and I’m glad they did, the vocals really add some extra depth (no pun intended) to the album. Though, if you want to hear the instrumental version, they released that too. The album is fantastic, it’s really a ride you should take, one through the whole album.
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From 08/01/2014 13:20 | #118280
great comment Rocky!
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