Watershed
by Opeth
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Opeth bestography
Watershed is ranked 5th best out of 19 albums by Opeth on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Opeth is Blackwater Park which is ranked number 746 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,317.
(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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Watershed track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Watershed rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '05 to '14 | 61/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Metal Storm awards for 2008 | 16/20 | - |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 2 Music Albums of 2008 | 1/2 | 5 |
| 2026 | Museman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 52/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Dingerbell | Top 20 Music Albums of 2008 | 12/20 | 2 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | My Favorite Prog-Rock Albums | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 95 Music Albums of 2008 | 17/95 | 4 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 76 Music Albums of 2008 | 13/76 | 4 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 24 Music Albums of 2008 | 9/24 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 134 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 770 | |||
Watershed collection
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Watershed ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 188 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/09/2026 02:32 | xhitmanx | 1,598 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2026 18:09 | bonnequestion | 1,692 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2026 02:24 | iann97 | 2,121 | 74/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
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 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.
Watershed favourites
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 12/01/2020 17:02 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 11/01/2020 17:02 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 10/01/2020 16:02 in Monthly overall chart movementsWatershed comments
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This is so so much an improvement on The Candlelight Years boxset, or as separate albums, Orchid, Morningrise and My Arms, Your Hearse.
The less growl/snarl I hear, the more I like this band. Coil and Hex Omega are the best tracks.
I immediately write off any tracks with growl/snarl as this is ruination.
zdwyatt 01/11/2018 21:03 | #205280 | TOP COMMENT
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Opeth has always been a mix of Mikael Åkerfeldt's two musical obsessions: metal and prog rock. To my ear, their catalogue starts more metal and trends more prog, with this album being the perfect midway point. I consider this their best album in that it represents such a nice blend of both styles; it's a prog-metal masterpiece.
Favorite tracks: Heir Apparent, Porcelain Heart, Burden
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