Talk:Ghost Reveries

Credits
All vocals on the album are credited to Mikael Åkerfeldt, so I'll delete 'backing vocals' from Per Wiberg's credits, he plays the keyboards only. If anyone objects, explain.

Death vocals
Is it really necessary to say that the grunting 'returns' here? The articles for Deliverance and Damnation clearly say that they were meant to contrast each other, with Damnation being the mellow album and Deliverance the heavy album, and there wasn't really any doubt that the grunting wouldn't continue to be part of Opeth. It's a bit of an ambiguous sentence. --84.25.225.228 20:34, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
 * agree--Sheish 6 Sheish 01:38, 21 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sheish (talk • contribs)

Harlequin Forest - Time
The song Harlequin Forest is said to be "11:39 (actually 12:43)" long. Could we decide which one to use? I mean, if the time really is 12:43, then why not use that one instead of the 11:39er? --Coldfox 11:43, 19 August 2007 (UTC)


 * This is because of the prelude in the beginning of the track, as opposed to the actual start of the song. —Ƿōdenhelm (talk) 10:38, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

I know it doesn't follow the actual track listing on the reverse of the CD, but as this is encyclopedic knowledge, shouldn't it read:


 * 4. Atonement 5:19
 * Reverie 1:04
 * 5. Harlequin Forest 11:39

One of the notes already explains the pre-gap situation. Kerαunoςcopia 00:21, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I think the cleaned up note on Reverie does its job suitably. – Kerαunoςcopia  09:00, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

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Reference for Stormbringer claim
"Stormbringer ... Note: This is the first Opeth recording to feature Martin Axenrot on drums, which was also a live in-studio recording." Is there a reference? AndrewAntle (talk) 18:33, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Addition of Gothic Metal Genre
The album's primary genre is still Progressive Death Metal, but along with Progressive Rock, Gothic Metal should be included as the albums secondary genre. The album contains a moderately strong Gothic Metal elements in several sections of the album. Example: The middle of "The Baying of The Hounds". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anathema 1001 (talk • contribs) 07:52, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Introduction
"This album is similar in style to Deliverance." Says who? 166.181.2.47 (talk) 19:40, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Genres
I have removed progressive rock as I think this album should be categorised the same way as the bands previous albums and progressive death metal should be enough and Watershed was the bands first proper progressive rock album. Lukejordan02 (talk) 19:12, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a source saying that Watershed was the band's first proper progressive rock album? The Popmatters review says: "Unlike Ghost Reveries, which comfortably, and impeccably, amalgamated the various sounds and textures Opeth had been toying with for a decade into a spellbinding realization of the band’s signature sound, Watershed is a major turning point for the band, as they’ve now made a significant shift towards the progressive rock sounds of 35 years ago, their extreme metal, which they used to be so firmly rooted in, now cleverly used more as a starting-off point than merely the groundwork of the music." This doesn't say that Ghost Reveries was not prog rock, just that Watershed very much was prog rock. I'm not necessarily saying that "progressive rock" should be kept, although there is some support for it in the Reception section ("was one of Classic Rock's 10 essential progressive rock albums of the decade"). But the reason given for removing it isn't so clear-cut and obvious. What we really need is sources for any genres added or already existing, and if none can be found in, say, a week, then remove the unsourced genres. MrMoustacheMM (talk) 19:31, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

I am going by what the Wikipedia page for Watershed says, look at the Watershed page and read the paragraph at the top and then tell me what you think. Lukejordan02 (talk) 19:34, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I have. It's sourced to the above Popmatters review (see the review here). That's what I think. MrMoustacheMM (talk) 19:35, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Ok, sorry my mistake. I think that if Ghost Reveries is labelled progressive rock than so should the bands previous albums (excluding the first 3) what do you think?
 * If sources can be found calling each of those albums "progressive rock", then yes. If not, no. MrMoustacheMM (talk) 19:46, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Ok, sorry my mistake. I think that if Ghost Reveries is labelled progressive rock than so should the bands previous albums (excluding the first 3) what do you think?
 * If sources can be found calling each of those albums "progressive rock", then yes. If not, no. MrMoustacheMM (talk) 19:46, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

http://www.allmusic.com/album/still-life-mw0000000177 that is enough to cover "Still Life" for a start and can you reply to me on the "Heritage" board cheers. Lukejordan02 (talk) 19:55, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

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