"The Drapery Falls", "Dirge for November" and "The Funeral Portrait", which Silveri referred to as "boring to the point of tears.” However, Sputnikmusic still placed Blackwater Park at No. 39 on its list of the Top 100 Albums of the Decade. Accolades In 2020, Loudwire listed Blackwater Park as the number one progressive metal album of all time. It was Metal Storm's number 1 album of 2001 and number 4 on the Top 200 albums of all time. LA Weekly named it the 5th best metal album in history. Rolling Stone ranked Blackwater Park as 55th on their list of 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time. In 2009, MetalSucks compiled a list of the "21 Best Metal Albums of the 21st Century So Far" based on the opinions of various musicians, managers, publicists, label representatives and writers, where Blackwater Park ranked at No. 3 on the list. Decibel magazine similarly named Blackwater Park the 3rd best metal album of the decade. The album was listed at No. 5 on Terrorizer'''s best albums of the 2000s. In June 2015, Rolling Stone ranked Blackwater Park at 28th place for their list of "Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time". TeamRock placed the album at #36 on their "Top 100 Prog Albums of All Time" list. In 2012, Loudwire listed the title track as the second best metal song of the 21st century. Q magazine included Bleak'' in its 2004 list of "1010 Songs You Must Own!" Track listing Personnel Opeth Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar Peter Lindgren – guitar Martín Méndez – bass Martin Lopez – drums Additional musicians Steven Wilson – clean and backing vocals on "Bleak", "Harvest", "The Funeral Portrait", and "The Drapery Falls", piano, additional guitar, record producer, engineering, mixing Markus Lindberg – egg shakers Production Opeth – production, engineering, mixing, artwork Fredrik Nordström – engineering, mixing Göran Finnberg – mastering Additional personnel Harry Välimäki – photography Travis Smith – artwork Charts Weekly Monthly References External links Blackwater Park at the official Opeth website Opeth albums 2001 albums Albums recorded at Studio Fredman E1 Music albums Albums with cover art by Travis Smith (artist)