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| Length = | Label = Music for Nations/Koch | Producer = Opeth, Steven Wilson | Last album = ''Still Life'' (1999) | This album = ''Blackwater Park'' (2001) | Next album = ''Deliverance'' (2002) }} ''Blackwater Park'' is the fifth studio album by Swedish band Opeth. It was released on March 12, 2001 through Music for Nations and Koch Records.〔 The album marks the first collaboration between Porcupine Tree frontman Steven Wilson and the band, as Wilson had been brought in to produce the album, which led to a considerable shift in Opeth's musical style. ''Blackwater Park'' did not chart in North America or the United Kingdom. The album had two singles released from it: "The Drapery Falls" and "Still Day Beneath the Sun". ''Blackwater Park'' was highly acclaimed on its initial release and has been praised by critics, with Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic stating that the album is "surely the band's coming-of-age album, and therefore, an ideal introduction to its remarkable body of work." ==Production== Following a few live dates in Europe, Opeth's guitarist and vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt went to an old friend's house in Stockholm, Sweden to record some demos and develop ideas for the new album. The album is named after the German progressive rock band of the same name and was the first album for which the group had a title before they started recording.〔〔 A few months later when Åkerfeldt was having dinner with Porcupine Tree frontman Steven Wilson, Åkerfeldt discussed the idea of Wilson producing the next Opeth album.〔 After Åkerfeldt sent Wilson the demos he had recorded, Wilson agreed to produce the album.〔 Opeth entered Studio Fredman to begin work on ''Blackwater Park'' on August 10, 2000.〔 The band had no previous lyrics written and had only rehearsed three times before entering the studio.〔 The band's engineer Fredrik Nordström had arranged for the group to stay in a small room in the studio that had four beds.〔 Opeth stayed there for around two weeks and then later rented out Dark Tranquillity member Mikael Stanne's flat.〔 After recording the basic drums, rhythms, bass and acoustic guitars, Wilson arrived to produce the clean vocals and add some guitar leads. Åkerfeldt wrote that Wilson had an "immense impact on the recording" and after working with him the group entered "a new phase". Åkerfeldt described the recording of the album as "rather smooth".〔 Soilwork was recording in the studio at the same time as Opeth. Åkerfeldt wrote that Opeth felt like "a bunch of amateurs in comparison. They were working all the time. When they came into the kitchen for a break, we're still there, on the same break we took 3 hours ago. We don't want this to become a 'job', or something you do because you have to. We wanna have a good time, and thus we only work when it feels right."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blackwater Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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