Ranking the Studio Albums: Amorphis
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- Join hosts Pete Pardo & Nick Franco as they rank the studio catalog of Finnish progressive metal giants Amorphis. #amorphis
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Amorphis. Anathema, Opeth, Katatonia all had a similar start and morphed into a more prog , melodic metal territory and unique soundscape. All of these bands are awesome!
The pride of Finland. It's Elegy for me - quirky, catchy and superb vocals.
A band that really doesn't get love they deserve so thank you for doing this. So strong, so fluid, so creative; definitely in my Top 10 all-time.
I'm just going to give my Top 5 albums 'cause these are the ones I go to the most.
1. Tales from a 1000 Lakes
2. Eclipse
3. Elegy
4. Silent Waters
5. Tuonela
I rarely meet anyone who knows anything at all about Amorphis, so it really is a treat for me to hear such detailed and enthusiastic discussion about this band. I only have the Tomi Joutsen era releases from Amorphis so I still have a way to go, but I love all the albums I've heard so much that I don't think I could ever rank them. They are the most consistently GREAT band of all time. There are just NO misses.
Got amorphis going on my channel
Great episode Pete. Thanks for doing Amorphis. It is so hard to come up with a list that wouldn't change tomorrow. My ranking as of today:
1 Eclipse
2 Tales from the Thousands Lakes
3 Elegy
4 Silent Waters
5 Under the Red Cloud
6 Tuonela
7 Queen of Time
8 Circle
9 The Karelian Isthmus
10 Skyforger
11 The Beginning of Times
12 Am Universum
13 Far From the Sun
YES! Amorphis never released a bad album. Extremely consistent discography and undrrrated band. Also very happy that you guys mentioned 'Sign' from Silent Waters. Great track
Great to see Nick Franco on the show, you can tell he's a big fan of these guys. For me, they are one of those bands whose latter day catalogue is as strong as their classic era. My Top 5:
1- Tuonela (Dark Metal masterpiece🤘 Perfect album for those dark autumn nights)
2- The Beginning Of Times (Killer album from start to finish)
3- Under The Red Cloud
4- Queen Of Time
5- Skyforger
HM:Am Universum(This is Amorphis delving into Alternative Rock territory. Die-Hard fans may not like it, but I think it's a solid album.
I really dig Am Universum, though some songs feel a bit cut short. Many are ending with a fade out, when you expect some extended psychedelic jamming. Still an incredible album!
Glad to see someone who'd put Tuonela and the Beginning on the top. My favourites too!
Looking forward to watching this guys, cheers from Ireland!
1) Tales from the Thousand Lakes
2) Elegy
3) Tuonela
4) Skyforger
5) The Karelian Isthmus
6) Am Universum
7) Eclipse
8) Silent Waters
9) Under the Red Cloud
10) Queen of Time
11) The Beginning of Times
12) Circle
13) Far from the Sun
Nick: I did not know this band. I heard minutes ago "Under the red cloud" and it blew my mind. Awesome.
Thanks for letting me know this great band !!!!!
Under the Red Cloud is the one that won me over and made me listen seriously to the rest of the catalog. Then I was like "Why did it take me so long to get on board?" Went to see them while supporting Queen of Time and they were amazing live.
Thank you thank you thank you thank you. I've only heard nine of the albums (minus the debut and the middle period), and only heard those each once. Love what I've heard, looking forward to appreciating them more and more. What a great band, and I discovered them based on Pete's selection of Eclipse as the best of its year when he was doing that series. Even happier that you two are doing Enslaved next!
Thank you for Ranking the Studio Albums of: Amorphis 🎤🎸🎵🥁
Thanks for the great show. My jaw also hit the floor when Pete picked Tales so low. But all is good, I'm going to give Eclipse and a few of these other records more listens.
this video came out at just the right time for me. i have maybe half of all the amorphis albums and have been looking into getting more of them and hearing all this will help me decide which ones to get next.
1. Tales from the Thousand Lakes
2. Elegy
3. Tuonela
4. Queen of Time
5. Am Universum
6. Skyforger
7. Eclipse
8. Far From the Sun
9. Silent Waters
10. Circle
11. Under the Red Cloud
12. The Karelian Isthmus
13. The Beginning of Times
No question in my mind that Tuonela and Elegy are the cream of the AMORPHIS discography. Both are perfect 10 out of 10s IMO.
This is for Nick Franco: I am now an Amorphis convert after only one album: Elegy. Plus, all you need to do is listen to track 4 “the rich and the poor”. The Iron Maiden flavor is clear and delicious.
I can still remember discovering "Tales from the Thousand Lakes" back in the late 90's. It was sooo good!! And I've always respected this band for following its muse wherever it led.
I remember seeing Black Winter Day's video at the time. Looked like a black metal video but the music was very melodic 😉
1.QUEEN OF TIME
2.SKYFORGER
3.CIRCLE
4. UNDER THE RED CLOUD
5.ELEGY
6.SILENT WATERS
7.ECLIPSE
8.TUONELA
9.AM UNIVERSUM
10. TALES FROM A THOUSAND LAKES
THESE ARE MY TOP TEN
I saw them live during the Queen of Time tour. It was one of the best concerts ever!
So glad to hear "An Evening With Friends at Huvila" get a mention. Pete, definitely give it a try! It's an amazing short live album. Almost jazzy.
Hey, Pete. Enjoying your channel a lot. Definitely a go to channel for great music and analysis during the pandemic. Love searching youtube for great obscure hard rock from the 70s. Really enjoy toe fat stuff and blood rock which you did shows on. Have you heard of of English group, Bandit? 76-79They also have a classic yet quirky sound you might dig also. Keep up the great content!
Great information! Only familiar with Elegy, ready to dive into more… 🤘
Great video amorphis is my favorite band & I love all there albums but elegy is my number one
This is for Nick Franco: I am now an Amorphis fan: an awesome band. IMO:
1. Under the red cloud
2. Silent waters
3. Circle
4. Queen of time
5. Eclipse
I must hear the early albums. I fell they are brillant, too.
Looking forward to Enslaved and more extreme metal rankings, great stuff!
Love this band. Hard list to make.
1.Skyforger
2.Tales from a Thousand Lakes
3.Eclipse
4.Queen of Time
5.Circle
6.Elegy
7.Silent Waters
8.The Beginning of Times
9.Under a Red Cloud
10.The Karelian Ishtmus
11.Tuonela
12.Am Universum
13.Far From The Sun
Elegy is my favorite
I bounce between that and Tales
I couldn’t get into that record the first time I got it.
Took me about a year later and I listened to it again and wondered what the hell I was thinking before.
Amazing record.
Been a big fan since Lakes.
Love the evolution.
Top 3:
Eclipse
Elegy
Lakes
I love Amorphis! Haven’t listened to every record yet but from the ones I’ve heard this is my ranking:
Silent Waters
Under The Red Cloud
Tales From The Thousand Lakes
Skyforger
Eclipse
The Beginning Of Times
Queen Of Time
Circle
Feel free to comment!
I love Amorphis,i discovered the band just before the release of Hallo album when i saw the video song amongst stars with Anekke von Giersbergen which i adore!!!
My second song was the bonus track of queen of time Brother and Sister 💗 which i love deeply and the Bee and after the first single of Hallo and the rest is history.
I want to buy all the albums and they have many so far(i bought the last three)i have listened all the albums at least one time each.
I am old enough to wonder how i missed this band for so many years?
Never too late of course for great music 🎶.
Thank you both of you,i have learn so much more for the band and the albums.
I hope soon to have all Amorphis's albums and do my own list next.
1. Skyforger (5/5)
2. Eclipse (5/5)
3. Silent Waters (5/5)
4. Tales (4.5/5)
5. Queen of Time (4.5/5)
6. Under the Red Cloud (4.5/5)
7. Elegy (4.5/5)
8. Circle (4/5)
9. Tuonela (4/5)
10. The Karelian Isthmus (3.5/5)
11. The Beginning of Times (3.5/5)
12. Am Universum (3/5)
13. Far from the Sun (3/5)
Been waiting for this one, Amorphis is one of my top 10 bands ever. Liked both of the rankings and discussions.
Can't rank them all cause I only have 5 of their albums but Tales From A Thousand Lakes is in my top 10 death metal albums!! Just brilliant!!
Same here buddy
Tomi Joutsen is such an underappreciated vocalist, his voice power it's awesome! As the entire band as well, for me it's the most underrated band in the whole metal scene probably
Winter's Sleep may be the best bonus track of all time!!!
Great video, you are correct, no bad Amorphis albums. My #1 is Queen of Time, #2 is Tales. Brother and Sister is one of my favourites by them, however, Sky is Mine is my favourite track, 100%.
It would be cool to see Dark Tranquillity albums ranked. :)
Hell yeah. A band of a similar style and also very underrated
As mentioned, it’s difficult to place this catalog in order as every album has solid songwriting, but here goes my list:
1 Tales From a Thousand Lakes
2 Elegy
3 Tuonela
4 Eclipse
5 Silent Waters
6 Skyforger
7 Am Universum
8 Queen of Time
9 Under a Red Cloud
10 Karelian Isthmus
11 Circle
12 Far From the Sun
13 Beginning of Time
The Karelian Itmus needs more love imo
Elegy , and Tales From a Thousand Lakes are both incredible albums . I especially like the traditional Finnish folk lyrics . All the other albums are equal to me , but definitely I also would rank Karelian ? Isthmus , and Tuonella ? A close second to the ones I mentioned previously. Though I own both those albums on CD I am unsure of the spelling of their titles , I own quite a collection of CDs and am too lazy to dig them out . I know that a lot of people love to correct everyone's minor errors so have fun picking apart my comment
It's crazy how a band that has been around for so long can have such great albums this far into their career like Amorphis has done. "Queen of Time" was my favorite album from 2018. I remember when it came out I was thinking there was no way they could top Under the Red Cloud, and then i put that album on and thought holy shit they really did top Under the Red Cloud this is amazing. As far as a favorite, I would have to agree with Pete. "Eclipse" has to be my favorite. It has a little bit of all eras of Amorphis in it, so good!!!
My favourite two albums are tales from the thousand lakes and eclipse. Tied. So glad you guys agree
Hard To pick Best release of Amorphis.. But.. Skyforger and Elegy and Under the Red Cloud are My favorite albums.. Greetings from Finland 🤓. 😝
Under the Red Clud is a masterpiece IMO. Greetings from Buenos Aires city.
I was pretty into the first two albums, but over time they became a band that I really disliked. I quit following them after Silent Waters, which sounded like a Sarah McLachlin album.
Of course, I'll still watch (and enjoy) your ranking of their catalog!
Thanks, guys!
Edit (next day): I don't mean to be a jerk about them, and I don't mean to offend anyone. I was going to delete this comment, but it made my friend laugh and he is a huge fan of them, so... blame him. :)
Been a fan of amorphis since the demo, i got the demo during my tape trading days n followed them ever since, one of the greatest progressions in metal.
My fave is tied with elegy n tales...
But i got to say alone is one of my fave amorphis tunes...
Tales From The Thousand Lakes was a album I heard 20 years ago, still one of my favourites from the band with the fairly recent Skyforger. I am sure Nick is already working on his best top 12 Vader and Sodom albums. 🤘
This is mine,
10. Elegy
9. Silent waters
8. Circle
7. Eclipse
6. The beginning of times
5. Under the red cloud
4. Tales from the thousand lakes
3. Skyforger
2. Queen of times
1. Halo
Amorphis - very good band! Very good albums
with all the vinyl...y’all need to do an episode where you talk about what stereos y’all use. if i wanted to start listening to some vinyl what would i get?
1. Tales From The Thousand Lakes
2. Queen Of Time
3. Skyforger
4.Silent Watere
5.Tounela
6.The Karelian Isthmus
7.Eclipse
8.Elegy
9. Am Universum
10. Under The Red Cloud
11. Circle
12.The Beginning Of Times
13. Far From The Sun
Strange how you think something is and it twists and turns into liking a band you are just getting into. Had gotten I think before I saw them with Tounela that I gotten into. had gotten into in having the cd .Amorphis saw them in concert and during which they wouldn't do things from the album they announced. They would do from their earlier albums pure death rock sounding show. Before seeing them as an opening band that night picked up on The Karelian Isthmus. After that the great show of 4 bands in the night.
Listened to the cd i bought at the show. After a few listens figuring that was as to what they were all about before Tounela. Do like the album that I got at the show, with its heaviness and pure sheer power gloom, cause I seen what the first album and Tales what the sound was for that night. So it was so good but yet had a soft spot for Tounela.
Friend whom went to show with told me Tales From The Thousand Lakes was better then the first. I would get Tales.. album later and liked it as the mark now as a notable point in how that album changed even more love of the band. So why it is number 1 with me. Even as their albums would fall into the prog heavy doom and sounds after Tounela I always gave every one of the albums listens when they came out. So the list follows of the CDs as I hear them today. as go to albums when I want to hear an Amorphis album. Simply the first 7. Doesn't mean I don't dislike the latter ones at all. They will be heard some more when I feel like any to hey just revisit them to see if what else can grab you might like about them someday. To even elevate in ranking or stay where they are. Cheers.🎶👍
Τry Gamma Ray.Not ''happy go lucky'',but heroic.Trust me on this.
Can you do Katatonia, Moonspell, My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost and Green Carnation?
I don't really listen to Amorphis, but their album Tales from the Thousand Lakes inspired so many Finnish people, which eventually lead to the creation of folk metal. Folk metal is my favourite genre of music and many of it's bands my favourite bands, such as Ensiferum, Moonsorrow, Finntroll and Korpiklaani, all of which are Finnish bands inspired by that album.
I'd never even heard of this band! I'm gonna have to see what I can find...
I love Amorphis. Theres still a handful of middle period albums i havent heard. I prefer the first ep and first 2 albums, but I enjoy the later stuff as well, just not as much. You guys have definitely put me in an Amorphis mood, though.
This is one of those bands I used to confuse with In Flames, they both have a very very similar vibe at least fro me, they both came from Death metal and got softer and more melodic. Both have spectacular albums. I listen to mostly everything Amorphis put out, the album that got me into them was AM Universum and My Kantele. I also Love Skyforger so much, Eclipse, Silent Waters and probably some more, but to be honest, I tend to confuse some of their stuff,... What do you guys think about In Flames?
I absolutely knew far from the sun was gonna be 13. lol. it shows what a great band they are when even their worst album is still pretty good
Unless I have missed it, have you done a list of Anthrax ranking the albums?
Elegy is a folk masterpiece, Tales.. has haunting keyboards, Skyforger, Eclipse and Under the Red Cloud are solid inspired albums. Empty Opening is a personal favourite, a tragedy of Kullervo, that is unmatched in its Finnish melancholy.
13. Beginning of Times
12. Skyforger
11. Far From the Sun
10. Am Universum
9. Silent Waters
8. Circle
7. Queen of Time
6. Karelian Isthmus
5. Under The Red Cloud
4. Eclipse
3. Elegy
2. Tuonela
1. Tales From the Thousand Lakes
Every time I hear Alone, I have to listen over and over. That said I listen to the Tomi version. I love most of their stuff.
My top 5: Under The Red Cloud, Skyforger, Tuonela, Silent Waters, Queen Of Time
I agree with Pete. I’ve been a fan since ‘94, the debut was the second Amorphis I owned, and I’d rank it at the bottom of the list. Great record, but I simply like everything else more.
Such an amazing band. Their last two albums are incredible but for me it will always be: no.2 Tales, no.1 Elegy.
What a fucking great band !!!!!!!!!!
Since you named them...any chance for an Anathema show? Thanks a lot Pete.
Amorphis is a band I own almost all their stuff, and would agree with Pete that there are sort of 3 distinct periods of their material. Honestly, have a hard time telling a lot of the Tomi material apart. Skyforger, Eclipse, and Silent Waters are the three other than Tales that really standout for me. Speaking of Anathema how about a ranking Pete ??
CC intrpreted "my kantele" as "my cantalupe" LOL
When you think about it, both Opeth and Amorphis had similar style changes as Genesis. Yes, Genesis wasn’t a metal band. But they did start off as a somewhat-jolting prog band that was a bit “too much” for some listeners in the early 70’s. But as time went on they became more polished and melodic.
Just found this video, and reading the comments I'm surprised by everyone's love for Eclipse, I like the album ( I love all the albums, Amorphis can do no wrong), but it's my least favourite album among the Tomi ones! I must be strange!
I'm not going to attempt ranking all the albums, but I'll say that my favourite albums are 1) Under The Red Cloud 2) Queen of Time 3) Skyforger 4) Halo 5) Elegy
Skyforger is easily my favorite by them
1) Tales From the Thousand Lakes-genre classic
2) Elegy
3) Tuonela
As a bonus, the Black Winter Day EP
Fist heard them on Tales From The Thousand Lakes which unfortunately will come in number 6 because I love the new direction the band took with Tomi. 1. Under The Red Cloud (mainly because of the title track) 2. Queen Of Time 3. Eclipse 4. Skyforger and 5. Circle. All albums excellent but that's my personal taste
Hi Pete, and Nick, hope you're both having a great evening :)
13-Karelian Ishtmus
12-AM Universus
11-Skyforger
10-Tuonela
9-Far From The Sun
8-Tales From The Thousand Lakes
7-Under The Red Cloud
6-Circle
5-The Beginning Of Times
4-Queen Of Time
3-Elegy
2-Silent Waters
1-Eclipse
Amorphis:genius, sometimes not so much, but oddly.
I'm still waiting for the Candlemass ranking :/
I'll open an argument:
-What's the best prog metal band?
I just love this band Pete you are missing it wow the early stuff is the best
Oops my bad
1.Elegy
2.Tuonela
3.Tales from the Thousand Lakes
4.Eclipse
5.Queen of Time
6.The Karelian Isthmus
7.Am Universum
13 The Karelian Isthmus
12 Under the Red Cloud
11 Circle
10 Far from the Sun
9 Am Universum
8 The Beginning of Times
7 Silent waters
6 Eclipse
5 Queen of Time
4 Skyforger
3 Tuonela
2 Tales from the Thousand Lakes
1 Elegy
Eclipse is a Masterpiece. The Guy with the Amorphis Shirt doesnt understand that Amorphis is no trash Metal death Metal Band......Number 8 ist sick!
If ever there was a band whose music was meant for vinyl? It’s AMORPHIS. I listen to ALL kinds of metal, and rock. No band, sounds as brilliant on vinyl, as AMORPHIS. And while I love their entire discography, these are my top 5/6:
Tales From the Thousand Lakes
Queen Of Time
Under the Red Cloud
Silent Waters
Skyforger
Elegy
Tuonela 10?!?!? It's number 1, and will be forever
Have you ever done Threshold? Super underrated prog metal band imo.
Pete and Steven Reid did ranking the albums on them a month or two ago; google for it.
Mike N thanks, I missed it.
Tuonela is their best album !!!
I havent listen to Amorphis much after Elegy. Maybe I should dig a little deeper
Eclipse is a masterpiece imo
There best album = 1.Under the red cloud 2. Tales from the thousand lakes 3. Queen of time
Under the Red Cloud (2015)
Eclipse (2006)
Tales from the Thousand Lakes (1994)
Queen of Time (2018)
Elegy (1996)
Skyforger (2009)
Tuonela (1999)
Silent Waters (2007)
Am Universum (2001)
Magic & Mayhem: Tales From the Early Years (2010)
Circle (2013)
The Beginning of Times (2011)
Far from the Sun (2003)
The Karelian Isthmus (1992)
Never heard of this band. Looking forward to being educated.
Amazing saw them last year with Delain \m/ been following them since the early 2000's
robmlisanti Awesome always excited to discover a new band. Thanks
Other than the first two (and part of the third), there is very little "metal" in this band.
@@gwts1171 I guess that's your opinion, plus they are prog metal more than death
All eras are good but different in so many ways
They had 5 phases, not 3, in my opinion. Circle was the beginning of a new phase
My amorphis Ranking (there are no bad albums)
13 Far from the Sun
12 The Karelian Isthmus
11 The Beginning of Times
10 Tuonela
9 Am Universum
8 Silent Waters
7 Tales from a Thousand Lakes
6 Skyforger
5 Eclipse
4 Circle
3 Queen of Time
2 Elegy
1 Under the Red Cloud
To-me
The problem with Pasi era Amorphis is that Pasi was a terrible clean vocalist which ruined the experience for me. Tomi was a huge upgrade hence their success to this day.
Eclipse is number one for me
havent liked this band since pasi left
I almost stopped watching it at 1:32
skyforger op 8 ? ☹😢
1. Tuonela
2. Elegy
3. Am Universum
4. Thousand Lakes
5. Far From the Sun
My interest in Amorphis quickly faded once Pasi left the band. They lost a lot of character with his departure. Sounded very generic after that.
I thought I was the only one who prefers Pasi at vocals. I felt like they were more unique and inspired with him.
Pasi era is the weakest era but it does have some great tracks over all
How can you rate the albums of a band no one's heard of? I think Pete needs the help of Prog Anonymous!
They were quite famous in the late 90s, guess you were not following metal scene at that time.
@@LuchaLibertaria Yeah, too much leather and Satan worship rubs some of us the wrong way! So sensitive, Lucha - you metal heads can't take a joke.
@@gbdguy445 These guys are really not part of that devil-worshipping Black Metal scene. I get your joke, but this is not really the band to be butt of that joke.
@@LuchaLibertaria Me tiro un pedo en tu ditección general.
@@gbdguy445 pues no entendi la broma
The death metal era, gems, the next albums as well, great and after
Pasi Koskinen left (Far from the Sun, last acceptable album for me), Amorphis became complete garbage....they lost all the class, mystique, and creativity....became cheesy, typical and corny. Overproduced albums, new singer's voice very stale and souless.
Can´t say the same about Anathema, Opeth or Katatonia--all great from the beginning to current times.