Rank The Narnia Albums

The title says it all!  This past year I started getting into Narnia and have two of their albums (Long Live The King and Ghost Town) and am trying to decide which album(s) to get next...  

I’ve only owned three over the years and only Ghost Town has ever grabbed me.

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LOL yep meant to say I really like Course of a Generation but thats with German Pasual on vocals

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this is a Christian DM classic to me. From what I remember they were pretty young at the time but wow

Wrong thread mothy 

Maybe he was telling Kerrick to put down the Narnia and toss on some death metal.

I can't rank the ones since the return of Christian, don't know them quite like the back of my hand yet. As for the first run, all top shelf! I loved this band upon first listen way back in 98! I have "The Great Fall" in my all time top ten, and "Enter the Gate" is right on it's heels...

I just remember when I was younger I thought this band was the coolest thing because of their name (I love the Narnia books).

I wasn't into the more straight ahead neoclassical style of the first two when they came out and subsequently ignored them until Course of a Generation. I purchased the reunion self-titled after and then filled all the gaps slowly.

Everything from Course to present has a more beefy, fluid sound. I think From Darkness to Light is their best of the last four. All four are really solid, with German Pascal's vocals on Course being different but excellent.

Going back to the original run, The Great Fall is their heaviest, darkest album and my sure favorite from that era. People complain about the production, which isn't as clean but it isn't bad. If they brought it to today's standard it would be my favorite. Enter the Gate and Desert Land are the next two original run albums I dig. The first two are good for what they are but are not personal favorites.

I'd go:
From Darkness to Light
The Great Fall
Ghost Town
Enter the Gate
Narnia
Course of a Generation
Desert Land
Long Live the King
Awakening

Thanks!  Well, I ended up ordering The Great Fall and Desert Land.  I plan on picking 'em all up eventually, but these seemed a bit harder to come across and I found 'em new for a decent price, so I jumped on it.  They're also spread out on your list: it's always a drag when you pick up the band's best album first and the rest are letdowns haha.

This would be my ranking although I could change my mind after re-visiting certain albums:

1.  From Darkness To Light  (2019)

2.  Awakening   (1998)

3.  Narnia (2016)

4.  Enter the Gate (2006)

5.  Course of a Generation (2009)

6.  Ghost Town (2023)

7.  The Great Fall  (2003)

8.  Desert Land (2001)

9.  Long Live the King (1999)

I love them all!

Enter The Gate is my Fav, followed by Desert Land.  Inner Sanctum is probably my Fav song by them.....but, LOTS of Favs with them.  

Desert Land came after the tour with Dio, you can hear the influences on that album, three songs are very Dioseque!

1. The Great Fall
2. Enter the Gste
3. Desert Land
4. Ghost Town
5. Long Live the King
6. From Darkness to Light
7. Narnia
8. Awakening
9. Course of a Generation

Not a bad or even mediocre one in the lot!

I've only listened Long Live The King. I'm kinda stuck in that, because it's so good. It happens to me quite often. I find a great album and I'm scared to try the rest of the discography 

Lofcaudio77 wrote:I've only listened Long Live The King. I'm kinda stuck in that, because it's so good. It happens to me quite often. I find a great album and I'm scared to try the rest of the discography 

Weirdo! 🤪

1. Enter the Gate
2. Desert Land
3. Course of A Generation
4. From Darkness To Light
5. Awakened
6. The Great Fall
7. Narnia
8. Long Live the King

Haven't heard the latest - will quickly change that.