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Nightwish - Imaginaerum



8 | 928 votes |
Release date: 30 November 2011
Style: Symphonic power metal, Symphonic metal

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152 want it
1 trades it


Disc I
01. Taikatalvi
02. Storytime
03. Ghost River
04. Slow, Love, Slow
05. I Want My Tears Back
06. Scaretale
07. Arabesque
08. Turn Loose The Mermaids
09. Rest Calm
10. The Crow, The Owl And The Dove
11. Last Ride Of The Day
12. Song Of Myself
    1 - From A Dusty Bookshelf
    2 - All That Great Heart Lying Still
    3 - Piano Black
    4 - Love
13. Imaginaerum

Disc II [bonus] [2CD: instrumental version / tour edition: orchestral version]
01. Taikatalvi
02. Storytime
03. Ghost River
04. Slow, Love, Slow
05. I Want My Tears Back [instrumental version only]
06. Scaretale
07. Arabesque
08. Turn Loose The Mermaids
09. Rest Calm
10. The Crow, The Owl And The Dove
11. Last Ride Of The Day
12. Song Of Myself
    1 - From A Dusty Bookshelf
    2 - All That Great Heart Lying Still
    3 - Piano Black
    4 - Love
13. Imaginaerum

Disc III [DVD] [tour edition bonus]
+ Making Of Imaginaerum
+ Storytime [video]

Additional info
Tour edition released on April 11, 2012

Staff review by
Baz Anderson
Rating:
7.0
Seventh album Imaginaerum is the band's second with new singer Anette, and comes with the added twist of an accompanying feature-length film next year. Nightwish who have always been at the forefront of symphonic metal, provide this latest addition to the catalogue with good intentions. Although presented as a stand-alone album, it perhaps pushes the line between creative indulgence and focused musicianship too far.

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published 01.12.2011 | Comments (86)

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04.10.2015 - 00:00
Rating: 7
Ruchesko

Two great songs, three good songs, and over half-an-hour of Tuomas messing about with an orchestra.

I don't often begrudge metal musicians for being indulgent, least of all Tuomas, but the triple-whammy of "Scaretale", "Rest Calm" and "Song For Of Myself" surely tried most peoples' patience.
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13.10.2015 - 13:01
Rating: 7
BlackMetalDay

A good album, but it is so hard not to fall asleep when listening to Turn loose the mermaids + Rest calm + The crow, the owl and the dove! Those 15 minutes of non-metal slow songs in a row are too much.
And I had to edit the Song of myself to remove the 6 or 7 minutes of spoken parts. Now the version I own is only 6:53 long.
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15.12.2015 - 05:03
Rating: 9
SoUnDs LiKe PoP

Man, this is BY FAR Nightwish's biggest grower. After several years I can say that this album has gone from "meh" to my ears to a near masterpiece. Every song is powerful. The folky elements in the ballads is excellent. The orchestrations are beautiful and never overused or unnecessary. The lyrics are great. The songs all fit together and flow perfectly. Painfully underrated album, probably one of their top 3.
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I lift weights and listen to metal
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21.12.2015 - 14:22
Rating: 7
musclassia

It makes me happy that the only 3 songs I like from this album (Storytime, I Want My Tears Back, Last Ride Of The Day) have become the three live regulars from this album
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02.02.2016 - 23:31
Joppe
Steelemeister
Like usually 75 min album is a bad idea! I'm not saying the album is bad, BUT inevitable the filler parts overwhelm the good parts in this case.
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My vision is augmented
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23.02.2016 - 22:55
Rating: 8
Hex_Omega
Gem Seeker
Still the best album without Tarja.
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05.08.2016 - 01:02
Rating: 7
musclassia

Heh, I gave this album a few listens when it came out, but never came to like it and ended up kinda disliking it. I've listened to a trio of songs off the album since (mentioned in a comment a few above this), but ended up listening to it again today for first time in I guess at least 4 years - it's actually not that bad. There's the occasional misstep (most obviously the second half fo Song Of Myself), but most of the music on here is actually decent - Ghost River in particular took me by surprise, I always had bad memories of it for some reason but it's really pretty good. If I had the willpower to listen to this and Endless Forms... back to back I wouldn't be surprised if I preferred this album actually
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11.08.2020 - 07:10
Rating: 9
M C Vice
ex-polydactyl
Probably their best use of dual vocals. I'd might've rated it a 10 if it weren't for the talky bit in Song Of Myself.
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"Another day, another Doug."
"I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples."
" 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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11.08.2020 - 23:06
Rating: 9
MeatWolf

Written by M C Vice on 11.08.2020 at 07:10

if it weren't for the talky bit in Song Of Myself.

Cut it, like I did (back in 2011).
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23.07.2022 - 06:10
Rating: 6
24emd
Theory Snob
Storytime is a great song, but the rest of the album is painfully average. It has few redeeming qualities, but the music is just so bland and directionless, and the lyrics fail to make me care in the slightest.
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03.07.2023 - 13:28
Rating: 7
majormalfunction

I like it, many songs here that are among NW best. One of their best albums.
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Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands
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