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The Very Best Nightwish Song



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Posted by Ellrohir, 15.10.2007 - 22:00
Here is the list of "the very best" songs by Nightwish

Most Recent Chart :

Released : 13th of January 2010, 23:10 GMT+1
Votes : 68
Songs : 72
Avg. Points Per Song : 4.7
Avg. Voters Per Song : 5.85
Avg. Pt.Avg Per Song : 0.75

Jumper : Creek Mary's Blood (+37)
Looser : Swanheart (-13)


# SongPtsVoters Avg
01.> +0Ghost Love Score30.7 (1.)27 (1.)1.14 (10.)
02.^ +3The Poet And The Pendulum18.3 (2.)16 (4.)1.14 (10.)
03.ˇ -1Wishmaster16.1 (3.)17 (2.)0.95 (20.)
04.^ +8Dark Chest Of Wonders14.7 (4.)16 (4.)0.92 (22.)
05.ˇ -2Deep Silent Complete13.5 (5.)10 (12.)1.35 (5.)
06.^ +1Pharaoh Sails To Orion11.2 (6.)9 (16.)1.24 (6.)
07.^ +1Moondance11.0 (7.)8 (18.)1.38 (4.)
08.^ +1The Kinslayer9.5 (8.)13 (7.)0.73 (31.)
09.ˇ -3Wish I Had An Angel9.3 (9.)17 (2.)0.55 (45.)
10.ˇ -6Nemo9.2 (10.)14 (6.)0.66 (34.)
11.^ +12Stargazers8.5 (11.)10 (12.)0.85 (24.)
12.^ +37Creek Mary's Blood8.2 (12.)7 (21.)1.17 (8.)
13.^ +2Beauty Of The Beast7.4 (13.)7 (21.)1.06 (15.)
14.^ +8Amaranth7.2 (14.)10 (12.)0.72 (32.)
15.^ +12Planet Hell7.2 (14.)11 (8.)0.65 (36.)
-ˇ -5Sleeping Sun7.2 (14.)11 (8.)0.65 (36.)
17.^ +25The Islander6.5 (17.)4 (37.)1.63 (3.)
18.ˇ -2End Of All Hope6.4 (18.)6 (25.)1.07 (14.)
19.^ +110th Man Down6.1 (19.)8 (18.)0.76 (28.)
20.ˇ -7Everdream6.1 (19.)11 (8.)0.55 (45.)
21.^ +34Ocean Soul5.9 (21.)3 (43.)1.97 (2.)
22.^ +2Passion And The Opera5.9 (21.)6 (25.)0.98 (19.)
23.ˇ -127 Days To The Wolves5.9 (21.)7 (21.)0.84 (25.)
24.^ +5FantasMic5.7 (24.)5 (28.)1.14 (10.)
25.^ +1She Is My Sin5.6 (25.)11 (8.)0.51 (48.)
26.ˇ -9Dead Boy's Poem5.5 (26.)9 (16.)0.61 (41.)
27.ˇ -13Swanheart5.4 (27.)5 (28.)1.08 (13.)
28.ˇ -9Over The Hills And Far Away5.4 (27.)10 (12.)0.54 (47.)
29.ˇ -12Bless The Child5.1 (29.)8 (18.)0.64 (40.)
30.ˇ -9Beauty And The Beast4.1 (30.)4 (37.)1.03 (16.)
31.^ +25Last Of The Wilds4.1 (30.)6 (25.)0.68 (33.)
32.ˇ -2Sacrament Of Wilderness4.0 (32.)5 (28.)0.80 (26.)
33.^ +5Gethsemane4.0 (32.)7 (21.)0.57 (44.)
34.ˇ -3Sleepwalker3.5 (34.)3 (43.)1.17 (8.)
35.ˇ -10Dead To The World3.3 (35.)5 (28.)0.66 (34.)
36.^ +12Know Why The Nightingale Sings?3.0 (36.)3 (43.)1.00 (17.)
37.ˇ -9Elvenpath2.9 (37.)5 (28.)0.58 (43.)
38.ˇ -5Two For Tragedy2.8 (38.)3 (43.)0.93 (21.)
39.ˇ -5Meadows Of Heaven2.6 (39.)4 (37.)0.65 (36.)
40.ˇ -8Crimson Tide & Deep Blue Sea2.4 (40.)2 (51.)1.20 (7.)
41.ˇ -7The Escapist2.3 (41.)3 (43.)0.77 (27.)
42.^ +6Eva2.3 (41.)5 (28.)0.46 (57.)
-ˇ -8Romanticide2.3 (41.)5 (28.)0.46 (57.)
44.^ +3The Siren2.1 (44.)5 (28.)0.42 (61.)
45.ˇ -8Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean2.0 (45.)1 (65.)2.00 (1.)
46.ˇ -8Bye Bye Beautiful2.0 (45.)4 (37.)0.50 (49.)
47.ˇ -4Walking In The Air1.8 (47.)5 (28.)0.36(64.)
48.ˇ -8Nightquest1.5 (48.)2 (51.)0.75 (29.)
-ˇ -8The Carpenter1.5 (48.)2 (51.)0.75 (29.)
50.ˇ -6Slaying The Dreamer1.5 (48.)3 (43.)0.50 (39.)
51.^ +2Cadence Of Her Last Breath1.5 (48.)4 (37.)0.38 (63.)
52.^ +12Higher Than Hope1.3 (52.)2 (51.)0.65 (36.)
53.^ +16Lappi (Lapland)1.3 (52.)3 (43.)0.43 (60.)
54.ˇ -10Wanderlust1.2 (54.)2 (51.)0.60 (42.)
55.ˇ -9The Phantom Of The Opera1.2 (54.)3 (43.)0.40 (62.)
56.^ +6Come Cover Me1.1 (56.)4 (37.)0.28 (69.)
57.NHigh Hopes1.0 (57.)1 (65.)1.00 (17.)
58.ˇ -7Crownless1.0 (57.)2 (51.)0.50 (49.)
-ˇ -1Sahara1.0 (57.)2 (51.)0.50 (49.)
-ˇ -7The Riddler1.0 (57.)2 (51.)0.50 (49.)
61.ˇ -7Whoever Brings The Night0.9 (61.)1 (65.)0.90 (23.)
62.ˇ -2Master Passion Greed0.9 (61.)2 (51.)0.45 (59.)
63.^ +1Dead Gardens0.6 (63.)2 (51.)0.30 (65.)
-ˇ -3While Your Lips Are Still Red0.6 (63.)2 (51.)0.30 (65.)
65.NAstral Romance0.5 (65.)1 (65.)0.50 (49.)
-NEramaan Viimeinen0.5 (65.)1 (65.)0.50 (49.)
-ˇ -8Symphony Of Destruction0.5 (65.)1 (65.)0.50 (49.)
68.ˇ -9Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan0.5 (65.)2 (51.)0.25 (70.)
69.ˇ -7Feel For You0.4 (69.)2 (51.)0.20 (71.)
-ˇ -1For The Heart I Once Head0.4 (69.)2 (51.)0.20 (71.)
71.ˇ -7Angels Fall First0.3 (71.)1 (65.)0.30 (65.)
-ˇ -7Away0.3 (71.)1 (65.)0.30 (65.)





Criteria for voting :

Each of you have one vote consists from 5 points. You may divide this 5 points between any number of songs in any way (only limit is, that you cant give less than 0.1 point to one song (so no 0.05 or 0.22 or so)). This is better than just one vote, because you may have more favorite songs (i have more than 40 by Nightwish ). I will be the judge who will be counting the votes and for each week (or longer period if this topic become somehow inactive) i will release new actual order. You can vote for any song ever appeared on any band´s release - either own work, either cover...Anything the band has done so far.

If anyone has any ideas, comments or suggestions about the rules or the evaluating system, dont be afraid and post them freely in this topic


My points went for :

Ghost Love Score (Once - Track no. 9) - 3
Crimson Tide / Deep Blue Sea (From Wishes To Eternity - Instrumental Track no. 7) - 1
Nightquest (Oceanborn - Bonus Track no. 11) - 0.5
10th Man Down (Over The Hills And Far Away EP - Track no. 2) - 0.5
21.12.2007 - 01:31
Ripburger
I think if you run this with more bands you'd need to be a little stricter on the rules for better results. Not limiting the number of songs but limiting the points ends up skewing the results. Someone could say (which they nearly are), "I only love one song, 5 points for that one", others are saying "I like 10 songs, so I'll divide up my points". Seriously you ONLY like one Nightwish song? Infinite times more than the others? Something to think about. Maybe something like: 5 points. Maximum points per song is 2, Minimum of 3 songs maximum of 5.

You should also include a column in your table for running number number of people who voted on a song. A song with a score of 5.0 with 1 voter really has a different value than one with a score of 5.0 from 5 voters. This would also allow you to perform a weighted ranking formula at the end to get the real winners. Though, I know this is just for fun.

Otherwise I love nightwish too, and nice looking table.
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24.12.2007 - 00:01
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
2Ripburger : i think this system works quite well...and i have set the rule of dividing points because me alone cant decide which song to choose...but what i can do is to add the column in the chart which will show how many people voted for this song...fair enough, or?

i will just wait some time if some other person(s) will post some voting before i remake the chart, cuz so far only one new vote...we can wait some time
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28.12.2007 - 19:06
Elodie Artour
Slania
In my opinion,the very best Nightwish song is definitely"Ghost Love Score". It is simply a masterpiece,which I absolutely love.In this song,the great music skills of the current NW members(I'm not counting Anette,too)can be recognized most clearly.And also-on"Ghost Love Score",Tarja's voice sounds enchanting.On the CD,she has performed"Ghost Love Score"very good,and her voice sounds wonderful,indeed.
With this song,NW described very well what music and poetry meant to them,and also-what their music was like and about.

btw,why is"Over The Hills And Far Away"also added to the list?It's not a NW song,just a cover version. :
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28.12.2007 - 19:41
S_V_B_8414
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This looks fun
I'll join in

"The Poet And The Pendulum" - 2
"Dark Chest Of Wonders"- 1
"Passion And The Opera" - 1.5
"Ever Dream" - 0.5

There are so many other great Nightwish songs, but I don't want to divide the points too much.
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01.01.2008 - 18:47
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
Written by Elodie Artour on 28.12.2007 at 19:06

btw,why is"Over The Hills And Far Away"also added to the list?It's not a NW song,just a cover version. :

i see no problem in it...because NW made a version of it and it is one from songs from their production, though covered...

and about your voting? this means you are giving 5 points to GLS or will you divide your points between more songs as is your right ?
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01.01.2008 - 20:04
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
alright now...three new votes (one i have forgot to count earlier) and new chart with two new columns

first is "Voters" which shows the number of people who voted for this song and second "Avg" is arithmetical average of rating



EDIT NOTE - the following chart was deleted from this post - see the first post of this topic to see the actual order
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03.01.2008 - 06:56
Robstar
I will go for Deep Dark Ocean, 10th Man down besides Wishmaster
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03.01.2008 - 11:32
GT
Coffee!!
Staff
My favourite Nightwish songs must be (points in brackets):
Wishmaster (3)
Sleeping Sun (1,5)
She Is My Sin (0,5)
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03.01.2008 - 12:41
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
Written by Robstar on 03.01.2008 at 06:56

I will go for Deep Dark Ocean, 10th Man down besides Wishmaster

but how about the exact points you have to divide 5 points in any way between the songs you like, so please do it in order your vote can be accepted
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03.01.2008 - 23:05
Elodie Artour
Slania
@Chris:I give 3 points to"Ghost Love Score",1 to"Passion And The Opera",and 1 to"Sleeping Sun",too.
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04.01.2008 - 00:51
Robstar
Written by Ellrohir on 03.01.2008 at 12:41

Written by Robstar on 03.01.2008 at 06:56

I will go for Deep Dark Ocean, 10th Man down besides Wishmaster

but how about the exact points you have to divide 5 points in any way between the songs you like, so please do it in order your vote can be accepted



@Chris:
Deep Dark Ocean ( 2 points )
10th Man Down (1.5 points )
Wishmaster (1.5 points )
A draw in last two because I fucking want ...
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04.01.2008 - 13:15
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
alright - 21 votes already divided points between 46 song so far...chart is slowly becoming nice




EDIT NOTE - the following chart was deleted from this post - see the first post of this topic to see the actual order
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04.01.2008 - 14:24
GT
Coffee!!
Staff
@Chris: shouldn't you put the chart in your opening post? That way we see the most recent results right away we enter the thread. Just a suggestion.
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04.01.2008 - 17:58
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
damn, you get it man

how come i didnt think it up myself earlier
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05.01.2008 - 05:45
juanopereira
Here goes my top songs:
Nemo, 1pt
End of All Hope, 3pt
The Kinslayer, 1pt
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05.01.2008 - 18:38
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
i have started similar thread on our cz-svk NW fans forum to gain more voters, so here are their votes so far :

templumia

1.0 b - 7 Days To The Wolves
1.0 b. - Nemo
0.9 b - Bye Bye Beautiful
0.6 b - Stargazers
0.5 b - She Is My Sin
0.5 b - Wish I Had An Angel
0.5 b - Wishmaster

Tarilla

Moondance - 0,2
Sleeping Sun - 0,1
She Is My Sin - 0,4
Deep Silent Complete - 0,5
10th man down - 0,4
Sleepwalker - 0,5
Bless The Child - 0,4
Romanticide - 0,6
Whoever Brings The Night - 0,9
The Escapist - 0,4
Last Of The Wilds - 0,4
FantasMic - 0,2

Lenis

0,6 - swanheart
0,5 - deep silent complete
0,6 - wishmaster
0,5 - sleeping sun
0,4 - nemo
0,4 - stargazers
0,3 - two for tragedy
0,4 - walking in the air
0,4 - ever dream
0,3 - dark chest of wonders
0,3 - bless the child
0,3 - dead boy´s poem

new chart will follow as soon as i process new votes
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05.01.2008 - 20:38
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
so i have recount all votes and discovered i made some mistakes earlier...now it should be fixed and the new chart will be for real

i have also updated the evaluating rules a bit - now when two songs has equal points, they are ranked according to their average voting and first when even their avg is equal, it is the tie

another feature you can see, is numbers in brackets in each stats column - they mean the ranking in this individual stats...first three in each stats column are bold

have fun and vote further
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06.01.2008 - 16:21
GT
Coffee!!
Staff
Nice to see that my suggestion was useful...it's much better this way. Also nice with the ranking by stats thing
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06.01.2008 - 23:53
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
three other votes from CZ NW-Fans forum

Mel-Ina

The Kinslayer 1.5
The Pharaoh Sail To Orion 2.0
Walking In The Air 0.5
Gethsemane 0.2
Wish I Had An Angel 0.2
The Poet An The Pendulum 0.6

FrozenTear

1. Gethsemane 0,3
2. Nemo 0,3
3. Walking In The Air 0,3
4. Over The Hills And Far Away 0,3
5. Kuolema... etc. 0,3
6. Dead To The World 0,3
7. Away 0,3
8. Bye Bye Beautiful 0,4
9. Dark Chest Of Wonders 0,3
10.Cadence Of Her Last Breath
11.Ever Dream 0,3
12.Angels Fall First 0,3
13.Sleeping Sun 0,4
14.Higher Than Hope 0,3
15.Feel For You 0,3
16.Stargazers 0,3

Jett

know why the nightingale sings 1,0
ever dream 0,5
gethsemane 0,5
swanheart 0,3
the siren 0,3
ghost love score 0,3
phantom of the opera 0,2
beauty of the beast 0,2
7 days to the wolves 0,2
the islander 0,2
the pharao sails to orion 0,2
sleeping sun 0,2
romanticide 0,2
come cover me 0,2
she´s my sin 0,2
wanderlust 0,2
lappi (lapland) 0,1


i will process them into the chart when i will have time...
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13.01.2008 - 21:35
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
three another votes

BlackJack

Planet Hell - 0,8
The Kinslayer - 0,7
Wish I Had an Angel - 0,6
Over the hills and a far away - 0,5
Stargazers 0,5
Bless the Child - 0,5
Wishmaster - 0,5
End of All hope - 0,4
Dead to the world - 0,4

Marek07

Planet Hell - 0,8
The Kinslayer - 0,7
Wish I Had an Angel - 0,6
Over the hills and a far away - 0,5
Bless the Child - 0,5
End of All hope - 0,5
Bye Bye Beautiful - 0,4
7 Days To The Wolves - 0,4
Master Passion Greed - 0,4
Amaranth - 0,2

Sonny

Beauty Of The Beast - 1
Ghost Love Score - 0,9
Crownless - 0,8
Passion And The Opera 0,7
Elvenpath - 0,7
Cadence Of Her Last Breath - 0,5
7 Days To The Wolves - 0,4


and i am going to release the new chart
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13.01.2008 - 23:48
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
so here it goes...we have a load of new songs again (actually it is 12 new titles) so now there are 63 songs mentioned in the chart...i wonder if we will have here all songs they made one day

i have added a couple of "general stats" for whole chart


i also went through my old posts in this topic and deleted all previous versions of charts included in them - now the page has half of the length
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19.01.2008 - 20:14
Elodie Artour
Slania
@Chris:When are you going to announce the final results of this poll?
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19.01.2008 - 21:32
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
well i dont think there will be any "final results"...the chart can develop more and more as the time flows and new users will post their votes...

and even if i will gonna make any "final results", definitely not after only 30 people have voted ;-)
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19.01.2008 - 21:36
Warman
Erotic Stains
Written by Ellrohir on 19.01.2008 at 21:32

well i dont think there will be any "final results"...the chart can develop more and more as the time flows and new users will post their votes...

and even if i will gonna make any "final results", definitely not after only 30 people have voted ;-)

I don't think a final chart is necessary, there will always come new votes... and this way we can still use the list when Nightwish releases new songs.
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20.01.2008 - 11:51
GT
Coffee!!
Staff
The final chart will be when the thread reaches 500 posts?...which means in quite a while
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21.01.2008 - 20:01
Ascalon
For me it's Wishmaster
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21.01.2008 - 21:12
Son of Odin
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST & SWANHEART.
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21.01.2008 - 21:28
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
i need points, guys...otherwise your vote has no value
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21.01.2008 - 21:33
Son of Odin
Written by Son of Odin on 21.01.2008 at 21:12

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST & SWANHEART.

Alright...2.5 points to each song.
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22.01.2008 - 04:39
Ascalon
Written by Ascalon on 21.01.2008 at 20:01

For me it's Wishmaster

OK so If I got 5 points 3 for Wishmaster, 2 for Nemo
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