Once (studio album) by Nightwish

Once by Nightwish
Year: 2004
Release date: 2004-01-05
Overall rank: 2,372nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 81 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2004 (36th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (400th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,372nd)
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Once is ranked as the best album by Nightwish.

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Once track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 81 votes)
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01/20/2024 10:17 Siromynian  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,30880/100
 
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07/27/2023 18:05 EyeKanFly  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 6,32366/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.7.

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80/100
From 02/10/2023 15:54
Clássico e Nemo ainda é gigante!
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From 04/14/2021 22:31
Smitten with this from the moment I first heard it. And just keeps getting better each time I listen too it. The metal riffs, rhythm & melodies. The outstanding gorgeous vocals. The orchestral arrangements. The accompanying choir. All put together to total perfection. This is the gold standard of symphonic metal
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90/100
From 09/23/2012 23:08
This is where Nightwish began taking it into the stratosphere. Their first 4 albums were good, but this album is truly excellent. Tarja's outstanding vocals were far more balanced between rock and opera on this album - a balance that the band would continue striking after firing her. Wish I Had an Angel and Nemo were the big hits, and rightfully so. Ghost Love Score gave fans an all-out symphonic assault - a taste of what would come on Nightwish's next two albums - and, quite frankly, perhaps the two best albums in the entire symphonic metal genre - Dark Passion Play and Imaginaerum.
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