Century Child (studio album) by Nightwish

Century Child by Nightwish
Year: 2002
Overall rank: 2,500th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 83 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2002 (41st)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (420th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,500th)
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Nightwish bestography

Century Child is ranked 2nd best out of 16 albums by Nightwish on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Nightwish is Once which is ranked number 2108 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 779.

Nightwish album bestography « Higher ranked (2,500th) This album (2,500th) Lower ranked (2,858th) »
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Century Child 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: 
74/100 (from 83 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.1.

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55/100
From 11/26/2020 15:31
Mixing heavy metal with operatic elements, I guess you need a peculiar taste to appreciate the match. There are heavier (for example Slaying the dreamer) and softer (for example forever yours) sides to this album, but at some points it feels that the songs serve no other purpose than to showcase the talents of the vocalist. Overall, 55/100.
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