Imaginaerum (studio album)
by Nightwish

Imaginaerum by Nightwish
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-11-30
Overall rank: 3,649th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 45 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (82nd)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (642nd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,649th)

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Nightwish bestography

Imaginaerum is ranked 4th best out of 17 albums by Nightwish on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Nightwish is Once which is ranked number 2139 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 762.

Nightwish album bestography « Higher ranked (2,917th)
Dark Passion Play
This album (3,649th)
Imaginaerum
Lower ranked (3,649th) »
Imaginaerum

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Imaginaerum track list

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 45 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.4/100, a mean average of 69.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.5.

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85/100
From 04/16/2025 23:03
Everything you come to expect and love about a Nightwish album. Multi layered symphonic metal bliss. Anette Olzon fits in in really well with the 2 albums she made with them. This album is yet another reason they rule as supreme symphonic metal kings.
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From 12/31/2017 23:39
This to me is Dark Passion Play part 2, but just not as good.
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From 03/29/2014 14:53
Good Nightwish album, all the songs are quite good with some very good hits.
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From 08/28/2012 05:05
Nightwish's best and most eclectic release. Sure, it's cheesy in a few places, but that's just par for the course for the genre. Song of Myself is one of the best songs in the symphonic metal genre (and easily a top-5 Nightwish track) if you exclude the lengthy poem coda (I still like that segment through). Slow, Love, Slow proves that Anette is a great singer. The lead single, Storytime, rivals Nightwish's best singles. The Crow, The Owl, and the Dove is a beautiful tune that was accompanied by a touching fan-made music video. Ghost River is the perfect balance between symphonic and power metal. What puts this album above the rest of the catalog is the sheer scope and number of above average songs - there are very few duds on this album.
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