Imaginaerum
by Nightwish

Imaginaerum by Nightwish
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-11-30
Overall rank: 3,670th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 47 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (80th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (632nd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,670th)

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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 1996 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 841.

Nightwish album bestography « Higher ranked (2,731st)
Dark Passion Play
This album (3,670th)
Imaginaerum
Lower ranked (4,070th) »
Endless Forms Most Beautiful

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Imaginaerum rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,670th | 2010s rank: 632nd | 2011 rank: 80th

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Imaginaerum ratings

Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 47 votes)
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85/100
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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75/100
This to me is Dark Passion Play part 2, but just not as good.
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Good Nightwish album, all the songs are quite good with some very good hits.
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90/100
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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