Angels Fall First
by Nightwish
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Nightwish bestography
Angels Fall First is ranked 10th best out of 17 albums by Nightwish on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Nightwish is Once which is ranked number 2006 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 837.
(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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Angels Fall First track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Angels Fall First rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 2 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1997 Pt 2 | 79/86 | - |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 46 Music Albums of 1997 | 18/46 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 19 Music Albums of 1997 | 15/19 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | 4 My Chart Europe Pt 2 | 67/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Wanted Europe | 77/100 | - |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 68 Music Albums of the 1990s | 39/68 | 9 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 8 Music Albums of 1997 | 4/8 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  bojolpif71 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2022 |  Cabrones | Top 34 Music Albums of 1997 | 33/34 | 0 |
| 2021 | Deckiller | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 46/100 | 11 |
| 2019 | RealTalk | Top 14 Greatest Music Albums | 13/14 | 5 |
| 2017 | Fischman | Best Symphonic Metal Albums | 68/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 37 | |||
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Angels Fall First ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/24/2026 23:40 |  UofTBlues | 3,636 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2025 16:52 | TonySayers61 | 25,021 | 64/100 |
| ! | 02/25/2025 23:00 | culwin | 1,526 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/12/2025 12:54 | fabm0 | 7,010 | 58/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2024 20:06 | POWER18 | 303 | 97/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.2/100, a mean average of 65.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.6.
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Strong debut! Tuomas' singing isn't particularly good, but Tarja sounds lovely. You can just tell this album was cut by passionate, young, hungry musicians. This album is loaded with folk and symphonic influences, and must've been hugely influential in the European metal scene of the late 90s.
One of the most underrated debuts in metal.
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