Once
by Nightwish
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Once is ranked as the best album by Nightwish.
(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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Once track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Once ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 03/25/2026 08:50 | CrazyDiamond84 | 91 | 61/100 | |
| 03/21/2026 20:13 |  UofTBlues | 3,630 | 71/100 | |
| 01/27/2026 12:26 |  Ilolahti | 88 | 81/100 | |
| 12/29/2025 17:48 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 | |
| 12/16/2025 05:21 | Proto | 4,124 | 33/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.2.
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Amazing!!
VictorVale 02/10/2023 15:54 | #293878
Clássico e Nemo ainda é gigante!
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
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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