Dark Passion Play
by Nightwish
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Dark Passion Play is ranked 3rd 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 836.
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Dark Passion Play track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Dark Passion Play rankings
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Dark Passion Play ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 15,111 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/21/2026 20:13 |  UofTBlues | 3,636 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/28/2026 12:44 |  Ilolahti | 122 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2026 19:56 | iann97 | 2,085 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/16/2025 05:21 | Proto | 4,189 | 33/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.4.
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This is just grandeur plus. Everything on this just injects power. And even the softer tracks and ballads ooze with atmosphere. Up there with their best. Top class band and album
This is the album that got me into Nightwish. For me, the album was a little more accessible than their previous efforts, whilst retaining the power sound. This is an album I tend to listen throughout as their as it is full of great songs.
Very solid Power Metal and Symphonic Metal. It sounds absolutely grandious and has some of the bands best songs overall.
An outstanding, eclectic album that shows the band continuing to progress. They improved with virtually every release (though Wishmaster was a slight regression, in my opinion, due to an over-reliance on power metal). Their next album would take it even further. Anette is pretty good here, but she'll get better on the next release. The Poet and the Pendulum is a Nightwish staple, and Bye Bye Beautiful/Amaranth were huge hits in Europe. The only tune I dislike on the album is For the Heart I Once Had, though I'm also a little iffy on Master Passion Greed/Whoever Brings the Night.
Amazing album! First 3 tracks were fantastic and definitely the strongest part of the album! The Islander was a nice addition to the album too and was one I really enjoyed!
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