Imaginaerum is the seventh album by the Finnish symphonic metal group Nightwish. It is their second album with Swedish vocalist Anette Olzon. A movie of the same name was released in 2012. The movie has songs from the album in it. The album was No.1 in Finland.
| Imaginaerum | ||||
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| Released | 30 November 2011 | |||
| Recorded | October 2010–April 2011 | |||
| Genre | Symphonic power metal, Symphonic gothic metal, Folk Metal, Orchestral | |||
| Length | 74:55[1] | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner Records | |||
| Producer | Tuomas Holopainen, Tero Kinnunen & Mikko Karmila | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Taikatalvi" (Intro) | Tuomas Holopainen | 2:35 |
| 2. | "Storytime" (first single) | Holopainen | 5:22 |
| 3. | "Ghost River" | Holopainen | 5:28 |
| 4. | "Slow, Love, Slow" | Holopainen | 5:51 |
| 5. | "I Want My Tears Back" | Holopainen | 5:08 |
| 6. | "Scaretale" | Holopainen | 7:32 |
| 7. | "Arabesque" (instrumental[2]) | Holopainen | 2:57 |
| 8. | "Turn Loose the Mermaids" | Holopainen, | 4:20 |
| 9. | "Rest Calm" | Holopainen | 7:02 |
| 10. | "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove" (second single) | Holopainen, Marco Hietala | 4:10 |
| 11. | "Last Ride of the Day" | Holopainen | 4:33 |
| 12. | "Song of Myself" | Holopainen | 13:38 |
| 13. | "Imaginaerum" (instrumental[2]) | Holopainen, Pip Williams | 6:18 |
Personnel
- Anette Olzon – vocals
- Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards, piano
- Emppu Vuorinen – guitars
- Marco Hietala – bass, vocals (on track 1, 3–6, 9-12)
- Jukka Nevalainen – drums, percussion
- Troy Donockley – uilleann pipes (on track 5 and 13), tin whistle (on track 1, 8 and 10), vocals (on track 10 and 12)
- Dermot Crehan – hardanger fiddle
- Dirk Campbell – sorna
- Guy Barker – solo trumpet
- Paul Clarvis and Stephen Henderson – ethnic percussion
- Pekka Kuusisto – violin
- Kai Hahto – percussion
References
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