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| Released | 30 November 2011 (2011-11-30) |
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| Recorded | October 2010–April 2011 |
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| Genre | Symphonic power metal, Symphonic gothic metal, Folk Metal, Orchestral |
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| Length | 74:55[1] |
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| Label | Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner Records |
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| Producer | Tuomas Holopainen, Tero Kinnunen & Mikko Karmila |
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- "Storytime"
Released: 9 Nov 2011
- "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove"
Released: 29 Feb 2012
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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.
Track listing
| Writer(s) |
| 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