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Album: Imaginaerium
# Song Title   Time
1)    Taikatalvi More Info... 0:02
2)    Storytime More Info... 0:05
3)    Ghost River More Info... 0:05
4)    Slow, Love, Slow More Info... 0:06
5)    I Want My Tears Back More Info... 0:05
6)    Scaretale More Info... 0:07
7)    Arabesque More Info... 0:03
8)    Turn Loose the Mermaids More Info... 0:04
9)    Rest Calm More Info... 0:07
10)    The Crow, the Owl and the Dove More Info... 0:04
11)    Last Ride of the Day More Info... 0:04
12)    Song of Myself More Info... 0:13
13)    Imaginaerum More Info... 0:06
 
Album: Imaginaerium
# Song Title   Time
1)    Taikatalvi More Info... 0:02
2)    Storytime More Info... 0:05
3)    Ghost River More Info... 0:05
4)    Slow, Love, Slow More Info... 0:06
5)    I Want My Tears Back More Info... 0:05
6)    Scaretale More Info... 0:07
7)    Arabesque More Info... 0:03
8)    Turn Loose the Mermaids More Info... 0:04
9)    Rest Calm More Info... 0:07
10)    The Crow, the Owl and the Dove More Info... 0:04
11)    Last Ride of the Day More Info... 0:04
12)    Song of Myself More Info... 0:13
13)    Imaginaerum More Info... 0:06
 
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  • Lyricist: Tuomas Holopainen.
  • Personnel: Joanna Forbes, Alice Fearn, Tom Pearce, Morag MacKay, Yona Dunsford, Emma Brain-Gabbott, Abbie Osmon, Gerard O'Beirne, Peter Snipp, Vanessa Heine, Neil Bellingham, Jacqueline Barron, Ann de Renais, Alexandra Gibson, Jenny O'Grady, Nicki Kennedy, Anette Olzon, Grace Davidson, Rosemary Forbes-Butler, David Porter Thomas , Ben Fleetwood Smyth, Thomas Spencer-Wortley, Lindsay Ashworth, Elizabeth Wiesberg, Soophia Foroughi, Paul Greir, Metro Voices, Catherine Bott , Thomas Bullard, Andrew Busher, Mary Carewe , Michael Dore, Claire Henry, Lawrence Wallington, Marco Hietala (vocals); Troy Donockley (chant, bouzouki, Uilleann pipe, bodhran); Emppu Vuorinen (guitar); Skaila Kanga (harp); Dermot Crehan (violin, hardanger fiddle); Julian Leaper, Mark Berrow, Tom Pigott-Smith, Christopher Tombling, David Woodcock, Pekka Kuusisto, Perry Montague-Mason, Dai Emanuel, Jonathan Rees , Oliver Langford, Maciej Rakoswki, Steve Morris , Patrick Kiernan, Boguslav Kostecki, Rita Manning, Everton Nelson, Sonia Slany, Emlyn Singleton (violin); Rachel Bolt, Bill Hawkes, Garfield Jackson, Peter Lale, Kate Musker, Bruce White (viola); Eliza Marshall , Anna Noakes , Andy Findon (flute); David Fuest (clarinet, bass clarinet); Nicholas Bucknall (clarinet); David Theodore (oboe); Julie Andrews (bassoon); Kate Moore , Andrew Crowley , John Barcley, Guy Barker, Derek Watkins (trumpet); Michael Thompson , Nigel Black, David Pyatt , Richard Watkins (French horn); Richard Edwards , Andy Wood (tenor trombone); David Stewart (bass trombone); Owen Slade (tuba); Tuomas Holopainen (piano, keyboards); Jukka Nevalainen (drums, percussion); Stephen Henderson , Frank Ricotti, Gary Kettel, Kai Hahto (percussion); Jussi Tegelman (music box).
  • Audio Mixer: Mikko Karmila.
  • Recording information: Angel Studios, London (02/2011); Finnvox Studios (02/2011); Legendary Bay Of Tube Studios (02/2011); Marco's CockPit (02/2011); Pajarin Hauta (02/2011); Petrax Studios (02/2011); R?sk? (02/2011); Angel Studios, London (10/2010-04/2011); Finnvox Studios (10/2010-04/2011); Legendary Bay Of Tube Studios (10/2010-04/2011); Marco's CockPit (10/2010-04/2011); Pajarin Hauta (10/2010-04/2011); Petrax Studios (10/2010-04/2011); R?sk? (10/2010-04/2011).
  • Creator: Pip Williams.
  • Director: Pip Williams.
  • Photographer: Ville Juurikkala.
  • Arrangers: Emppu Vuorinen; Holopainen; Nevalainen.
  • Never one to do things by halves, Finnish symphonic rock purveyors Nightwish team up with a 53-piece orchestra for their seventh studio album, Imaginaerum, a concept album based on a dying man's recollection of his youth which also doubles as the soundtrack to their forthcoming Stobe Harju-directed film of the same name. Bassist Marco Hietala claimed that it's inspired by the works of Tim Burton, Neil Gaiman, and Salvador Dali, which suggests a score full of gothic fantasy-style arrangements, but although there are many hallmarks of a big screen mythical epic (the Palladio-esque breakdown on the lead single "Storytime," the Omen-esque choral backing vocals and ominous piano chords on the schizophrenic "Scaretale," and the stirring war march instrumental "Arabesque"), the band have thankfully avoided simply following the Danny Elfman rulebook. Opener "Taikatalvi" is a haunting, Middle Eastern-tinged folk number underpinned by a twinkling, music box backing and a rare Finnish-language melody, the frenetic Riverdance-goes-metal of "I Want My Tears Back," and the medieval campfire balladry of "Turn Loose the Mermaids" showcase their passion for traditional Celtic music, while the biggest twist appears courtesy of "Slow, Love, Slow," an unexpected but convincing foray into 1930s jazz-lounge territory, which proves Anette Olzon is as adept a torch singer as she is rock goddess. The doom-laden bombastics of "Rest Calm" and "Last Ride of the Day" are basically Nightwish on autopilot, while the meandering "Song of Myself" overstays its welcome long before the advent of a closing six-minute recital of Tuomas Holopainen's poem of the same name (influenced by the Walt Whitman poem). But if its accompanying full-length feature is even half as ambitious as its soundtrack, fantasy fans are in for quite a spectacle. ~ Jon O'Brien
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