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Imaginaerum
Sign in to saveImaginaerum is the seventh studio album by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was released on 30 November 2011 by Scene Nation Oy and Sony Music in Finland, then on 2 December in Nuclear Blast in the rest of Europe and Roadrunner Records worldwide. According to Nightwish songwriter Tuomas Holopainen, the album is a concept album that tells the story of an old composer who is reminiscing of his youth on his deathbed. The album was produced alongside the movie of the same name, directed by Stobe Harju, who previously directed Nightwish's "The Islander" music video, and the album and
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Imaginaerium is a studio album by the band Nightwish. It was published in Finland on November 30, 2011. The work is available in English and Finnish. It was released through Nuclear Blast and Roadrunner Records.
The album is categorized as symphonic metal, though iTunes lists the genre as Hard Rock. Tuomas Holopainen served as the producer. The release includes 13 parts, with a tracklist that includes "Storytime" and "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove." iTunes lists 14 tracks. Distribution formats include Compact Disc, Digital Audio, and music streaming.
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- Imaginaerum
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- yes
- Album.recorded
- October 2010 – April 2011
- Album.studio
- Pajarin Hauta (Kitee) Legendary Bay of Tube (Kitee) Marco's CockPit (Kuopio) Röskö Campsite (Kitee) Petrax (Hollola) Finnvox (Helsinki) Angel (London)
- Album.genre
- Symphonic metal
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- 74:26
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- Scene Nation Nuclear Blast Roadrunner
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- Tuomas Holopainen
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- Nightwish studio album
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- Dark Passion Play
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- 2007
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- Endless Forms Most Beautiful
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- 2015
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- album
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- symphonic metal
- Producer
- Tuomas Holopainen
- Performer
- Nightwish
- Record label
- Roadrunner Records
- Distribution format
- music streaming
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- publication date
- 2011-11-30
- language of work or name
- Finnish
- form of creative work
- studio album
- place of publication
- Finland
- title
- Imaginaerium
- number of parts of this work
- 13
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Background
- Production
- Concept and storyline
- Connections between the film and the album
- Musical and lyrical content
- Track by track
- Reception
- Promotion
- Packaging
- Track listing
- Editions
- Charts
- Weekly charts
- Year-end charts
- Certifications
- Personnel
- Band
- Guest musicians
- Orchestra and choir
- Notes
- References
Imaginaerum is the seventh studio album by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was released on 30 November 2011 by Scene Nation Oy and Sony Music in Finland, then on 2 December in Nuclear Blast in the rest of Europe and Roadrunner Records worldwide. According to Nightwish songwriter Tuomas Holopainen, the album is a concept album that tells the story of an old composer who is reminiscing of his youth on his deathbed. The album was produced alongside the movie of the same name, directed by Stobe Harju, who previously directed Nightwish's "The Islander" music video, and the album and the film share the same themes and general story. It is their second and last album with vocalist Anette Olzon, as well as the last with drummer Jukka Nevalainen.
The first single off the album, "Storytime", was released on 9 November 2011 and quickly topped the Finnish single charts. According to Iltasanomat, Imaginaerum sold more than 50,000 copies in Finland on its first day of release. It has been described as Nightwish's best album by Sonic Seducer and was chosen as the album of the month by Dutch metal magazine Aardschok Magazine.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Imaginaerum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.