Nightwish: Imaginaerum

"I am the voice of Never-Never-Land

The innocence, the dreams of every man

I am the empty crib of Peter Pan

A silent kite against the blue, blue sky

Every chimney, every moonlight sight

I am the story that will read you real

Every memory that you hold dear"

Genre(s): Symphonic Power Metal, Symphonic Gothic Metal, Folk Metal, Orchestral

Label: Nuclear Blast, Roadrunner Records

Year: 2011

Track List:

1. Taikatalvi

2. Storytime

3. Ghost River

4. Slow, Love, Slow

5. I Want My Tears Back

6. Scaretale

7. Arabesque

8. Turn Loose The Mermaids

9. Rest Calm

10. The Crow, the Owl and the Dove

11. Last Ride of the Day

12. Song of Myself

13. Imaginaerum

Imaginaerum, the predecessor of Dark Passion Play, is the newest album released by Gothic Metal band Nightwish. At first listen of this album, I'll be honest, I vegged out on it. I stopped paying attention to and just used it as background music. This bugged me. I didn't give this album the chance that I give all the other albums. So, I went back and listened to it again, giving it all my attention. As much as I wanted to, I didn't do anything else but listen to this album.

After giving it a second chance, I stand by my first thought of it.

I was disappointed in this record. I was hoping that they would do as good, if not better then Dark Passion Play, which is my second favorite record by the group, with the 2007 album Once being my favorite. It was catchy at some point, but for the most part it seemed like a drag to me. I can't really say much more about this album. I was disappointed.

So I guess I should score it, seeing that I have nothing else so say...

7/10. While I thought it wasn't all that great, I did enjoy it for background music. It's interesting playing Minecraft with this album playing in the background. While it did have some good stuff, overall it wasn't that great.

Stay tuned for my "Top Albums of 2011" list, which should be coming very soon!