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Imaginaerum is the seventh studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, that was released on the 30th of November 2011.[2] The album is a concept album as said by Tuomas in an interview telling the story of an old composer on his deathbed, reminiscing of his youth. 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.[3] The first single off the album, "Storytime" was released on November 9,[4] and quickly topped the Finnish single charts.[5][6] Imaginaerum was certified 2x Platinum in Finland on the day of its release, with more than 50.000 copies sold.[7] It has been described as Nightwish's best album by Sonic Seducer, and named Album of the Year by Metal Hammer.

Background

While rumours of the next Nightwish album had been circulating for a while, the album was confirmed in the June 2009 edition of the Finnish magazine Soundi, when lead composer and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen stated that he had started work on a new album. In October 2009, rumours about the new album were circulated, suggesting that the title would be Wind Embraced. Lead vocalist Anette Olzon dismissed the rumours as false and stated that the songs for the new album had not yet been completed, with the exception of three songs written before May 2009.[8] Holopainen said in a 2009 interview that "[...]I can't reveal to you anymore but there is going to be a big twist so to say, on the next album."[9] In an interview with uilleann pipist Troy Donockley (who recorded with the band on Dark Passion Play), when asked about his involvement in the new album, he stated "Oh, yes, I will be playing on the next album and, from what Tuomas has told me, it is going to be something extraordinary..."[8]

In early 2010, Olzon reported that the album was half-written, and that fans should not expect anything earlier than fall of 2011. In April 2010, Holopainen revealed that he has now finished writing songs for the album,[10] and in June, he had finished recording the pre-production demo.[8] Throughout the summer of 2010, the band gathered to rehearse songs in the Finnish village of Sävi,[11] and recording of the album started in October 2010[11] and ended in May 2011, while the finished album stood ready on June 4.[12]

The band announced in late 2010 that more information about the album's content would be released in late January 2011,[13] but on February 1, the official website bore a statement written by Holopainen that there would be a delay in the information being released due to schedule changes. He added, however, that "it still is the Burton-Gaiman-Dalí amusement park we are about to enter."[14] In the same statement, it was also revealed that the album would be themed, and that "mood changes seem to be more present than ever before". The orchestration demos he had received from Pip Williams were described as "beautiful, twisted, tribal and cinematic stuff".[14] In the Finnish version of the statement, it was also revealed that a few songs would not be getting any orchestration at all, differing from their latest album, on which all songs had a major orchestral presence.[14]

On February 10, 2011, Nightwish announced on their website that the new album title would be Imaginarium. They also revealed that the band had been preparing a movie based on the album, which would be released in 2012 and directed by Stobe Harju, who previously directed the music video for "The Islander".[15] According to Tuomas, the name was meant to be related to "the power of imagination and the roller coaster of life".[16] At first he thought of Imagine, but that would be too obvious and similar to John Lennon's song, so he changed it to Imaginarium.[16]

On February 23, three interviews were released on the website - one each with composer Tuomas Holopainen, director Stobe Harju, and producer Markus Selin. Holopainen revealed the origin of the project, and that Nightwish will appear as themselves in the film, with minor roles.[17] On August 31, the band announced that the album and movie had changed name from Imaginarium to Imaginaerum, to avoid mix-ups with other things entitled "Imaginarium".[18] This also led to changing the title of the track with the same name, but the song "Storytime" still include the word "imaginarium" in the lyrics.[19]

In early September, it was announced that the first single from the album would be "Storytime".[20] A week later, the band released the Imaginaerum cover, tracklist and commentary on each song written by Holopainen.[21] "Storytime" was released as a CD, download and as a video through YouTube on November 9,[22][4] and after a mere week the band announced that the single was topping the Finnish single chart,[5] as well as having high positions in Hungary[23] and Great Britain.[24] On November 18, Amazon released 30-second samples from every song off the album,[25] and the band shortly announced on their website that Amazon had done so without their knowledge, and that they recommended that one shouldn't listen to them, if one "want to experience the true impact of the album".[26]

On November 23, the Finnish Disney comics magazine, Aku Ankka, collaborated with the band in a pre-listening of the song "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove", which was released on Aku Ankka's website and required a code that was given in that week's issue of the magazine. Within hours, pirated copies of the song were out on YouTube and various torrent sites.[27][28][29] Though several sources claim that the song is the upcoming single from the album, so far no official sources exist.

Production

The planning phase of the album started in the beginning of 2008, while Holopainen was on the Dark Passion Play World Tour (October 2007 - September 2009).[30] In May 2009 he had the concept clear,[9] as well as three or so finished songs.[8] In March 2010, Holopainen finished writing the music for the last song,[10] while some lyrics still were unfinished,[11] and on June 2, the pre-production demo had been recorded.[8] In the summer of 2010, the band (except for singer Anette Olzon, who was pregnant at the time) gathered for rehearsal in the Finnish village of Sävi. Olzon would later join the band on September 6 to rehearse and record her vocal demos.

At this time, there were twelve songs planned for the album.[11] The last one, the title track, was later decided to be cut into two separate songs, "Song of Myself" and "Imaginaerum". Holopainen has described the situation as similar to the song "The Poet and the Pendulum" on Dark Passion Play, and its final part "Mother and Father", which was also discussed to be cut into another song, but decided to be kept as a single track.[31]

The first proper recording for the album was drums, which Jukka Nevalainen started recording in October 2010.[13] On October 20, all drum recordings were finished,[32] whereas Emppu Vuorinen started recording the guitar tracks.[33] Around New Year, Vuorinen had finished all comp tracks and about half of the leads to the album, planning to record acoustic and solo sections after the orchestral and choir sessions in February. At the same time, Marco Hietala had finished all his bass recordings throughout December.[34]

In February of 2011, the orchestral and choir parts were rehearsed and recorded in Angel Studios in London. Most players of the 53-piece orchestra had already worked with the band on the previous albums Once (2004) and Dark Passion Play (2007), including the orchestral arranger Pip Williams. One difference from earlier orchestra recordings were the decision to record all rhythmic instruments separate from the rest of the orchestra, making it easier for the mixing process.[35] Around this time, the decision had been made to divide the title track into the two separate "Song of Myself" and "Imaginarium",[36] and the orchestra and choir recorded 13 songs, not 12 as had originally been planned.[37] It was also around this time that the band had settled on an album name - "Imaginarium", later to be changed into "Imaginaerum".[35][18]

Anette Olzon's vocal recordings were originally planned for March 7 2011, but plans changed when she fell in her home a few days before and broke her rib, and the date was changed to early April. Male vocalist (and bassist) Marco Hietala was instead called in to record his parts early, so to not waste the booked studio time, but before being able to start recording, Hietala as well slipped and hurt his rib, and had to hold several days before starting the recording. At the same time, recording engineer Mikko Karmila was home sick, and the day after Hietala had slipped, the other recording engineer Tero Kinnunen was run over by a horse and cart. Holopainen would later refer to this as "the Curse of the Mummy".[38]

Towards the end of March, according to Hietala, "the mummy's curse [...] seems to have lifted a bit".[39] He had by this time finished all but one male vocal tracks,[39] and Holopainen had finished all his keyboard, piano and hammond parts, alongside a great portion of soundscapes.[38] Through the end of March and the beginning of April, the band recorded "final touches" for the album while waiting for Olzon to get well enough to record her parts. This included some additional percussion and tribal drums, as well as the guest recordings of Troy Donockley and Pekka Kuusisto.[40] By April 9, Olzon had still not recovered completely, but she was well enough for it not to affect her singing,[40] and by mid-April all her vocals were finished.[41]

On June 4, 2011, the crew had finalized the album, and Holopainen listened through it from start to finish. He wrote of it:

"It's the same old story - the same feeling of bottomless emptiness that has marked the completion of all previous albums. We could have honed the songs till Armageddon, but at some point you just have to let go and start admiring the scenery."[12]

Concept and storyline

See also: Imaginaerum (film)

Connections between the film and the album

The album is produced alongside the film with the same name, directed by Stobe Harju and described as an "emotional fantasy-adventure",[42] and feature the same basic themes and ideas, though told in more detail and with more extensive characters in the film than in the album.[15] According to Holopainen, the film has evolved radically from the original plan, while still retaining the main spirit of the foundation. To Holopainen, it "was important from the very beginning that the album would work as its own individual piece of art"[30] that would "work on its own without the film".[43] According to drummer Jukka Nevalainen, "this is not a concept album per se", but it's "a coherent package from the beginning to the end".[43]

The foundations to the music were developed before the pre-production of the film, during which Holopainen and Harju collaborated in developing the characters and the script.[37]

Musical and lyrical content

The album has been described as following a natural development from Dark Passion Play, inspired greatly by film scores. Like Dark Passion Play as well as Once and Century Child it features a live orchestra, again orchestrated by Pip Williams. The orchestrations have been described as "beautiful, twisted, tribal and cinematic", but will not be featured on every track as it was on Dark Passion Play. Bassist Marco Hietala has emphasized that the album is heavier than the predecessor.

Holopainen has cited three major influences on the album — film director Tim Burton, author Neil Gaiman and painter Salvador Dalí.[13] Musical influences include Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, Ennio Morricone, Christy Moore, Van Halen and Pantera, and one song especially - "Rest Calm" - is inspired by death/doom giants Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride.[44] Holopainen has called one song the "epic song of the album", "Song of Myself", which is almost as long as Dark Passion Play's "The Poet and the Pendulum" at 13 minutes. It is divided into four parts and especially influenced by poet Walt Whitman.[44] One acoustic piece is also called "a Moominvalley Christmas Carol". One song, referenced to as "the Nukkumatti song" (nukkumatti being Finnish for sandman) is described as "a pounding, twisted and chorusless ghost train ride is sure to bring a smile to your face. At least it has done so to everyone who has heard it. Danny Elfman goes humppa", and another is described as "something completely different from anything we've ever done. All of us need to find new ways to play our instruments and use vocals for that piece. A terrifically challenging and mind-expanding song."[45]

Track by track

According to Holopainen, Imaginaerum is the first Nightwish album to have a real intro song ("Taikatalvi"), which is also one of few Nightwish songs performed entirely in Finnish (alongside "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" from Once, "Erämaan viimeinen" from Dark Passion Play and "Lappi (Lapland)" from Angels Fall First). The song also introduces the "snow flake theme" of the album and movie, as the Finnish word "taikatalvi" means "magic winter". It is also the Finnish title of the book Moominland Midwinter.[44]

"Storytime" was released as the first single off the album on November 9, 2011,[4] and quickly topped the Finnish single charts.[5] Holopainen has described it as the band's first single to represent the entire album, different from the singles "Eva" and "Amaranth" which Holopainen didn't feel do the same for Dark Passion Play.[46] He has also said that it greatly represents the band as a whole, with "punchy riffs and a melodic chorus" and an orchestra heavy C-part.[44]

"Ghost River" has been described as "a duel between the Devil and Mother Gaia", and is more theatrical and "weirder" than the rest of the album. It was also one of the first songs to be written for the album. "Slow Love Slow" is a jazz-like song inspired by American 1930's nightclub music, a genre Nightwish has never before delved into. It is greatly inspired by David Lynch and his Twin Peaks, and Holopainen has called it a certain surprise for many.[44]

"I Want My Tears Back" features Troy Donockley on pipes, and is according to Holopainen one of the more approachable songs on first listen, as well as a possible future single. "Scaretale" has been described as "quite the opposite", and is lyrically about childhood nightmares, and Nightwish' version (lyrically) of Metallica's "Enter Sandman". "Arabesque" is an instrumental, which was constructed especially for a scene needed in the movie. It is one of two instrumentals on the album, alongside the title track, the most amount of instrumentals yet on a Nightwish album (counting the "Lappi" series on Angels Fall First as a single song).[44]

"Turn Loose the Mermaids" is a "celtic, ballad, sad, melancholic" song, and the "only real ballad" on Imaginaerum, and with a spaghetti western inspired C-part. "Rest Calm" is one of the heavier songs on the album, inspired by doom metal bands such as Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride, and is a mid-tempo and heavy but still melodic song that "gets totally out of hand in the end".[44] "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove" is one of only two tracks not written solely by Holopainen, and the only one written by bassist-vocalist Marco Hietala, who has written several songs for the band in the past. Holopainen has pointed out that it's "kind of funny that the most poppy song on the album is composed by the most metalhead dude in the band". "Last Ride of the Day" is inspired by being on a roller coaster.[44]

"Song of Myself" is "the epic one on the album", fourteen minutes of length and divided into four parts.[44] It is inspired by Holopainen's favorite poet Walt Whitman, and his famous poem of the same name, and the song includes a six-minute recitation of the poem. The title track "Imaginaerum" is the outro track of the album, conceived as what could run in the credits of the movie. Holopainen came up with the idea of making a medley of the album's main musical themes, and gave orchestral arranger Pip Williams free hands to make what he wanted of it, making it one of two songs off the album not composed entirely by Holopainen.[44]

Imaginaerum World Tour

Main article: Imaginaerum World Tour

The release of Imaginaerum is scheduled to be followed by a world tour, named the "Imaginaerum World Tour" starting in Los Angeles on January 21, 2012.[47] They are scheduled to be supported for this show by Finnish metal band Amorphis. The European tour will begin on March 2nd, in Joensuu, Finland.[48]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[49]
Ashladan[50]
The Metal Critic[51]
[Thrash Hits][52]
SpazioRock[53]
Grand Stave[54]
Metal Underground.com[55]

The album received universal critical acclaim. Metal Underground stated that this album (Imaginaerum) easily ranks in the top albums of 2011 and represents one of the finest works of music of all time. [56]

Metal Hammer November's issue stated about the album: "Coming on like an acid-fried soundtrack to a particularly demented Tim Burton movie, Imaginaerum is Nightwish’s most eclectic and challenging work. That it succeeds is due largely not just to the talents of Tuomas, but the sterling work of Anette. In the hands of Tarja, an already over-the-top presentation might have been blown out of the water. Anette, sounding more than comfortably assured throughout, brings with her the requisite amount of light and shade to suggest she was the perfect fit."[57]

SpazioRock stated that "“Imaginaerum” is not a mere symphonic metal record, nor a bland imitation of Hollywood movie soundtracks; it is a magic place where both worlds melt together to create a new hybrid: the new era of Tuomas and his band begins here" and compared the whole project with the films "Finding Neverland", "Big Fish" and "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus".[58]

Metal Storm, despite pointing some flaws, considered that after the catchy "Ghost River" "the rest of the album is pieced together surprisingly well for the variety on offer; no two songs are the same like chapters in a book, as symphonic metal meets a selection of other styles. The band sound liberated, as if Dark Passion Play was the trial run and this is the real thing".[59]

Packaging

The cover art was done by Janne "Toxic Angel" Pitkänen, who had previously done the cover art to Nightwish' 2007 album Dark Passion Play,[60] as well as all single covers since "Eva" (2007). The cover art features the entrance to a desolate amusement park in winter night, with a giant full moon, parts of a roller coaster, and the title of the album reading across the park entrance. According to band leader Holopainen, he was very clear from the beginning that there should be "not a single living thing" in the picture, and believes that the picture holds a "sublime but desolate, 'all this is waiting for you, and only you'-feeling".[21]

What would ultimately become the cover was originally designed as album's centerfold image, but once Holopainen and a few others had seen it, they decided that it should be the cover. The picture was thus cut to fit a CD, but the original version, without cutting and without the band name across it, was released as a teaser in September 2011 on the band's website. Except what is seen on the album, this version also features more parts of the roller coaster as well as several zeppelins floating in the air above the park.[21]

The cover to the first single, "Storytime", was also done by Toxic Angel, and ties together with the themes of snow, the blue colours and the roller coaster.[61]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Taikatalvi"Tuomas Holopainen2:35
2."Storytime"Holopainen5:22
3."Ghost River"Holopainen5:28
4."Slow, Love, Slow"Holopainen5:50
5."I Want My Tears Back"Holopainen5:07
6."Scaretale"Holopainen7:32
7."Arabesque" (instrumental[62])Holopainen2:57
8."Turn Loose the Mermaids"Holopainen4:20
9."Rest Calm"Holopainen7:02
10."The Crow, the Owl and the Dove"Marco Hietala4:10
11."Last Ride of the Day"Holopainen4:32
12."Song of Myself"Holopainen13:37
13."Imaginaerum" (instrumental[62])Holopainen, Pip Williams[44]6:18

Editions

To date nine different editions of Imaginaerum have been announced:

  • Regular Edition The regular edition of the album, featuring the 13 tracks above.[63]
  • 2 CD Digipack Edition The regular album and a bonus disc which features instrumental versions of all the songs and is packaged in a digipack. Includes a poster.[64]
  • 2 LP Clear Vinyl Edition The regular album on two clear vinyls. It contains an A2 sized poster inside.[65]
  • 2 LP Marbled Vinyl Edition The regular album on two marbled vinyls. It is limited to 250 copies and features an A2 sized poster inside.[citation needed]
  • 2 LP Grey Vinyl Edition The regular album on two Grey vinyls. It is limited to 250 copies and features an A2 sized poster inside. [66]
  • 2 LP Silver Vinyl Edition The regular album on two silver vinyls and a poster.[67]
  • 2 LP Picture Disc Edition The regular album on two picture disc vinyls. It contains an A2 sized poster inside.[68]
  • Mailorder Edition The 2CD Digipack album with a bonus disc, featuring a demo of the song "Rest Calm". It also features an "Imaginaerum Mirror" and is packaged in a big box. It is limited to 1000 copies.[69]
  • Roadrunner Edition Band's label in North America, Roadrunner Records will release another version of the new album. This edition will contain 2CD Digipack album, which will be delivered digitally on December 6th. It will also include four bonus tracks that will be delivered digitally on January 10th. This digital EP will contain demo versions of the songs "I Want My Tears Back", "Slow, Love, Slow" and "The Crow, The Owl And The Dove", plus a demo version of "Storytime" with Hietala on vocals. The package will also include an exclusive T-shirt, signed lithograph by the band, and entry into a contest to win tickets to the January 21st show in Hollywood.[70]

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart 57
Belgian Ultratop (Flanders)[71] 44
Belgian Ultratop (Wallonia)[71] 65
Finnish Albums Chart[72] 1
Dutch Albums Chart [73] 24
Swedish Album Chart[73] 3

Personnel

The band

Called The Imagineers in the booklet.[74]

Guest musicians

Called Fellow Imagineers in the booklet.[74]

Orchestra and choir

The choir group Metro Voices contributed vocals, led by choir mistress Jenny O'Grady. The Young Musicians London also contributed vocals, led by Lynda Richardson and co-ordinated by Jenny O'Grady.[74]

The orchestra, (The London Philharmonic Orchestra), called "The Looking Glass Orchestra", was led by Thomas Bowes and conducted by James Shearman.[74]

The orchestra and choir was arranged, orchestrated and directed by Pip Williams.[74]

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