Nightwish – Imaginaerum

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Label:	Nuclear Blast – 27361 27890
Format:	CD , Album CD , Album All Media , Limited Edition , Digipak with Slipcase
Country:	Europe
Released:	Nov 30, 2011
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Symphonic Metal

Tracklist

	Original
1-1	Taikatalvi	2:35
1-2	Storytime	5:22
1-3	Ghost River	5:24
1-4	Slow, Love, Slow	5:50
1-5	I Want My Tears Back	5:07
1-6	Scaretale	7:32
1-7	Arabesque	2:52
1-8	Turn Loose The Mermaids	4:18
1-9	Rest Calm	6:59
1-10	The Crow, The Owl And The Dove	4:08
1-11	Last Ride Of The Day	4:31
	Song Of Myself	(13:30)
1-12.1	From A Dusty Bookshelf
1-12.2	All That Great Heart Lying Still
1-12.3	Piano Black
1-12.4	Love Voice [Stanzas Recited By] – The Fellowship (5)
1-13	Imaginaerum	6:18
	Instrumental
2-1	Taikatalvi	2:35
2-2	Storytime	5:22
2-3	Ghost River	5:24
2-4	Slow, Love, Slow	5:50
2-5	I Want My Tears Back	5:07
2-6	Scaretale	7:32
2-7	Arabesque	2:58
2-8	Turn Loose The Mermaids	4:19
2-9	Rest Calm	6:59
2-10	The Crow, The Owl And The Dove	4:09
2-11	Last Ride Of The Day	4:31
	Song Of Myself	(12:32)
2-12.1	From A Dusty Bookshelf
2-12.2	All That Great Heart Lying Still
2-12.3	Piano Black
2-12.4	Love
2-13	Imaginaerum	6:18

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – Nuclear Blast GmbH
Distributed By – Nuclear Blast GmbH
Record Company – Nuclear Blast America, Inc.
Recorded At – Pajarin Hauta
Recorded At – Legendary Bay Of Tube Studios
Recorded At – Röskö
Recorded At – Marco's CockPit
Recorded At – Petrax Studios
Recorded At – Finnvox
Recorded At – Angel Studios
Mixed At – Finnvox
Mastered At – Finnvox
Published By – Sony/ATV Music Publishing () GmbH
Published By – Potoska Publishing Ltd. Oy
Copyright © – Sony/ATV Music Publishing () GmbH
Copyright © – Potoska Publishing Ltd. Oy
Manufactured By – Technicolor – CAP01733
Manufactured By – Technicolor – CAP01734
Glass Mastered At – TAKT – 2100003289018
Glass Mastered At – TAKT – 2100003289025

Credits

Adapted By – Pip Williams (tracks: 1-13, 2-13)
Arranged By – Holopainen*
Arranged By [Orchestra And Choir], Orchestrated By [Orchestra And Choir], Directed By [Orchestra And Choir] – Pip Williams
Artwork, Layout – Janne*
Bass Trombone – Dave Stewart
Bassoon – Julie Andrews (2)
Cello – Tony Lewis (2)
Choir – The Young Musicians London
Choir [The Metro Voices] – Yona Dunsford
Choir [The Young Musicians London] – Vinay Ostrolenk
Chorus Master [Choir Mistress] – Jenny O' Grady*
Chorus Master [Choirmaster] – Lynda Richardson
Clarinet – Nicholas Bucknall
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – David Fuest
Conductor [Orchestra And Choir] – James Shearman
Contractor [Orchestra] – Isobel Griffiths
Coordinator [Choral Co-ordinator] – Jenny O'Grady
Coordinator [Orchestra] – Lucy Whalley
Double Bass [Bass] – Steve Mair
Effects [Soundscapes], Musical Box – Jussi Tegelman
Engineer – Steve Price (6)
Engineer [Assistant] – Mat Bartram
Fiddle [Hardanger Fiddle] – Dermot Crehan
Flute – Eliza Marshall
French Horn – Richard Watkins
Harp – Skaila Kanga
Leader [2nd Violins] – Emlyn Singleton
Leader [Orchestra] – Thomas Bowes
Leader [Principal Bass] – Chris Laurence
Leader [Principal Cello] – Anthony Pleeth
Leader [Principal Viola] – Peter Lale
Lyrics By – Tuomas Holopainen
Management [Worldwide] – King Foo Entertainment Ltd Oy*
Mastered By – Mika Jussila
Mixed By – Mikko Karmila
Music By – Tuomas Holopainen (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 1-11 to 2-9, 2-11 to 2-13)
Oboe – David Theodore
Orchestra – The Looking Glass Orchestra
Percussion – Stephen Henderson*
Percussion [Additional] – Kai Hahto
Percussion [Ethnic Percussion] – Stephen Henderson*
Performer [The Imagineers:], Bass, Vocals – Marco Hietala
Performer [The Imagineers:], Drums, Percussion – Jukka Nevalainen
Performer [The Imagineers:], Guitar – Emppu Vuorinen
Performer [The Imagineers:], Keyboards, Piano – Tuomas Holopainen
Performer [The Imagineers:], Vocals – Anette Olzon
Photography By [Band Photography] – Ville Akseli Juurikkala*
Producer – Tuomas Holopainen
Recorded By – Tero "TeeCee" Kinnunen*
Recorded By [Guitars And Bass] – Marco Hietala
Score Editor [Music Preparation] – Richard Ihnatowicz
Tenor Trombone – Richard Edwards (2)
Trumpet – Kate Moore
Trumpet [Solo], Soloist – Guy Barker
Tuba – Owen Slade
Uilleann Pipes, Low Whistle, Bodhrán, Bouzouki, Backing Vocals [Cumbrian Chanting] – Troy Donockley
Viola – Rachel Stephanie Bolt*
Violin – Tom Pigott-Smith
Violin [Solo], Soloist – Pekka Kuusisto
Written-By ["But Only In Their Dreams..."] – John Keating
Written-By ["Drive My Dead..."] – Percy Bysshe Shelley
Zurna [Sorna] – Dirk Campbell

Notes

Recorded at
- Pajarin Hauta (drums)
- Legendary Bay Of Tube Studios (guitars)
- Marco's CockPit (bass)
- Röskö (vocals, guitars, acoustic bass)
- Petrax Studios (vocals, keys, piano, percussions, celtic scenario's & Pekka's Violin)
- Finnvox Studios (vocals, keys)
- Angel Studios (orchestras, choirs, percussions, hardanger fiddle & sorna)
between October 2010 - April 2011 by
Mikko Karmila and Tero "TeeCee" Kinnunen
Guitars and bass recorded by Emppu Vuorinen and Marco Hietala

Mixed at Finnvox Studios, April - June 2011
Mastered at Finnvox Studios, August 2011

All songs published by
(c) Sony/ATV Music Publishing () GmbH/Potoska Publishing Ltd.Oy

℗+© 2011 Nuclear Blast GmbH
Made in The EU

Packaged in a six- digipak in a cardboard slipcase.
A 24-page booklet, poster and two-sided Nuclear Blast promo insert are included.

Tracks 13 on both CDs are identical and are each an instrumental medley of the other songs on the release.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 7 27361 27890 8
Barcode: 727361278908
Label Code: LC 07027
Rights Society: GEMA
Matrix / Runout (CD1, Variants 1 to 4): 2100003289018 Technicolor CAP01733
Mastering SID Code (CD1, Variants 1 to 4): IFPI LK97
Mould SID Code (CD1, Variant 1): IFPI UU008
Mould SID Code (CD1, Variant 2): IFPI 9R97
Mould SID Code (CD1, Variant 3): IFPI 9R96
Mould SID Code (CD1, Variant 4): IFPI UU015
Matrix / Runout (CD2, Variants 1 to 4): 2100003289025 Technicolor CAP01734
Mastering SID Code (CD2, Variants 1 to 4): IFPI LK97
Mould SID Code (CD2, Variant 1): IFPI 9R94
Mould SID Code (CD2, Variants 2, 4): IFPI 9R76
Mould SID Code (CD2, Variant 3): IFPI 9R88

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Imaginaerum (CD, Album, CD, Album, All Media, , Digipak)	Sony Music	SCENECD-002	Finland	2011
	Imaginaerum (CD, Album, CD, Album)	Roadrunner Records	RR7666-5	Australia	2011
Recently Edited	Imaginaerum (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, White W/ Blue Marble)	Nuclear Blast	NB 2789-1, 27361 27891		2011
New Submission	Imaginaerum (Box Set, Limited Edition, Numbered, CD, Album, CD, Album, All Media, Limited Edition, Digipak with Slipcase, CD, , Cardsleeve)	Nuclear Blast	NB 2789-5		2011
Recently Edited	Imaginaerum (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Picture Disc)	Nuclear Blast	NB 2789-9, 27361 27899		2011