I've been a casual/on and off Nightwish fan for years but Human Nature was the album that really drew me in. It spoke to me on a whole other level, not just catchy music but powerful and meaningful in a way that transcended their previous work. Yesterwynde is up there too for me but I haven't listened it through and absorbed it enough yet to give it a final ranking. Dark Passion Play was my favourite before those, so it gets #3.
In my case, the best album would be 'Oceanborn', followed by 'Wishmaster' and 'Once' as a third. I started my journey with Nightwish in 1999 and I always have loved their music. You can see by my choices that my preference goes to Tarja Turunen as a singer even if Anette & Floor are at the top of their art. As a song, 'The Pharaoh Sails to Orion' is my ultimate best...
Wow, very different to my own ranking. I came into the band with Wishmaster as my introductory album. So it's a difficult job, some spots kind of interchangeable, but here is my top 10: 10 - Angels Fall First 9 - Oceanborn 8 - Century Cild 7 - Human :II: Nature 6 - Wishmaster 5 - Yesterwynde 4 - Dark Passion Play 3 - Once 2 - Imaginaerum 1 - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Dark Passion Play is a monster of a record. Got unfairly bashed at the time because it was the first one without Tarja. Nowadays though it’s generally seen as a classic by most Nightwish fans.
Nightwish is one of my favorite bands, but they release albums slowly. I understand that Tuomas is the main one. I wish them luck, but for now I will follow Lovebites, who release album after album in the same style.
1. Oceanborn 1. Century child ---- Gap 3. Wishmaster 4. Once ---- Big Gap 5. Endless forms most beautiful ---- Huge Gap 6. Angels fall first 7. Yesterwynde 8. Human Nature 9. Imaginaerum ---- Eternal Gap: DPP is just crap - esp. because of the Pop vocals 10. Dark Passion Play As much as I respect and love Floor's voice and interpretations of a lot of songs (also of Tarja's era) the quality of the songwriting dropped a lot in my mind.
Hi John!!! Good idea doing a Nightwing ranking of their full studio catalogue...... for what i have read or seeing the era of the band with Annette Olzen are kind of looked over (like Blaze in Maiden perhaps??). Anyhow, i'm not really familiarized with most of their releases, they have a lot of music out there. cheers and be well
If you are referring to the video editor, I use Inshot on my phone. I use keyframes to make the album covers move around the screen like that and I also pre-designed the background graphics for the ranking table.
Pretty hard band to rank in all honesty. For the most part, nothing but quality stuff across the entire discography. Yesterwynde being a surprisingly fantastic album has really thrown my personal rankings into disarray. As of this moment though, for me? 1. Dark Passion Play 2. Century Child 3. Yesterwynde 4. Imaginaerum 5. Once 6. Oceanborn 7. Endless Forms Most Beautiful 8. Wishmaster 9. Angels Fall First 10. Hvman :II: Natvre Like I say though, hard to go wrong with Nightwish.
Før me personally it's the other way around with the two albums with Anette as Imaginaerum is my favorite NW album all though I'll administration it's a bit dragged out but in General...it is really that good imo 😊 Thank you for another Great video 😊 However, when you pronounce Tarja it is supposed to be pronounced like "Tariya" with a rolling-on-the-tongue R 😊
@@jcrockandmetalreviews btw I would recommend listening to Anette's two latest solo album, strong and Rapture (strong is the better one) if you're intresserad. A bit poppy melodies but on the good side and especially the song parasite is really good. Cheers! 🙂
No one asked but here's my ranking : 1. Imaginaerum 2. Dark Passion Play 3. Endless forms most beautiful 4. Once 5. Century Child 6. Human Nature 7. Yesterwynde 8,9 & 10 the first awful, awful albums, disliked them yhen dislike them now, although nostalgia elevates them a bit as they bring a lot of good memories :)
The problem wity ranking is many people think of live shows and for me, Floor performing old and new songs makes her the best. Her performances bring to lilfe the old songs better.
yeah that is so true. I think Floor might even be the best of the 3 in a live setting. This ranking was only studio album, but it would be interesting to rank specific live performances or albums as well.
Annette doesn't get enough credit, but Tarja and Floor are so much better that's the problem. When I think of Nightwish, I think of Tarja the true queen of symphonic metal genera.💯💗🤟
Yeah, that is true, Tarja set the bar very high, Annette has her own unique style even if she lacks the operatic range and Floor is probably the best live, so they all have something to offer.
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Oceanborn - the best there is on this globe.
It's definitely a strong album.
1a to Century Child's 1b. Just can't decide...
I've been a casual/on and off Nightwish fan for years but Human Nature was the album that really drew me in. It spoke to me on a whole other level, not just catchy music but powerful and meaningful in a way that transcended their previous work. Yesterwynde is up there too for me but I haven't listened it through and absorbed it enough yet to give it a final ranking. Dark Passion Play was my favourite before those, so it gets #3.
Yes I agree dark Passion Play is a great album and a lot of other people in the comments seem to agree as well
In my case, the best album would be 'Oceanborn', followed by 'Wishmaster' and 'Once' as a third. I started my journey with Nightwish in 1999 and I always have loved their music. You can see by my choices that my preference goes to Tarja Turunen as a singer even if Anette & Floor are at the top of their art. As a song, 'The Pharaoh Sails to Orion' is my ultimate best...
Yes, I agree, they released a solid string of album from the late 90s to the early 2000s.
DPP is also my favorite
That's so cool. I'm glad that I am getting a pretty good response after putting Dark Passion Play at number one.
Mine as well!🎉
EFMB on 10? No way…
Something had to come last 😂
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Wow, very different to my own ranking. I came into the band with Wishmaster as my introductory album. So it's a difficult job, some spots kind of interchangeable, but here is my top 10:
10 - Angels Fall First
9 - Oceanborn
8 - Century Cild
7 - Human :II: Nature
6 - Wishmaster
5 - Yesterwynde
4 - Dark Passion Play
3 - Once
2 - Imaginaerum
1 - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Yes it's understandable I think this band has a strong discography in general so almost any combination could make sense.
I"m actually one of the people who enjoys Annette's stuff with the band, therefore I was elated you put DPP at #1!
It is a great album.
Dark Passion Play is a monster of a record. Got unfairly bashed at the time because it was the first one without Tarja. Nowadays though it’s generally seen as a classic by most Nightwish fans.
Nice, I know that the Annette albums can be divisive with fans.
Great review!
Glad you enjoyed it
Just did my ranking yesterday and it was identical to yours! DPP is so cathartic.
That's awesome
Nightwish is one of my favorite bands, but they release albums slowly. I understand that Tuomas is the main one. I wish them luck, but for now I will follow Lovebites, who release album after album in the same style.
Yes love bites is another pretty good band I listened to their last album.
1. Oceanborn
1. Century child
---- Gap
3. Wishmaster
4. Once
---- Big Gap
5. Endless forms most beautiful
---- Huge Gap
6. Angels fall first
7. Yesterwynde
8. Human Nature
9. Imaginaerum
---- Eternal Gap: DPP is just crap - esp. because of the Pop vocals
10. Dark Passion Play
As much as I respect and love Floor's voice and interpretations of a lot of songs (also of Tarja's era) the quality of the songwriting dropped a lot in my mind.
Cool. Thanks for the ranking.
Hi John!!! Good idea doing a Nightwing ranking of their full studio catalogue...... for what i have read or seeing the era of the band with Annette Olzen are kind of looked over (like Blaze in Maiden perhaps??). Anyhow, i'm not really familiarized with most of their releases, they have a lot of music out there. cheers and be well
Yeah, Annette had some good albums, but it seems that some fans didn't like her or just preferrred Tarja.
What is the name of the program you're using for this ranking?
If you are referring to the video editor, I use Inshot on my phone. I use keyframes to make the album covers move around the screen like that and I also pre-designed the background graphics for the ranking table.
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Cool. I didn't know that. It's probably why it sounded very familiar to me.
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Good Nightwish ranking, John.
Thanks. Glad You liked it.
Pretty hard band to rank in all honesty. For the most part, nothing but quality stuff across the entire discography. Yesterwynde being a surprisingly fantastic album has really thrown my personal rankings into disarray. As of this moment though, for me?
1. Dark Passion Play
2. Century Child
3. Yesterwynde
4. Imaginaerum
5. Once
6. Oceanborn
7. Endless Forms Most Beautiful
8. Wishmaster
9. Angels Fall First
10. Hvman :II: Natvre
Like I say though, hard to go wrong with Nightwish.
Yes, I agree. Their discography is hard to rank as I don't think that they have any bad albums.
Før me personally it's the other way around with the two albums with Anette as Imaginaerum is my favorite NW album all though I'll administration it's a bit dragged out but in General...it is really that good imo 😊 Thank you for another Great video 😊 However, when you pronounce Tarja it is supposed to be pronounced like "Tariya" with a rolling-on-the-tongue R 😊
Yes thanks, I realized that I completely butchered her name in the last 2 videos that I made 😁.
@@jcrockandmetalreviews btw I would recommend listening to Anette's two latest solo album, strong and Rapture (strong is the better one) if you're intresserad. A bit poppy melodies but on the good side and especially the song parasite is really good. Cheers! 🙂
No one asked but here's my ranking :
1. Imaginaerum
2. Dark Passion Play
3. Endless forms most beautiful
4. Once
5. Century Child
6. Human Nature
7. Yesterwynde
8,9 & 10 the first awful, awful albums, disliked them yhen dislike them now, although nostalgia elevates them a bit as they bring a lot of good memories :)
That's a great ranking especially your first two
The problem wity ranking is many people think of live shows and for me, Floor performing old and new songs makes her the best. Her performances bring to lilfe the old songs better.
yeah that is so true. I think Floor might even be the best of the 3 in a live setting. This ranking was only studio album, but it would be interesting to rank specific live performances or albums as well.
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Thanks
Annette doesn't get enough credit, but Tarja and Floor are so much better that's the problem.
When I think of Nightwish, I think of Tarja the true queen of symphonic metal genera.💯💗🤟
Yeah, that is true, Tarja set the bar very high, Annette has her own unique style even if she lacks the operatic range and Floor is probably the best live, so they all have something to offer.
I kindly agreed with this, except "imaginaerum". In my opinion, it is far better than "yesterwynde"
Yes I really like imaginarium but it was one of those things where all the other albums in front of it I like just a little better.