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1-I	Taikatalvi = タイカタルヴィ	2:35
1-II	Storytime = ストーリータイム	5:22
1-III	Ghost River = ゴースト・リヴァー	5:24
1-IV	Slow, Love, Slow = スロウ、ラヴ、スロウ	5:50
1-V	I Want My Tears Back = アイ・ウォント・マイ・ティアーズ・バック	5:07
1-VI	Scaretale = スケアテイル	7:32
1-VII	Arabesque = アラベスク	2:52
1-VIII	Turn Loose The Mermaids = ターン・ルース・ザ・マーメイズ	4:18
1-IX	Rest Calm = レスト・カーム	6:59
1-X	The Crow, The Owl And The Dove = ザ・クロウ、ジ・アウル・アンド・ザ・ダヴ	4:08
1-XI	Last Ride Of The Day = ラスト・ライド・オブ・ザ・デイ	4:31
Song Of Myself = ソング・オブ・マイセルフ	(13:30)
1-XII.1	From A Dusty Bookshelf = フロム・ア・ダスティ・ブックシェルフ
1-XII.2	All That Great Heart Lying Still = オール・ザット・グレイト・ハート・ライイング・スティル
1-XII.3	Piano Black = ピアノ・ブラック
1-XII.4	Love = ラヴ Voice [Stanzas Recited By] – The Loved Ones , The Fellowship
1-XIII	Imaginaerum = イマジナリアム Adapted By [From The Music Of Tuomas Holopainen] – Pip Williams	6:18
Bonus Tracks
2-I	Storytime (Demo) = ストーリータイム (デモ)	5:22
2-II	I Want My Tears Back (Demo) = アイ・ウォント・マイ・ティアーズ・バック (デモ)	5:06
2-III	Slow, Love, Slow (Demo) = スロウ、ラヴ、スロウ (デモ)	5:13
2-IV	The Crow, The Owl And The Dove (Demo) = ザ・クロウ、ジ・アウル・アンド・ザ・ダヴ (デモ)	4:07

Companies, etc.

• Licensed To – Roadrunner Records
• Licensed From – Scene Nation Oy
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Scene Nation Oy
• Copyright (c) – Scene Nation Oy
• Manufactured By – Warner Music Japan Inc.
• Distributed By – Warner Music Japan Inc.
• Recorded At – Pajarin Hauta
• Recorded At – Legendary Bay Of Tube Studios
• Recorded At – Marco's CockPit
• Recorded At – Röskö
• Recorded At – Petrax Studios
• Recorded At – Finnvox
• Recorded At – Angel Studios
• Mixed At – Finnvox
• Mastered At – Finnvox
• Published By – Sony / ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH
• Published By – Potoska Publishing Ltd. Oy

Credits

• Arranged By [Arrangements By] – Vuorinen*, Nevalainen*, Hietala*, Holopainen*
• Arranged By [Orchestra And Choirs], Orchestrated By [Orchestra And Choirs], Directed By [Orchestra And Choirs] – Pip Williams
• Artwork, Layout – Gina Pitkänen, Janne Pitkänen
• Bagpipes [Uilleann Pipes], Low Whistle, Bodhrán [Bodhran], Bouzouki, Chanter [Cumbrian Chanting] – Troy Donockley
• Bass Trombone – Dave Stewart
• Bass, Vocals – Marco Hietala
• Bassoon – Julie Andrews
• Cello – Dave Daniels*, Frank Schaefer, Josephine Knight, Martin Loveday, Tony Lewis
• Cello [Principal Cello] – Anthony Pleeth
• Choir – The Metro Voices*, The Young Musicians London
• Choir [The Metro Voices] – Abbie Osmon, Alexandra Gibson, Alice Fearn, Andrew Busher, Ann de Renais, Ben Fleetwood Smyth, Catherine Bott, Claire Henry, David Porter Thomas*, Elizabeth Wiesberg, Emma Brain Gabbot, Gerard O'Beirne, Grace Davidson, Jacqueline Barron, Jenny O'Grady, Joanna Forbes, Lawrence Wallington, Lindsay Ashworth, Mary Carewe, Michael Dore, Morag MacKay, Neil Bellingham, Nicki Kennedy, Paul Greir*, Peter Snipp, Rosemary Forbes Butler*, Soophia Foroughi, Thomas Spencer Wortley, Tom Bullard, Tom Pearce, Vanessa Heine, Yona Dunsford
• Choir [The Young Musicians London] – Amber Moore, Anais Engelmann, Anna Gunstone, Ashby Mayes, Athena Koutsovasilis, Celine Marcantonis, David Valsamidis, Dilys McCaffrey, Eleanor Grant , Elias Christou-Hill, Eoghan McCarthy, Jacob Ramsey, Katialin Dang, Mair Dew, Nicholas Marcantosis, Nicholas Sabisky, Rosie Alderton, Sam Barnett , Shifra Osorio Whewell, Vinay Ostrolenk
• Chorus Master [Choir Mistress The Metro Voices] – Jenny O'Grady
• Chorus Master [Choirmaster The Young Musicians London] – Lynda Richardson
• Chorus Master [Choral Co-Ordinator The Young Musicians London] – Jenny O'Grady
• Clarinet – Nicholas Bucknall
• Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – David Fuest
• Conductor – James Shearman
• Contractor [Orchestral Contractor] – Isobel Griffiths
• Coordinator [Co-ordinated By] – Lucy Whalley
• Double Bass [Bass] – Leon Bosch, Paddy Lannigan*, Steve Mair
• Double Bass [Principle Bass] – Chris Laurence
• Drums, Percussion – Jukka Nevalainen
• Engineer – Steve Price
• Engineer [Assisted By] – Mat Bartram
• Fiddle [Hardanger Fiddle] – Dermot Crehan
• Flute – Andy Findon*, Anna Noakes, Eliza Marshall
• French Horn – David Pyatt, Michael Thompson , Nigel Black, Richard Watkins
• Guitar [Guitars] – Emppu Vuorinen
• Harp – Skaila Kanga
• Keyboards [Keys], Piano – Tuomas Holopainen
• Leader [Of 2nd Violins], Violin – Emlyn Singleton
• Liner Notes [Japanese] – 藤木昌生*
• Liner Notes [Lyrics Translated By] – 染谷和美*
• Lyrics By – Tuomas Holopainen (tracks: 1-I to 1-VI, 1-VIII to 1-XII, 2-1 to 2-IV)
• Management [Worldwide] – King Foo Entertainment Ltd Oy*
• Mastered By – Mika Jussila
• Mixed By – Mikko Karmila (tracks: 1-I to 1-XIII), Tero Kinnunen (tracks: 2-I to 2-IV)
• Music By – Marco Hietala (tracks: 1-X, 2-IV), Tuomas Holopainen (tracks: 1-I to 1-IX, 1-XI to 2-III)
• Musical Assistance [Musical Preparation By] – Richard Ihnatowicz
• Oboe, Cor Anglais – David Theodore
• Orchestra – The Looking Glass Orchestra
• Percussion – Frank Ricotti, Gary Kettel, Stephen Henderson*
• Percussion [Additional] – Kai Hahto
• Percussion [Ethnic Percussion] – Paul Clarvis, Stephen Henderson*
• Photography By [Band] – Ville Juurikkala
• Producer – Tero Kinnunen (tracks: 2-I to 2-IV), Tuomas Holopainen (tracks: 1-I to 1-XIII)
• Recorded By – Mikko Karmila, Tero "TeeCee" Kinnunen*
• Recorded By [Guitars And Bass] – Emppu Vuorinen, Marco Hietala
• Soloist, Trumpet – Guy Barker
• Soloist, Violin – Pekka Kuusisto
• Sounds [Soundscapes], Musical Box [Music Box] – Jussi Tegelman
• Trombone [Tenor Trombone] – Andy Wood , Richard Edwards
• Trumpet – Andy Crowley, Derek Watkins, John Barclay, Kate Moore
• Tuba – Owen Slade
• Viola – Bill Hawkes, Bruce White, Garfield Jackson, Kate Musker, Rachel Bolt
• Viola [Principal Viola] – Peter Lale
• Violin – Boguslaw Kostecki, Chris Tombling, Dai Emanuel*, Dave Woodcock*, Dermot Crehan, Everton Nelson, Jonathan Rees, Julian Leaper, Maciej Rakowski, Mark Berrow, Oli Langford*, Patrick Kiernan, Perry Montague-Mason, Rita Manning, Sonia Slany, Steve Morris, Tom Pigott-Smith
• Vocals – Anette Olzon
• Zurna [Sorna] – Dirk Campbell

Notes

Issued with an English booklet, a Japanese booklet, and an obi.
"Arabesque" and "Imaginaerum" is are instrumental tracks.

From the Japanese booklet:
Disc Two - bonus disc for Japan only

From the back cover:
Issued under license to Roadrunner Records from Scene Nation Oy. Roadrunner Records is a registered trademark of The All Blacks B.V. ℗ & © 2011 Scene Nation Oy.

From the English booklet:
Imaginaerum was:

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 scenarios & Pekka's violin)
Finnvox Studios (vocals, keys)
Angel Studios (orchestras, choirs, percussions, hardanger fiddle & sorna)

between October 2010 - April 2011

[...]

Mixed [...] at Finnvox Studios, April - June 2011

Mastered [...] at Finnvox Studios, August 2011

[...]

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

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 943674 113644
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Other (Category Disc One): WPCR-14367
• Matrix / Runout (Disc One): WPCR-14367 MT 961
• Mastering SID Code (Disc One): IFPI L159
• Other (Category Disc Two): WPCR-14368
• Matrix / Runout (Disc Two): WPCR-14368 MT 861
• Mastering SID Code (Disc Two): IFPI L158

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
NB 2789-2, 27361 27892	Nightwish	Imaginaerum ‎(CD, Album)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 2789-2, 27361 27892	Germany	2011
NB 2877-1, 27361 28771	Nightwish	Imaginaerum - Orchestral Version ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd, Num)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 2877-1, 27361 28771	Germany	2012
LOVECD160	Nightwish	Imaginaerum ‎(2xCD, Album, Ltd)	Love Da Records	LOVECD160	Hong Kong	2012
L100004432	Nightwish	Imaginaerum ‎(2xCD, Album, Ltd)	Evolution Music	L100004432	South Korea	2011
NB 2789-1, 27361 27891	Nightwish	Imaginaerum ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd, Gol)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 2789-1, 27361 27891	Germany	2012

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