Human. :||: Nature.
by Nightwish
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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
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  1. ErikWulf
    Dec 27, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is "Human Nature" a bad album? No, it's a very nice album. I actually like most of the songs in it, especially "Pan", "Music", "Harvest" and "Shoemaker", but also the others. I know "Noise" is probably the most famous one from this album, but I don't like the song that much actually. But what I really like is the orchestral part on the second CD of the album. So, why just 6 from 10? Because, it's away too different. The album is good, it has a nice idea, and Nightwish ofcourse keeps the quality up, but the music in this album is a way too different, from what I think about when it comes to Nightwish. Yes, Nightwish always somehow changed their music. For example, the album "Imaginaerum" is completely different to what they have done in "Once". But there is still this specific Nightwish feeling. You can still somewhere feel the Nightwish in it. In "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" Nightwish already stepped a bit away from this feeling, but it was still there. But now, in Human Nature they have lost it in my opinion. It's great music, but not what would expect from Nightwish. But I love the orchestral part on the second CD. Toumas is a genius, wow, yes, this definitely describes the beauty of nature. I also like that Floor's voice comes out very strong in this album. I really like this. She is a very capable singer and is definitely one of the best and strongest singers in the world. I would like to see this also in the next album, wich is expected to come in 2024. But I would also like to see, that they will return a bit to the orchestral arrangements in their songs and focus on those more and get back this classical nightwish style, wich is a bit more cinematic, like in the albums "Once", "Dark Passion Play", and "Imaginaerum" (wich are also my three favourite albums of Nightwish). When this album would not be from Nightwish, I would give it 7 from 10. It's okay, and has some cool songs, but it doesn't give me this big "wow" effect ,only the orchestral part about nature on the second CD really kicked me, because this is probably the best orchestral description of nature. But as a Nightwish album, its 6 from 10, because it has not enough Nightwish in it.… Expand

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. PopMatters
    May 19, 2020
    50
    Ultimately, in the overall sweep of Nightwish's rich and varied discography, Human. :||: Nature. comes across as more of a minor note than a magnum opus.
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  2. AllMusic
    May 19, 2020
    70
    Though the work seems part and parcel of the Nightwish aesthetic, on its own it may not appeal to all fans. That said, it does add depth and dimension to Human. :II: Nature. which is, with one exception, a consistently and deeply satisfying outing that was worth waiting for.
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  3. Classic Rock Magazine
    May 19, 2020
    80
    They rely on their own successful turbo-operatic formula for large sections of this 80-minute-plus double album, and from the moment five minutes in when Music gets over its overtures and bursts into anthemic flame, the blend of guttural riffing, machine-gun bass drum and Floor Jansen’s perennially startled soprano is always captivating.
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