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^ I saw Floor Jansen with Nightwish last night in the Prog Rock Dock concert series and she was amazing! Thumbs Up
I was floored to discover she's also the tallest member of Nightwish at over six feet tall! Smile

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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

I think the contest is really between Tarja and Floor... Anette is just not in the same league. Indeed Floor has the great advantage of being the more versatile one... perhaps one of the most versatile women singers I can think of. Yet hearing her sing Tarja's originals, I can't help but notice how unique Tarja's voice was, and must just prefer her performances. And then, so far I have not really been much of a fan of the music Nightwish has done with Floor. Strangely enough, my favourite Nightwish album in Imaginaerum, with Anette on vocals (though the live versions they have done with Floor do sound so much better in her vocal delivery, and I only wish they had originally recorded this album with her).

Pretty much, Annette just doesn't belong.  Floor is overall comfortably a better singer than Tarja.  One of the most versatile SINGERS, across genders.   I think it's more that Nightwish utilises only a part of Floor's seemingly endless repertoire and in that she gets compared with Tarja. 
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I think the contest is really between Tarja and Floor... Anette is just not in the same league. Indeed Floor has the great advantage of being the more versatile one... perhaps one of the most versatile women singers I can think of. Yet hearing her sing Tarja's originals, I can't help but notice how unique Tarja's voice was, and must just prefer her performances. And then, so far I have not really been much of a fan of the music Nightwish has done with Floor. Strangely enough, my favourite Nightwish album in Imaginaerum, with Anette on vocals (though the live versions they have done with Floor do sound so much better in her vocal delivery, and I only wish they had originally recorded this album with her).
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I have all of Tarja Turunen's Nightwish albums too, AND all of her solo albums. Thumbs Up Heart
 I'm also floored by Floor Jansen of Epica and tempted by Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation. Smile
 

Floor was only a guest vocalist in Epica. 
 
Sorry, my mistake. I meant Simone Simons. Embarrassed
 



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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I have all of Tarja Turunen's Nightwish albums too, AND all of her solo albums. Thumbs Up Heart
 I'm also floored by Floor Jansen of Epica and tempted by Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation. Smile
 

Floor was only a guest vocalist in Epica. 
 
Sorry, my mistake. I meant Simone Simons. Embarrassed
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I like em all.  I consider them as complements to the music so haven't gone to lengths to compare them.  Hopefully rogerthat is around as he has some opinions to share I believe
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I have all of Tarja Turunen's Nightwish albums too, AND all of her solo albums. Thumbs Up Heart
 I'm also floored by Floor Jansen of Epica and tempted by Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation. Smile
 

Floor was only a guest vocalist in Epica. 

I only like the Nightwish with Tarja, late 90s, early 2000s. 
I do think Floor is a good singer, but the bands she's been in don't do much for me, as well as the two albums she did with Nightwish. 
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I have all of Tarja Turunen's Nightwish albums too, AND all of her solo albums. Thumbs Up Heart
 
I'm also floored by Floor Jansen of Epica and tempted by Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation. Smile
 
Sharon den Adel & Tarja Turunen - Paradise (What About Us?)
 
 
 
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I know a thread about this has already been made, but it was made several years ago and has been closed since then.

Even though i have every Nightwish album from the Tarja era, and i consider Wishmaster and Once, as the bands best albums, i might possibly consider Floor the best vocalist.    I know the thing that Nightwish suffered when they had Anette as their vocalist is, she wasnt opera trained in her vocals like Tarja was, so the band had to change direction a fair bit to suit that.

But the problem with Tarja is, opera style vocals is ALL she can do.  From having a listen to Endless Forms Most Beautiful, it seems Floor has the most variety of the 3.
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