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Nightwish Discography Lyrical Analysis
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This dataset features lyrics from the symphonic power metal band Nightwish, spanning their discography from 1996 to 2020. Originating from Finland, Nightwish has released nine studio albums and various singles, exploring diverse themes from love and sorrow to science and nature. This cleaned dataset provides each line of lyric alongside its corresponding album title, release year, track title, and track number.
The primary purpose of this dataset is to facilitate in-depth analysis of Nightwish's lyrical themes and their evolution over two decades. It enables users to explore questions such as identifying prevalent lyrical topics, tracking thematic changes across albums and years, comparing songs or albums based on lyrical content, and even experimenting with predicting album origins from lyrics or generating new lyrics in the band's distinctive style. The raw lyrical data was originally scraped from the Dark Lyrics archive, subsequently processed and organised into a structured CSV format for enhanced usability.
Columns
- lyric: Each individual line of lyric from a song.
- album_title: The title of the album to which the lyric belongs. Examples include "Once" and "Imaginaerum".
- year: The year in which the respective album was released, ranging from 1996 to 2020.
- track_title: The title of the song from which the lyric is taken.
- track_number: The sequential position of the song within its album, typically ranging from 1 to 14.
Distribution
The dataset is primarily available in a CSV file format (nightwish_lyrics.csv), derived from an initial plain text file (nightwish_lyrics.txt). While the exact total number of rows or records is not specified, insights into the distribution of key columns are available:
- Album Titles: Features 2987 unique album titles. "Once" and "Imaginaerum" each account for approximately 12% of the data.
- Years: Covers a release period from 1996 to 2020, with varying counts of lyrics per year range.
- Track Numbers: Songs typically have track numbers between 1 and 14, with varied distribution across these numbers.
Usage
This dataset is ideally suited for a variety of analytical and creative applications, including:
- Conducting text analysis and natural language processing (NLP) to uncover recurring themes and sentiments in Nightwish's lyrics.
- Tracking the evolution of lyrical themes over the band's 24-year career.
- Performing comparative analyses between different songs and albums based on their lyrical content.
- Developing machine learning models for tasks like predicting album origin from lyrics or generating new lyrical content.
- Exploring patterns related to musicology, cultural studies, and the narrative progression within a band's discography.
Coverage
- Geographic Scope: The band originates from Finland, and the dataset is globally relevant, suitable for use by audiences worldwide.
- Time Range: Encompasses lyrics released between 1996 and 2020.
- Demographic Scope: Focuses solely on the lyrical output of the band Nightwish; no specific demographic data is included.
License
CC-BY-SA
Who Can Use It
This dataset is highly valuable for:
- Data scientists and NLP researchers: For developing and testing text analysis models, topic modelling, and sentiment analysis.
- Musicologists and cultural researchers: To study thematic progression, lyrical styles, and the relationship between music and text within the metal genre.
- Fans of Nightwish: To gain deeper insights into the band's artistic and lyrical journey.
- Content creators and AI developers: For inspiration or for building applications involving text generation or lyrical analysis.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Nightwish Lyrics (1996-2020)
- Nightwish Discography Lyrical Analysis
- Symphonic Metal Lyrics: Nightwish Collection
- Finnish Metal Lyrics Dataset
Attributes
Original Data Source: Nightwish Lyrics (1996-2020)
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