1. | The Poet and the Pendulum | 13:53 | Show lyrics |
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2. | Bye Bye Beautiful | 04:14 | Show lyrics |
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3. | Amaranth | 03:51 | Show lyrics |
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4. | Cadence of Her Last Breath | 04:14 | Show lyrics |
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5. | Master Passion Greed | 06:02 | Show lyrics |
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6. | Eva | 04:24 | Show lyrics |
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7. | Sahara | 05:47 | Show lyrics |
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8. | Whoever Brings the Night | 04:17 | Show lyrics |
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9. | For the Heart I Once Had | 03:56 | Show lyrics |
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10. | The Islander | 05:05 | Show lyrics |
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11. | Last of the Wilds | 05:40 | instrumental |
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12. | 7 Days to the Wolves | 07:03 | Show lyrics |
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13. | Meadows of Heaven | 07:10 | Show lyrics |
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Band members | |
Anette Olzon | Vocals |
Tuomas Holopainen | Keyboards, Piano, Vocals (backing) (track 5), Songwriting (tracks 1-7, 9, 11-13), Lyrics |
Emppu Vuorinen | Guitars (electric, acoustic), Songwriting (track 8) |
Marco Hietala | Bass, Vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12), Guitars (acoustic) (track 10), Songwriting (tracks 10, 12) |
Jukka Nevalainen | Drums, Percussion |
Guest/Session | |
Andrew Busher | Vocals (choirs) |
Heather Cairncross | Vocals (choirs) |
Laurence Davies | French horn |
Maurice Murphy (R.I.P. 2010) | Trumpet |
John Barclay | Trumpet |
Catherine Bott | Vocals (choirs) |
Ian Balmain (R.I.P. 2020) | Trumpet |
Yona Dunsford | Vocals (choirs) |
Lawrence Wallington | Vocals (choirs) |
Derek Watkins (R.I.P. 2013) | Trumpet |
David Porter-Thomas | Vocals (choirs) |
Andy Crowley | Trumpet |
Alison Jiear | Vocals (choirs) |
Peter Beachill | Trombone |
Andy Wood | Trombone |
Richard Edwards | Trombone |
Dave Stewart | Trombone (bass) |
Beverley Skeete | Vocals (choirs solo) |
Owen Slade | Tuba |
Stephen Henderson | Percussion |
Tommy Blaize | Vocals (choirs solo) |
Sara Jane Skeete | Vocals (choirs) |
Chris Tombling | Violin |
Warren Zielinski | Violin |
Gary Kettel | Percussion |
Dave Woodcock | Violin |
Frank Ricotti | Percussion |
Skaila Kanga | Harp |
Jackie Shave | Violin |
Boguslaw Kostecki | Violin |
Cathy Thompson | Violin |
Jenny O'Grady | Vocals (choirs) |
Bryan Chambers | Vocals (choirs) |
Pete Hanson | Violin |
Cherith Millburn-Fryer | Vocals (choirs) |
Jonathan Rees | Violin |
Lance Ellington | Vocals (choirs) |
Steve Morris | Violin |
Tom Pearce | Vocals (choirs) |
Simon Fischer | Violin |
Dermot Crehan | Violin |
Anne Marie Cullum | Vocals (choirs) |
Tom Pigott-Smith | Violin |
Fay Simpson | Vocals |
Perry Montague-Mason | Violin |
Sonia Slany (R.I.P. 2021) | Violin |
Claire Henry | Vocals (choirs) |
Thomas Bowes | Violin |
Helen Brookes | Vocals (choirs) |
Liz Edwards | Violin |
Simon Preece | Vocals (choirs) |
Sam Burkey | Vocals (choirs) |
Ricci P. Washington | Vocals (choirs) |
Patrick Kiernan | Violin |
Steve Trowell | Vocals (choirs) |
Derek Green | Vocals (choirs) |
Julian Leaper | Violin |
Mark Berrow | Violin |
Lindsay Wagstaff | Vocals (choirs) |
Everton Nelson | Violin |
Rita Manning | Violin |
Jim McLeod | Violin |
Mike McMenemy | Violin |
Emlyn Singleton | Violin |
Samantha Shaw | Vocals (choirs) |
Janet Ramus | Vocals (choirs) |
Carol Kenyon | Vocals (choirs) |
Zachary LaPorta | Theremin (tracks 1, 11) |
Gaby Lester | Violin |
Senni Eskelinen | Kantele (track 11) |
Peter Lale | Viola |
Garfield Jackson | Viola |
Matthew White | Vocals (choirs) |
Greg Knowles | Cymbalom |
Rachel Bolt | Viola |
Anthony Pleeth | Cello, Cello (solo) |
Martin Loveday | Cello (solo) (track 1), Cello |
Tim Grant | Viola |
Jude Sim | Vocals (choirs) |
Andy Findon | Whistle (track 9), Flute |
Don McVay | Viola |
Gavyn Wright | Violin (solo) (track 10), Violin |
Helen Parker | Vocals (choirs) |
Ann De Renais | Vocals (choirs) |
Kate Musker | Viola |
Chris Pitsillides | Viola |
Bruce White | Viola |
Katie Wilkinson | Viola |
Jon Thorne | Viola |
Sarah Eyden | Vocals (choirs) |
Gustav Clarkson (R.I.P. 2020) | Viola |
Morag MacKay | Vocals (choirs) |
Guy Elliott | Lead treble (track 1) |
Mary Carewe | Vocals (choirs) |
Andy Parker | Viola |
Michael Clarke | Vocals (choirs) |
Matthew Hargreaves | Vocals (choirs) |
Rosemary Forbes-Butler | Vocals (choirs) |
John Heley | Cello |
Caroline Dearnley | Cello |
Sarah Ryan | Vocals (choirs) |
Anthony Lewis | Cello |
Gerard Bentall | Vocals (choirs) |
Dave Daniels | Cello |
Ben Chappell | Cello |
Jonathan Williams | Cello, Vocals (choirs) |
Frank Schaefer | Cello |
Chris Laurence | Double bass |
Tom Williams | Second treble (track 1) |
Mary Scully | Double bass |
Allen Walley | Double bass |
Patrick Lannigan | Double bass |
Helen Meyerhoff | Vocals (choirs) |
Steve Williams | Double bass |
Nollaig Casey | Celtic fiddle (track 11) |
Charlie Baker | Vocals (choirs) |
Bob J. Harms | Vocals (choirs) |
Helen Keen | Flute (piccolo) |
Nicki Kennedy | Vocals (choirs) |
David Theodore | Oboe |
Andrew Tinkler | Vocals (choirs) |
Nicholas Bucknall | Clarinet |
Dave Fuest | Clarinet |
Catriana Sandison | Vocals (choirs) |
Troy Donockley | Uilleann pipes, Whistles, Bodhrán (tracks 10, 11, 13) |
Joanna Forbes | Vocals (choirs) |
Jeremy Avis | Vocals (choirs) |
Anthony Pike | Clarinet, Clarinet (bass) |
Julie Andrews | Bassoon, Contrabassoon |
Michael Dore | Vocals (choirs) |
Richard Watkins | French horn |
Richard Berry | French horn |
Eliza Lumley | Vocals (choirs) |
Mike Thompson | French horn |
Susan Flannery | Vocals (choirs) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Tuomas Holopainen | Producer |
Mikko Karmila | Mixing, Producer, Engineering |
Mika Jussila | Mastering |
Ville Akseli | Photography |
Gavyn Wright | Orchestra leader |
Perry Montague-Mason | Orchestra leader |
James Shearman | Conductor (choir) |
Haydn Bendall | Engineering (choir, orchestra) |
Andrew Kitchen | Engineering (assistant: choir, orchestra) |
Richard Lancaster | Engineering (assistant: choir, orchestra) |
Robin Baynton | Engineering (assistant: choir, orchestra) |
Sam O'Kell | Engineering (assistant: choir, orchestra) |
Jussi Tegelman | Soundscapes |
Emppu Vuorinen | Engineering |
Jenny O'Grady | Choirmaster |
Tero Kinnunen | Co-producer, Engineering |
Pip Williams | Arrangements (choir, orchestra) |
Anette Olzon | Vocals |
Tuomas Holopainen | Keyboards, Piano, Vocals (backing) (track 5), Songwriting (tracks 1-7, 9, 11-13), Lyrics |
Emppu Vuorinen | Guitars (electric, acoustic), Songwriting (track 8) |
Marco Hietala | Bass, Vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12), Guitars (acoustic) (track 10), Songwriting (tracks 10, 12) |
Jukka Nevalainen | Drums, Percussion |
Andrew Busher | Vocals (choirs) |
Heather Cairncross | Vocals (choirs) |
Laurence Davies | French horn |
Maurice Murphy (R.I.P. 2010) | Trumpet |
John Barclay | Trumpet |
Catherine Bott | Vocals (choirs) |
Ian Balmain (R.I.P. 2020) | Trumpet |
Yona Dunsford | Vocals (choirs) |
Lawrence Wallington | Vocals (choirs) |
Derek Watkins (R.I.P. 2013) | Trumpet |
David Porter-Thomas | Vocals (choirs) |
Andy Crowley | Trumpet |
Alison Jiear | Vocals (choirs) |
Peter Beachill | Trombone |
Andy Wood | Trombone |
Richard Edwards | Trombone |
Dave Stewart | Trombone (bass) |
Beverley Skeete | Vocals (choirs solo) |
Owen Slade | Tuba |
Stephen Henderson | Percussion |
Tommy Blaize | Vocals (choirs solo) |
Sara Jane Skeete | Vocals (choirs) |
Chris Tombling | Violin |
Warren Zielinski | Violin |
Gary Kettel | Percussion |
Dave Woodcock | Violin |
Frank Ricotti | Percussion |
Skaila Kanga | Harp |
Jackie Shave | Violin |
Boguslaw Kostecki | Violin |
Cathy Thompson | Violin |
Jenny O'Grady | Vocals (choirs) |
Bryan Chambers | Vocals (choirs) |
Pete Hanson | Violin |
Cherith Millburn-Fryer | Vocals (choirs) |
Jonathan Rees | Violin |
Lance Ellington | Vocals (choirs) |
Steve Morris | Violin |
Tom Pearce | Vocals (choirs) |
Simon Fischer | Violin |
Dermot Crehan | Violin |
Anne Marie Cullum | Vocals (choirs) |
Tom Pigott-Smith | Violin |
Fay Simpson | Vocals |
Perry Montague-Mason | Violin |
Sonia Slany (R.I.P. 2021) | Violin |
Claire Henry | Vocals (choirs) |
Thomas Bowes | Violin |
Helen Brookes | Vocals (choirs) |
Liz Edwards | Violin |
Simon Preece | Vocals (choirs) |
Sam Burkey | Vocals (choirs) |
Ricci P. Washington | Vocals (choirs) |
Patrick Kiernan | Violin |
Steve Trowell | Vocals (choirs) |
Derek Green | Vocals (choirs) |
Julian Leaper | Violin |
Mark Berrow | Violin |
Lindsay Wagstaff | Vocals (choirs) |
Everton Nelson | Violin |
Rita Manning | Violin |
Jim McLeod | Violin |
Mike McMenemy | Violin |
Emlyn Singleton | Violin |
Samantha Shaw | Vocals (choirs) |
Janet Ramus | Vocals (choirs) |
Carol Kenyon | Vocals (choirs) |
Zachary LaPorta | Theremin (tracks 1, 11) |
Gaby Lester | Violin |
Senni Eskelinen | Kantele (track 11) |
Peter Lale | Viola |
Garfield Jackson | Viola |
Matthew White | Vocals (choirs) |
Greg Knowles | Cymbalom |
Rachel Bolt | Viola |
Anthony Pleeth | Cello, Cello (solo) |
Martin Loveday | Cello (solo) (track 1), Cello |
Tim Grant | Viola |
Jude Sim | Vocals (choirs) |
Andy Findon | Whistle (track 9), Flute |
Don McVay | Viola |
Gavyn Wright | Violin (solo) (track 10), Violin |
Helen Parker | Vocals (choirs) |
Ann De Renais | Vocals (choirs) |
Kate Musker | Viola |
Chris Pitsillides | Viola |
Bruce White | Viola |
Katie Wilkinson | Viola |
Jon Thorne | Viola |
Sarah Eyden | Vocals (choirs) |
Gustav Clarkson (R.I.P. 2020) | Viola |
Morag MacKay | Vocals (choirs) |
Guy Elliott | Lead treble (track 1) |
Mary Carewe | Vocals (choirs) |
Andy Parker | Viola |
Michael Clarke | Vocals (choirs) |
Matthew Hargreaves | Vocals (choirs) |
Rosemary Forbes-Butler | Vocals (choirs) |
John Heley | Cello |
Caroline Dearnley | Cello |
Sarah Ryan | Vocals (choirs) |
Anthony Lewis | Cello |
Gerard Bentall | Vocals (choirs) |
Dave Daniels | Cello |
Ben Chappell | Cello |
Jonathan Williams | Cello, Vocals (choirs) |
Frank Schaefer | Cello |
Chris Laurence | Double bass |
Tom Williams | Second treble (track 1) |
Mary Scully | Double bass |
Allen Walley | Double bass |
Patrick Lannigan | Double bass |
Helen Meyerhoff | Vocals (choirs) |
Steve Williams | Double bass |
Nollaig Casey | Celtic fiddle (track 11) |
Charlie Baker | Vocals (choirs) |
Bob J. Harms | Vocals (choirs) |
Helen Keen | Flute (piccolo) |
Nicki Kennedy | Vocals (choirs) |
David Theodore | Oboe |
Andrew Tinkler | Vocals (choirs) |
Nicholas Bucknall | Clarinet |
Dave Fuest | Clarinet |
Catriana Sandison | Vocals (choirs) |
Troy Donockley | Uilleann pipes, Whistles, Bodhrán (tracks 10, 11, 13) |
Joanna Forbes | Vocals (choirs) |
Jeremy Avis | Vocals (choirs) |
Anthony Pike | Clarinet, Clarinet (bass) |
Julie Andrews | Bassoon, Contrabassoon |
Michael Dore | Vocals (choirs) |
Richard Watkins | French horn |
Richard Berry | French horn |
Eliza Lumley | Vocals (choirs) |
Mike Thompson | French horn |
Susan Flannery | Vocals (choirs) |
Tuomas Holopainen | Producer |
Mikko Karmila | Mixing, Producer, Engineering |
Mika Jussila | Mastering |
Ville Akseli | Photography |
Gavyn Wright | Orchestra leader |
Perry Montague-Mason | Orchestra leader |
James Shearman | Conductor (choir) |
Haydn Bendall | Engineering (choir, orchestra) |
Andrew Kitchen | Engineering (assistant: choir, orchestra) |
Richard Lancaster | Engineering (assistant: choir, orchestra) |
Robin Baynton | Engineering (assistant: choir, orchestra) |
Sam O'Kell | Engineering (assistant: choir, orchestra) |
Jussi Tegelman | Soundscapes |
Emppu Vuorinen | Engineering |
Jenny O'Grady | Choirmaster |
Tero Kinnunen | Co-producer, Engineering |
Pip Williams | Arrangements (choir, orchestra) |
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Very good but overly long... | 86% | Dr_Funf | February 10th, 2023 | |
Kinda Sad That This Is... | 70% | A Friendly Observer | April 30th, 2020 | |
Cause baby, now we've got... | 55% | FOrbIDen | December 9th, 2019 | |
Forced quality | 75% | gasmask_colostomy | June 1st, 2015 | |
Wow, this is way worse than... | 48% | Empyreal | March 24th, 2015 | |
Still going strong without... | 80% | CardOfDoom | August 5th, 2014 | |
Who the hell are you to... | 90% | Naudiz | May 6th, 2012 | |
Not Heavy Metal Anymore.... | 54% | WishmasterTheDark | November 6th, 2011 | |
Finnished | 5% | doomknocker | January 13th, 2011 | |
An unexpected masterpiece | 95% | kluseba | December 21st, 2010 | |
Tuomas proved us wrong. | 80% | Idrownfish | May 6th, 2010 | |
A New Nightwish | 58% | thammaren | July 24th, 2008 | |
My first Nightwish CD. | 95% | shatterzer0 | May 24th, 2008 | |
A truly inspiring album | 90% | Dulthasil | March 24th, 2008 | |
Get Ready For A Wild Ride | 93% | Saturos2944 | March 19th, 2008 | |
The Songwriter's Dead... | 70% | Wishmistress | February 16th, 2008 | |
Bye Bye Beautiful | 58% | Terrorvator | January 23rd, 2008 | |
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Nightwish - Dark Passion Play | 72% | cyan_angel | December 23rd, 2007 | |
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Dark, Passionate and Playful! | 89% | Damnation_Terminated | December 12th, 2007 | |
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The New Era begins. | 78% | hells_unicorn | November 9th, 2007 | |
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Recording information:
Recorded in Petrax Studios, Hollola, E-Major Studios, Kerava, Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland, and Abbey Road Studios, London, England from September 2006-March 2007.
Identifiers:
Barcode: 727361192327
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): CAP00010 NB1923-2 07 A03 Technicolor
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): CAP00010 NB1923-2 23 Technicolor
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI LR78
Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI LR79
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 7Q07
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI UGAA
Added by: Krister Jensen | Modified by: Sullen Demigod |
Added on: 2016-08-01 00:56:32 | Last modified on: 2023-02-05 19:58:44 |