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1. | Shudder Before the Beautiful | 06:29 | Show lyrics |
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2. | Weak Fantasy | 05:23 | Show lyrics |
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3. | Élan | 04:48 | Show lyrics |
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4. | Yours Is an Empty Hope | 05:34 | Show lyrics |
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5. | Our Decades in the Sun | 06:37 | Show lyrics |
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6. | My Walden | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
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7. | Endless Forms Most Beautiful | 05:07 | Show lyrics |
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8. | Edema Ruh | 05:15 | Show lyrics |
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9. | Alpenglow | 04:45 | Show lyrics |
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10. | The Eyes of Sharbat Gula | 06:03 | instrumental |
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11. | The Greatest Show on Earth | 23:57 | Show lyrics |
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Band members | |
Emppu Vuorinen | Guitars |
Tuomas Holopainen | Keyboards, Piano, Songwriting, Lyrics |
Marco Hietala | Bass, Vocals (tracks 2, 4, 11), Guitars (acoustic), Vocals (backing) (tracks 1, 3, 5-9, 11), Songwriting (tracks 2, 5, 6, 11), Lyrics (tracks 2, 4) |
Troy Donockley | Uillean pipes, Low whistle, Bodhrán, Bouzouki, Vocals (lead) (tracks 6, 8), Vocals (backing) (tracks 3, 6, 8, 9, 11) |
Floor Jansen | Vocals |
Guest/Session | |
Kai Hahto | Drums |
Richard Dawkins | Narration (tracks 1, 11) |
Metro Voices | Vocals (choirs) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
James Shearman | Conductor (orchestra) |
Pip Williams | Arrangements (orchestra, choir) |
Tuomas Holopainen | Producer, Mixing |
Mikko Karmila | Engineering, Recording, Mixing |
Tero Kinnunen | Engineering, Recording, Co-producer |
Mika Jussila | Mastering, Photography (additional) |
Janne Pitkänen | Cover art |
Gina Pitkänen | Cover art |
Michael Taylor | Recording (Dawkins) |
Ville Juurikkala | Photography (band) |
Timo Isoaho | Photography (additional) |
Emppu Vuorinen | Guitars |
Tuomas Holopainen | Keyboards, Piano, Songwriting, Lyrics |
Marco Hietala | Bass, Vocals (tracks 2, 4, 11), Guitars (acoustic), Vocals (backing) (tracks 1, 3, 5-9, 11), Songwriting (tracks 2, 5, 6, 11), Lyrics (tracks 2, 4) |
Troy Donockley | Uillean pipes, Low whistle, Bodhrán, Bouzouki, Vocals (lead) (tracks 6, 8), Vocals (backing) (tracks 3, 6, 8, 9, 11) |
Floor Jansen | Vocals |
Kai Hahto | Drums |
Richard Dawkins | Narration (tracks 1, 11) |
Metro Voices | Vocals (choirs) |
James Shearman | Conductor (orchestra) |
Pip Williams | Arrangements (orchestra, choir) |
Tuomas Holopainen | Producer, Mixing |
Mikko Karmila | Engineering, Recording, Mixing |
Tero Kinnunen | Engineering, Recording, Co-producer |
Mika Jussila | Mastering, Photography (additional) |
Janne Pitkänen | Cover art |
Gina Pitkänen | Cover art |
Michael Taylor | Recording (Dawkins) |
Ville Juurikkala | Photography (band) |
Timo Isoaho | Photography (additional) |
I Was Expecting More | 72% | FOrbIDen | January 9th, 2020 | |
Victim of Hype | 55% | Sekrys | March 15th, 2019 | |
I Give Up! | 19% | Gornot | December 5th, 2017 | |
The Age of Change ! | 93% | Livingwave17 | August 8th, 2017 | |
Nightwish Is Running Out of... | 65% | A Friendly Observer | July 7th, 2016 | |
Symphonic Kingpins | 80% | Gespenster | June 13th, 2015 | |
The manifesto of... | 35% | FrozenFear | May 27th, 2015 | |
Pretty formal, occasionally... | 62% | hells_unicorn | April 19th, 2015 | |
Endless Forms(almost)... | 72% | Twin_guitar_attack | April 19th, 2015 | |
A masterpiece. Period. | 100% | DarkInLight | April 18th, 2015 | |
OK, I'm Back | 75% | doomknocker | April 15th, 2015 | |
The flight of Icarus | 65% | kluseba | April 14th, 2015 | |
Fear Is A Choice You Embrace | 85% | Twisted_Psychology | April 9th, 2015 | |
Lots of Potential, Mediocre... | 65% | stallan | April 8th, 2015 | |
Endless Tracks Most Boring | 60% | PassiveMetalhead | April 5th, 2015 | |
Why, Uncle Scrooge?? Why? | 45% | mjollnir | April 2nd, 2015 | |
Evolving slowly, but a... | 72% | Empyreal | March 28th, 2015 | |
A bit on the safe side, but... | 94% | Zelkiiro | March 27th, 2015 | |
Re-applying for the job of... | 75% | MawBTS | March 27th, 2015 |
Music videos made for "Élan" and "Endless Forms Most Beautiful".
The introduction of "My Walden" is sung in Welsh.
Recording information:
Recorded from August–September 28, 2014 at Röskö Campsite in Eno, Finland, October 2014 at Petrax Studio in Hollola and October 2014 in London, UK
Identifiers:
Barcode: 7 27361 34642 3
Matrix / Runout: CAP02721 NB3464-01V2 03 Technicolor
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LR76
Mould SID Code: IFPI UGAB
Label Code: LC 07027
Rights Society: GEMA
Added by: SF01 | Modified by: thetruechaby |
Added on: 2015-01-16 04:11:53 | Last modified on: 2021-01-22 13:44:36 |