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Wishmaster

Nightwish

Type:
Full-length
Release date:
May 19th, 2000
Catalog ID:
spi87sp
Label:
Spinefarm Records
Format:
CD
Reviews:
15 reviews (avg. 87%)
1. She Is My Sin 04:46   Show lyrics
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2. The Kinslayer 03:59   Show lyrics
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3. Come Cover Me 04:34   Show lyrics
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4. Wanderlust 04:51   Show lyrics
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5. Two for Tragedy 03:50   Show lyrics
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6. Wishmaster 04:24   Show lyrics
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7. Bare Grace Misery 03:41   Show lyrics
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8. Crownless 04:29   Show lyrics
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9. Deep Silent Complete 03:58   Show lyrics
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10. Dead Boy's Poem 06:47   Show lyrics
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11. FantasMic 08:18   Show lyrics
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12. Sleepwalker 02:56   Show lyrics
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Band members
Tarja Turunen Vocals
Tuomas Holopainen Keyboards, Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 1-12)
Emppu Vuorinen Guitars, Songwriting (tracks 3, 7, 8)
Jukka Nevalainen Drums, Percussion
Sami Vänskä Bass
Guest/Session
Ville Laaksonen Vocals (tenor)
Matias Kaila Vocals (tenor)
Kimmo Kallio Vocals (baritone)
Riku Salminen Vocals (bass)
Anssi Honkanen Vocals (bass)
Ike Vil Voice (Kinslayer, track 2)
Sam Hardwick Voice (Dead Boy, track 10)
Esa Lehtinen Flute
Miscellaneous staff
Toni Härkönen Photography
Maria Sandell Artwork (inlay)
V. Laaksonen Arrangements (choir)
Tero Kinnunen Engineering, Producer, Recording
Mikko Karmila Engineering, Mixing, Recording
Mika Jussila Mastering
T. Holopainen Art direction
Peter Dell Artwork (additional), Layout
Markus Mayer Cover art
Tarja Turunen Vocals
Tuomas Holopainen Keyboards, Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 1-12)
Emppu Vuorinen Guitars, Songwriting (tracks 3, 7, 8)
Jukka Nevalainen Drums, Percussion
Sami Vänskä Bass
Ville Laaksonen Vocals (tenor)
Matias Kaila Vocals (tenor)
Kimmo Kallio Vocals (baritone)
Riku Salminen Vocals (bass)
Anssi Honkanen Vocals (bass)
Ike Vil Voice (Kinslayer, track 2)
Sam Hardwick Voice (Dead Boy, track 10)
Esa Lehtinen Flute
Toni Härkönen Photography
Maria Sandell Artwork (inlay)
V. Laaksonen Arrangements (choir)
Tero Kinnunen Engineering, Producer, Recording
Mikko Karmila Engineering, Mixing, Recording
Mika Jussila Mastering
T. Holopainen Art direction
Peter Dell Artwork (additional), Layout
Markus Mayer Cover art
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Read More straightforward but no... 92% Wez October 31st, 2003
Read Not the Best but Very Good 82% Azrael September 21st, 2003
Read Wishmaster 93% Silmaril August 30th, 2003
Read It's not Oceanborn, but... 96% OSheaman August 7th, 2003

Wishmaster reached gold status within 2 hours of its release in Finland.

The song "The Kinslayer" is about the Columbine High School massacre (20 April 1999)

Produced by Nightwish & Tero Kinnunen.
Arrangements by Nightwish & Tero Kinnunen.

Dead Boy's Poem" is Tuomas Holopainen's autobiographic song. Some parts of this song are inspired by Shakespear's works (sonnets 71 & 72).

Recording information:

Recorded & Engineered by Tero Kinnunen at Caverock Studios and Mikko Karmila at Finnvox Studios January-March 2000.
Mixed by Mikko Karmila at Finnvox, Helsinki, Finland April 2000.
Mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox, Helsinki, Finland.

Identifiers:

Barcode: 6 417871 018760
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): Sony DADC A0100314418-0101 21 A4
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): Sony DADC A0100314418-0101 13 A3
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): Sony DADC A0100314418-0101 13 A0
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): Sony DADC A0100314418-0101 13 A0
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5): Sony DADC A0100314418-0101 21 A1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6): Sony DADC A0100314418-0101 13 A2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 7): Sony DADC A0100314418-0101 21 A0
Matrix / Runout (Variant 8): Sony DADC A0100314418-0101 21 A4
Matrix / Runout (Variant 9): Sony DADC A0100314418-0101 21 A 4
Matrix / Runout (Variant 10): Sony DADC A0100314418-0101 13 A0
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L551
Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L553
Mastering SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI L553
Mastering SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI L553
Mastering SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI L551
Mastering SID Code (Variant 6): IFPI L553
Mastering SID Code (Variant 7): IFPI L551
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Mastering SID Code (Variant 10): IFPI L553
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 94K6
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 94V4
Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 94A1
Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 94V7
Mould SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI 94V5
Mould SID Code (Variant 6): IFPI 94K1
Mould SID Code (Variant 7): IFPI 949B
Mould SID Code (Variant 8): IFPI 94K4
Mould SID Code (Variant 9): IFPI 94K7
Mould SID Code (Variant 10): IFPI 94X7
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Added by: The Red Tower Modified by: Tueur
Added on: 2015-01-17 12:24:14 Last modified on: 2024-02-07 04:29:19