Decades (Nightwish album)

Decades is the seventh compilation album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, and contains remastered versions of the original material. It was released on March 9, 2018, which is the same day that they began touring for the Decades: World Tour.[1] The track listing is presented in reverse chronological order.

Not to be confused with Decades: Live in Buenos Aires.

Decades
Compilation album by Nightwish
Released	March 9, 2018 (2018-03-09)
Recorded	1996 – 2015
Genre	Symphonic metal power metal
Length	141:40
Label	Nuclear Blast
Nightwish chronology
Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads (2011) Decades (2018)

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tuomas Holopainen; all music is composed by Holopainen, except where noted.

Decades – Disc one

No.	Title	Music	Original release	Length
1.	"The Greatest Show on Earth" I. "Four Point Six" (5:47) II. "Life" (5:05) III. "The Toolmaker" (6:01) IV. "The Understanding" (3:46) V. "Sea-Worn Driftwood" (3:20)	III: Marco Hietala Holopainen	Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)	23:59
2.	"Élan"		Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)	4:47
3.	"My Walden"	Hietala Holopainen	Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)	4:42
4.	"Storytime"		Imaginaerum (2011)	5:31
5.	"I Want My Tears Back"		Imaginaerum (2011)	5:11
6.	"Amaranth"		Dark Passion Play (2007)	3:58
7.	"The Poet and the Pendulum" I. "White Lands of Empathica" (1:19) II. "Home" (3:08) III. "The Pacific" (2:43) IV. "Dark Passion Play" (3:01) V. "Mother and Father" (3:43)		Dark Passion Play (2007)	13:54
8.	"Nemo"		Once (2004)	4:36
9.	"Wish I Had an Angel"		Once (2004)	4:03
Total length:				70:41

Decades – Disc two

No.	Title	Music	Original album	Length
1.	"Ghost Love Score"		Once (2004)	10:02
2.	"Slaying the Dreamer"	Emppu Vuorinen Holopainen	Century Child (2002)	4:35
3.	"End of All Hope"		Century Child (2002)	4:23
4.	"10th Man Down"		Over the Hills and Far Away (2001)	5:29
5.	"The Kinslayer"		Wishmaster (2000)	4:10
6.	"Dead Boy's Poem"		Wishmaster (2000)	6:53
7.	"Gethsemane"		Oceanborn (1998)	5:22
8.	"Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean"		Oceanborn (1998)	4:46
9.	"Sacrament of Wilderness"	Vuorinen Holopainen	Oceanborn (1998)	4:15
10.	"Sleeping Sun"		Non-album single (1999)	4:33
11.	"Elvenpath"		Angels Fall First (1997)	4:42
12.	"The Carpenter"		Angels Fall First (1997)	6:00
13.	"Nightwish" (demo)		Nightwish Demo (1996)	5:49
Total length:				70:59

Personnel

• Floor Jansen – lead vocals (tracks 1–3 on CD 1)
• Anette Olzon – lead vocals (tracks 4–7 on CD 1)
• Tarja Turunen – lead vocals (tracks 8 and 9 on CD 1, all tracks on CD 2)
• Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards, male vocals (track 12 on CD 2)
• Emppu Vuorinen – guitars, bass (tracks 11 and 12 on CD 2)
• Marco Hietala – bass (all tracks on CD 1, tracks 1-3 on CD 2), male vocals (tracks 1, 5, 7, and 9 on CD 1, track 2 on CD 2), backing vocals (track 2 and 3 on CD 1, track 3 on CD 2)
• Sami Vänskä – bass (on CD 2, tracks 4–10)
• Troy Donockley – Uilleann pipes, low whistle, bodhrán, bouzouki, male vocals (track 3 on CD 1), backing vocals (track 2 on CD 1)
• Kai Hahto – drums (tracks 1–3 on CD 1)
• Jukka Nevalainen – drums (tracks 4–9 on CD 1, all tracks on CD 2)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2] 19 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] 25 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] 59 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[5] 11 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] 68 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 1 French Albums (SNEP)[8] 55 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 5 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[10] 24 Italian Albums (FIMI)[11] 76 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[12] 43 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[13] 25 Scottish Albums (OCC)[14] 34 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 7 UK Albums (OCC)[16] 62 US Billboard 200[17] 119

Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 87

References

1. "NIGHTWISH To Launch Nine-Month 'Decades: World Tour' Next March In North America". Blabbermouth. June 9, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
2. "Austriancharts.at – Nightwish – Decades" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
3. "Ultratop.be – Nightwish – Decades" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
4. "Ultratop.be – Nightwish – Decades" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
5. "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select {{{date}}} on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
6. "Dutchcharts.nl – Nightwish – Decades" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
7. "Nightwish: Decades" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
8. "Lescharts.com – Nightwish – Decades". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Nightwish – Decades" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
10. "Top 40 album DVD és válogatáslemez-lista – 2018. 11. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
11. "Italiancharts.com – Nightwish – Decades". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
12. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
13. "Portuguesecharts.com – {{{artist}}} – {{{album}}}". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
14. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
15. "Swisscharts.com – Nightwish – Decades". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
16. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
17. "Nightwish Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
18. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2018 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 31, 2018.