Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads
Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads is a compilation album by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2011. It contains the "greatest ballads" from the first four albums, two of which are covers.[1][2] The cover art was created by Andreas Marschall.
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| Released | May 27, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 – 2002 | |||
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| Length | 67:26 | |||
| Label | Drakkar | |||
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Track listing
All tracks are written by Tuomas Holopainen, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake cover) | Blake | Blake | Oceanborn (1998) | 5:26 |
| 2. | "Angels Fall First" | Angels Fall First (1997) | 5:31 | ||
| 3. | "Sleepwalker" (heavy version) | B-side from "Deep Silent Complete" single (2000) | 3:05 | ||
| 4. | "Sleeping Sun" | Non-album single (1999) | 4:02 | ||
| 5. | "Dead Boy's Poem" | Wishmaster (2000) | 6:47 | ||
| 6. | "Deep Silent Complete" | Wishmaster (2000) | 3:56 | ||
| 7. | "Feel for You" | Century Child (2002) | 3:54 | ||
| 8. | "The Phantom of the Opera" (Andrew Lloyd Webber cover) | Lloyd Webber | Century Child (2002) | 4:08 | |
| 9. | "Ocean Soul" | Century Child (2002) | 4:13 | ||
| 10. | "Lagoon" | B-side from "Bless the Child" single (2002) | 3:44 | ||
| 11. | "Swanheart" | Oceanborn (1998) | 4:44 | ||
| 12. | "Two for Tragedy" | Wishmaster (2000) | 3:50 | ||
| 13. | "A Return to the Sea" | Angels Fall First (1997) | 5:45 | ||
| 14. | "Away" | Over the Hills and Far Away (2001) | 4:30 | ||
| 15. | "Forever Yours" | Century Child (2002) | 3:51 | ||
| Total length: | 67:26 | ||||
Personnel
- Tarja Turunen - Vocals
- Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards
- Emppu Vuorinen - Lead guitar (all tracks), Acoustic guitar and Bass guitar (on tracks 2 and 13)
- Sami Vänskä - Bass guitar (on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13)
- Jukka Nevalainen - Drums and Percussion
- Marco Hietala – Bass guitar (on tracks 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15), male vocals (on track 7, 8)
References
- Nightwish-World: Walking in the Air - The Greatest Ballads
- [http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/album.php?album_id=53510&page=&message_id= Metal Storm: Nightwish - Walking in the Air - The Greatest Ballads Compilation
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