Decades (Nightwish album)
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| Decades | ||||
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| Released | March 9, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–2015 | |||
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| Length | 141:31 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
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Decades is the seventh compilation album by the 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.
All lyrics are written by Tuomas Holopainen; all music is composed by Holopainen, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Music | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Greatest Show on Earth" |
| Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) | 23:59 |
| 2. | "Élan" | Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) | 4:47 | |
| 3. | "My Walden" |
| Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) | 4:41 |
| 4. | "Storytime" | Imaginaerum (2011) | 5:30 | |
| 5. | "I Want My Tears Back" | Imaginaerum (2011) | 5:11 | |
| 6. | "Amaranth" | Dark Passion Play (2007) | 3:57 | |
| 7. | "The Poet and the Pendulum" | Dark Passion Play (2007) | 13:54 | |
| 8. | "Nemo" | Once (2004) | 4:36 | |
| 9. | "Wish I Had an Angel" | Once (2004) | 4:02 | |
| Total length: | 70:37 | |||
| No. | Title | Music | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ghost Love Score" | Once (2004) | 10:02 | |
| 2. | "Slaying the Dreamer" |
| Century Child (2002) | 4:34 |
| 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) | 4:09 | |
| 6. | "Dead Boy's Poem" | Wishmaster (2000) | 6:52 | |
| 7. | "Gethsemane" | Oceanborn (1998) | 5:22 | |
| 8. | "Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean" | Oceanborn (1998) | 4:46 | |
| 9. | "Sacrament of Wilderness" |
| Oceanborn (1998) | 4:14 |
| 10. | "Sleeping Sun" | Oceanborn (1998) | 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) | 5:48 | |
| Total length: | 70:54 | |||
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)
- Marko 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)
