End of an Era

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End of an Era
Video by Nightwish
Released June 1, 2006
Recorded October 21, 2005
Genre Symphonic metal, power metal
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Tero Kinnunen, Tuomas Holopainen, Marco Hietala
Nightwish video chronology
End of Innocence
(2003)		 End of an Era
(2006)		 Made In Hong Kong (And Various Other Places)
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars....[1]
Ultimate Guitar 8/10 stars.........[2]
Sputnikmusic.com (4.2/5)[3]

End of an Era is a DVD and double CD from Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Nuclear Blast recorded their live performance at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland on October 21, 2005, the final concert of a long worldwide tour for their album Once. During the concert the band was joined on-stage by Lakota musician John Two-Hawks, who performed "Stone People" from his album Honor as an introduction to "Creek Mary's Blood", which featured his voice and cedar flutes. End of an Era is the final Nightwish production to feature Tarja Turunen on vocals. She left after this concert. [4].

In addition to original Nightwish songs, three significant covers appear, their known cover of Gary Moore's "Over the Hills and Far Away", Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera", and a cover of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes".

The running time of the concert is 1 hour and 43 minutes. The DVD also contains a 55 minute documentary about the fifteen days prior to the concert, "A Day Before Tomorrow.", and a photo gallery.

The Blu-ray version was released on May 29, 2009 and features the concert in High Definition 720p, with Dolby Digital audio.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

Title Writers Notes Length
"Red Warrior" Hans Zimmer Intro (From The Last Samurai Soundtrack) 0:35
1. "Dark Chest of Wonders" Holopainen 4:43
2. "Planet Hell" Holopainen 4:45
3. "Ever Dream" Holopainen 5:27
4. "The Kinslayer" Holopainen 4:09
5. "The Phantom of the Opera" Andrew Lloyd Webber / Charles Hart / Richard Stilgoe Andrew Lloyd Webber cover 5:12
6. "The Siren" Holopainen / Vuorinen 4:53
7. "Sleeping Sun" Holopainen 4:55
8. "High Hopes" David Gilmour / Polly Samson Pink Floyd cover 6:54
9. "Bless the Child" Holopainen 6:25
10. "Wishmaster" Holopainen Including the intro to "The Trooper" by Iron Maiden 4:44
11. "Slaying the Dreamer" Holopainen / Vuorinen 5:05
12. "Kuolema tekee taiteilijan" Holopainen 4:13
13. "Nemo" Holopainen 4:46
14. "Ghost Love Score" Holopainen 10:29
15. "Stone People" John Two-Hawks Performed by John Two-Hawks 4:09
16. "Creek Mary's Blood" Holopainen Featuring John Two-Hawks 8:39
17. "Over the Hills and Far Away" Gary Moore Gary Moore cover 5:26
18. "Wish I Had an Angel" Holopainen 4:17
"All of Them" Hans Zimmer Outro (From King Arthur Soundtrack) 3:35

[edit] Charts performance

The DVD was released on June 1, 2006 in Finland, and on June 2, 2006 in Germany. After only one day on sale, the DVD was certified gold in Finland, and later sold Platinum.[5][6] End of an Era also was Platinum in Germany[7] and Gold in France[8] and recently in Switzerland.[9]

Chart Peak
position
Austrian DVD Chart 2[10]
Austrian Albums Chart 41[10]
Belgian Ultratop 50 40[11]
Dutch DVD Chart 3[12]
Finnish DVD Chart 1[13]
Finnish Albums Chart 7[13]
French CD+DVD Chart 24[14]
German CD+DVD Chart 3[15]
Hungarian DVD Chart 1[16]
Norwegian Albums Chart 35[17]
Spanish DVD Chart 2[12]
Swedish Albums Chart 35[18]
Swiss CD+DVD Chart 18[19]
UK Rock Chart 7[12]
UK Indie Chart 8[12]
UK DVD Chart 115[12]

[edit] Sales and certifications

Country Certification
(sales thresholds)
Finland Platinum[20]
France Gold[21]
Germany Platinum[22]
Switzerland Gold[23]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "End of an Era: Nightwish". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r842788. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  2. ^ "End of an Era review". Ultimate-Guitar.com. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/dvd/nightwish/end_of_an_era/index.html. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  3. ^ "Nightwish- End of an Era (live)". Sputnikmusic.com/. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=11210. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  4. ^ "Open letter to Tarja Turunen". Wikisource. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Open_Letter_To_Tarja_Turunen. Retrieved October 23, 2005. 
  5. ^ "NIGHTWISH: 'End Of An Era' CD/DVD Certified Gold - June 2, 2006". Blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=53141. Retrieved 2006-08-16. 
  6. ^ "Tilastot: Nightwish". Ifpi.fi. http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/nightwish. Retrieved 2010-06-01. 
  7. ^ "Gold and Platinum Datebank". Musikindustrie.de. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank_beta/#topSearch. Retrieved 2010-06-01. 
  8. ^ "End Of An Era has sold gold in France". Nightwish.com. http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=06&year=2006. Retrieved 2010-07-06. 
  9. ^ "NIGHTWISH: 'End Of An Era' DVD Certified Gold In Switzerland". Metalfromfinland.com. http://www.metalfromfinland.com/news/2007-08-10_15:37/nightwish_end_of_an_era_dvd_certified_gold_in_switzerland. Retrieved 2009-10-16. 
  10. ^ a b "Extended search: End of an Era". Austriancharts.at. http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=end+of+an+era&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  11. ^ "Extended search: End of an Era". Ultratop.be. http://www.ultratop.be/en/search.asp?cat=a&lang=nl&search=end+of+an+era. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  12. ^ a b c d e "End Of An Era chart entries and golds". Nightwish.com/. http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=06&year=2006. Retrieved 2009-10-16. 
  13. ^ a b "Extended search: End of an Era". Finnishcharts.com. http://finnishcharts.com/search.asp?search=end+of+an+era&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  14. ^ "Extended search: End of an Era". Lescharts.com. http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=end+of+an+era&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  15. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Nightwish / Longplay". Musicline.de. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Nightwish/longplay. Retrieved 20 February 2011. 
  16. ^ "Archive: Nightwish". Mahasz.hu. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  17. ^ "Extended search: End of an Era". Norwegiancharts.com. http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=end+of+an+era&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  18. ^ "Extended search: End of an Era". Swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=end+of+an+era&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  19. ^ "Extended search: End of an Era". HitParade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=end+of+an+era&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  20. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=53141
  21. ^ http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=06&year=2006
  22. ^ http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank_beta/#topSearch
  23. ^ http://www.metalfromfinland.com/news/2007-08-10_15:37/nightwish_end_of_an_era_dvd_certified_gold_in_switzerland

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