Tales from the Elvenpath
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| Tales From The Elvenpath | ||||
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| Compilation album by Nightwish | ||||
| Released | October 17, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Power metal | |||
| Length | 68:00 | |||
| Label | Drakkar Entertainment | |||
| Producer | Tero Kinnunen | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Rateyourmusic.com |    [1] |
Tales from the Elvenpath is Nightwish's first compilation release, it was released on October 18, 2004 by Drakkar Entertainment. Elvenpath is also the name of another Nightwish song, and although the compilation takes its name from that song, the song itself does not appear on the record, because that song was recorded with another record label.[2]
Tales from the Elvenpath got Gold Disc in Finland, with 20.000 sold copies, and in Germany, with 100.000 sold copies.[3]
Contents |
[edit] Tracklisting
| # | Title | Original album | Composer |
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| 1 | "Wishmaster" | Wishmaster | Holopainen |
| 2 | "Sacrament of Wilderness" | Oceanborn | Holopainen and Emppu Vuorinen |
| 3 | "End of all Hope" | Century Child | Holopainen |
| 4 | "Bless the Child" | Century Child | Holopainen |
| 5 | "Sleeping Sun" | Oceanborn B-side | Holopainen |
| 6 | "She is my Sin" | Wishmaster | Holopainen |
| 7 | "Walking in the Air" | Oceanborn | Holopainen and Howard Blake |
| 8 | "Stargazers" | Oceanborn | Holopainen |
| 9 | "Over the Hills and Far Away" | Over the Hills and Far Away | Gary Moore |
| 10 | "The Kinslayer" | Wishmaster | Holopainen |
| 11 | "Dead Boy's Poem" | Wishmaster | Holopainen |
| 12 | "Sleepwalker" | Wishmaster B-side | Holopainen |
| 13 | "Nightquest" | Oceanborn B-side | Holopainen |
| 14 | "Lagoon" | Century Child B-side | Holopainen |
| 15 | "The Wayfarer" | Century Child B-side | Holopainen |
[edit] Credits
- Tarja Turunen - Lead vocals
- Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards
- Emppu Vuorinen - Lead guitars
- Jukka Nevalainen - Drums
- Marco Hietala - Bass guitar
- Sami Vänskä - Bass guitar (all tracks except 3, 4, 14 and 15)
[edit] References
- ^ "Tales From the Elvenpath". Rateyourmusic.com. http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/nightwish/tales_from_the_elvenpath/. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
- ^ "Nightwish - Tales from the Elvenpath". Metal-archives.com. http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=57854. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
- ^ "Two gold awards from Germany". Nightwish.com. http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=08&year=2005. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
