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Release date: 26 September 2007
Style: Symphonic power metal

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Disc I
01. The Poet And The Pendulum
02. Bye Bye Beautiful
03. Amaranth
04. Cadence Of Her Last Breath
05. Master Passion Greed
06. Eva
07. Sahara
08. Whoever Brings The Night
09. For The Heart I Once Had
10. The Islander
11. Last Of The Wilds
12. 7 Days To The Wolves
13. Meadows Of Heaven
14. Reach [Amaranth demo] [bonus]

Disc II [limited edition]
01. The Poet And The Pendulum [Instrumental]
02. Bye Bye Beautiful [Instrumental]
03. Amaranth [Instrumental]
04. Cadence Of Her Last Breath [Instrumental]
05. Master Passion Greed [Instrumental]
06. Eva [Instrumental]
07. Sahara [Instrumental]
08. Whoever Brings The Night [Instrumental]
09. For The Heart I Once Had [Instrumental]
10. The Islander [Instrumental]
11. Last Of The Wilds [Instrumental]
12. 7 Days To The Wolves [Instrumental]
13. Meadows Of Heaven [Instrumental]

Disc III [Limited 3CD Box Edition]
01. Escapist
02. Meadows Of Heaven [orchestral version]
03. The Poet And The Pendulum [demo]

The biggest surprise of 2007 / The biggest letdown of 2007

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Additional info
This is the track list of the platinum edition that was released on the 23th of January 2008.

Disc I
The original 13 tracks

Disc II
01. Erämaan viimeinen
02. The Escapist
03. Meadows of Heaven [Orchestral version]
04. The Poet and the Pendulum [demo]
05. Bye Bye Beautiful [DJ Orkidea remix]


Band members:
* Anette Olzon - Vocals
* Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar on "The Islander" and "Last of the Wilds"/"Erämaan viimeinen"
* Marco Hietala - Bass, vocals, acoustic guitar on "The Islander"
* Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards, Piano
* Jukka Nevalainen - Drums, percussions

Guest musicians
* London Philharmonic Orchestra
* Guy Elliott - Lead Boy Soprano
* Tom Williams - Second Boy Soprano and Voice on The Poet and the Pendulum
* Metro Voices - Choir
* Troy Donockley - Bodhran, Uilleann Pipes, Low and Tin Whistle on " The Islander, "Last of the Wilds" and "Meadows of Heaven"
* Nollaig Casey - Fiddle on "Last of the Wilds"
* Senni Eskelinen - Electric Kantele on "Last of the Wilds"
* Greg Knowles - Cymbalom
* Johanna "Jonsu" Salomaa - Vocals on "Erämaan Viimeinen" ("Last Of The Wilds")

Staff review by
Baz Anderson

Rating:
7.5
All eyes have been on Nightwish over the last three years following the huge commercial success of previous album "Once" and of course also the dramatic letting go of previous vocal powerhouse Tarja. Now more than ever Tuomas and company have immense pressure placed upon them to deliver the goods with the sixth full length edition to the Nightwish catalogue.

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Obaida - 15.02.2011 at 15:05  
Rating: 10 Perfect !
ErnilEnNaur - 25.02.2011 at 01:14  
  LMAO! This is far from perfect. Loads of commercial crap (Amaranth, Bye Bye Beautiful) and perhaps the most boring song they've ever made (Eva) on this one. OTOH, it also contains their best and heaviest songs to date, including PATP and Master Passion Greed. It's like Once and CC in almost every way, there's more filler, but the awesome tracks are even more awesome than Ghost Love Score and The Beauty Of The Beast. Marco singing on almost every track is also great.
musicalkaratekid - 28.06.2011 at 01:13  
Rating: 8
Written by Guest on 25.02.2011 at 01:14

LMAO! This is far from perfect. Loads of commercial crap (Amaranth, Bye Bye Beautiful) and perhaps the most boring song they've ever made (Eva) on this one. OTOH, it also contains their best and heaviest songs to date, including PATP and Master Passion Greed. It's like Once and CC in almost every way, there's more filler, but the awesome tracks are even more awesome than Ghost Love Score and The Beauty Of The Beast. Marco singing on almost every track is also great.

This album is nothing like once and CC in my opinion, but i do think the quality of musicianship here is just as good. But that's just me:P
aann33ss - 04.08.2011 at 17:26  
Rating: 10 Very sweet vocal. Symphonic Sweet Metal... hehheheheh
musicalkaratekid - 26.09.2011 at 16:42  
Rating: 8 Good album,with the exception that a few tracks seem really weak in contrast to the rest of the album.
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