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NIGHTWISH “Once” /CD/


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    Band: NIGHTWISH
  • Product Code: 27361 12912 | NB 1291-2
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NIGHTWISH

The fifth full-length studio album by the legendary Finnish Symphonic Power Metal band.
Nightwish's best-selling album to date, and the last album to feature Tarja Turunen on lead vocals.
The album cost nearly €250 000 to make, (1 000 000 including the videos), which made it Finland's most expensive recording ever until the release of Nightwish's next album, "Dark Passion Play", which cost over €500 000 to produce. As of 2013, "Once" had sold 2.3 million copies worldwide, becoming Nightwish's most successful album to date.
The album continues the more streamlined musical approach first heard on "Century Child", moving further away from the Power Metal-influenced sound of their previous albums into Symphonic Metal with a slightly more mainstream, approachable feel. "Once" utilizes a full orchestra in nine of the eleven songs on the album; unlike on "Century Child", Nightwish chose an orchestra outside of Finland, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which has been featured on every album released since.
"Once" is their second album to feature a full-length song in Finnish, "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan". The band added new elements to their music for this album, such as the chorus riff and synthesized drum-beat of "Wish I Had an Angel", and a long prayer chant on "Creek Mary's Blood".
During the first week of its release, "Once" entered the Finnish, German and Norwegian charts at number one, later topping the European Top 100 Albums chart. It was also the first Nightwish album to chart in the United States, reaching No. 42 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, and the band's first album to chart in UK, reaching No. 10 on the Rock Chart. In 2005, "Once" was ranked number 383 in Rock Hard Magazine's book "The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time". In 2017, it was ranked 89th at Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".
"Once" has been certified double Platinum in Finland, triple Gold in Germany, Gold in Sweden. The Single "Nemo" topped the charts in Finland and Hungary, and reached the top ten in four additional countries. It remained on the UK Rock Chart for more than a year. "Nemo" therefore remains their most successful single ever, and "Once" reached number 47 in the list of best-selling albums of all time in Finland. As of June 2013, the album had sold 2.3 million copies worldwide, becoming Nightwish's best-selling album to date.
Nuclear Blast GmbH, 2004 (27361 12912 | NB 1291-2). Made in Germany. Re-press.


Tracklist:
1. Dark Chest Of Wonders 4:28
2. Wish I Had An Angel 4:06
3. Nemo 4:36
4. Planet Hell 4:39
5. Creek Mary's Blood 8:30
6. The Siren 4:45
7. Dead Gardens 4:28
8. Romanticide 4:58
9. Ghost Love Score 10:02
10. Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan 3:59
11. Higher Than Hope 5:35
Total playing time: 60:06 min.



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