| Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish | ||||
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| Compilation album by Nightwish | ||||
| Released | September 27, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 - 2005 | |||
| Genre | Symphonic power metal | |||
| Length | 78:33 min | |||
| Label | Spinefarm | |||
| Producer | Tero Kinnunen Tuomas Holopainen |
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Highest Hopes - The Best of Nightwish is the third compilation album by the symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish.[2] Their first, Tales from the Elvenpath, was considered incomplete by many fans as it contains only tracks from Oceanborn, Over the Hills and Far Away, Wishmaster and Century Child, leaving out Angels Fall First and missing the later released Once. This compilation, though, contains songs from all previously-released Nightwish albums, plus a cover of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" (live version on the limited edition).[3]
Highest Hopes was released in three different formats: Standard, Special Edition and Extended 2 CD. In addition to the normal version, a special edition was released, omitting the song "Deep Silent Complete" and replacing it with the popular cover version of The Phantom of the Opera theme, it also contains a bonus DVD disc containing three full songs filmed live at the Mera Luna Festival in Hildesheim, Germany in 2003.[4]
The Extended Version is a 2-CD compilation with CD1 the same as the Standard Version plus a 2nd CD of eight audio tracks form the Tarja Turunen period and includes a bonus DVD disc containing ten video tracks; Three full songs ( Tracks 1-3 ) filmed live at the M'era Luna Festival in Hildesheim, Germany in 2003 ( Identical to the Special Edition Bonus DVD but in an altered running order), three studio videos ( Tracks 4-6 ) and a further four full live songs (Tracks 7-10 ) filmed live at the Summer Breeze Festival in Germany in 2002 . All versions feature a new (2005) recording of the song "Sleeping Sun" and a live version of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" from which this compilation takes its name.[4]
The album was certified platinum in Finland – for sales exceeding 40,000 copies – the same day it was released,[5] and also was gold in Norway with more than 20.000 sold copies.[6] It was also Finland's best-selling album of 2005, having sold more than 65,000 copies, certified with double platinum. Today, it already sold more than 103.000 copies.[7]
Contents |
Track listing
- "Wish I Had an Angel"
- "Stargazers"
- "The Kinslayer"
- "Ever Dream"
- "Elvenpath"
- "Bless the Child"
- "Nemo"
- "Sleeping Sun" (2005 version)
- "Dead to the World"
- "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore cover)
- "Deep Silent Complete"
- "Sacrament of Wilderness"
- "Walking in the Air"
- "Wishmaster"
- "Dead Boy's Poem"
- "High Hopes (live Pink Floyd cover)
Charts
| Chart | Peak Position[8] |
|---|---|
| Finland | 1 |
| Greece | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 |
| Norway | 5 |
| Switzerland | 10 |
| Austria | 13 |
| Germany | 17 |
| Czech Republic | 20 |
| Brazil | 25 |
| Netherlands | 41 |
| Denmark | 56 |
Credits
- Tarja Turunen - Lead vocals
- Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards, spoken parts and backing vocals (on tracks 5 and 10)
- Emppu Vuorinen - Lead guitars
- Jukka Nevalainen - Drums
- Marco Hietala - Bass guitar and male vocals
- Sam Hardwick - Spoken parts (on track 6 and 15)
- Tapio Wilska - Backing vocals (on track 10)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra - Choir (on track 1 and 7)
References
- ^ "Nightwish: Highest Hopes". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jifixqedld6e. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- ^ ""Highest Hopes" cover revealed". Nightwish.com. http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=08&year=2005. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- ^ "Tracklisting for Best Of album". Nightwish.com. http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=06&year=2005. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- ^ a b ""Highest Hopes": NTSC version delayed". Nightwish.com. http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=10&year=2005. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- ^ ""Highest Hopes" sells platinum". Nightwish.com. http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=09&year=2005. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- ^ "The band: Biography". Nightwish.com. http://www.nightwish.com/en/band/biography. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- ^ "Nightwish albums". Ifpi.fi. http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/nightwish. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ^ ""Highest Hopes" charts positions". Nightwish.com. http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=11&year=2005. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
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