Rethroned

Rethroned
Studio album by Northern Kings
Released	November 19, 2008 February 25, 2009 (Japan)
Genre	Symphonic metal
Length	55:01
Label	Warner Music Finland
Producer	Erkka Korhonen
Northern Kings chronology
Reborn (2007) Rethroned (2008)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
RevelationZ	[1]
	(?)[2]

Rethroned is the second album by Finnish symphonic metal band Northern Kings. It was released on November 19, 2008, as a CD in Finland and to download via the European iTunes Store. Upon release, the album entered the Finnish charts at number 16.^[3] The album was released in Japan on February 25, 2009, with the Michael Jackson cover "They Don't Care About Us" as a bonus track. The iTunes edition included also the orchestral version of "They Don't Care About Us". ^[4]

The first single and music video released off this album was the Seal cover "Kiss from a Rose" (originally from the soundtrack of the film Batman Forever).^[5] The album also includes two other movie-based tracks: "Training Montage" (from Rocky IV) and "A View to a Kill" (from the 1985 James Bond 007 film of the same title).

Track listing

1. "Training Montage" (Vince DiCola cover, from the film Rocky IV) - (Instrumental)
2. "Wanted Dead or Alive" (Bon Jovi cover) - (by Marco Hietala)
3. "Kiss from a Rose" (Seal cover) - (by all)
4. "A View to a Kill" (Duran Duran cover) - (by all)
5. "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Prince cover, although chiefly associated with Sinéad O'Connor) - (by Tony Kakko)
6. "My Way" (Frank Sinatra cover) - (by Jarkko Ahola)
   • Instrumentals incorporate elements of Queen's "The Show Must Go On".
7. "Strangelove" (Depeche Mode cover) - (by all)
8. "Take on Me" (A-ha cover) - (by all)
9. "I Should Be So Lucky" (Kylie Minogue cover) - (by Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto and Jarkko Ahola)
10. "Killer" (Adamski feat. Seal cover) - (by all)
11. "Róisín Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend" (Thin Lizzy cover) - (by Jarkko Ahola and Marco Hietala)
12. "They Don't Care About Us" (Michael Jackson cover) - (by Marco Hietala and Tony Kakko)
    • Bonus track on the Japanese release.
13. "They Don't Care About Us (Orchestral Edit)" (Michael Jackson cover) - (by Marco Hietala and Tony Kakko)
    • iTunes bonus track

Personnel

• Marco Hietala - vocals
• Tony Kakko - vocals
• Jarkko Ahola - vocals
• Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto - vocals

with

• Erkka Korhonen (of the Ari Koivunen band) - guitar^[6]
• Mirka Rantanen - Drums
• Mikko P. Mustonen - Orchestrations
• Two Finger Choir - Backing Vocals
• Vili Olila - Piano, Keyboards
• Erkki Silvennoinen - Bass

References

External links

• Northern Kings - "Kiss from a Rose" Video

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