Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish is the fourth compilation album by Finnish symphonic metal band 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. This compilation, though, contains songs from all previously released Nightwish albums, plus a live cover of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes".[3]
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| Released | 27 September 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 1997–2005 | |||
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| Length | 78:23 | |||
| Label | Spinefarm | |||
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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" song. It also contains a bonus DVD containing three full songs filmed live at the M'era 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 second CD of eight audio tracks from the Tarja Turunen period and includes a bonus DVD 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 has sold more than 103,000 copies.[7]
Track listing
editAll lyrics are written by Tuomas Holopainen, except where noted; all music is composed by Holopainen, except where noted
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Wish I Had an Angel" | Once | 4:03 | ||
| 2. | "Stargazers" | Oceanborn | 4:26 | ||
| 3. | "The Kinslayer" | Wishmaster | 3:59 | ||
| 4. | "Ever Dream" | Century Child | 4:44 | ||
| 5. | "Elvenpath" | Angels Fall First | 4:38 | ||
| 6. | "Bless the Child" | Century Child | 6:12 | ||
| 7. | "Nemo" | Once | 4:34 | ||
| 8. | "Sleeping Sun" (2005 version) | Highest Hopes (Non-album track) | 4:24 | ||
| 9. | "Dead to the World" | Century Child | 4:19 | ||
| 10. | "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore cover) | Moore | Moore | Over the Hills and Far Away (EP) (Non-album track) | 5:00 |
| 11. | "Deep Silent Complete" | Wishmaster | 3:57 | ||
| 12. | "Sacrament of Wilderness" |
| Oceanborn | 4:09 | |
| 13. | "Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake cover) | Blake | Blake | Oceanborn | 5:27 |
| 14. | "Wishmaster" | Wishmaster | 4:23 | ||
| 15. | "Dead Boy's Poem" | Wishmaster | 6:48 | ||
| 16. | "High Hopes" (Pink Floyd cover; live) |
| Gilmour | Highest Hopes (Non-album track) | 7:20 |
| Total length: | 78:23 | ||||
Sales and certifications
edit| Country | Certification (sales thresholds) |
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| Finland | 5× Platinum[8] |
Charts
editCredits
edit- Tarja Turunen - Lead vocals
- Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards, spoken parts and backing vocals (on tracks 5 and 10)
- Emppu Vuorinen - Lead guitars
- Jukka Nevalainen - Drums
- Marko Hietala - Bass guitar and male vocals
- Sam Hardwick - Spoken parts (on track 6 and 15)
- Tony Kakko - Backing vocals (on track 10)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra - Choir (on track 1 and 7)
References
edit- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. Review: Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish at AllMusic
- ^ ""Highest Hopes" cover revealed". Nightwish.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- ^ "Tracklisting for Best Of album". Nightwish.com. Retrieved 2009-11-10.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b ""Highest Hopes": NTSC version delayed". Nightwish.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- ^ ""Highest Hopes" sells platinum". Nightwish.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- ^ "The band: Biography". Nightwish.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- ^ "Nightwish albums". Ifpi.fi. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ^ "IFPI Tilastot: Nightwish". Ifpi.fi. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
- ^ "Extended Search: Highest Hopes". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- ^ "Extended Search: Highest Hopes". Ultratop.be. 2005-11-10. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- ^ a b c d e ""Highest Hopes" charts positions". Nightwish.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- ^ "Extended Search: Highest Hopes". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- ^ "Extended Search: Highest Hopes". Finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- ^ "Chartverfolgung / Nightwish / Longplay". Musicline.de. Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- ^ "Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish Deluxe Edition - Nightwish" (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
- ^ "Extended Search: Highest Hopes". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- ^ "Nightwish- Highest Hopes". aCharts.us. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- ^ "Extended Search: Highest Hopes". SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- ^ "Extended Search: Highest Hopes". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
External links
edit- Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- Nightwish's Official Website