Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads

Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads is the sixth compilation album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2011. It contains the "greatest ballads" from the first four albums, two of which are covers.[1][2] The cover art was created by Andreas Marschall.

Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads
Compilation album by
ReleasedMay 27, 2011 (2011-05-27)
Recorded1997–2002
Genre
Length67:38
LabelDrakkar
Nightwish chronology
Lokikirja
(2009)
Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads
(2011)
Decades
(2018)
Alternative cover
Finnish edition artwork

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Tuomas Holopainen, except where noted; all music is composed by Holopainen, except where noted

Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicOriginal releaseLength
1."Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake cover)BlakeBlakeOceanborn (1998)5:28
2."Angels Fall First"  Angels Fall First (1997)5:34
3."Sleepwalker" (heavy version)  B-side from "Deep Silent Complete" single (2000)3:04
4."Sleeping Sun"  Non-album single (1999)4:01
5."Dead Boy's Poem"  Wishmaster (2000)6:47
6."Deep Silent Complete"  Wishmaster (2000)3:57
7."Feel for You"  Century Child (2002)3:54
8."The Phantom of the Opera" (Andrew Lloyd Webber cover)Lloyd WebberCentury Child (2002)4:09
9."Ocean Soul"  Century Child (2002)4:14
10."Lagoon"  B-side from "Bless the Child" single (2002)3:46
11."Swanheart"  Oceanborn (1998)4:44
12."Two for Tragedy"  Wishmaster (2000)3:51
13."A Return to the Sea"  Angels Fall First (1997)5:46
14."Away"  Over the Hills and Far Away (2001)4:32
15."Forever Yours"  Century Child (2002)3:51
Total length:67:38

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (2011) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] 65
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 45
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 35

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