Decades (Nightwish album)

Not to be confused with Decades: Live in Buenos Aires.
Decades
Compilation album by
Nightwish
ReleasedMarch 9, 2018 (2018-03-09)
Recorded1996–2015
Genre
Length141:31
LabelNuclear Blast
Producer
Nightwish chronology
Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads
(2011) 		Decades
(2018)

Decades is the seventh compilation album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, and contains remastered versions of the original material. It was released on March 9, 2018, which is the same day that they began touring for the Decades: World Tour.[1] The track listing is presented in reverse chronological order.

Track listing

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

Disc one
No.TitleMusicOriginal releaseLength
1."The Greatest Show on Earth"
Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)23:59
2."Élan" Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)4:47
3."My Walden"
  • Holopainen
  • Hietala
Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)4:41
4."Storytime" Imaginaerum (2011)5:30
5."I Want My Tears Back" Imaginaerum (2011)5:11
6."Amaranth" Dark Passion Play (2007)3:57
7."The Poet and the Pendulum" Dark Passion Play (2007)13:54
8."Nemo" Once (2004)4:36
9."Wish I Had an Angel" Once (2004)4:02
Total length:70:37
Disc two
No.TitleMusicOriginal releaseLength
1."Ghost Love Score" Once (2004)10:02
2."Slaying the Dreamer"
  • Holopainen
  • Emppu Vuorinen
Century Child (2002)4:34
3."End of All Hope" Century Child (2002)4:23
4."10th Man Down" Over the Hills and Far Away (2001)5:29
5."The Kinslayer" Wishmaster (2000)4:09
6."Dead Boy's Poem" Wishmaster (2000)6:52
7."Gethsemane" Oceanborn (1998)5:22
8."Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean" Oceanborn (1998)4:46
9."Sacrament of Wilderness"
  • Vuorinen
  • Holopainen
Oceanborn (1998)4:14
10."Sleeping Sun" Oceanborn (1998)4:33
11."Elvenpath" Angels Fall First (1997)4:42
12."The Carpenter" Angels Fall First (1997)6:00
13."Nightwish" (demo) Nightwish Demo (1996)5:48
Total length:70:54

Personnel

Charts

References

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