Spinefarm Records released a 2-CD special edition of the album in 2002. It includes liner art with the band members' signatures, and a Video CD containing the music video for their cover of Gary Moore's "Over the Hills and Far Away". In addition, the booklet contains an ID code that allows the owner to download the entire album and three extra tracks from the Internet for a limited time.[6] The bonus tracks are "Nightwish", "The Forever Moments" and "Etiäinen", all from the band's first demo of 1996.
The album was certified double platinum in Finland with more than 60,000 sold copies,[7] the second best selling album of 2002 in Finland.[8]Century Child has sold more than 80,000 copies in Finland alone.[7] It sold more than 350,000 copies worldwide between 2002 and 2003.[citation needed]
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Century Child is the fourth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish It was released in 2002 through Spinefarm Records in Finland Drakkar Entertainment in the rest of Europe Century Media Records in the US and Toy s Factory in Japan It is the first album which features former bassist and male vocalist Marko Hietala It is also the first Nightwish album to feature an orchestra Century ChildStudio album by NightwishReleased25 May 2002 2002 05 25 RecordedJanuary April 2002StudioCaverock Kitee Finland Finnvox Helsinki FinlandGenreSymphonic power metalLength50 09LabelSpinefarmProducerTuomas Holopainen TeeCee KinnunenNightwish studio album chronologyWishmaster 2000 Century Child 2002 Once 2004 Singles from Century Child Ever Dream Released 3 May 2002 Bless the Child Released 21 July 2002Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Sputnikmusic 2 Sea of Tranquility 3 Metal de 4 Metal Hammer 5 Kerrang citation needed Spinefarm Records released a 2 CD special edition of the album in 2002 It includes liner art with the band members signatures and a Video CD containing the music video for their cover of Gary Moore s Over the Hills and Far Away In addition the booklet contains an ID code that allows the owner to download the entire album and three extra tracks from the Internet for a limited time 6 The bonus tracks are Nightwish The Forever Moments and Etiainen all from the band s first demo of 1996 The album was certified double platinum in Finland with more than 60 000 sold copies 7 the second best selling album of 2002 in Finland 8 Century Child has sold more than 80 000 copies in Finland alone 7 It sold more than 350 000 copies worldwide between 2002 and 2003 citation needed Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 3 1 Weekly charts 3 2 Year end charts 3 3 Singles 4 Certifications 5 References 5 1 Bibliography 6 External linksTrack listing EditAll lyrics are written by Tuomas Holopainen except where noted all music is composed by Holopainen except where noted Century Child track listingNo TitleLyricsMusicLength1 Bless the Child 6 122 End of All Hope 3 543 Dead to the World 4 194 Ever Dream 4 435 Slaying the Dreamer HolopainenEmppu Vuorinen4 316 Forever Yours 3 517 Ocean Soul 4 148 Feel for You 3 549 The Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber cover Charles HartRichard StilgoeMike BattLloyd Webber4 0910 Beauty of the Beast I Long Lost Love II One More Night to Live III Christabel Marko Hietala I Holopainen II III Vuorinen II 10 22Total length 50 09 Japanese edition bonus trackNo TitleLength11 The Wayfarer 3 25Total length 53 34 2007 reissue bonus tracksNo TitleLength11 Lagoon 3 4612 The Wayfarer 3 2413 Bless the Child edit 4 0514 End of All Hope live at Summer Breeze Open Air 4 1715 Dead to the World live at Summer Breeze Open Air 4 45Total length 70 26 Special edition bonus VCDNo TitleWriter s Length1 Over the Hills and Far Away Gary Moore cover music video Moore3 51 Special edition digital hidden tracksNo TitleLength11 Nightwish demo 5 4912 The Forever Moments demo 5 3613 Etiainen demo 2 59Total length 64 33Personnel EditCredits for Century Child adapted from liner notes 9 Nightwish Tarja Turunen lead vocals Tuomas Holopainen keyboards art direction Emppu Vuorinen guitars Marko Hietala bass male vocals on tracks 3 5 8 9 backing vocals on track 4 amp 10 Jukka Nevalainen drums percussionAdditional musicians Joensuu City Orchestra orchestra Juha Ikonen orchestra leader Riku Niemi orchestra and choir conductor orchestra and choir arrangements orchestra and choir producer Mongo Aaltonen orchestral percussion St Thomas Chorus of Helsinki choir vocals Hilkka Kangasniemi choirmaster Sam Hardwick spoken words on Bless the Child and Beauty of the Beast Kristiina Ilmonen tin whistle GME choir additional noiseProduction Tero TeeCee Kinnunen producer Mikko Karmila mixing Mika Jussila mastering Veijo Laine orchestra and choir arrangements orchestra and choir producer Terhi Kallio orchestra engineering Markus Mayer cover art Spelltone layout Hilkka Kangasniemi choirmasterCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 2002 PeakpositionAustrian Albums O3 Austria 10 15Dutch Albums Album Top 100 11 41Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 12 1French Albums SNEP 13 32German Albums Offizielle Top 100 14 5Norwegian Albums VG lista 15 19Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 16 39Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 17 50 Year end charts Edit Chart 2002 PositionGerman Albums Offizielle Top 100 18 97 Singles Edit Year Title Chart Position2002 Ever Dream Finnish Singles Chart 19 1 Bless the Child Finnish Singles Chart 20 1French Singles Chart 21 6Dutch MegaCharts 22 55German Singles Chart 23 63Certifications EditCountry Organization Year SalesFinland IFPI 2003 2 Platinum 60 000 7 References Edit Rivadavia Eduardo Nightwish Century Child review AllMusic All Media Network Retrieved 31 August 2014 Butler Nick 14 January 2005 Nightwish Century Child Sputnikmusic Retrieved 31 August 2014 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Glenday Duncan Pierce Ken 23 November 2003 Nightwish Century Child Sea of Tranquility org Retrieved 31 August 2014 Gregori David Nightwish Century Child in German Metal de Retrieved 31 August 2014 Nightwish Century Child Metal Hammer in German July 2002 Retrieved 31 August 2014 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a CS1 maint url status link The Band Discography Century Child Nightwish Official Website Archived from the original on 14 April 2006 Retrieved 31 August 2014 a b c Tilastot Nightwish in Finnish Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland Retrieved 25 August 2014 Myydyimmat levyt Vuosi 2002 Bestsellers plates Year 2002 in Finnish Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland Retrieved 31 August 2014 2002 Century Child liner notes In Century Child CD booklet Spinefarm Austriancharts at Nightwish Century Child in German Hung Medien Retrieved 1 November 2020 Dutchcharts nl Nightwish Century Child in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved 1 November 2020 Nightwish Century Child in Finnish Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland Retrieved 1 November 2020 Lescharts com Nightwish Century Child Hung Medien Retrieved 1 November 2020 Offiziellecharts de Nightwish Century Child in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved 1 November 2020 Norwegiancharts com Nightwish Century Child Hung Medien Retrieved 1 November 2020 Swedishcharts com Nightwish Century Child Hung Medien Retrieved 1 November 2020 Swisscharts com Nightwish Century Child Hung Medien Retrieved 1 November 2020 Top 100 Album Jahrescharts GfK Entertainment in German offiziellecharts de Retrieved 1 November 2020 Nightwish Ever Dream song Finnishcharts com Media Control Charts Retrieved 31 August 2014 Nightwish Bless the Child song Finnishcharts com Media Control Charts Retrieved 31 August 2014 infodisc fr Note You must select Nightwish infodisc fr Archived from the original on 24 September 2014 Retrieved 31 August 2014 Nightwish Bless the Child song GfK Dutch Charts in Dutch Media Control Charts Retrieved 31 August 2014 Single Nightwish Bless the Child Charts de in German Media Control Charts Archived from the original on 3 September 2014 Retrieved 31 August 2014 Bibliography Edit Ollila Mape 2007 Once Upon a Nightwish Deggael Communications ISBN 978 952 99749 2 4 External links EditNightwish s Official Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Century Child amp oldid 1125239279, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
