Century Child

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Century Child
Century Child cover
Studio album by Nightwish
Released June 24, 2002
Recorded 2002
Genre Symphonic metal
Length 50:11
Label Spinefarm Records
Century Media
Producer(s) Tero Kinnunen
Professional reviews
Nightwish chronology
Over The Hills And Far Away
(2001)		 Century Child
(2002)		 Once
(2004)


Century Child is the fourth album by Nightwish, released in 2002 by Spinefarm Records.

The album is a notable departure from previous Nightwish outings, aurally and mentally. It contains orchestral backing, an ethereal production, a much-more streamlined vocal work from Tarja Turunen, and the lyrics portray the strongest concept album undercurrents yet. This could also be considered one of Nightwish's darkest albums.

[edit] Additional material

Spinefarm Records released a 2-CD special edition of the album in 2002. It includes the CD with copy protection (existence of which isn't mentioned), liner art with the band members' signatures, and an unusual-looking transparent Video CD containing the music video for their Gary Moore cover of "Over The Hills And Far Away". In addition, the booklet contains an ID code that allowed the owner for a limited time to download the entire album, and three extra tracks from the Internet. The bonus tracks were "Nightwish", "The Forever Moments" and "Etiäinen", all from the band's first demo, back when they were an acoustic project.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Bless the Child" – 6:12
  2. "End Of All Hope" – 3:55
  3. "Dead To The World" – 4:19
  4. "Ever Dream" – 4:44
  5. "Slaying The Dreamer" – 4:31
  6. "Forever Yours" – 3:50
  7. "Ocean Soul" – 4:14
  8. "Feel For You" – 3:55
  9. "The Phantom Of The Opera" – 4:10
  10. "Beauty Of The Beast (Long Lost Love - One More Night To Live - Christabel)" – 10:21
  11. "The Wayfarer" (Bonus Track; Japanese Limited Edition) – 3:22

[edit] Credits


Nightwish
Tuomas Holopainen | Marco Hietala | Emppu Vuorinen | Jukka Nevalainen
Sami Vänskä | Tarja Turunen
Discography
Albums and EPs: Angels Fall First | Oceanborn | Wishmaster | Over the Hills and Far Away | Century Child | Once
Singles: "The Carpenter" | "Sacrament of Wilderness" | "Passion and the Opera" | "Walking in the Air" | "Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)" | "The Kinslayer" | "Deep Silent Complete" | "Ever Dream" | "Bless the Child" | "Nemo" | "Wish I Had an Angel" | "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" | "The Siren" | "Sleeping Sun"
Live albums: From Wishes to Eternity | End of an Era
Compilations: Wishmastour 2000 | Tales from the Elvenpath | Bestwishes | Highest Hopes
Videos and DVDs: From Wishes to Eternity | End of Innocence | End of an Era
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