Highest Hopes

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Highest Hopes
Compilation album by Nightwish
Released	2005
Recorded	?
Genre	Symphonic metal
Length	78:33 min
Label	Spinefarm
Nightwish chronology
Bestwishes (2005)	Highest Hopes (2005)

Highest Hopes is the third compilation album by Nightwish. Their first, Tales from the Elvenpath, was considered incomplete by many fans, containing only tracks from Oceanborn, Over the Hills and Far Away, Wishmaster and Century Child; leaving out Once and Angels Fall First. This compilation, though, contains songs from all previously-released Nightwish albums, plus a cover of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" (live version on the limitied edition).

Highest Hopes was released in two different formats. In addition to the normal version, a limited edition was also released, featuring a bonus disc containing three video clips filmed at the Mera Luna Festival in Hildesheim, Germany in 2003; "She Is My Sin", "Dead to the World" and "Kinslayer", a live version of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" and a new recording of the song "Sleeping Sun", for which the band shot a video in Prague, Czech Republic.

The album was certified platinum in Finland – for sales exceeding 40,000 copies – the same day it was released.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Wish I Had an Angel"
2. "Stargazers"
3. "The Kinslayer"
4. "Ever Dream"
5. "Elvenpath"
6. "Bless the Child"
7. "Nemo"
8. "Sleeping Sun"
9. "Dead to the World"
10. "Over the Hills and Far Away"
11. "Deep Silent Complete"
12. "Sacrament of Wilderness"
13. "Walking in the Air"
14. "Wishmaster"
15. "Dead Boy's Poem"
16. "High Hopes (Live)"

[edit] Track listing (2cd+1dvd version)

Disc 1:

1. "Wish I Had an Angel"
2. "Stargazers"
3. "The Kinslayer"
4. "Ever Dream"
5. "Elvenpath"
6. "Bless the Child"
7. "Nemo"
8. "Sleeping Sun"
9. "Dead to the World"
10. "Over the Hills and Far Away"
11. "Deep Silent Complete"
12. "Sacrament of Wilderness"
13. "Walking in the Air"
14. "Wishmaster"
15. "Dead Boy's Poem"
16. "High Hopes (Live)"

Disc 2:

1. "The Wayfarer"
2. "Come Cover me (Live)"
3. "Dead Boy's Poem (Live)"
4. "Once Upon a Troubadour"
5. "A Return to the Sea"
6. "Sleepwalker - Heavy Version"
7. "Nightquest"
8. "Lagoon"

DVD:

1. "She Is My Sin (Live)"
2. "Dead to the World (Live)"
3. "The Kinslayer (Live)"
4. "Over the Hills and Far Away"
5. "Bless the Child"
6. "Sleeping Sun"
7. "Walking in the Air (Live)"
8. "End of All Hope (Live)"
9. "10th Man Down (Live)"
10. "Sleeping Sun (Live)"

v • d • e Nightwish
Tuomas Holopainen | Marco Hietala | Emppu Vuorinen | Jukka Nevalainen
Former members: Sami Vänskä | Tarja Turunen
Discography
Albums and EPs: Demo | Angels Fall First | Oceanborn | Wishmaster | Over the Hills and Far Away | Century Child | Once | Sixth studio album
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" | "Eva"
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