Rethroned
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| Studio album by Northern Kings | ||||
| Released |
November 19, 2008 February 25, 2009 (Japan) | |||
| Genre | Symphonic metal | |||
| Length | 55:01 | |||
| Label | Warner Music Finland | |||
| Producer | Erkka Korhonen | |||
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| RevelationZ |    [1] |
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Rethroned is the second album by Finnish symphonic metal band Northern Kings. It was released on November 19, 2008, as a CD in Finland and to download via the European iTunes Store. Upon release, the album entered the Finnish charts at number 16.[3] The album was released in Japan on February 25, 2009, with the Michael Jackson cover "They Don't Care About Us" as a bonus track. The iTunes edition included also the orchestral version of "They Don't Care About Us".[4]
The first single and music video released off this album was the Seal cover "Kiss from a Rose" (originally from the soundtrack of the film Batman Forever).[5] The album also includes two other movie-based tracks: "Training Montage" (from Rocky IV) and "A View to a Kill" (from the 1985 James Bond 007 film of the same title).
Track listing
- "Training Montage" (Vince DiCola cover, from the film Rocky IV) - (Instrumental)
- "Wanted Dead or Alive" (Bon Jovi cover) - (by Marco Hietala)
- "Kiss from a Rose" (Seal cover) - (by all)
- "A View to a Kill" (Duran Duran cover) - (by all)
- "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Prince cover, although chiefly associated with Sinéad O'Connor) - (by Tony Kakko)
- "My Way" (Frank Sinatra cover) - (by Jarkko Ahola)
- Instrumentals incorporate elements of Queen's "The Show Must Go On".
- "Strangelove" (Depeche Mode cover) - (by all)
- "Take on Me" (A-ha cover) - (by all)
- "I Should Be So Lucky" (Kylie Minogue cover) - (by Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto and Jarkko Ahola)
- "Killer" (Adamski feat. Seal cover) - (by all)
- "Róisín Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend" (Thin Lizzy cover) - (by Jarkko Ahola and Marco Hietala)
- "They Don't Care About Us" (Michael Jackson cover) - (by Marco Hietala and Tony Kakko)
- Bonus track on the Japanese release.
- "They Don't Care About Us (Orchestral Edit)" (Michael Jackson cover) - (by Marco Hietala and Tony Kakko)
- iTunes bonus track
Personnel
- Marco Hietala - vocals
- Tony Kakko - vocals
- Jarkko Ahola - vocals
- Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto - vocals
with
- Erkka Korhonen (of the Ari Koivunen band) - guitar[6]
- Mirka Rantanen - Drums
- Mikko P. Mustonen - Orchestrations
- Two Finger Choir - Backing Vocals
- Vili Olila - Piano, Keyboards
- Erkki Silvennoinen - Bass
References
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