Decades (Nightwish album)

Decades
Decades
Compilation album by Nightwish
Released	March 9, 2018
Recorded	1996–2015
Genre	Symphonic metal; power metal;
Length	141:31
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Tuomas Holopainen; Tero Kinnunen; Nightwish;
Nightwish chronology

Decades is the seventh compilation album by the 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.	Title	Music	Original release	Length
1.	"The Greatest Show on Earth"	Holopainen Marko Hietala	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.	Title	Music	Original release	Length
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

Floor Jansen – lead vocals (tracks 1–3 on CD 1)
Anette Olzon – lead vocals (tracks 4–7 on CD 1)
Tarja Turunen – lead vocals (tracks 8 and 9 on CD 1, all tracks on CD 2)
Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards, male vocals (track 12 on CD 2)
Emppu Vuorinen – guitars, bass (tracks 11 and 12 on CD 2)
Marko Hietala – bass (all tracks on CD 1, tracks 1–3 on CD 2), male vocals (tracks 1, 5, 7, and 9 on CD 1, track 2 on CD 2), backing vocals (track 2 and 3 on CD 1, track 3 on CD 2)
Sami Vänskä – bass (on CD 2, tracks 4–10)
Troy Donockley – Uilleann pipes, low whistle, bodhrán, bouzouki, male vocals (track 3 on CD 1), backing vocals (track 2 on CD 1)
Kai Hahto – drums (tracks 1–3 on CD 1)
Jukka Nevalainen – drums (tracks 4–9 on CD 1, all tracks on CD 2)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[2]	19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[3]	25
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[4]	59
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)^[5]	11
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[6]	68
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[7]	1
French Albums (SNEP)^[8]	55
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	5
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[10]	24
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[11]	76
Polish Albums (ZPAV)^[12]	43
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[13]	25
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[14]	34
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[15]	7
UK Albums (OCC)^[16]	62
US Billboard 200^[17]	119
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[18]	22

Year-end charts

Chart (2018)	Position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[19]	87
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[20]	97

References

^ "NIGHTWISH To Launch Nine-Month 'Decades: World Tour' Next March In North America". Blabbermouth. June 9, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Nightwish – Decades" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^ "Ultratop.be – Nightwish – Decades" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ "Ultratop.be – Nightwish – Decades" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ "ČNS IFPI – CZ Albums – Top 100 – 11. týden 2018" (in Czech). ČNS IFPI. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Nightwish – Decades" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ "Nightwish: Decades" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
^ "Lescharts.com – Nightwish – Decades". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Nightwish – Decades" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2018. 11. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^ "Italiancharts.com – Nightwish – Decades". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Nightwish – Decades". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 16/3/2018 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Nightwish – Decades". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
^ "Official Albums Chart on 16/3/2018 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ "Nightwish, TLP". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
^ "Nightwish, RCK". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2018 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
^ "Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

External links

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[1] "NIGHTWISH To Launch Nine-Month 'Decades: World Tour' Next March In North America". Blabbermouth. June 9, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.

[ac_Austria_Nightwish-2] "Austriancharts.at – Nightwish – Decades" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 22, 2018.

[ac_Flanders_Nightwish-3] "Ultratop.be – Nightwish – Decades" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

[ac_Wallonia_Nightwish-4] "Ultratop.be – Nightwish – Decades" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

[ac_Czech_Nightwish-5] "ČNS IFPI – CZ Albums – Top 100 – 11. týden 2018" (in Czech). ČNS IFPI. Retrieved March 21, 2018.

[ac_Netherlands_Nightwish-6] "Dutchcharts.nl – Nightwish – Decades" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

[ac_Finland_Nightwish-7] "Nightwish: Decades" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved March 18, 2018.

[ac_France_Nightwish-8] "Lescharts.com – Nightwish – Decades". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 3, 2018.

[ac_Germany_Nightwish-9] "Offiziellecharts.de – Nightwish – Decades" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

[ac_Hungary_-10] "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2018. 11. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved March 22, 2018.

[ac_Italy_Nightwish-11] "Italiancharts.com – Nightwish – Decades". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2018.

[ac_Poland_-12] "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 22, 2018.

[ac_Portugal_Nightwish-13] "Portuguesecharts.com – Nightwish – Decades". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 2, 2018.

[ac_Scotland_-14] "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 16/3/2018 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

[ac_Switzerland_Nightwish-15] "Swisscharts.com – Nightwish – Decades". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 21, 2018.

[ac_UK2_-16] "Official Albums Chart on 16/3/2018 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

[17] "Nightwish, TLP". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

[18] "Nightwish, RCK". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

[19] "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2018 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 31, 2018.

[20] "Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

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v t e Nightwish
Tuomas Holopainen Emppu Vuorinen Troy Donockley Floor Jansen Kai Hahto Jukka Koskinen Sami Vänskä Tarja Turunen Anette Olzon Jukka Nevalainen Marko Hietala
Studio albums	Angels Fall First Oceanborn Wishmaster Century Child Once Dark Passion Play Imaginaerum Endless Forms Most Beautiful Human. :II: Nature. Yesterwynde
Live albums	From Wishes to Eternity End of an Era Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places) Showtime, Storytime Vehicle of Spirit Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
EPs	Over the Hills and Far Away
Compilations	Tales from the Elvenpath Highest Hopes Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads Decades
Box sets	Lokikirja
Singles	"The Carpenter" "Sacrament of Wilderness" "Walking in the Air" "Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)" "Deep Silent Complete" "Ever Dream" "Bless the Child" "Nemo" "Wish I Had an Angel" "Kuolema tekee taiteilijan" "The Siren" "Sleeping Sun (2005)" "Eva" "Amaranth" "Erämaan viimeinen" "Bye Bye Beautiful" "The Islander" "Storytime" "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove" "Élan" "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" "Noise" "Perfume of the Timeless" "The Day of..."
Songs	"The Phantom of the Opera" "Planet Hell" "While Your Lips Are Still Red" "Last Ride of the Day"
Videos	From Wishes to Eternity End of Innocence End of an Era Showtime, Storytime Vehicle of Spirit Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
Concert tours	The First Tour of the Angels Summer of Wilderness Oceanborn Europe Tour Wishmaster World Tour World Tour of the Century Once Upon a Tour Dark Passion Play World Tour Imaginaerum World Tour Endless Forms Most Beautiful World Tour Decades: World Tour Human. :II: Nature. World Tour
Related articles	Auri Awards and nominations Darkwoods My Betrothed Discography Imaginaerum (film) Members Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge Mustan sydämen rovio Northward Once Upon a Nightwish
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