Century Child

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Century Child
File:Nightwish Century Child.jpg
Studio album by Nightwish
Released 25 May 2002
Recorded Caverock Studios, Kitee and Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland, January-April 2002
Genre Symphonic metal, power metal
Length 57:20
Label Spinefarm (Finland)
Drakkar (Europe)
Century Media (US)
Toy's Factory (Japan)
Producer Tuomas Holopainen, Tero Kinnunen and Nightwish
Nightwish chronology
Over the Hills and Far Away
(2001)Over the Hills and Far Away2001		 Century Child
(2002)		 Once
(2004)Once2004
Singles from Century Child
  1. "Ever Dream"
    Released: 3 May 2002
  2. "Bless the Child"
    Released: 21 July 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Sputnikmusic 4/5 stars[2]
Sea of Tranquility 4.5/5 stars
4/5 stars[3]
Metal.de 9/10 stars[4]
Metal Hammer (GER) 6/7 stars[5]
Kerrang! 4/5 stars[citation needed]

Century Child is the fourth studio album by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2002 through Spinefarm Records. It is the first album which features current bassist and male vocalist Marco Hietala.

Spinefarm Records released a 2-CD special edition version of the album in 2002. It includes the CD, 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 most sold Finnish album in Finland in year 2002.[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]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tuomas Holopainen, except where indicated. 

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Bless the Child"       6:12
2. "End of All Hope"       3:45
3. "Dead to the World"       4:19
4. "Ever Dream"       4:43
5. "Slaying the Dreamer"     Holopainen, Emppu Vuorinen 4:31
6. "Forever Yours"       3:51
7. "Ocean Soul"       4:14
8. "Feel for You"       3:54
9. "The Phantom of the Opera"   Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe Andrew Lloyd Webber 4:10
10. "Beauty of the Beast"
I. "Long Lost Love"
II. "One More Night to Live"
III. "Christabel"  		   I. Marco Hietala; II. Holopainen, Vuorinen 10:22

Personnel

Nightwish

Guest musicians

  • Joensuu City Orchestra
  • Juha Ikonen - orchestra leader
  • Riku Neimi - orchestra conductor
  • Mongo Aaltonen - orchestral percussion
  • A chorus mostly consisting of members from the St. Thomas chorus of Helsinki[citation needed]
  • Hilkka Kangasniemi - choirmaster
  • Sam Hardwick - spoken parts on tracks 1 and 10
  • Kristiina Ilmonen - tin whistle
  • GME choir - additional noise

Production

  • Tero Kinnunen - producer, engineer
  • Mikko Karmila - engineer, mixing
  • Mika Jussila - mastering
  • Veijo Laine, Riku Neimi - orchestra and choir production and arrangements
  • Terhi Kallio - orchestra recordings engineer

Charts

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
Finland IFPI 2003 2x Platinum (+ 60,000)[7]

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