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| Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish | 
 enlarge | Artist: Nightwish
Label: Universal Int'l
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 40848
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 602498717202
EAN: 0602498717202
ASIN: B000ANHGHC
Release Date: October 3, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Wish I Had an Angel | | • | Stargazers | | • | Kingslayer | | • | Ever Dream | | • | Elvenpath | | • | Bless the Child | | • | Nemo | | • | Sleeping Sun [2005 Version] | | • | Dead to the World | | • | Over the Hills and Far Away | | • | Deep Silent Complete | | • | Sacrament of Wilderness | | • | Walking in the Air | | • | Wishmaster | | • | Dead Boy's Poem | | • | High Hopes |
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Album Description
Not less than one of the leading bands of the Finnish music scene. The unique combination of heavy metal and female singing has made this ingenious band rise like a rocket into the awareness of people around the world. The composer of the band's music, Tuomas Holopainen combines elements from movie music to the traditional metal in a way no one has ever done before. If you like good music in general you will love this album...16 tracks. Universal. 2005.
Album Details
2005 Collection of the Finnish Band's Best Recordings. In the Wake of the Emergence of Evanescence on the Rock Scene, Many Rock Fans Sought Other Female Fronted Bands and Discovered this Group that Became Popular in their Homeland and the Rest of Europe. Toilling Since 1997 and Founded by Keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, He Assembled Opera Vocalist Tarja Turunen, Guitarist Emppo Vuorinen, Bassist Sami Vaenskae and Drummer Jukka Nevalainen. Their Sound is Gothic, Progressive and Dynamic and Occupy a Special Place in the Progressive Rock of the 21st Century.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
Decent Collection Of Songs... October 16, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a good collection of songs from the band, but there are songs they should have not left out... Like "Beauty And The Beast", "The Pharoh Sail To Orion", and "Gethsemane".
There is a really cool cover of the Pink Floyd song "High Hopes" on here... That is definatly worth checking out.
If you have all thier other cds, your not missing anything here... But this is a good cd to get if you don't have any of thier stuff.
A decent compilation from a stellar band. March 7, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love Nightwish, and I am glad they released a best-of compilation. However, I think it is unfortunate that to get a cheap price on the CD in North America, you have to buy the Argentinian import, or one from the EU for a higher price. There are sixteen songs in total, making this compilation a fairly complete one. There are some very good songs spanning their entire career are on the album, however a couple of my very favorites aren't on the disc. "Sacrament to Wilderness" and "Come Cover Me" are (in my opinion) the best tracks off "Oceanborn" and "Wishmaster" respectively, are not present. There are three tracks on this hits compilation that are not on the standard editions of the full-length albums. To get more of the rare tracks, one would have to buy the more expensive dual-disc edition (sold on Amazon.com for an outrageous price). Drakkar released a better compilation in Germany that includes more rare songs, and is on a single disc. This German compilation did not have any of the latest tracks off of "Once," as it was produced in 2004. An reviewer on this site wrote in saying that Amazon.com told them the disc was unavailable. While I can't check the reliability of that claim, the only store I saw that CD in was located in Europe. In other words, the better compilations are not widely available in the States, even as an import. To sum up the review, it is a sacrifice to buy the (least desirable) greatest hits compilation, but at least it has a lot of songs (and to be fair, everyone's favorite songs are different). Nightwish is an incredible band, and even a decent compilation is a great one.
 March 3, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Mixed feelings always arise whenever a "best of" compilation is released. I guess in Nightwish's case, it signifies the end of an era considering the departure of Tarja a few months back. So, not much can be said about this album. We all know Nightwish's brand of ultra-symphonic Metal, and many of their gems such as "Stargazers" and "Bless The Child" are present here, while sacrificing monumental numbers like "Beauty of the beast" and wizardry-stompers like "Moondance". 16 tracks in total with 2 "new" songs consisting of a 2005 version of "Sleeping Sun" and a live version of "High Hopes", which is a Pink Floyd cover (both not that impressive). Included is a DVD with three live songs.
This has been done before, and better May 5, 2006
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
As a long time fan of Nightwish, I am more than a little upset that they felt the need to put out a brand new 'Greatest Hits' album with Bestwishes only a few years old and only ONE full length album separating the two.
Both albums have in common: Ever Dream, Kinslayer, Over the Hills and Far Away, Walking in the Air, Wishmaster, Bless the Child, Stargazers, Sleeping Sun, and Sacrament of Wilderness. It's hard to argue against any of those, and these songs make Highest Hopes still worth the purchase if you are new to Nightwish.
Bestwishes has that Highest Hopes does NOT: End of All Hope, She is My Sin, Come Cover Me, Riddler, Beauty and the Beast, Know Why the Nightingale Sings, Sleepwalker, Crownless.
Highest Hopes has that Bestwishes does NOT: I Wish I Had an Angel, Elvenpath, Dead to the World, Nemo, Deep Silent Complete, Dead Boy's Poem, Highest Hopes.
Hmmm, let's compare. End of All Hope, a song almost as good as Wishmaster, everybody's favorite Nightwish song, is left off and replaced by Dead to the World, a good song but with more annoying guest male vocals and none of the awesome power of End of All Hope. No more Riddler, easily one of the best songs off of Oceanborn, itself their best full lenght. No more She Is My Sin, similarily awesome song from Wishmaster (the album). The inclusion of Dead Boy's Poem is commendable, but as far as epic pieces go, i would have preferred to see Fantasimic or Beauty OF the Beast. Elvenpath replaces Nightingale as the sole track from Angels Fall First. This is acceptable.
The two songs from Once are NOT acceptable. First off, why make a brand new compilation CD for the sole purpose of including a new album, and ONLY INCLUDE TWO SONGS FROM THAT ALBUM!! And if you only include two songs, at least make them GOOD songs.. in my estimation at least, Nemo and I wish I had an Angel are two of the weakest offerings from the already weak Once. They would have done MUCH better with Dark Chest of Wonders and Ghost Love Score, or even Siren.
Finally, they still haven't realised that Phantom and the Opera deserves an inclusion on Nightwish's best ever, though if you read my review of Bestwishes, you'll see they 'listened to me' on at least three counts by dropping Crownless and Beauty AND the Beast, as well as including Dead Boy's Poem. One of the few things they got right with this release.
The only justification I can see for releasing an album so soon after and inferior to a previous 'Best of' compilation is the absurd price tag on Bestwishes. This release does make some of the best songs they've ever done more accessible, and I would have given a much higher rating if it were not for the poor selections from Once and the existence of Bestwishes. In the end though, this CD is just a cheap imitation.
Good for beginner fans. November 17, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This would be a great collection for beginning fans of Nightwish. Includes my personal favorites "Wish I Had An Angel" and "Over the Hills and Far Away". Tarja has a gorgeous voice. Depressingly, they have decided that a change of vocalists is needed. For all those new to Nightwish, listen to this. Missing songs like "She is my Sin" and "Planet Hell".
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