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Dark Passion Play is the sixth studio album by the symphonic metal quintet Nightwish. It was released on September 26, 2007 in Finland, September 28 in Europe and October 2, 2007 in the United States. It is the first Nightwish album with the band's new lead singer, Anette Olzon, and the first album not featuring former vocalist Tarja Turunen, who was dismissed in October 2005.
Lead songwriter Tuomas Holopainen has referred to it as the 'album that saved his life'.[3]
Running at 75:43 minutes, it is their longest album to date, 15 minutes longer than the previously longest record (Once).
The album has spawned six singles: "Eva", the album's lead single, was released on May 25, 2007[4] as a download-only single for charity; "Amaranth", released on August 22; Erämaan Viimeinen, which was released on December 5 in Finland only; "Bye Bye Beautiful", released on February 15, 2008; "The Islander" was released on May 21.
So far, three music videos have been filmed to accompany the album's singles. The first two, "Amaranth" and "Bye Bye Beautiful" were both shot in Los Angeles, USA in spring 2007 and cost 270,000€.[5] The "Amaranth" video was released together with the single on August 22, 2007, and "Bye Bye Beautiful" on February 15. The third music video, "The Islander", was finished in October, 2007, in Rovaniemi, Finland,[6] and released in April, 2008. Holopainen has stated that at first they were planning not to shoot another video for Dark Passion Play, but when they were offered to make the video in a town with traditional Finnish nature, they couldn't refuse.
Track listing
All songs written by Tuomas Holopainen, unless otherwise stated. All lyrics by Holopainen. Arrangements by Hietala, Holopainen, Nevalainen, Vuorinen and Kinnunen.
Disc 1:
Title Writers Notes Length
1. "The Poet And The Pendulum" Holopainen Feat. Tom Williams on treble vocals 13:54
2. "Bye Bye Beautiful" Holopainen The fourth single 04:14
3. "Amaranth" Holopainen The second single 03:51
4. "Cadence Of Her Last Breath" Holopainen 04:14
5. "Master Passion Greed" Holopainen 06:02
6. "Eva" Holopainen The first single 04:24
7. "Sahara" Holopainen 05:47
8. "Whoever Brings The Night" Vuorinen 04:17
9. "For The Heart I Once Had" Holopainen 03:55
10. "The Islander" Hietala The fifth single 05:05
11. "Last Of The Wilds" Holopainen Instrumental. Its vocal version, "Erämaan Viimeinen", is the third single 05:40
12. "7 Days To The Wolves" Holopainen, Hietala 07:03
13. "Meadows Of Heaven" Holopainen 07:10
14. "Escapist" Holopainen Bonus track on Japanese version 04:57
Music style
Before the album's release, band leader Tuomas Holopainen said in an interview that the album will have a lot in common with the last album "Once". For example, the band have kept the new kind of heavier songs (such as "Master Passion Greed", "7 Days to the Wolves" and "Bye Bye Beautiful"), but that additionally there will be softer ballads (such as "Meadows of Heaven, "Eva" and "The Islander"). Also that there will be a very long symphonic track ("Ghost Love Score" on "Once"), ("The Poet and the Pendulum" on "Dark Passion Play). The new album includes lots of guest musicians and orchestral parts - in the same interview, Holopainen said that as they recorded Once they had 18 people in the choir, and still this wasn't enough.
He also claimed there was going to be "shockers" that he didn't want to reveal. The longest track, "The Poet and the Pendulum", is a song that according to him is a very personal, epic piece that is a lot like film music, and lasts for almost 14 minutes. Music engineer Mikko Karmila has also stated that the style is much more progressive than earlier.
“ The extremes are there more than ever before. So it's not going to be like Century Child 2. There is more hope in some of the new songs.
-Tuomas Holopainen, band leader, keyboardist and main composer[20] ”
Holopainen also said that there are darker pieces reminiscent of Century Child, such as "The Poet and the Pendulum", and some others. It will be a dark album, both musically and lyrically. Even though the album is much more upbeat than "Century Child".[21] Songs that reflect this mood are for example the second single "Amaranth" and "Bye Bye Beautiful"'s B-side "Escapist".
Just like the album "Once", Nightwish included many new influences and experimentations in several tracks. On "Once", much inspiration came from Native American music, especially "Creek Mary's Blood", that featured Native American musician John Two-Hawks. However, on Dark Passion Play, much inspiration comes from Finnish and Irish culture and music as this can be clearly heard on "Last of the Wilds".
For the second time, growling has being featured on the track Master Passion Greed by keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and an unknown Metal Hammer reporter[22] . First time was by Marco Hietala on Once, Planet Hell.
"While Your Lips Are Still Red", a bonus track on the Amaranth single, is the first song featuring Marco Hietala's softer vocals. Hietala is generally known for his screamings and sometimes growlings in the songs. "While Your Lips Are Still Red" is written by Tuomas as the theme song for the upcoming Finnish feature film "Lieksa!", technically it's not a Nightwish track as it only features Marco on vocals, Tuomas on keyboards and Jukka on drums.
The album's average track length (Spinefarm Records' version with 13 songs) is 5.8 minutes, with most of the songs lasting for about four minutes. Three tracks are over seven minutes long, which is long for a Nightwish record, a band that mostly had songs about 4-5 minutes and one or two longer per album. The track "The Poet and the Pendulum" is the longest song in the band's history, 13:55, 3:33 minutes longer than the song that used to occupy that position, "Beauty of the Beast".
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Dark Passion Play is the sixth studio album by the symphonic metal quintet Nightwish. It was released on September 26, 2007 in Finland, September 28 in Europe and October 2, 2007 in the United States. It is the first Nightwish album with the band's new lead singer, Anette Olzon, and the first album not featuring former vocalist Tarja Turunen, who was dismissed in October 2005.
Lead songwriter Tuomas Holopainen has referred to it as the 'album that saved his life'.[3]
Running at 75:43 minutes, it is their longest album to date, 15 minutes longer than the previously longest record (Once).
The album has spawned six singles: "Eva", the album's lead single, was released on May 25, 2007[4] as a download-only single for charity; "Amaranth", released on August 22; Erämaan Viimeinen, which was released on December 5 in Finland only; "Bye Bye Beautiful", released on February 15, 2008; "The Islander" was released on May 21.
So far, three music videos have been filmed to accompany the album's singles. The first two, "Amaranth" and "Bye Bye Beautiful" were both shot in Los Angeles, USA in spring 2007 and cost 270,000€.[5] The "Amaranth" video was released together with the single on August 22, 2007, and "Bye Bye Beautiful" on February 15. The third music video, "The Islander", was finished in October, 2007, in Rovaniemi, Finland,[6] and released in April, 2008. Holopainen has stated that at first they were planning not to shoot another video for Dark Passion Play, but when they were offered to make the video in a town with traditional Finnish nature, they couldn't refuse.
Track listing
All songs written by Tuomas Holopainen, unless otherwise stated. All lyrics by Holopainen. Arrangements by Hietala, Holopainen, Nevalainen, Vuorinen and Kinnunen.
Disc 1:
Title Writers Notes Length
1. "The Poet And The Pendulum" Holopainen Feat. Tom Williams on treble vocals 13:54
2. "Bye Bye Beautiful" Holopainen The fourth single 04:14
3. "Amaranth" Holopainen The second single 03:51
4. "Cadence Of Her Last Breath" Holopainen 04:14
5. "Master Passion Greed" Holopainen 06:02
6. "Eva" Holopainen The first single 04:24
7. "Sahara" Holopainen 05:47
8. "Whoever Brings The Night" Vuorinen 04:17
9. "For The Heart I Once Had" Holopainen 03:55
10. "The Islander" Hietala The fifth single 05:05
11. "Last Of The Wilds" Holopainen Instrumental. Its vocal version, "Erämaan Viimeinen", is the third single 05:40
12. "7 Days To The Wolves" Holopainen, Hietala 07:03
13. "Meadows Of Heaven" Holopainen 07:10
14. "Escapist" Holopainen Bonus track on Japanese version 04:57
Music style
Before the album's release, band leader Tuomas Holopainen said in an interview that the album will have a lot in common with the last album "Once". For example, the band have kept the new kind of heavier songs (such as "Master Passion Greed", "7 Days to the Wolves" and "Bye Bye Beautiful"), but that additionally there will be softer ballads (such as "Meadows of Heaven, "Eva" and "The Islander"). Also that there will be a very long symphonic track ("Ghost Love Score" on "Once"), ("The Poet and the Pendulum" on "Dark Passion Play). The new album includes lots of guest musicians and orchestral parts - in the same interview, Holopainen said that as they recorded Once they had 18 people in the choir, and still this wasn't enough.
He also claimed there was going to be "shockers" that he didn't want to reveal. The longest track, "The Poet and the Pendulum", is a song that according to him is a very personal, epic piece that is a lot like film music, and lasts for almost 14 minutes. Music engineer Mikko Karmila has also stated that the style is much more progressive than earlier.
“ The extremes are there more than ever before. So it's not going to be like Century Child 2. There is more hope in some of the new songs.
-Tuomas Holopainen, band leader, keyboardist and main composer[20] ”
Holopainen also said that there are darker pieces reminiscent of Century Child, such as "The Poet and the Pendulum", and some others. It will be a dark album, both musically and lyrically. Even though the album is much more upbeat than "Century Child".[21] Songs that reflect this mood are for example the second single "Amaranth" and "Bye Bye Beautiful"'s B-side "Escapist".
Just like the album "Once", Nightwish included many new influences and experimentations in several tracks. On "Once", much inspiration came from Native American music, especially "Creek Mary's Blood", that featured Native American musician John Two-Hawks. However, on Dark Passion Play, much inspiration comes from Finnish and Irish culture and music as this can be clearly heard on "Last of the Wilds".
For the second time, growling has being featured on the track Master Passion Greed by keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and an unknown Metal Hammer reporter[22] . First time was by Marco Hietala on Once, Planet Hell.
"While Your Lips Are Still Red", a bonus track on the Amaranth single, is the first song featuring Marco Hietala's softer vocals. Hietala is generally known for his screamings and sometimes growlings in the songs. "While Your Lips Are Still Red" is written by Tuomas as the theme song for the upcoming Finnish feature film "Lieksa!", technically it's not a Nightwish track as it only features Marco on vocals, Tuomas on keyboards and Jukka on drums.
The album's average track length (Spinefarm Records' version with 13 songs) is 5.8 minutes, with most of the songs lasting for about four minutes. Three tracks are over seven minutes long, which is long for a Nightwish record, a band that mostly had songs about 4-5 minutes and one or two longer per album. The track "The Poet and the Pendulum" is the longest song in the band's history, 13:55, 3:33 minutes longer than the song that used to occupy that position, "Beauty of the Beast".
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