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Century Child is the fourth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was released in 2002 through Spinefarm Records in Finland, Drakkar Entertainment in the rest of Europe, Century Media Records in the US, and Toy's Factory in Japan. It is the first album which features former bassist and male vocalist Marko Hietala. It is also the first Nightwish album to feature an orchestra.
Spinefarm Records released a 2-CD special edition of the album in 2002. It includes 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.[1] 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,[2] the second best selling album of 2002 in Finland.[3] Century Child has sold more than 80,000 copies in Finland alone.[2]
Track listing
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Personnel
Credits for Century Child adapted from liner notes.[4]
Nightwish
- Tarja Turunen – lead vocals
- Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards, art direction
- Emppu Vuorinen – guitars
- Marko Hietala – bass, male vocals on tracks 3, 5, 8, 9, backing vocals on track 4 & 10
- Jukka Nevalainen – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Joensuu City Orchestra – orchestra
- Juha Ikonen – orchestra leader
- Riku Niemi – orchestra and choir conductor, orchestra and choir arrangements, orchestra and choir producer
- Mongo Aaltonen – orchestral percussion
- St. Thomas Chorus of Helsinki – choir vocals
- Hilkka Kangasniemi – choirmaster
- Sam Hardwick – spoken words on "Bless the Child" and "Beauty of the Beast"
- Kristiina Ilmonen – tin whistle
- GME choir – additional noise
Production
- Tero "TeeCee" Kinnunen – producer
- Mikko Karmila – mixing
- Mika Jussila – mastering
- Veijo Laine – orchestra and choir arrangements, orchestra and choir producer
- Terhi Kallio – orchestra engineering
- Markus Mayer – cover art
- Spelltone – layout
- Hilkka Kangasniemi – choirmaster
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
| Chart (2002) | Position |
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| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] | 97 |
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart | Position |
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| 2002 | "Ever Dream" | Finnish Singles Chart[6] | 1 |
| "Bless the Child" | Finnish Singles Chart[7] | 1 | |
| French Singles Chart[8] | 6 | ||
| Dutch MegaCharts[9] | 55 | ||
| German Singles Chart[10] | 63 |
Certifications
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References
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External links
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- ↑ (2002). "Century Child liner notes". In Century Child [CD booklet]. Spinefarm.
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