Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads - Composition

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Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads is a compilation album by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2011. It contains the "greatest ballads" from the first four albums, two of which are covers.[1][2] The cover art was created by Andreas Marschall.

Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads

Compilation album by

Nightwish

Released

May 27, 2011

Recorded

1997–2002

Genre

Symphonic metal
power metal

Length

67:38

Label

Drakkar

Nightwish chronology

Lokikirja
(2009)

Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads
(2011)

Decades
(2018)

Alternative cover

Finnish edition artwork

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tuomas Holopainen, except where noted; all music is composed by Holopainen, except where noted.

*Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads* track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Original release	Length
1.	"Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake cover)	Blake	Blake	Oceanborn (1998)	5:28
2.	"Angels Fall First"			Angels Fall First (1997)	5:34
3.	"Sleepwalker" (heavy version)			B-side from "Deep Silent Complete" single (2000)	3:04
4.	"Sleeping Sun"			Non-album single (1999)	4:01
5.	"Dead Boy's Poem"			Wishmaster (2000)	6:47
6.	"Deep Silent Complete"			Wishmaster (2000)	3:57
7.	"Feel for You"			Century Child (2002)	3:54
8.	"The Phantom of the Opera" (Andrew Lloyd Webber cover)	Charles Hart Richard Stilgoe Mike Batt	Lloyd Webber	Century Child (2002)	4:09
9.	"Ocean Soul"			Century Child (2002)	4:14
10.	"Lagoon"			B-side from "Bless the Child" single (2002)	3:46
11.	"Swanheart"			Oceanborn (1998)	4:44
12.	"Two for Tragedy"			Wishmaster (2000)	3:51
13.	"A Return to the Sea"			Angels Fall First (1997)	5:46
14.	"Away"			Over the Hills and Far Away (2001)	4:32
15.	"Forever Yours"			Century Child (2002)	3:51
Total length:					67:38

Personnel

Tarja Turunen - Vocals
Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards
Emppu Vuorinen - Lead guitar (all tracks), Acoustic guitar and Bass guitar (on tracks 2 and 13)
Sami Vänskä - Bass guitar (on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14)
Jukka Nevalainen - Drums and Percussion
Marko Hietala – Bass guitar (on tracks 7, 8, 9, 10, 15), male vocals (on track 7, 8)

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3]	65
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[4]	45
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5]	32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6]	35

References

Nightwish-World: Walking in the Air - The Greatest Ballads
[http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/album.php?album_id=53510&page=&message_id= Metal Storm: Nightwish - Walking in the Air - The Greatest Ballads Compilation
"Austriancharts.at – Nightwish – Walking In The Air - The Greatest Ballads" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
"Nightwish: Walking In The Air - Greatest Ballads" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Nightwish – Walking In The Air - The Greatest Ballads" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
"Swisscharts.com – Nightwish – Walking In The Air - The Greatest Ballads". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

v t e Nightwish
Tuomas Holopainen Emppu Vuorinen Troy Donockley Floor Jansen Kai Hahto 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.
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	Wishmastour 2000 Tales from the Elvenpath Highest Hopes The Sound of Nightwish Reborn Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads Decades
Box sets	Lokikirja
Singles	"The Carpenter" "Sacrament of Wilderness" "Passion and the Opera" "Walking in the Air" "Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)" "The Kinslayer" "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"
Songs	"Sleepwalker" "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
Tours	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 Members Once Upon a Nightwish Imaginaerum (film) Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge Mustan sydämen rovio Northward
Category:Nightwish

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