Nightwish Once Coloured Purple Vinyl (2 LP)

Once is the fifth studio album by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on 7 June 2004 by Spinefarm Records in Finland and Nuclear Blast in the rest of Europe. It is the fifth and last album to feature Tarja Turunen on lead vocals. The album cost nearly €250,000 to make (1,000,000 including the videos[3]), which made it Finland's most expensive recording ever until the release of Nightwish's next album, Dark Passion Play, which cost over €500,000 to produce. As of 2013, Once had sold 2.3 million copies worldwide, becoming Nightwish's most successful album to date. The remastering of the album was released on 6 August 2021.
"Nightwish in 2004 present themselves as more mature and technically more sophisticated than ever. It is remarkable how confidently and maturely Nightwish move in fresh, poppy (Wish I Had An Angel), in complex, dreamy (Romanticide), as well as in melancholic, dark (Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan) realms. With Once, Nightwish impressively prove that they are undoubtedly one of the most musically and artistically remarkable bands. And by far."
Nightwish Once was recorded for the first time with the 52-piece London Session Orchestra (known from the Lord of the Rings/Harry Potter film score) at Phoenix Sound, Wembley, London.
"What the Finnish Quintet has now come up with on "Once" is the pinnacle of Of the crossover of violin and guitar: the classical arrangements the classical arrangements enjoy in the compositions the compositions of band leader and keyboarder Tuomas Holopainen the same presence as the rock instruments. Anyone who found Metallica's Metallica's S&M, dare to venture into an opera and and can tolerate a little plush in the ear will find this little This little marvel." - M. Weckmann, Musikexpress 7/04

Features:

• 180g Vinyl
• Double LP
• Coloured Purple Vinyl
• Gatefold jacket

Selections:

Side A
1. Dark Chest Of Wonders
2. Wish I Had An Angel
3. Nemo
4. Planet Hell
Side B
1. Greek Mary´s Blood
2. The Siren
3. Dead Gardens
Side C
1. Romanticide
2. Ghost Love Score
3. Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan
Side D
1. Higher Than Hope
2. Live To Tell The Tale
3. White Night Fantasy
4. Where Were You Last Night