Music-Review: Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Music is one of the biggest Parts in my Life. Without Music I would turn completly mad. My taste of music is characterised by it's versatility. I like a lot of the current Radio-Charts and -Artist, but I also love Classic, Musical, Soundtracks, J-Pop, 80's AND Symphomic Metal. That's the point, which leads me to one of my absolut favorite Bands: 

I'm listening to the Music of Nightwish since 2003. In 12 Years their Music was never boring to me.
I got the new Album in the limited "Super" Delux Edition on my Birthday. It's a big Book with 3 CDs and a LP. The Book shows the Song-Lyrichs, a lot of beautiful Pictures and of course Photographs of the Band.

Front

When I opend the Book and saw the three CDs I was a little bit confused. I know that the normal Delux-Edition contains the Album- + Instrumental-Version, so I was hoping for a DVD that would show two or three Songs live on Stage, but it turned out as a Orchestral-Version. I'm not disappointed about it! I like the Orchestral-Version more than the Instrumental-Version.

When I listened to the Album the first time it was like "Well it's okay, but nothing special". If you haven't heared of this Band until now you have to know, that they have a new Front-Singer...again. Originally Tarja Turunen was the Leadsinger of Nightwish. She has a classical vocal-education and sang the songs with her classical voice, what made the special and unique Sound of Nightwish. Unfortunately Tarja left Nightwish in 2005 to start a solo career. Nightwish found Anette Olzon as new Frontsinger and produced the Album "Imagenerium".

Nightwish with Anette Olzon as Frontsinger

Anette is a great singer and she has a great voice, but it's a "normal" Pop-Voice and Nightwish lost a bit of it's uniqueness. Anyway "Imagenerium" is a amazing Album, with great Songs!
It only took a few years and Nightwish had to search for a new Frontsinger again. Floor Jansen was and still is the new choice.

Nightwish with Floor Jansen as Frontsinger

Floor has a Rock-Voice, that sounds strong and aduld.
Luckily Floor is also able to sing in a soft and calm way, like she does in "Our Decades in the Sun" which is one of my Favorit Songs of the Album. I don't like the Look of Floor, but that is just my opinion and much more important is her voice that suits the Music of Nightwish much better than Anette. Unfortunately Floor will never never NEVER reach Tarja, but the more I listen to the new Album, the more I like it. Sometimes it takes a little time ;-)  

You may be surprised about the number of Titels. There are only 11 Tracks on the Album BUT the last Song "The Greatest Show on Earth" has a incredible duration of over 23 Minutes! You can count this Titel as 4 Songs xD

Track-List:

Back

CD 1 is the normal Album
1: Schudder Before the Beautiful
2: Weak Fantasy
3: Élan
4: Yours Is an Empty Hope
5: Our Decades in the Sun
6: My Walden
7: Endless Forms Most Beautiful
8: Edema Ruh
9: Alpenglow
10: The Eyes of Sharbat Gula
11: The Greatest Show on Earth

3 CDs (Album/Instrumental/Orchestral)

CD 2 is Instrumental
1: Schudder Before the Beautiful
2: Weak Fantasy
3: Élan
4: Yours Is an Empty Hope
5: Our Decades in the Sun
6: My Walden
7: Endless Forms Most Beautiful
8: Edema Ruh
9: Alpenglow
10: The Eyes of Sharbat Gula
11: The Greatest Show on Earth

CD 3 is Orchestral

LP

1: Schudder Before the Beautiful
2: Weak Fantasy
3: Élan
4: Yours Is an Empty Hope
5: Our Decades in the Sun
6: Endless Forms Most Beautiful
7: Alpenglow
8: The Eyes of Sharbat Gula
9: The Greatest Show on Earth

LP
Side A: Endless Forms Most Beautiful (Alternativ Version)
Side B: Élan (Alternativ Version)



My Favorit Songs are "Our Decades in the Sun",  "Edema Ruh", Élan" and "Alpenglow" (eventhough the Word "Alpenglow" sounds very strange to me).

Nightwish - Èlan (Official Video)

Nightwish Homepage

If you want a Reviews of a previous Nightwish-Album or maybe a Nightwish DVD, just let me know ;-)


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