Tales from the Elvenpath
{{Infobox album
| name = Tales From The Elvenpath
| type = compilation
| artist = Nightwish
| cover = Tales_Elvenpath.jpg
| alt =
| released = 17 October 2004
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Power metal
| length = 68:00
| label = Drakkar Entertainment
| producer = Tero Kinnunen
| chronology = Nightwish compilation albums
| prev_title = Wishmastour 2000
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Bestwishes
| next_year = 2005
}}
Tales from the Elvenpath is the second compilation album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on 18 October 2004 by Drakkar Entertainment. Elvenpath is also the name of another Nightwish song, and although the compilation takes its name from that song, the song itself does not appear on the record, because that song is from the debut album, Angels Fall First, which was recorded with another record label.
Tales from the Elvenpath got Gold Disc in Finland, with 20.000 sold copies, and in Germany, with 100.000 sold copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=08&year=2005|title=Two gold awards from Germany|access-date=2009-10-16|publisher=Nightwish|archive-date=2010-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102064036/http://nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=08&year=2005|url-status=dead}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Tales from the Elvenpath track listing
| extra_column = Original album
| total_length = 68:00
| all_writing = Tuomas Holopainen, except where noted.
| title1 = Wishmaster
| extra1 = Wishmaster
| length1 = 4:23
| title2 = Sacrament of Wilderness
| writer2 = {{hlist|Holopainen|Emppu Vuorinen}}
| extra2 = Oceanborn
| length2 = 4:12
| title3 = End of All Hope
| extra3 = Century Child
| length3 = 3:54
| title4 = Bless the Child
| extra4 = Century Child
| length4 = 4:05
| title5 = Sleeping Sun
| extra5 = Oceanborn
| length5 = 4:01
| title6 = She Is My Sin
| extra6 = Wishmaster
| length6 = 4:46
| title7 = Walking in the Air
| writer7 = {{hlist|Holopainen|Howard Blake}}
| extra7 = Oceanborn
| length7 = 5:28
| title8 = Stargazers
| extra8 = Oceanborn
| length8 = 4:27
| title9 = Over the Hills and Far Away
| writer9 = Gary Moore
| extra9 = Over the Hills and Far Away
| length9 = 5:03
| title10 = The Kinslayer
| extra10 = Wishmaster
| length10 = 3:59
| title11 = Dead Boy's Poem
| extra11 = Wishmaster
| length11 = 6:47
| title12 = Sleepwalker
| extra12 = Wishmaster
| length12 = 3:10
| title13 = Nightquest
| extra13 = Oceanborn
| length13 = 4:17
| title14 = Lagoon
| extra14 = Century Child
| length14 = 3:46
| title15 = The Wayfarer
| extra15 = Century Child
| length15 = 3:25
}}
Credits
- Tarja Turunen – lead vocals
- Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards
- Emppu Vuorinen – lead guitars
- Jukka Nevalainen – drums
- Marko Hietala – bass guitar
- Sami Vänskä – bass guitar (all tracks except 3, 4, 14 and 15)
Charts
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| {{album chart|Austria|19|artist=Nightwish|album=Tales from the Elvenpath|rowheader=true|access-date=2021-11-14}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|7|id=5205|artist=Nightwish|album=Tales from the Elvenpath|rowheader=true|access-date=2021-11-14}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|12|artist=Nightwish|album=Tales from the Elvenpath|rowheader=true|access-date=2021-11-14}} |
References
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External links
- [http://www.nightwish.com/ Nightwish's Official Website]
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