Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Tracklist

A1	Shudder Before The Beautiful
A2	Weak Fantasy
A3	Élan
B1	Yours Is An Empty Hope
B2	Our Decades In The Sun
B3	My Walden
C1	Endless Forms Most Beautiful
C2	Edema Ruh
C3	Alpenglow
C4	The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula
The Greatest Show On Earth
D.1	Four Point Six
D.2	Life
D.3	The Toolmaker
D.4	The Understanding
D.5	Sea-Worn Driftwood

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Nuclear Blast Records
• Copyright (c) – Nuclear Blast Records
• Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BF79979
• Recorded At – Röskö
• Recorded At – Petrax Studios
• Recorded At – Hats Off Studios
• Recorded At – Angel Studios
• Mixed At – Finnvox
• Mastered At – Finnvox

Credits

• Arranged By – Vuorinen*, Jansen*, Nevalainen*, Hahto*, Hietala*, Kinnunen*, Donockley*, Holopainen*
• Bagpipes [Uilleann Pipes], Low Whistle, Bodhrán, Bouzouki, Vocals – Troy Donockley
• Bass, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Marco Hietala
• Co-producer – Nightwish, Tero "TeeCee" Kinnunen*
• Cover – Gina Pitkänen, Janne Pitkänen
• Drums – Kai Hahto
• Engineer, Recorded By – Mikko Karmila, Tero "TeeCee" Kinnunen*
• Guitar – Emppu Vuorinen
• Keyboards, Piano – Tuomas Holopainen
• Lyrics By – Hietala* (tracks: A2, B1), Holopainen*
• Mastered By – Mika Jussila
• Mastered By [Vinyl] – KR
• Mixed By – Mikko Karmila
• Music By – Hietala* (tracks: A2, B2, B3, D.3), Holopainen*
• Photography By [Band Photography] – Ville Juurikkala
• Producer – Tuomas Holopainen
• Vocals – Floor Jansen

Notes

Limited to 500 unnumbered copies on heavyweight clear/black splatter vinyl.
Sold as mailorder exclusive at Nuclear Blast webshop though also available at Mad Supply.

No printed track durations.
With printed paper innersleeves.
Jukka Nevalainen is given a credit for drums but he does not play on this album.

℗ + © 2015 • Nuclear Blast Records

Recorded at Röskö Campsite, Kitee, in August - September 2014 & at Petrax Studio, Hollola, in October 2014.
Mixed at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, in October - December 2014.
Mastered at Finnvox, in January 2015.

Spoken parts in "Shudder Before the Beautiful" and "The Greatest Show on Earth" recorded at Hats Off Studios, Oxford.

"Sear-Worn Driftwood" features Francesco Lupica's Cosmic Beam Experience.

Orchestra, choirs and percussion recorded at Angel Studios London.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 7 27361 34641 6
• Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): BF79979-01 A1 KR NB 3464-1-1 11
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): BF79979-01 B1 KR NB 3464-1-1 |2
• Matrix / Runout (Side C, etched): BF79979-02 C1 KR NB 3464-1-2 12
• Matrix / Runout (Side D, etched): BF79979-02 D1 KR 11 NB 3464-1-2
• Label Code: LC 07027

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
none	Nightwish	Endless Forms Most Beautiful ‎(11xFile, AAC, Album, 256)	Nuclear Blast	none	Europe	2015
NB 3464-4, 27361 34644	Nightwish	Endless Forms Most Beautiful ‎(CD, Album + CD, Album + CD + 10", Sil + Dlx, Ltd, )	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 3464-4, 27361 34644	Europe	2015
NB 3464-1, 27361 34641	Nightwish	Endless Forms Most Beautiful ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd, Num, Pur)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 3464-1, 27361 34641	Europe	2015
SR1144-2	Nightwish	Endless Forms Most Beautiful ‎(CD, Album + CD, Album + Ltd, Dig)	Scarecrow Records	SR1144-2	Mexico	2015
NB 3464-0, 27361 34640	Nightwish	Endless Forms Most Beautiful ‎(CD, Album + CD, Album + Ltd, Dig)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 3464-0, 27361 34640	Europe	2015

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