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Century Child is the fourth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was released in 2002 through Spinefarm Records in Finland, Drakkar Entertainment in the rest of Europe, Century Media Records in the US, and Toy's Factory in Japan. It is the first album which features now-former bassist and male vocalist Marko Hietala, who left the band in January 2021. It is also the first Nightwish album to feature an orchestra.
Spinefarm Records released a 2-CD special edition of the album in 2002. It includes liner art with the band members' signatures, and a Video CD containing the music video for their cover of Gary Moore's "Over the Hills and Far Away". In addition, the booklet contains an ID code that allows the owner to download the entire album and three extra tracks from the Internet for a limited time. The bonus tracks are "Nightwish", "The Forever Moments" and "Etiäinen", all from the band's first demo of 1996.
The album was certified double platinum in Finland with more than 60,000 sold copies, the second best selling album of 2002 in Finland. Century Child has sold more than 80,000 copies in Finland alone.




Track listing






Personnel


Credits for Century Child adapted from liner notes.
Nightwish

Tarja Turunen – lead vocals
Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards
Emppu Vuorinen – guitars
Marko Hietala – bass, male vocals on tracks 3, 5, 8, 9, backing vocals on track 4 & 10
Jukka Nevalainen – drums, percussion
Additional musicians

Joensuu City Orchestra – orchestra
Juha Ikonen – orchestra leader
Riku Niemi – orchestra and choir conductor, orchestra and choir arrangements, orchestra and choir production
Mongo Aaltonen – orchestral percussion
St. Thomas Chorus of Helsinki – choir vocals
Hilkka Kangasniemi – choirmaster
Sam Hardwick – spoken words on "Bless the Child" and "Beauty of the Beast"
Kristiina Ilmonen – tin whistle
GME choir – additional noise
Production

Tero "TeeCee" Kinnunen – production
Mikko Karmila – mixing
Mika Jussila – mastering
Veijo Laine – orchestra and choir arrangements, orchestra and choir production
Terhi Kallio – orchestra engineering
Tuomas Holopainen – art direction
Markus Mayer – cover art
Spelltone – layout
Hilkka Kangasniemi – choirmaster




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References






= Bibliography

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Ollila, Mape (2007). Once Upon a Nightwish. Deggael Communications. ISBN 978-952-99749-2-4.




External links


Nightwish's Official Website

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