List of Highest Hopes editions

Highest Hopes - The Best of Nightwish is the third compilation album by the symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish. Their first, Tales from the Elvenpath, was considered incomplete by many fans as it contains only tracks from Oceanborn, Over the Hills and Far Away, Wishmaster and Century Child, leaving out Angels Fall First and missing the later released Once. This compilation, though, contains songs from all previously released Nightwish albums, plus a cover of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" (live version on the limited edition).

It already sold more than 100,000 copies in Finland.^[1]

Track listing

Standard version

1. "Wish I Had an Angel"
2. "Stargazers"
3. "The Kinslayer"
4. "Ever Dream"
5. "Elvenpath"
6. "Bless the Child"
7. "Nemo"
8. "Sleeping Sun (2005 version)"4.03 min."
9. "Dead to the World"
10. "Over the Hills and Far Away" Gary Moore cover
11. "Deep Silent Complete"
12. "Sacrament of Wilderness"
13. "Walking in the Air"
14. "Wishmaster"
15. "Dead Boy's Poem"
16. "High Hopes (Live)" Pink Floyd cover

Special edition

CD

1. "Wish I Had an Angel"
2. "Stargazers"
3. "The Kinslayer"
4. "Ever Dream"
5. "Elvenpath"
6. "Bless the Child"
7. "Nemo"
8. "Sleeping Sun" (2005 version)
9. "Dead to the World"
10. "Over the Hills and Far Away"
11. "Sacrament of Wilderness"
12. "Walking in the Air"
13. "Wishmaster"
14. "Dead Boy's Poem"
15. "The Phantom Of The Opera"
16. "High Hopes (Live)"

DVD

1. She Is My sin - Live at M'Era Luna
2. Kinslayer - Live at M'Era Luna
3. Dead to The World - Live at M'Era Luna

Extended version

Disc 1

1. "Wish I Had an Angel"
2. "Stargazers"
3. "The Kinslayer"
4. "Ever Dream"
5. "Elvenpath"
6. "Bless the Child"
7. "Nemo"
8. "Sleeping Sun" (2005 version)
9. "Dead to the World"
10. "Over the Hills and Far Away"
11. "Deep Silent Complete"
12. "Sacrament of Wilderness"
13. "Walking in the Air"
14. "Wishmaster"
15. "Dead Boy's Poem"
16. "High Hopes (Live)"

Disc 2

1. "The Wayfarer"
2. "Come Cover Me (Live)"
3. "Dead Boy's Poem (Live)"
4. "Once Upon a Troubadour"
5. "A Return to the Sea"
6. "Sleepwalker - Heavy Version"
7. "Nightquest"
8. "Lagoon"

DVD

1. "She Is My Sin - Live at the M'era Luna Festival in Hildesheim, Germany in 2003"
2. "Dead to the World - Live at the M'era Luna Festival in Hildesheim, Germany in 2003 "
3. "The Kinslayer - Live at the M'era Luna Festival in Hildesheim, Germany in 2003 "
4. "Over the Hills and Far Away (Video)"
5. "Bless the Child (Video)"
6. "Sleeping Sun (Video)* "
7. "Walking in the Air - Live at the Summer Breeze Festival in Germany in 2002 "
8. "End of All Hope - Live at the Summer Breeze Festival in Germany in 2002 "
9. "10th Man Down - Live at the Summer Breeze Festival in Germany in 2002 "
10. "Sleeping Sun - Live at the Summer Breeze Festival in Germany in 2002 "

This Sleeping Sun video is not the 2005 "medieval war & battle aftermath" video that had been released as a DVD Single to promote Highest Hopes or the re-recorded audio version that accompanied that video. Although the 2005 re-recording is included on the (audio) CD 1 of this set. This is the original 2000 audio/video version ( Also included as track two on the Sleeping Sun DVD Single ) that was filmed at the picturesque Pakkahuone, Tampere, Finland. Vocalist Tarja Turunen is the only Nightwish band member featured in the video.

References

1. http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/nightwish

External links

• Nightwish's Official Website