Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads

Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads
Compilation album by Nightwish
Released	27 May, 2011
Recorded	1997 - 2002
Genre	Symphonic metal, power metal
Length	60:67
Label	Drakkar Records
Nightwish chronology
Lokikirja (2009) Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads (2011)

Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads is a compilation by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2011. It contains the "greatest ballads" from the first four albums, two of which are covers.^[1][2] The cover art was created by Andreas Marschall.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Walking in the Air"	Howard Blake	5:28
2.	"Angels Fall First"	Tuomas Holopainen	5:34
3.	"Sleepwalker"	Holopainen	3:04
4.	"Sleeping Sun"	Holopainen	4:01
5.	"Dead Boy's Poem"	Holopainen	6:47
6.	"Deep Silent Complete"	Holopainen	3:57
7.	"Feel For You"	Holopainen	3:54
8.	"The Phantom of the Opera"	Andrew Lloyd Webber	4:09
9.	"Ocean Soul"	Holopainen	4:14
10.	"Lagoon"	Holopainen	3:46
11.	"Swanheart"	Holopainen	4:44
12.	"Two For Tragedy"	Holopainen	3:51
13.	"A Return to the Sea"	Holopainen	5:46
14.	"Away"	Holopainen	4:32
15.	"Forever Yours"	Holopainen	3:51

Personnel

• Tarja Turunen - Vocals
• Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards
• Emppu Vuorinen - Lead guitar (all tracks), Acoustic guitar and Bass guitar (on tracks 2 and 13)
• Sami Vänskä - Bass guitar (on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13)
• Jukka Nevalainen - Drums and Percussion
• Marco Hietala – Bass guitar (on tracks 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15), male vocals (on track 8)

References

1. Nightwish-World: Walking in the Air - The Greatest Ballads
2. [http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/album.php?album_id=53510&page=&message_id= Metal Storm: Nightwish - Walking in the Air - The Greatest Ballads Compilation