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'''''Angels Fall First''''' is the debut studio album by Finnish [[symphonic metal]] band [[Nightwish]], originally released by [[Spinefarm Records]] on 30 September 1997 as a 500-copy limited edition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=11&year=1997 |title=First album out |publisher=Nightwish's Official Website |date=1 November 1997 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006112921/http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=11&year=1997 |archive-date=6 October 2009 |access-date=25 August 2014 }}</ref> This edition is highly sought after by collectors and in 2012 a copy was sold for $1137.23 on [[eBay]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://heavymetalcd.com/cd_prices/auction/140726092235 |title=Nightwish - Angels Fall First limited 500 copies, Metallica, Exodus, Overkill |publisher=Heavy Metal CD.com |access-date=13 April 2014 }}</ref> It was subsequently released to the general public on 1 November, with four additional songs. The album was released in the US by [[Century Media Records|Century Media]] in March 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=02&year=2001 |title=Nightwish releases to hit the USA |publisher=Nightwish's Official Website |date=22 February 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102072220/http://nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=02&year=2001 |archive-date=2 January 2010 |access-date=25 August 2014 }}</ref> | '''''Angels Fall First''''' is the debut studio album by the Finnish [[symphonic metal]] band [[Nightwish]], originally released by [[Spinefarm Records]] on 30 September 1997 as a 500-copy limited edition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=11&year=1997 |title=First album out |publisher=Nightwish's Official Website |date=1 November 1997 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006112921/http://www.nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=11&year=1997 |archive-date=6 October 2009 |access-date=25 August 2014 }}</ref> This edition is highly sought after by collectors and in 2012 a copy was sold for $1137.23 on [[eBay]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://heavymetalcd.com/cd_prices/auction/140726092235 |title=Nightwish - Angels Fall First limited 500 copies, Metallica, Exodus, Overkill |publisher=Heavy Metal CD.com |access-date=13 April 2014 }}</ref> It was subsequently released to the general public on 1 November, with four additional songs. The album was released in the US by [[Century Media Records|Century Media]] in March 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=02&year=2001 |title=Nightwish releases to hit the USA |publisher=Nightwish's Official Website |date=22 February 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102072220/http://nightwish.com/en/news/archive?month=02&year=2001 |archive-date=2 January 2010 |access-date=25 August 2014 }}</ref> | ||
''Angels Fall First'' is a [[power metal]] album with [[Gothic music|gothic]], [[Folk music|folk]] and [[Classical music|classical]] elements.<ref name="AM"/> | ''Angels Fall First'' is a [[power metal]] album with [[Gothic music|gothic]], [[Folk music|folk]] and [[Classical music|classical]] elements.<ref name="AM"/> | ||
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Angels Fall First is the debut studio album by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, originally released by Spinefarm Records on 30 September 1997 as a 500-copy limited edition.[1] This edition is highly sought after by collectors and in 2012 a copy was sold for $1137.23 on eBay.[2] It was subsequently released to the general public on 1 November, with four additional songs. The album was released in the US by Century Media in March 2001.[3]
Angels Fall First is a power metal album with gothic, folk and classical elements.[4]
Background
Tuomas Holopainen wrote the music for the album during his time in the Finnish Army.[5] In a 2008 interview with the British magazine Kerrang!, Tuomas Holopainen remembered: Template:Quote The original pressing featured Holopainen's home contact address, an accident from reprinting the demo sleeve for the album.[6]
As of December 2009, Angels Fall First has sold more than 36,000 copies in Finland alone.[7]
The band, and especially band leader and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen has since frowned upon the album, considering it essentially an extended demo. In a 2011 interview, when asked what album other than Imaginaerum Holopainen wanted to make into a movie, he replied that it would be Angels Fall First, and that it would be "a black-and-white comedy".[8]
The male vocals heard on "Beauty and the Beast", "The Carpenter", "Astral Romance" and "Once Upon a Troubadour" are sung by keyboardist–band leader Tuomas Holopainen, as well as the whispers in the beginning of the demo version of "Etiäinen".[9] Following this release, Holopainen never sang credited on an album again, because he thought that he was not good enough.[9]
Track listing
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Personnel
All information from the album booklet.[10]
Nightwish
- Tarja Turunen – vocals
- Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards, male vocals (on track 2, 3, 4 & "Once Upon a Troubadour"), arrangements
- Emppu Vuorinen – guitars, bass
- Jukka Nevalainen – drums, percussion
Additional musician
- Esa Lehtinen – flute
Production
- Tero Kinnunen – engineering, mixing, recording
- Mika Jussila – mastering
- Garry Black – cover photo
- Toni Härkönen – photography
Charts
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Certifications
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Notes
References
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- ↑ (1997). "Angels Fall First liner notes". In Angels Fall First [CD booklet]. Spinefarm.
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Bibliography
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External links
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