Angels Fall First
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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
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[11] | Gold | 36,526[11] |
Notes
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."First album out". Nightwish's Official Website. 1 November 1997. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nightwish - Angels Fall First limited 500 copies, Metallica, Exodus, Overkill". Heavy Metal CD.com. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nightwish releases to hit the USA". Nightwish's Official Website. 22 February 2001. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Cite error: The named reference
kerrang_2008was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tilastot - Nightwish" (in suomi). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chat Transcript: Friday 17th June". Tuomas-Holopainen.com. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lahtinen, Luxi (November 2002). "Nightwish - Interview With Tuomas Holopainen". Metal-Rules.com. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ (1997). "Angels Fall First liner notes". In Angels Fall First [CD booklet]. Spinefarm.
- ^ a b Script error: No such module "cite".
Bibliography
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ollila, Mape (2007). Once Upon a Nightwish. Deggael Communications. ISBN 978-952-99749-2-4.
External links
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