Once

Original album cover.

Once is a symphonic metal album by Nightwish, their fifth studio release, published 2004-06-07. The album has a much higher production value that previous Nightwish albums, adding orchestras and choirs to the symphonic metal songs, giving them an epic scope.

Personal

After learning about the band Nightwish, I began looking for more of their work and found several songs from this album. For awhile, I was smitten with the the songs Nemo, Planet Hell, and Wish I Had an Angel, playing them on repeat over and over again. A few of the songs on the album I haven't really given a chance, and I need to go back to listen to them to properly rank them.

Status

I own this album on CD.

Track Listing

Track	Title	Composer	Vocals	Rank	Rating
01	Dark Chest of Wonders	Tuomas Holopainen	Tarja Turunen	6
02	Wish I Had an Angel	Tuomas Holopainen	Tarja Turunen, Marco Hietala	2
03	Nemo	Tuomas Holopainen	Tarja Turunen	1
04	Planet Hell	Tuomas Holopainen	Tarja Turunen, Marco Hietala	3
05	Creek Mary's Blood	Tuomas Holopainen, John Two-Hawks	Tarja Turunen, John Two-Hawks	10
06	The Siren	Tuomas Holopainen, Emppu Vuorinen	Tarja Turunen, Marco Hietala	8
07	Dead Gardens	Tuomas Holopainen	Tarja Turunen, Jouni Hynynen	9
08	Romanticide	Tuomas Holopainen, Marco Hietala	Tarja Turunen, Marco Hietala	4
09	Ghost Love Score	Tuomas Holopainen	Tarja Turunen	7
10	Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan	Tuomas Holopainen	Tarja Turunen	11
11	Higher Than Hope	Marco Hietala, Tuomas Holopainen	Tarja Turunen, Marc Brueland	5

The album's total score is 528.

Covers

The album cover uses a photograph of the William Wetmore Story sculpture, Angel of Grief. Different graphical layouts were used by different publishers.

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  This is the most popular cover used on the very first release. It was used by publishers Spinefarm Records and Nuclear Blast.

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  This alternate layout was used by Roadrunner Records for the US and Canada releases.

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  This gray version was used in Argentina for the special edition.

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