Over the Hills and Far Away (EP) explained

Over the Hills and Far Away
Type:EP
Artist:Nightwish
Cover:Nightwish-OverHillsFarAway.jpg
Border:yes
Recorded:February–March 2001
Studio:
Genre:Power metal
Length:20:13
Label:Spinefarm
Producer:
  • Nightwish
  • Tero Kinnunen

Over the Hills and Far Away is the first EP by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on 25 June 2001 through Spinefarm Records in Finland, and Drakkar Records in the rest of Europe. It was also released by Toy's Factory in Japan and Century Media Records in the US. Bassist Sami Vänskä left the band after its recording, due to musical differences between him and Tuomas Holopainen. He was replaced by the bassist and male vocalist, Marko Hietala.[1]

The editions by Drakkar and Century Media contain different live tracks taken from the live DVD From Wishes to Eternity, recorded in Tampere, Finland, on 29 December 2000.[2]

The EP debuted at number one on the Finnish Singles Chart and spent twelve weeks in the top three, topping it for another four weeks and spending six weeks at number two.[3] It charted for a total of 49 weeks, including two weeks in early 2004.[4] The EP has been awarded double-platinum certification in Finland and has sold over 36,000 copies to date, becoming the sixth-best-selling single of all time in Finland.[5] Over the Hills and Far Away entered also the European charts, in the Top 100 of Germany,[6] Austria,[7] France[8] and Switzerland.[9]

The EP has two new songs and a remake of Angels Fall Firsts "Astral Romance", sung by Tony Kakko beside Tarja Turunen. The title song is by Northern Irish singer and guitarist Gary Moore, and has backing vocals by Tuomas Holopainen and Kakko. "It had a bit of a karaoke vibe because the backing track was so similar," Moore observed. "I don't mean that insultingly, but it was almost identical. I believe they're a pretty big band now, so it's cool that they did it."[10] Tapio Wilska sings on "10th Man Down".

Personnel

Credits for Over the Hills and Far Away adapted from liner notes.[11]

Nightwish

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

YearChartPosition
2001Finnish Singles Chart1
Austrian Top 40 Albums54
Swiss Albums Top 10079
German Albums Chart85
French Albums Chart139

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The band- Biography. 6 November 2009. nightwish.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20130702235353/http://nightwish.com/en/band/biography. 2 July 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: Over The Hills and Far Away (brazilian version) - Nightwish. 6 November 2009. whiplash.net.
  3. Web site: Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away (song) . Finnishcharts.com . . 30 August 2014 .
  4. Web site: Nightwish: Over The Hills And Far Away. Musiikkituottajat  - IFPI Finland. fi. 18 June 2011.
  5. Web site: Kaikkien aikojen myydyimmät kotimaiset singlet. Best-selling domestic singles of all time. Musiikkituottajat  - IFPI Finland. fi. 29 August 2013.
  6. Web site: Album - Nightwish, Over the Hills and Far Away . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903114501/http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Nightwish&title=Over+The+Hills+And+Far+Away&cat=a . dead . 3 September 2014 . de . Charts.de . . 30 August 2014 .
  7. Web site: Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away (album) . de . Austriancharts.at . . 30 August 2014 .
  8. Web site: Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away (album) . fr . Lescharts.com . . 30 August 2014 .
  9. Web site: Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away . de . Hitparade.ch . . 30 August 2014 .
  10. Dave. Ling. Gimme More. Classic Rock #94. July 2006. 67.
  11. (2001). "Over the Hills and Far Away liner notes". In Over the Hills and Far Away [CD booklet]. Spinefarm.
  12. Web site: Tilastot - Nightwish . fi . . 25 August 2014 .

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