Century Child: Nightwish: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Bless The Child

2. End Of All Hope

3. Dead To The World

4. Ever Dream

5. Slaying The Dreamer

6. Forever Yours

7. Ocean Soul

8. Feel For You

9. The Phantom Of The Opera

10. Beauty Of The Beast

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2003 album from the female fronted Finnish symphonic goth/metal super group. 10 tracks including, 'Bless The Child', 'End Of All Hope' & 'Dead To The World'. Century Media.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nightwish's Masterpiece, Jun 27 2004

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Nathan Jolly "professional slacker" (Chocowinity, North Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Century Child (Audio CD)

I own all of Nightwish's albums and singles, and Century Child is the best of the bunch. As you can see from some of the other reviews here, Nightwish isn't for everyone. Angry teenagers looking for a thrash metal band should look elsewhere. Nightwish are as heavy as most metal bands, but they mix in a symphonic sound. I like to say they are loosely a cross between Iron Maiden (for the fantasy themes and similarities between the male vocalist and Maiden's vocalist) and Enya (for the fantasy themes and symphonic sound), but that's not entirely accurate; Nightwish have a sound all their own that cannot be easily compared to anything else.

Nightwish's other albums, including Wishmaster, Oceanborn, Angels Fall First, and the new Once, are heavier than Century Child. Century Child is somewhat a concept album, mixing in more symphony, creating a "beautiful" metal sound.

"Century Child" is by far the best CD in my collection, and Nightwish is the only metal band I really like. Metallica and Megadeth were cool when I was 14, but got old quickly. I always thought talented musicians could do more with the metal genre than has been done in the past, and I'm glad to find that there is a metal band which makes consistently great music. That band is Nightwish.

If you like metal, you may want to skip Century Child for now and pick up their other albums, saving the best for last. Century Child does have heavy songs (in fact, most of them are heavy) but the mixing takes away from that a little, while the others are no-holds-barred heavy. If you just like a beautiful sound and you're looking for something a little more than what most albums in your genre of choice have to offer, Century Child is a great album.

You won't regret listening to this album.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but probably not essential any more, Dec 3 2009

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D. Keymer (Vancouver, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Century Child (Audio CD)

I started off listening to Nightwish through their more recent releases, and only in the last few months looked back earlier than Once (well, apart from the "Highest Hopes" compilation). Of those albums, I think this one probably is the best, a shade above Wishmaster; the songs seem a little bit more interesting and memorable, on average. I feel Marco Hietala's addition to the band for this record helped the band quite a bit; some weren't impressed with his vocals, and I do agree that Tarja Turunen always was the best part at this stage, but where a duet was necessary he at least made it good, or fun to listen to at least - which is not something I can say for Tuomas' attempts on Angels Fall First.

Good though this album may have been, though, it has been eclipsed by Nightwish's two follow-ups: Once, which was their last, and by far most dramatic, album with Turunen; and Dark Passion Play, which is (...in my humble opinion...) a musical masterpiece, even if the vocals are somewhat controversial. If those two albums aren't enough Nightwish for you, though, this one and Wishmaster are probably worthwhile additions to your collection.

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5.0 out of 5 stars great album, July 18 2004

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Lee (California, USA) - See all my reviews

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In my opinion, this album can serve as a really good introduction to the rest of NightWish's songs. This was my first album, and at first, I did not like most of the songs except End of All Hope. But after a few more listenings, they became my favorites! End of All Hope is a very catchy and addicting song. While Tarja's voice is extremely beautiful in Bless the Child, Slaying the Dreamer and EverDream.

Overall, definately one of their best.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Art of recycling...
Well, I'm not a Nightwish fan. This is the only CD I have. Sincerely, I don't find it bad. It's easy to listen. This may be the problem. Read more

Published on Oct 3 2005 by hugues

2.0 out of 5 stars Good album, comparatively not good.
If i had never heard a nightwish song before then i would consider this album excellent. Sadly, i have heard many of their songs and therore can tell that this album is lacking in... Read more