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The Golden Wishes

Nightwish · 2000

165 min · 33 tracks · power metal

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Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

58 /100
Foothills
Higher than 10% of albums we've rated

Strong songs and polished performances survive the repeat appearances, but the album-by-album blocks and alternate versions make this feel assembled rather than sequenced as a sta…

What we noticed

  • Tracks 1–7 run through the Angels Fall First material, tracks 8–16 through Oceanborn, and tracks 17–27 through Wishmaster, grouping songs by album era.
  • The sequence shifts from the early folk-tinged songs into Oceanborn’s heavier, faster stretch, then starts another block with She Is My Sin and The Kinslayer.
  • Walking in the Air appears again as an edit after the main album blocks, alongside a heavy version of Sleepwalker and Nightquest.
Composition 25% of the score
7/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
7/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
7/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
3/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
3/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 1/10

Little footprint beyond its audience. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 Elvenpath 4:38
  • 2 Beauty and the Beast 6:24
  • 4 Astral Romance 5:12
  • 5 Angels Fall First 5:34
  • 7 Nymphomaniac Fantasia 4:47
  • 8 Know Why the Nightingale Sings 4:14
  • 9 Lappi (Lapland) 9:20

Disc 2

  • 1 Stargazers 4:27
  • 2 Gethsemane 5:22
  • 3 Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean 4:46
  • 5 Passion and the Opera 4:50
  • 6 Swanheart 4:44
  • 7 Moondance 3:31
  • 8 The Riddler 5:15
  • 9 The Pharaoh Sails to Orion 6:26
  • 10 Walking in the Air 5:28

Disc 3

  • 1 She Is My Sin 4:46
  • 2 The Kinslayer 3:58
  • 3 Come Cover Me 4:34
  • 4 Wanderlust 4:50
  • 5 Two for Tragedy 3:50
  • 6 Wishmaster 4:24
  • 7 Bare Grace Misery 3:41
  • 8 Crownless 4:28
  • 9 Deep Silent Complete 3:57
  • 10 Dead Boy’s Poem 6:47
  • 11 FantasMic 8:17

Disc 4

  • 1 Sleepwalker (heavy version) 3:05
  • 2 Walking in the Air (edit) 3:33
  • 3 Nightquest 4:13
  • 4 The Carpenter (single version) 5:53
  • 5 Sacrament of Wilderness (single version) 4:08
  • 6 Tutankhamen (single version) 5:26

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