NightwishAngels Fall First

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Power Metal

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Tracklist

Elvenpath 4:38
Beauty And The Beast 6:22
The Carpenter 5:56
Astral Romance 5:11
Angels Fall First 5:34
Tutankhamen 5:30
Nymphomaniac Fantasia 4:45
Know Why The Nightingale Sings 4:13
Lappi = Lapland
Erämaajärvi 2:15
Witchdrums 1:19
This Moment Is Eternity 3:12
Etiäinen 2:34

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Notes

This is the first release from the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. The original CD release was extremely limited, with just 500 pressed. It was then re-released with a very different track list, dropping two songs and adding four new ones. Later releases tend to match this second release, though some contain one of the dropped tracks as a bonus track. Track order can also vary between releases.

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    Cover of Angels Fall First, 1997-11-00, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Stereo
    Spinefarm Records – SPI47CD Finland 1997 Finland1997
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 1997-09-30, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered
    Spinefarm Records – SPI45CD ltd Finland 1997 Finland1997
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 1998-04-00, Cassette Angels Fall First
    Cassette, Album, Unofficial Release
    Moon Records (2) – none Ukraine 1998 Ukraine1998
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 1999, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue
    One Music – ERCD313 South Korea 1999 South Korea1999
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 1999, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album
    XIII BIS Records – 151842 1999 1999
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 1999, Vinyl Angels Fall First
    LP, Album, Reissue
    Vinyl Collectors – VC 005 Netherlands 1999 Netherlands1999
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 1999, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Promo, Reissue
    One Music – ERCD 313 South Korea 1999 South Korea1999
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 1999, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album
    NEMS Enterprises – NEMS 158 Mexico 1999 Mexico1999
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 1999, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Unofficial Release
    Спюрк – M-100 Russia 1999 Russia1999
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 1999, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Digipak
    NEMS Enterprises – NEMS 158 Argentina 1999 Argentina1999
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 1999, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album
    NEMS Enterprises – NEMS 158 Argentina 1999 Argentina1999
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 1999, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Unofficial Release
    Not On Label (Nightwish) – none Russia 1999 Russia1999
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2000, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album
    Spinefarm Records – FO6CD Russia & CIS 2000 Russia & CIS2000
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2000, Cassette Angels Fall First
    Cassette, Album
    Фоно – FO6MC Russia 2000 Russia2000
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2000, Cassette Angels Fall First
    Cassette, Album
    Death Abyss Recs – DIEYOUPIG359-A Indonesia 2000 Indonesia2000
    New Submission
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2000, Cassette Angels Fall First
    Cassette, Album
    Фоно – FO6MC Russia 2000 Russia2000
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2001, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue, Novodisc
    Spinefarm Records – RBR/LCR 1970 Brazil 2001 Brazil2001
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2001-03-06, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Century Media – 8021-2 US 2001 US2001
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2002, Cassette Angels Fall First
    Cassette, Album, Reissue
    Universal – 064742-4 Russia 2002 Russia2002
    New Submission
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2002, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Unofficial Release
    Universal (3) – 064742-2 2002 2002
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2002, Cassette Angels Fall First
    Cassette, Album, Reissue
    Moon Records (2) – SP147 Ukraine 2002 Ukraine2002
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2002, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
    Universal – 066 8782 Europe 2002 Europe2002
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2002, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Universal – 064 742-9 Russia 2002 Russia2002
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2002, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Universal – 064 742-2 Europe 2002 Europe2002
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2003, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Moon Records (2) – MR 406-2 Ukraine 2003 Ukraine2003
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2004-11-01, Vinyl Angels Fall First
    2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Picture Disc, Reissue
    Back On Black – BOBV003DPD UK 2004 UK2004
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2004, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Digipak
    Spinefarm Records – 066 878-2 Europe 2004 Europe2004
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2004-07-22, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
    Toy's Factory – TFCK-87361 Japan 2004 Japan2004
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2004-07-22, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered
    Toy's Factory – TFCK-87361 Japan 2004 Japan2004
    New Submission
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2007-10-22, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition, Official Collector's Edition / 10th Anniversary Edition, Super Jewelcase
    Universal Music Group International – 0602517449343 Europe 2007 Europe2007
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2007-11-22, Vinyl Angels Fall First
    2×LP, Album, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition, Official Collector's Pressing
    Universal Music Group International – 0602517478565 Europe 2007 Europe2007
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2007-10-22, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition, Official Collector's Edition / 10th Anniversary Edition
    Universal Music Group International – 0602517449343 Europe 2007 Europe2007
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2007-10-22, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition, Official Collector's Edition / 10th Anniversary Edition, Super Jewelcase
    Universal Music Group International – 0602517449343 Europe 2007 Europe2007
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2007-10-22, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition, Official Collector's Edition / 10th Anniversary Edition
    Universal Music Group International – 0602517449343 Europe 2007 Europe2007
    New Submission
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2007-10-22, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition, Official Collector's Edition / 10th Anniversary Edition
    Universal Music Group International – 0602517449343 Europe 2007 Europe2007
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2007, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
    Hellion Records – HEL 1046 Brazil 2007 Brazil2007
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2007, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Universal – 004400647429 Russia 2007 Russia2007
    Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Universal Music Russia – 004400668789 Russia 2007 Russia2007
    New Submission
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2007, CD Angels Fall First
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Universal Music Group – 1744934 Mexico 2007 Mexico2007
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Angels Fall First, 2007, CDr Angels Fall First
    CDr, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered
    Spinefarm Records U.K. – none UK 2007 UK2007
    New Submission

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    Reviews

    • cosmicvlad's avatar
      cosmicvlad
      The center on the second side of the first record is very off-center, which makes the sound distorted. This is very annoying - a serious omission by the label. Such a defect should be corrected before production. Otherwise, the sound of the record is beautiful
      • vaidilas's avatar
        vaidilas
        a perfect collection about the first album and demosongs of Nightwishs formation
        • athos74's avatar
          athos74
          This is a great-sounding vinyl! Plus, it also looks very beautiful.
          • rikiheck's avatar
            rikiheck
            The first three sides correspond to the 'second' official release, Nightwish - Angels Fall First. (One song from that album, "Once Upon a Troubadour", does not appear here.) The other songs on side D are early demos.

            This is very much a first album. It's amazing to listen to now, and think about how many different directions Nightwish could have gone. At this point, I'm not sure I would say that Nightwish is a symphonic metal band. Keyboards are pretty prominent, with string-like sounds at times, but that sort of sound is not emphasized the way it will be on later Nightwish albums. It's probably more power metal, or maybe even folk metal, to some extent.

            One of the things that striking about it is that Tuomas sings quite a bit, taking the lead on "The Carpenter" (which was a hit in Finland), and singing co-lead on several other songs. It's not surprising that not everything here is a gem, but there are some real gems, for sure. I'm quite fond of "Elvenpath", for example, and the suite, "Lappi", is a real treat. The demos are more finished than one might expect, too, and are really quite good.

            As for the pressing, it's not bad at all. Pretty quiet and with decent definition.
            • luckje_mj's avatar
              luckje_mj
              Mein Gott, sehen die Bandmitglieder im Booklet des Debütalbums noch jung und schüchtern aus - richtig süß und pausbäckig. Genauso pausbäckig hören sich auch die Lieder an. Zwar sind bereits einige Komponenten erkennbar, die den späteren, erwachsenen Nightwish zum Erfolg verholfen haben, trotzdem kann die Platte leider nicht auf ganzer Länge überzeugen. Zunächst wird man auf den geträumten „Elvenpath“ mitgenommen, wo uns der Waldgott Tapio und seine Göttin Mielikki erscheinen, genauso wie die auf einem Besenstil reitende Hexe und der heimische Gnom, der gerne die Sauna für sich warmhalten möchte. Man merkt es schon, die mystischen Texte sind bereits vorhanden. Das „Beauty and the beast“-Thema wird durch ein nicht wirklich endes, zweiminütiges Intro eingeleitet und mal wieder durch den miesen männlichen Gesangspart vermasselt. Besonders in der zweiten Strophe meint man einen Haarsprayrocker aus den 80ern singen zu hören und die gruselig gehaltene Erzählstimme wirkt sehr lächerlich. Ich wusste bisher nichts von der magischen Bedeutung des Tischlers bzw. Zimmermanns, durch „The carpenter“ wurde ich nun darüber aufgeklärt. Bei dem Song „Astral romance“ kommt zum ersten Mal die faszinierende Stimme von Tarja durch. Zunächst von mir irrtümlicherweise als finnischer Titel gehalten, entpuppt sich der Track „Tutankhamen“ als eine Lobeshymne für den ägyptischen Pharao. Der darin enthaltene Querflöteneinsatz stammt diesmal übrigens von Mr. Esa Lehtinen. Der letzte fast zehnminütige Song „Lappi (Lapland)“ setzt sich dann aus vier einzelnen Songs zusammen. Als erstes das in finnisch gesungene folkartige „Erämaajärvi“, dann ein sich langsam aufbauendes Drumsolo in „Witchdrums“, das mystisch gehaltene „This moment is eternity“ und zum Abschluss das stimmlich anstrengende Stück „Etiäinen“, wo Tarja all das zeigt, was sie als Opernsängerin drauf hat. Hätte ich das Debüt zuerst gekauft, ich hätte nie mit dem späteren Erfolg gerechnet. Dies spricht umso mehr für die Band.
              • Aniron's avatar
                Aniron
                I have a question. Does those tracks version are different from the later release ? Or Are they the same? Thanks!
                • fuzzyt1's avatar
                  fuzzyt1
                  Hi all. I am trying figure this release out. I have a copy of this cd. It has the same bar code and company number (064 742-2). The covers look the same but my cd looks different than what is here. It shows that it was from 2002 from Spinefarm and Universal and made in the EU. Flip the disc over and it says made in . Is this the same release or do I have one not on discogs yet?
                  Cheers
                  • kaxa's avatar
                    kaxa
                    It is a good remastered issue for your collection. Sound is really little better than the original releases.
                    • Killian600's avatar
                      Killian600
                      Already sold my copy. Man, was I stupid !!!
                      • Michael_seasonofmist's avatar
                        I have one for sale, me at [email protected]

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