NightwishEndless Forms Most Beautiful

Label:

Nuclear Blast – NB 3492-9-1

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Limited Edition, Picture Disc

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Symphonic Metal

Tracklist

A1 Shudder Before The Beautiful
A2 Weak Fantasy
A3 Élan
B1 Yours Is An Empty Hope
B2 Our Decades In The Sun
B3 My Walden
C1 Endless Forms Most Beautiful
C2 Edema Ruh
C3 Alpenglow
C4 The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula
The Greatest Show On Earth
D1-1 Four Point Six
D1-2 Life
D1-3 The Toolmaker
Sound Designer [Soundscapes & Music Echoes]Jussi Tegelman
D1-4 The Understanding
D1-5 Sea-Worn Driftwood
Sound Designer [Soundscapes & Music Echoes]Jussi Tegelman
Featuringsco Lupica's Cosmic Beam Experience*

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Nuclear Blast Records
  • Copyright ©Nuclear Blast Records
  • Mastered AtFinnvox
  • Mixed AtFinnvox
  • Recorded AtPetrax Studios
  • Recorded AtRöskö
  • Recorded AtHats Off Studios, Oxfordshire
  • Recorded AtAngel Studio
  • Pressed ByOptimal Media GmbH – BF79979
  • Lacquer Cut AtOptimal Media GmbH

Credits

  • Arranged ByHolopainen*
  • Arranged By [Orchestra & Choir], Orchestrated By [Orchestra & Choir], Conductor [Orchestra & Choir]Pip Williams
  • Artwork [Cover Artwork]Janne Pitkänen
  • Bass, Vocals, Acoustic GuitarMarco Hietala
  • ChoirYoung Musicians London*
  • Chorus Master [The Metro Voices]Jenny O'Grady
  • Chorus Master [Young Musicians London]Lynda Richardson
  • Co-producerTero "TeeCee" Kinnunen*
  • Conductor [Orchestra & Choir]James Shearman
  • Contractor [Assistant Orchestral]Lucy Whalley
  • Contractor [Orchestral]Isobel Griffiths
  • DrumsJukka Nevalainen
  • Drums [Performed By]Kai Hahto
  • Engineer [Assistant To Steve Price]Jeremy Murphy
  • Engineer [Orchestra Choir & Percussion]Steve Price (6)
  • Engineer, Recorded ByTero "TeeCee" Kinnunen*
  • Engineer, Recorded By, Mixed ByMikko Karmila
  • GuitarEmppu Vuorinen
  • Keyboards, PianoTuomas Holopainen
  • Lacquer Cut ByKR*
  • Lyrics ByHolopainen*
  • Management [Worldwide], Booking [Worldwide]Till Dawn They Count Ltd Oy
  • Mastered ByMika Jussila
  • Music ByHolopainen*
  • Photography By [Band Photography]Ville Juurikkala
  • ProducerTuomas Holopainen
  • Recorded By [Spoken Parts]Michael Taylor (22)
  • Speech [Spoken Parts]Professor Richard Dawkins* (tracks: A1, D)
  • Uilleann Pipes, Low Whistle, Bodhrán, Bouzouki, VocalsTroy Donockley
  • VocalsFloor Jansen

Notes

Gatefold cover, each pic disc (200g for disc1, 180g for disc2) being housed in a printed inner sleeve

On label B & D:
NB 3492-9-1 ℗ + © 2015 Manufactured in
On back cover:
℗ + © 2015 . Nuclear Blast Records . NB 3492-9
Nuclear Blast Europe . Nuclear Blast USA . All rights reserved
On front cover:
Ltd. Picture Vinyl

1st catalog number (27361 34929) on spine, 2nd (NB 3492-9) on back cover, 3rd (NB 3492-9-1) on labels B & D
Concerning runouts: all etched; "1 -" (Side A), "+ 12" (Side B), "= 12" (SideC) and "+ 1" (Side D) are mirrored characters

"The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula" is an instrumental part (As stated on inner sleeve)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 7 27361 34929 5
  • Barcode (Scanned): 727361349295
  • Label Code: LC 07027
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, Variant 1): BF79979-01 A2 KR 1 - NB3464-1-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, Variant 1): BF79979-01 B1 KR NB3464-1-1 + 12
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, Variant 1): BF79979-02 C1 KR NB3464-1-2 = 12
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, Variant 1): BF79979-02 D1 KR NB3464-1-2 + 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, Variant 2): BF79979-01 A1 KR NB3464-1-1 1-
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, Variant 2): BF79979-01 B1 KR NB3464-1-1 12
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, Variant 2): BF79979-02 C1 KR NB3464-1-2 = 12
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, Variant 2): BF79979-02 D1 KR NB3464-1-2 + 1

Other Versions (5 of 59)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful (CD, Album, CD, Album, All Media, , Audiobook) Oily Empire OILYCD-002 Finland 2015
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful (CD, Album, CD, Album, All Media, Limited Edition, Digibook) Nuclear Blast NB 3464-0, 27361 34640 Europe 2015
Endless Forms Most Beautiful (CD, Album) Nuclear Blast NB 3464-2, 27361 34642 Europe 2015
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Purple) Nuclear Blast NB 3464-1, 27361 34641 Europe 2015
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful (CD, Album, CD, Album, CD, , 10", 33 ⅓ RPM, Silver, All Media, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Earbook) Nuclear Blast NB 3464-4, 27361 34644 Europe 2015

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