Nightwish - Bless the Child: The Rarities
List Price:
Our Price: $14.33
You Save: $2.65 (16%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Artist: NightwishEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2007-09-11
Music Label: Umvd Import
Free Music Notes for Bless the Child: The Rarities
Free Music Review: A useful gathering of bits 'n' pieces
Hit: 3 Stars
A flick through the product available under the Nightwish banner will give you the impression that the band are pretty good at parting fans from their money via special editions, odds and sods collections and singles with bonus track variations. They're not KISS but given time they may start to give Iron Maiden a run for their money.
All of which isn't to deny the validity of this disc as it does gather together a bunch of bonus tracks and oddities. First up is the straight version of Bless the Child from the Century Child album. Track two is The Wayfarer from the Japanese version of Century Child which scoots along at a rate of knots on the back of some brisk arrangements.
The next two tracks - Come Cover Me and Dead Boys Poem - are live tracks lifted from the album From Wishes to Eternity. So not rare at all really.... But after that we get two more tunes hitherto less widely available as they were used as bonus tracks on limited edition versions of Angels Fall First. Both are in the Nightwish idiom with Once Upon A Troubadour being quite a mellow number with Tarja taking the fore with her acquired taste of a voice dominating. A Return to the Sea is also an atmospheric number that builds up through various passages and is blessed with a biting Emppu guitar flourish or three and overall it feels like it is more geared towards the prog end of the bands sound at that time of their career.
Following that is a 'heavy' version of Sleepwalker apparently used on the Japanese version of Wishmaster. Quite why you'd put out a 'heavy' version of something I'm not sure but hey, what do I know?
The album closes with an early track - Nightquest - from the Japanese version of Oceanborn. Like the rest of this collection it feels very much in keeping with everything else on the disc and the production values of the entire release are just like the studio albums they are from - this isn't a bunch of half-baked demo versions.
All up a well worthwhile platter for Nightwish minions to sink their teeth into and lyrics to the whole thing are included. But keep in mind that there are good songs here but none of the genuinely rarer tracks are utterly necessary for your life and of the eight tracks here three are easily available on standard releases. So it's your call as to whether to buy this or just download the five rarer tracks.
Bless the Child: The Rarities Poster
2007 import compilation featuring B-sides, live and rare tracks by this Finnish Goth-influenced Symphonic Metal band fronted by the classically-trained vocalist Tarja Turunen. Includes cuts like 'The Wayfarer' (originally only on the Japanese edition of their album Century Child) and 'Once Upon A Troubadour' and 'Return To The Sea' (both originally from the first Finnish pressing of Angels Fall First). Eight tracks. Universal.Rock Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Nightwish: The Tarja Years
Nightwish - Bestwishes: Best of NightwishRelease date: 2005-03-21; Music CD
Best price: $25.95
Price in other shops:
Nightwish - Highest Hopes: The Best of NightwishRelease date: 2005-10-03; Music CD
Best price: $12.48
Price in other shops:
Nightwish - Sleeping SunRelease date: 2005-11-14; Music CD
Best price: $5.46
Price in other shops:
End of an EraRelease date: 2007-06-19; DVD
Best price: $14.25
Price in other shops:
Nightwish - SirenRelease date: 2005-08-30; Music CD
Best price: $8.33
Price in other shops:
Nightwish - Kuolema Tekee TaiteilijanRelease date: 2005-02-28; Music CD
Best price: $28.98
Price in other shops:
Wish I Had An AngelRelease date: 2004-09-21; Music CD
Best price: $18.93
Price in other shops:
Nightwish - Nemo Pt.1Release date: 2004-05-03; Music CD
Best price: $7.57
Price in other shops:
Nightwish - Tales From the ElvenpathRelease date: 2004-10-19; Music CD
Best price: $16.16
Price in other shops:
Nightwish - OnceRelease date: 2004-10-05; Music CD
Best price: $11.00
Price in other shops:
Top Rated Albums
Nightwish - AmaranthRelease date: 2007-09-10; Music CD
Best price: $8.38
Price in other shops:
Nightwish - WishmasterRelease date: 2001-02-06; Music CD
Best price: $8.49
Price in other shops:
Nightwish - OceanbornRelease date: 2001-03-06; Music CD
Best price: $8.99
Price in other shops:
Nightwish - Dark Passion PlayRelease date: 2007-10-02; Music CD
Best price: $15.93
Price in other shops:
Tarja - My Winter StormRelease date: 2007-11-27; Music CD
Best price: $10.06
Price in other shops:
Nightwish - Dark Passion PlayRelease date: 2007-10-02; Music CD
Best price: $12.47
Price in other shops:
Epica - Divine ConspiracyRelease date: 2007-08-28; Music CD
Best price: $9.09
Price in other shops:
End of an EraRelease date: 2007-06-19; DVD
Best price: $13.25
Price in other shops:
Nightwish - Angels Fall FirstRelease date: 2001-03-06; Music CD
Best price: $7.40
Price in other shops:
Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far AwayRelease date: 2004-11-30; Music CD
Best price: $9.68
Price in other shops: