Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads

Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads is a compilation album by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released in 2011. It contains the "greatest ballads" from the first four albums, two of which are covers.[1][2] The cover art was created by Andreas Marschall.

Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads
Compilation album by Nightwish
Released	May 27, 2011
Recorded	1997–2002
Genre	Symphonic metal power metal
Length	67:38
Label	Drakkar
Nightwish chronology
Lokikirja (2009) Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads (2011) Decades (2018)
Alternative cover
Finnish edition artwork

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tuomas Holopainen, except where noted; all music is composed by Holopainen, except where noted.

Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Original release	Length
1.	"Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake cover)	Blake	Blake	Oceanborn (1998)	5:28
2.	"Angels Fall First"			Angels Fall First (1997)	5:34
3.	"Sleepwalker" (heavy version)			B-side from "Deep Silent Complete" single (2000)	3:04
4.	"Sleeping Sun"			Non-album single (1999)	4:01
5.	"Dead Boy's Poem"			Wishmaster (2000)	6:47
6.	"Deep Silent Complete"			Wishmaster (2000)	3:57
7.	"Feel for You"			Century Child (2002)	3:54
8.	"The Phantom of the Opera" (Andrew Lloyd Webber cover)	Charles Hart Richard Stilgoe Mike Batt	Lloyd Webber	Century Child (2002)	4:09
9.	"Ocean Soul"			Century Child (2002)	4:14
10.	"Lagoon"			B-side from "Bless the Child" single (2002)	3:46
11.	"Swanheart"			Oceanborn (1998)	4:44
12.	"Two for Tragedy"			Wishmaster (2000)	3:51
13.	"A Return to the Sea"			Angels Fall First (1997)	5:46
14.	"Away"			Over the Hills and Far Away (2001)	4:32
15.	"Forever Yours"			Century Child (2002)	3:51
Total length:					67:38

Personnel

• Tarja Turunen - Vocals
• Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards
• Emppu Vuorinen - Lead guitar (all tracks), Acoustic guitar and Bass guitar (on tracks 2 and 13)
• Sami Vänskä - Bass guitar (on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13)
• Jukka Nevalainen - Drums and Percussion
• Marko Hietala – Bass guitar (on tracks 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15), male vocals (on track 7, 8)

References

1. Nightwish-World: Walking in the Air - The Greatest Ballads
2. [http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/album.php?album_id=53510&page=&message_id= Metal Storm: Nightwish - Walking in the Air - The Greatest Ballads Compilation