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Over the Hills and Far Away

EP by Nightwish

Released

2001

Length

50:25

Label

Drakkar, Spinefarm, Century Media

Producer

Tero Kinnunen, Nightwish

Professional reviews

Nightwish chronology

Wishmaster
(2000)

Over the Hills and Far Away
(2001)

Century Child
(2002)

Over the Hills and Far Away is an EP by Finnish quintet Nightwish, released in 2001 by both Spinefarm Records and Drakkar Records. It is their first and only EP. It was released in the United States in 2004 by Century Media Records. The bassist Sami Vänskä would leave the band after the recording of this CD, due to musical differences between him and Tuomas. Sami would be replaced by the current bassist and vocalist, Marco Hietala.

1 Track listing
2 Credits
3 Other Info

Track listing

Spinefarm edition

	Title	Writers	Length
1.	"Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore Cover) (feat. Tony Kakko)	Gary Moore	5:03
2.	"10th Man Down" (feat. Tapio Wilska)	Holopainen	5:24
3.	"Away"	Holopainen	4:33
4.	"Astral Romance" (re-recorded) (feat. Tony Kakko)	Holopainen	5:22

Spinefarm European edition

This edition is identical to the Century Media Records version. It is sold in Europe, outside of Finland.

	Title	Writers	Length
1.	"Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore Cover) (feat. Tony Kakko)	Gary Moore	5:03
2.	"10th Man Down" (feat. Tapio Wilska)	Holopainen	5:24
3.	"Away"	Holopainen	4:33
4.	"Astral Romance" (re-recorded) (feat. Tony Kakko)	Holopainen	5:22
5.	"The Kinslayer" (Live)	Holopainen	4:12
6.	"She is My Sin" (Live)	Holopainen	4:44
7.	"Sacrament of Wilderness" (Live)	Holopainen	5:00
8.	"Walking in the Air" (Live)	Howard Blake, arr. by Holopainen	5:10
9.	"Beauty and the Beast" (Live)	Holopainen	6:40
10.	"Wishmaster" (Live)	Holopainen	5:03

Drakkar edition

The edition released by Drakkar Records contains a few additional tracks (track 5 to 10) recorded from the live performance in Tampere (Finland) on December 29, 2000. These additional live tracks can also be found on the live DVD "From Wishes To Eternity".

	Title	Writers	Length
1.	"Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore Cover) (feat. Tony Kakko)	Gary Moore	5:00
2.	"10th Man Down" (feat. Tapio Wilska)	Holopainen	5:20
3.	"Away"	Holopainen	4:29
4.	"Astral Romance" (re-recorded) (feat. Tony Kakko)	Holopainen	5:18
5.	"The Kinslayer" (Live)	Holopainen	4:12
6.	"She is My Sin" (Live)	Holopainen	4:45
7.	"Sacrament of Wilderness" (Live)	Holopainen	5:01
8.	"Walking in the Air" (Live)	Howard Blake, arr. by Holopainen	5:08
9.	"Wishmaster" (Live)	Holopainen	4:44
10.	"Deep Silent Complete" (Live)	Holopainen	4:38

Spinefarm UK Reloaded edition

Released 2007

	Title	Writers	Length
1.	"Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore Cover) (feat. Tony Kakko)	Gary Moore	5:03
2.	"10th Man Down" (feat. Tapio Wilska)	Holopainen	5:24
3.	"Away"	Holopainen	4:33
4.	"Astral Romance" (re-recorded) (feat. Tony Kakko)	Holopainen	5:22
5.	"The Kinslayer" (Live)	Holopainen	4:12
6.	"She is My Sin" (Live)	Holopainen	4:44
7.	"Sacrament of Wilderness" (Live)	Holopainen	5:01
8.	"Walking in the Air" (Live)	Howard Blake, arr. by Holopainen	5:10
9.	"Beauty and the Beast" (Live)	Holopainen	6:40
10.	"Wishmaster" (Live)	Holopainen	5:08
11.	"10th Man Down" (Live)	Holopainen	5:31
12.	"Over the Hills and Far Away" (Live)	Gary Moore	6:00
13.	"Over the Hills and Far Away" (Video)	Gary Moore	3:53

Credits

Tarja Turunen - Vocals
Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen - Guitars
Sami Vänskä - Bass guitar
Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards, Backing vocals (on track 1)
Jukka Nevalainen - Drums

Guests:

Tapio Wilska (from Finntroll) - Vocals (on track 2)
Tony Kakko (from Sonata Arctica) - Vocals (on track 4), Backing vocals (on track 1)

Other Info

Recorded at Caverock and Finnvox Studios in February-March 2001
Engineered by Tero Kinnunen and Mikko Karmila
Mixed by Mikko "Thunder" Karmila, T. Kinnunen and T.Holopainen
Mastered by Mika Jussila
Cover picture by Sami Vänskä
Illustration by Tomi Laurén
Cartography by some "Raised In The Barrel" Spinedude

v - d - e Nightwish

Anette Olzon \| Tuomas Holopainen \| Emppu Vuorinen \| Marco Hietala \| Jukka Nevalainen Tarja Turunen \| Sami Vänskä

Studio albums	Angels Fall First \| Oceanborn \| Wishmaster \| Century Child \| Once \| Dark Passion Play

Live albums	From Wishes to Eternity \| End of an Era

EPs	Over the Hills and Far Away

Demos	„Nightwish“ \| -Angels Fall First (demo)-

Compilations	Wishmastour 2000 \| Tales from the Elvenpath \| Bestwishes \| Highest Hopes

Videos and DVDs	From Wishes to Eternity \| End of Innocence \| End of an Era

Documentaries	From Wishes to Eternity \| End of Innocence \| The Making of Nemo \| The Making of "Wish I Had an Angel" \| A Day Before Tomorrow \| Shooting Some Amaranths \| In Between the Eyes \| The Making of "The Islander"

Singles	-The Carpenter- \| -Sacrament of Wilderness- \| -Passion and the Opera- \| -Walking in the Air- \| -Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)- \| -The Kinslayer- \| -Deep Silent Complete- \| -Ever Dream- \| -Bless the Child- \| -Nemo- \| -Wish I Had an Angel- \| -Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan- \| -The Siren- \| -Sleeping Sun- \| -Eva- \| -Amaranth- \| -Erämaan Viimeinen- \| -Bye Bye Beautiful- \| "The Islander"

Related acts	Tarot \| Tarja Turunen \| Brother Firetribe \| Sethian \| For My Pain... \| Northern Kings \| Kotiteollisuus \| Timo Rautiainen \| Alyson Avenue \| Altaria \| Barilari \| Sinergy

Related articles	Members \| Discography