Nightwish Album: “Sleeping Sun [Canada EP]”

This is great CD! This includes the ballads of Nightwish. I think that "Sleeping Sun" is the best song of Nightwish. I love the lyrics and the way Tarja sings. Music is wonderful too! "Walking in the Air" is great song too, but because it comes after breath-taking "Sleeping Sun"... It doesn't sound so very good. "Swanheart" is so beautiful song that tears come to my eye... Music is great, so are the lyrics. What about "Angels Fall First"? Those lyrics make me cry more when you think about them a lot. Music is beautiful and in this song Tarja sings quite high and it sound some parts a little like... too high? If you hate heavy metal music (Nightwish is a heavy metal band) and that's why you don't like Nightwish, then you still should listen to these songs because these aren't like the others!

Well, NIGHTWISH... I know that THERION rules, but Tarja's vocal makes me freezing, brrrrrrr, this sounds powerful, but gently, I don't know, there's something that cannot be described. Something... OK, it's better for You to make Your own opinion. You won't be sorry!

"Sleeping Sun" is a gorgeous single from symphonic metal band Nightwish. Though this single can be a little dull since it only includes three versions of the same song, "Sleeping Sun" is an absolutely gorgeous song.

This single includes the original song that was recorded in 2000 to be included on the "Four Ballads of the Eclipse" EP, which was released to commemorate a solar eclipse that occurred in Europe. The song was re-recorded and re-released in 2005 as part of the "Highest Hopes," a best of compilation of Nightwish songs -the full and edit versions of the song are included here.

Listening to both versions, there isn't much of a different. The music sounds exactly the same to me, but the only difference lies in Tarja's vocal style. The 2005 version is a little less operatic, and really features the more "Once"-era style of Tarja's voice with less emphasis on traditional opera.

A beautiful song, "Sleeping Sun" is one of the most powerful ballads Nightwish has ever recorded.