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TRACK PROFILE · 1997

A Return to the Sea

By Nightwish

From Angels Fall First

Symphonic metal

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Released
1997
Disc / track
1 / 6
Label
Spinefarm Records
Duration
5:48
Artist
Nightwish
Angels Fall First album cover
Album artwork. (Credit: Nightwish / Spinefarm Records)

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About this track

“A Return to the Sea” appears on Nightwish’s Angels Fall First, first released in 1997. This recording is listed with a 1997 release. It is track 6 on disc 1 in the listing below. Edition: Angels Fall First (1997) · only 500 copies.

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Angels Fall First

Track listing from the official Nightwish discography. Editions may include different bonus tracks.

Disc 1

  1. 01Elvenpath
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  2. 02Beauty And The Beast
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  3. 03The Carpenter
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  4. 04Astral Romance
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  5. 05Angels Fall First
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  6. 06Tutankhamen
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  7. 07Nymphomaniac Fantasia
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  8. 08Know Why The Nightingale Sings
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  9. 09Lappi (Lapland)
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  10. 10Nightwish (Demo)
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Other edition: Angels Fall First (1997) · only 500 copies

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  1. 05Once Upon a Troubadour
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  2. 06A Return to the Sea
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  3. 07Lappi (Lapland): I. Erämaajärvi
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  4. 08Lappi (Lapland): II. Witchdrums
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  5. 09Lappi (Lapland): III. This Moment Is Eternity
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  6. 10Lappi (Lapland): IV. Etiäinen
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Other edition: Angels Fall First (1999)

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  1. 13Sleeping Sun
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Other edition: Angels Fall First (2007)

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  1. 15The Forever Moments (demo)
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  2. 16Etiäinen (demo)
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Other edition: Angels Fall First (2004) · remastered

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  1. 14Swanheart (live)
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  2. 15Deep Silent Complete (live)
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  3. 16Dead Boy’s Poem (live)
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Artwork (Credit: Nightwish / Spinefarm Records)

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