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The Greatest Show on Earth: Chapter I) Four Point Six / Chapter II) Life / Chapter III) The Toolmaker / Chapter IV) The Understanding / Chapter V) Sea-Worn Driftwood (instrumental)

By Nightwish

From Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Symphonic metal

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Released
2015
Disc / track
2 / 11
Label
Nuclear Blast
Duration
24:08
Artist
Nightwish
Endless Forms Most Beautiful album cover
Album artwork. (Credit: Nightwish / Nuclear Blast)

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“The Greatest Show on Earth: Chapter I) Four Point Six / Chapter II) Life / Chapter III) The Toolmaker / Chapter IV) The Understanding / Chapter V) Sea-Worn Driftwood (instrumental)” appears on Nightwish’s Endless Forms Most Beautiful, first released in 2015. This recording is listed with a 2015 release. It is track 11 on disc 2 in the listing below. Edition: Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015).

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Endless Forms Most Beautiful

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Disc 1

  1. 01Shudder Before the Beautiful
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  2. 02Weak Fantasy
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  3. 03Élan
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  4. 04Yours Is an Empty Hope
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  5. 05Our Decades in the Sun
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  6. 06My Walden
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  7. 07Endless Forms Most Beautiful
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  8. 08Edema Ruh
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  9. 09Alpenglow
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  10. 10The Eyes of Sharbat Gula
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  11. 11The Greatest Show on Earth
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Other edition: Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) · limited tour edition

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  1. 01Yours Is an Empty Hope (live)
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  2. 02Stargazers (live)
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  3. 03Planet Hell (live)
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  4. 04Last of the Wilds (live)
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  5. 05Storytime (live)
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  6. 06Arabesque (live)
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  7. 07Last Ride of the Day (live)
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  8. 08Making of Endless Forms Most Beautiful
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  9. 09Élan (official video)
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  10. 10Endless Forms Most Beautiful (official video)
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  11. 11Photo Gallery
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Other edition: Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)

Additional recordings from this edition. View release details.

  1. 01Shudder Before the Beautiful (instrumental)
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  2. 02Weak Fantasy (instrumental)
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  3. 03Élan (instrumental)
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  4. 04Yours Is an Empty Hope (instrumental)
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  5. 05Our Decades in the Sun (instrumental)
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  6. 06My Walden (instrumental)
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  7. 07Endless Forms Most Beautiful (instrumental)
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  8. 08Edema Ruh (instrumental)
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  9. 09Alpenglow (instrumental)
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  10. 10The Eyes of Sharbat Gula (instrumental)
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  11. 11The Greatest Show on Earth: Chapter I) Four Point Six / Chapter II) Life / Chapter III) The Toolmaker / Chapter IV) The Understanding / Chapter V) Sea-Worn Driftwood (instrumental)
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Other edition: Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)

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  1. 01Making the Recordings
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  2. 02Sagan (music lyric video)
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Other edition: Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015) · earbook

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  1. 01Shudder Before the Beautiful
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  2. 02Weak Fantasy
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  3. 03Élan
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  4. 04Yours Is an Empty Hope
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  5. 05Our Decades in the Sun
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  6. 06Endless Forms Most Beautiful
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  7. 07Alpenglow
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  8. 08The Eyes of Sharbat Gula
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  9. 09The Greatest Show on Earth: Chapter I) Four Point Six / Chapter II) Life / Chapter III) The Toolmaker / Chapter IV) The Understanding / Chapter V) Sea-Worn Driftwood
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Other edition: Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)

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  1. 01Endless Forms Most Beautiful (alternative version)
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  2. 02Élan (alternative version)
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Artwork (Credit: Nightwish / Nuclear Blast)

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