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TRACK PROFILE · 1998

Sleeping Sun

By Nightwish

From Nightwish 1997–2001

Symphonic metal

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Released
1998
Disc / track
2 / 11
Label
Spinefarm Records
Duration
4:05
Artist
Nightwish

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About this track

“Sleeping Sun” appears on Nightwish’s Nightwish 1997–2001, first released in 2002. This recording is listed with a 1998 release. It is track 11 on disc 2 in the listing below.

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Nightwish 1997–2001

Main track listing: Nightwish 1997–2001 (2002), an official release cataloged by MusicBrainz. Additional recordings from other official editions are listed separately.

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 I – Erämaajärvi
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  10. 10Lappi II – Witchdrums
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  11. 11Lappi III – This Moment Is Eternity
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  12. 12Lappi IV – Etiäinen
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Disc 2

  1. 01Stargazers
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  2. 02Gethsemane
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  3. 03Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean
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  4. 04Sacrament of Wilderness
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  5. 05Passion and the Opera
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  6. 06Swanheart
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  7. 07Moondance
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  8. 08The Riddler
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  9. 09The Pharaoh Sails to Orion
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  10. 10Walking in the Air
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  11. 11Sleeping Sun
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Disc 3

  1. 01She Is My Sin
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  2. 02The Kinslayer
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  3. 03Come Cover Me
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  4. 04Wanderlust
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  5. 05Two for Tragedy
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  6. 06Wishmaster
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  7. 07Bare Grace Misery
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  8. 08Crownless
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  9. 09Deep Silent Complete
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  10. 10Dead Boy’s Poem
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  11. 11FantasMic
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  12. 12Sleepwalker
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Disc 4

  1. 01Over the Hills and Far Away
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  2. 0210th Man Down
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  3. 03Away
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  4. 04Astral Romance (remake 2001)
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  5. 05The Kinslayer (live)
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  6. 06She Is My Sin (live)
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  7. 07Sacrament of Wilderness (live)
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  8. 08Walking in the Air (live)
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  9. 09Beauty and the Beast (live)
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  10. 10Wishmaster (live)
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