1. Shudder Before The Beautiful (6:29)
2. Weak Fantasy (5:22)
3. Élan (4:44)
4. Yours Is An Empty Hope (5:34)
5. Our Decades In The Sun (6:36)
6. My Walden (4:38)
7. Endless Forms Most Beautiful (5:06)
8. Edema Ruh (5:14)
9. Alpenglow (4:44)
10. The Eyes Of Sharbat Gula (Instrumental) (6:03)
11. The Greatest Show On Earth (23:58)
Chapter I) Four Point Six
Chapter II) Life
Chapter III) The Toolmaker
Chapter IV) The Understanding
Chapter V) Sear-Worn Driftwood
Floor Jansen (ex. After Forever) - vocals
Marco Hietala - bass, vocals, acoustic guitars
Emppu Vuorinen - guitars
Tuomas Holopainen - keys & piano
Jukka Nevalainen - drums
Troy Donockley - uilleann pipes, low whistles, bodhran, bouzouki, vocals
Drums on this album were performed by Kai Hahto
Spoken parts in "Shudder Before The Beautiful" & "The Greatest Show On Erath" by Professor Richard Dawkins
Soundscapes & music echoes in "The Toolmaker" created by Jussi Tegelman, with "Sear-Worn Driftwood" featuring Francesco Lupica´s Cosmic Beam Experience
Violins: Perry Mantague-Mason
Emlyn Singleton
Dermot Crehan
Patrick Kiernan
Mark Berrow
Rita Manning
Boguslav Kostecki
Everton Nelson
Chris Tombling
Steve Morris
Jackie Hartley
Emil Chakalov
Pete Hanson
Jim McLeod
Sonia Slany
Violas: Peter Lale
Bruce White
Martin Humbey
Rachel Bolt
Andy Parker
Celli: Martin Loveday
Dave Daniels
Jonathan Williams
Frank Schaefer
Paul Kegg
Basses: Chris Laurence
Steve Mair
Richard Pryce
Flute/Piccolo: Andy Findon
Anna Noakes
Oboe/Cor Anglais: David Theodore
Bb Clarinet: Nicholas Bucknall
Bb Clarinet/Bass Clarinet: Dave Fuest
Bassoon/Contrabassoon: Julie Abdrew
French Horns: Richard Watkins
Philip Eastop
Nigel Black
Trumpets: Phil Cobb
Mike Lovatt
Kate Moore
Tenor Trombones: Andy Wood
Tuba: Owen Slade
Harp: Skaila Kanga
Ethnic Percussion: Paul Clarvis
Stephen Henderson
Timpani: Stephen Henderson
Orchestral Percussion: Frank Ricotti
Gary Kettel
THE METRO VOICES Concertmaster: Jenny O´Grady
Alexandra Gibson
Alice Fearn
Ann de Renais
Catherine Bott
Claire Henry
Deborah Miles Johnson
Eleanor Meynell
Emma Brain Gabbott
Grace Davidson
Helen Brooks
Jacqueline Barron
Jenny O´Grady
Joanna Forbes
Jo Marshall
Kate Bishop
Mary Carewe
Morag MacKay
Rosemary Forbes Butler
Sarah Eyden
Soophia Foroughi
Andrew Playfoot
Ben Fleetwood Smyth
Callum MacIntosh
David Porter Thomas
Gabriel Vick
Gerard O´Beirne
James Mawson
Lawrence Wallington
Lawrence White
Michael Dore
Neil Bellingham
Richard Henders
Robin Bailey
Stephen Weller
Steve Trowell
Tom Pearce
THE CHILDREN´S CHOIR
Young Musicians London Choirmaster: Lynda Richardson
Mar Ait el Caid
Bertie Beaman
Delphine Christou Hill
Oliver Cripps
Eleanor Grant
Rowan Hallett
Theo Harper
Jane Jones
Asha Lincogle-Gabriel
Jenson Loake
Celine Markantonis
Kaela Simi Masek
Robert Masek
Marguerite Moriarty
Andrew Morton
Akinoluwa Olawore
Modadeogo Olawore
Christopher Sabiski
Alistair Spencer
George Webb
Orchestra, Choir and Percussion recorded at Angel Studios London
Engineered by Steve Price Assisted by Jeremy Murphy Thanks to Dee Ellingham
Orchestra and Choir Conducted by James Shearman
Music Preparation by Richard Ihnatowicz
Orchestra and Choir Arranged, Orchestrated and Directed by Pip Williams
Album was produced by Tuomas Holopainen and co-produced by Nightwish & Tero "TeeCee" Kinnunen
2015 (NB 3464-2 / 27361 34642) CD (EU) NB 3464-2 2015 (Nuclear Blast NB 3464-0 / 27361 34640) 2CD (EU)
2015 (Nuclear Blast NB 3464-1 / 27361 34641) 2LP (EU/D) (78:56)
2015 (Nuclear Blast NB 3492-9 / 27361 34929) 2LP (EU)
2015 (Nuclear Blast NB 3464-4 / 27361 34644) 3CD+10" (EU/D) (234:02)
2015 (Nuclear Blast NB 3464-5 / 27361 34645) 3CD (EU/D) (225:11)
2015 (Oily Empire OILYCD-002) 2CD (FIN)
2013 (Nuclear Blast NB 3464-2) CD (US)
2015 (Roadrunner Records 5419657282) 2CD (AU)
2015 (Nuclear Blast UICN-9027) 2CD+DVD (JAP)
2015 (Love Da Records LOVECD420) 2CD (Hong Kong) (157:50)
2015 (Scarecrow Records SR1144-2) 2CD (MEX)
2015 (Scarecrow Records SR1144-3) 3CD (MEX)
2015 (Scarecrow Records SR1144-0) CD (MEX)
2015 (Nuclear Blast NB 3464-0 / 27361 34640) CD (RUS)
