
Highest Hopes is the third compilation album by Nightwish. Their first, Tales from the Elvenpath, was considered incomplete by many fans as it contains only tracks from Oceanborn, Over the Hills and Far Away, Wishmaster and Century Child; leaving out Angels Fall First and missing the later released Once. This compilation, though, contains songs from all previously-released Nightwish albums, plus a cover of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" (live version on the limitied edition).
Highest Hopes was released in three different formats: standard, special edition and extended 2 CD. In addition to the normal version, a special edition was released, omitting the song "Deep Silent Complete" and replacing it with the popular cover version of The Phantom of the Opera theme, it also contains a bonus DVD disc containing three full songs filmed live at the Mera Luna Festival in Hildesheim, Germany in 2003. The extended version is a 2-CD compilation and includes a bonus DVD disc containing ten full songs filmed live at the Mera Luna Festival in Hildesheim, Germany in 2003. All versions feature a new (2005) recording of the song "Sleeping Sun" and a live version of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" from which this compilation takes its name.
The album was certified platinum in Finland – for sales exceeding 40,000 copies – the same day it was released.
- "Wish I Had an Angel"
- "Stargazers"
- "The Kinslayer"
- "Ever Dream"
- "Elvenpath"
- "Bless the Child"
- "Nemo"
- "Sleeping Sun" (2005 version)
- "Dead to the World"
- "Over the Hills and Far Away"
- "Sacrament of Wilderness"
- "Walking in the Air"
- "Wishmaster"
- "Dead Boy's Poem"
- "The Phantom Of The Opera"
- "High Hopes (live)"
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