List of Dark Passion Play editions
Dark Passion Play is the sixth studio album by Finnish symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish, released on September 26, 2007 in Finland, September 28 in Europe and October 2, 2007 in the United States. It was the first Nightwish album with the band's new lead singer, Anette Olzon, and the first album not featuring former vocalist Tarja Turunen, who was dismissed in October 2005. Lead songwriter Tuomas Holopainen has referred to it as the 'album that saved his life'. Track listing. Special editions. Nuclear Blast, Spinefarm Records and Roadrunner Records each released special  editions that included an instrumental version of the album, which contain instruments that are hard to hear, or are omitted, from the original version of the album. Nuclear Blast special 3-CD gold box. In addition to a second disc containing an instrumental version of the album, a third disc was included containing these bonus tracks: Platinum edition. Instead of instrumental tracks, the second disc featured a collection of B-Sides from the singles "The Islander", Bye Bye Beautiful, and "Erämaan viimeinen", excluding only the instrumental version of Escapist. B-side tracks. "Amaranth" single "Erämaan viimeinen" single "Bye Bye Beautiful  single The Islander" single Exclusive digital album. Roadrunner Records released a digital only album called The Sound of Nightwish Reborn on September 2, 2008. The track list is composed of demos and b-sides from Dark Passion Play.