2008 studio album by Northern Kings
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Rethroned is the second studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Northern Kings. It was released on November 19, 2008, as a CD in Finland and to download via the European iTunes Store. Upon release, the album entered the Finnish charts at number 16.[3] The album was released in Japan on February 25, 2009, with the Michael Jackson cover "They Don't Care About Us" as a bonus track. The iTunes edition included also the orchestral version of "They Don't Care About Us".[4]
The first single and music video released off this album was the Seal cover "Kiss from a Rose" (originally from the soundtrack of the film Batman Forever ).[5] The album also includes two other movie-based tracks: "Training Montage" (from Rocky IV ) and "A View to a Kill" (from the 1985 James Bond 007 film of the same title).
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| 1. | "Training Montage" (From the movie Rocky IV) | Vince DiCola | Instrumental | 3:32 |
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| 2. | "Wanted Dead or Alive" (Bon Jovi cover) | Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora | Marko Hietala | 3:51 |
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| 3. | "Kiss From a Rose" (Seal cover) | Seal | Entire group | 4:48 |
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| 4. | "A View to a Kill" (Duran Duran cover) | Duran Duran, John Barry | Entire group | 5:18 |
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| 5. | "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Prince cover) | Prince | Tony Kakko | 6:39 |
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| 6. | "My Way" (Frank Sinatra cover) | Music: Claude François, Jacques Revaux; English lyrics: Paul Anka | Jarkko Ahola | 4:22 |
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| 7. | "Strangelove" (Depeche Mode cover) | Martin Gore | Entire group | 4:34 |
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| 8. | "Take On Me" (A-ha cover) | Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, Pål Waaktaar | Entire group | 3:57 |
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| 9. | "I Should Be So Lucky" (Kylie Minogue cover) | Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman | Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto, Jarkko Ahola | 4:42 |
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| 10. | "Killer" (Adamski cover) | Adamski, Seal | Entire group | 4:31 |
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| 11. | "Róisín Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend" (Thin Lizzy cover) | Phil Lynott, Gary Moore | Jarkko Ahola, Marko Hietala | 7:30 |
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| Total length: | 53:44 |
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