Rethroned

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Rethroned
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 19, 2008
February 25, 2009 (Japan)
Genre Symphonic metal
Length53:44
Label Warner Music Finland
Producer Erkka Korhonen
Northern Kings chronology
Reborn
(2007)
Rethroned
(2008)
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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. [2] 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". [3]

Contents

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 ). [4] 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).

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)VocalsLength
1."Training Montage" (From the movie Rocky IV) Vince DiCola Instrumental3:32
2."Wanted Dead or Alive" (Bon Jovi cover) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora Marko Hietala 3:51
3."Kiss From a Rose" (Seal cover)SealEntire group4:48
4."A View to a Kill" (Duran Duran cover)Duran Duran, John Barry Entire group5:18
5."Nothing Compares 2 U" (Prince cover)Prince Tony Kakko 6:39
6."My Way" (Frank Sinatra cover)Music: Claude François, Jacques Revaux; English lyrics: Paul Anka Jarkko Ahola 4:22
7."Strangelove" (Depeche Mode cover) Martin Gore Entire group4:34
8."Take On Me" (A-ha cover) Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, Pål Waaktaar Entire group3:57
9."I Should Be So Lucky" (Kylie Minogue cover) Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto, Jarkko Ahola4:42
10."Killer" (Adamski cover)Adamski, Seal Entire group4:31
11."Róisín Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend" (Thin Lizzy cover) Phil Lynott, Gary Moore Jarkko Ahola, Marko Hietala7:30
Total length:53:44
Japanese Bonus Track
No.TitleWriter(s)VocalsLength
12."They Don't Care About Us" (Michael Jackson cover)Michael JacksonEntire group4:46
Total length:58:30
iTunes Bonus Track
No.TitleWriter(s)VocalsLength
13."They Don't Care About Us (Orchestral Edit)" (Michael Jackson cover)Michael JacksonEntire group4:43
Total length:63:13

Personnel

Additional musicians

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