Rethroned

2008 studio album by Northern Kings

Rethroned

Studio album by

Northern Kings

Released

November 19, 2008
February 25, 2009 (Japan)

Genre

Symphonic metal

Length

53:44

Label

Warner Music Finland

Producer

Erkka Korhonen

Northern Kings chronology

Reborn
(2007)

Rethroned
(2008)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
RevelationZ	^[1]

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).

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Length
1.	"Training Montage" (From the movie Rocky IV)	Vince DiCola	Instrumental	3:32
2.	"Wanted Dead or Alive" (Bon Jovi cover)	Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora	Marko Hietala	3:51
3.	"Kiss From a Rose" (Seal cover)	Seal	Entire group	4:48
4.	"A View to a Kill" (Duran Duran cover)	Duran Duran, John Barry	Entire group	5:18
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 group	4:34
8.	"Take On Me" (A-ha cover)	Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, Pål Waaktaar	Entire group	3:57
9.	"I Should Be So Lucky" (Kylie Minogue cover)	Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman	Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto, Jarkko Ahola	4:42
10.	"Killer" (Adamski cover)	Adamski, Seal	Entire group	4:31
11.	"Róisín Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend" (Thin Lizzy cover)	Phil Lynott, Gary Moore	Jarkko Ahola, Marko Hietala	7:30
Total length:				53:44

Japanese Bonus Track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Length
12.	"They Don't Care About Us" (Michael Jackson cover)	Michael Jackson	Entire group	4:46
Total length:				58:30

iTunes Bonus Track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Length
13.	"They Don't Care About Us (Orchestral Edit)" (Michael Jackson cover)	Michael Jackson	Entire group	4:43
Total length:				63:13

Personnel

Marko Hietala – vocals
Tony Kakko – vocals
Jarkko Ahola – vocals
Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto – vocals

Additional musicians

Erkka Korhonen (of the Ari Koivunen band) – guitar^[6]
Mirka Rantanen – drums
Mikko P. Mustonen – orchestrations
Two Finger Choir – backing vocals
Vili Olila – piano, keyboards
Erkki Silvennoinen – bass

References

^ RevelationZ review
^ review
^ finnishcharts.com: Rethroned
^ Metal from Finland - Northern Kings: Japanese Version of Rethroned to Include Michael Jackson Cover (2009-01-27) Archived 2013-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ Northern Kings - "Kiss from a Rose" Video on YouTube
^ Erkka Korhonen Official MySpace