Better Unborn

~ Recording by Amorphis

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Better Unborn5:52AmorphisElegyAmorphisAlbum
  • US1996-05-14
Relapse Records (US metal label)RR 6935-2
1.1Better Unborn5:52AmorphisElegyAmorphisAlbum
  • DE1996-05-31
Nuclear Blast (metal and subgenres)NB 6141-2
1.1Better Unborn5:52AmorphisElegyAmorphisAlbum
Spinefarm RecordsSPI 35 CD
1.1Better Unborn5:52AmorphisSpectrum Ale: Micro-Brewed Musical ArtistryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Relapse Records (US metal label)
1.1Better Unborn5:57AmorphisElegy (reissue with “My Kantele” as bonus tracks)AmorphisAlbum
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label), Rock Brigade RecordsNEMS 26, RBR 880
1.1Better Unborn5:54AmorphisElegyAmorphisAlbum
IrondIROND CD 01-69
1.8Better Unborn5:52AmorphisChaptersAmorphisAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-06-17
Relapse Records (US metal label)RR 6579-2
1.8Better Unborn5:52AmorphisChaptersAmorphisAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2003-08-18
Relapse Records (US metal label)RR 6576-2
1.1Better Unborn5:52AmorphisElegy (digipak reissue with bonus tracks)AmorphisAlbum
  • DE2004-08-16
Relapse Records (US metal label)RR 6635-2
1.1Better Unborn5:52AmorphisElegyAmorphisAlbum
  • US2004-08-17
Relapse Records (US metal label)RR 6635-2
1.1Better Unborn5:52AmorphisElegy (bonus tracks)AmorphisAlbum
  • XW2004-08-17
Relapse Records (US metal label)
1.1Better Unborn5:52AmorphisElegy (re‐release, jewel case version)AmorphisAlbum
Relapse Records (US metal label)RR 6635-2
1.26Better Unborn5:52AmorphisRelapse Records: 25 Years of ContaminationVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2015-02-17
Relapse Records (US metal label)[none]
1.26Better Unborn5:52AmorphisRelapse Records: 25 Years of ContaminationVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2015-09-14
Relapse Records (US metal label)[none]
Promotion
1.5Better Unborn5:53AmorphisMorbid Noizz – …Most Darkness and EpicVarious ArtistsAlbum + CompilationMorbid Noizz Productions

Relationships

assistant engineer:Dave Buchanan
engineer:Kaj Hiilesmaa
Mikko Karmila
Pete “Pee Wee” Coleman
Tomas Skogsberg
executive producer:Matthew F. Jacobson (co-founder of Relapse Records)
Bill Yurkiewicz
producer:Amorphis
accordion and keyboard:Kim Rantala (from 1995 until 1996)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:Esa Holopainen (from 1995 until 1996)
Tomi Koivusaari (from 1995 until 1996)
bass guitar:Olli-Pekka Laine (from 1995 until 1996)
drums (drum set):Pekka Kasari (from 1995 until 1996)
electric sitar:Esa Holopainen
tambourine:Tomi Koivusaari (from 1995 until 1996)
lead vocals:Pasi Koskinen (from 1995 until 1996)
vocals:Tomi Koivusaari (from 1995 until 1996)
recorded at:Finnvox (Finnvox Studios) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 1995 until 1996)
MD Studio in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 1995 until 1996)
Sunlight Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (from 1995 until 1996)
mixed at:Parr Street Studios in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
recording of:Better Unborn (from 1995 until 1996)

Better Unborn

lyricist:Keith Bosley
Elias Lönnrot
composer:Esa Holopainen
publisher:Release Relapse Music