Candlemass "The Best Of Candlemass - As It Is, As It Was (2CDS, UK, Music For Nations, CDMFN 166)"

The Best of Candlemass: As It Is, as It Was is a compilation album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass. It consists of tracks from the first five studio albums, a live album and a couple of EPs. This compilation was released after their "unofficial" break up.

Track listings

All songs by Leif Edling, except "The End of Pain" by Edling/Lars Johansson.

Disc one

1. "Solitude" – 5:36
2. "Bewitched" – 6:39
3. "Dying Illusion" – 5:49
4. "Demons Gate" – 9:11
5. "Mirror Mirror" (live) – 5:30
6. "Samarithan" – 5:29
7. "Into the Unfanthomed Tower" – 3:04
8. "Bearer of Pain" – 7:24
9. "Where the Runes Still Speak" – 8:39
10. "At the Gallows End" – 5:46
11. "Mourner's Lament" – 6:08

Disc two

1. "A Tale of Creation" – 6:54
2. "Ebony Throne" – 4:23
3. "Under the Oak" – 6:00
4. "Well of Souls" (live) – 5:23
5. "Dark Are the Veils of Death" – 4:04
6. "Darkness in Paradise" – 6:48
7. "The End of Pain" – 4:23
8. "Sorcerer's Pledge" – 10:13
9. "Solitude" (12" version) – 5:47
10. "Crystal Ball" (12" Version) – 5:27
11. "Bullfest" (93 Swedish Party Single) – 3:14

Tracks 1.1, 1.4 taken from Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, 1986.

Tracks 1.2, 1.6, 1.10, 1.11 taken from Nightfall, 1987.

Tracks 1.3, 1.9, 2.2, 2.7 taken from Chapter VI, 1992.

Tracks 1.5, 2.4, 2.5, 2.8 taken from Live, 1990.

Tracks 1-7, 2-1, 2-3 taken from Tales of Creation, 1989.

Tracks 1-8, 2-6 taken from Ancient Dreams, 1988.

Tracks 2.9-11 are bonus tracks.

All songs published by Jobete Music and Bloody Skull Music, except for 2-11 published by Nils Georgs Musikförlag.