Within Temptation – Mother Earth

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Genre:	Rock
Style:	Symphonic Metal
Year:	2000

Tracklist

		Mother Earth	5:29
		Ice Queen	5:20
		Our Farewell	5:18
		Caged	5:46
		The Promise	8:00
		Never-Ending Story	4:02
		Deceiver Of Fools	7:34
		Intro	1:05
		Dark Wings	4:14
		In Perfect Harmony	6:58
		World Of Make Believe	4:52

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Image	,	–			In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory	Version Details	Data Quality
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Enhanced	DSFA Records – DSFA 1021	Netherlands	2000	Netherlands — 2000	Recently Edited
	Mother Earth CD, Album; CD, Enhanced; All Media, Limited Edition	DSFA Records – DSFA1021	Netherlands	2000	Netherlands — 2000
	Mother Earth CD, Album; CD, Enhanced; All Media, Limited Edition	DSFA Records – DSFA 1021	Netherlands	2000	Netherlands — 2000
	Mother Earth CDr, Album, Promo	DSFA Records – none	Europe	2000	Europe — 2000	New Submission
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Enhanced	DSFA Records – DSFA1021	Netherlands	2000	Netherlands — 2000	New Submission
	Mother Earth CD, Album; CD, Enhanced; All Media, Limited Edition	DSFA Records – DSFA1021	Netherlands	2000	Netherlands — 2000
	Mother Earth LP, Album, Limited Edition, Picture Disc	DSFA Records – DSFA1024	Netherlands	2001	Netherlands — 2001
	Mother Earth Cassette, Album, Unofficial Release	Mosh Records – none	Ukraine	2001	Ukraine — 2001	Recently Edited
	Mother Earth CD, Album	Hellion Records – HEL 882	Brazil	2001	Brazil — 2001	New Submission
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Enhanced, Unofficial Release	DSFA Records (2) – DSFA1021	Russia	2001	Russia — 2001	New Submission
	Mother Earth CDr, Album, Promo	GUN – CD1640		2002	— 2002	New Submission
	Mother Earth CD, Album; CD, Enhanced; All Media, Limited Edition, Gold	DSFA Records – DSFA 1022 G	Netherlands	2002	Netherlands — 2002	New Submission
	Mother Earth CDr, Album, Promo	GUN – 74321 98647 2		2002	— 2002	New Submission
	Mother Earth LP, Album, Picture Disc, Reissue	BMG Berlin Musik – 82876 56823 1	Europe	2003	Europe — 2003	Recently Edited
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Copy Protected, Enhanced, Reissue	BMG Berlin Musik – 82876 51935 2	Europe	2003	Europe — 2003
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Copy Protected, Special Edition, Digipak	BMG Berlin Musik – 74321 98647 2	Europe	2003	Europe — 2003
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Unofficial Release	GUN Records (4) – 82876 51935 2	Russia	2003	Russia — 2003	New Submission
	Mother Earth Cassette, Album	Metal Mind Records – MASS 0846	Poland	2003	Poland — 2003	Recently Edited
	Mother Earth Cassette, Album, Unofficial Release	Not On Label – FE-34-01	Indonesia	2003	Indonesia — 2003	New Submission
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Unofficial Release, Special Edition	ZIC ZAC (2) – 82876553452	Poland	2003	Poland — 2003	Recently Edited
	Mother Earth CD, Album	BMG – 82876-51935-2	Taiwan	2003	Taiwan — 2003	New Submission
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Unofficial Release	BMG (2) – 82876519352	Poland	2003	Poland — 2003	Recently Edited
	Mother Earth CD, Album	BMG – BMGOD 3338	South Korea	2003	South Korea — 2003	New Submission
	Mother Earth Cassette, Album	BMG Russia – 82876 60029 4	Russia	2003	Russia — 2003
	Mother Earth CDr, Album, Promo	Roadrunner Records – none	UK	2003	UK — 2003	New Submission
	Mother Earth CD, Album; DVD, PAL, Stereo	Sanctuary – SANDX307	UK	2004	UK — 2004
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Repress	Hellion Records – HEL 882	Brazil	2004	Brazil — 2004
	Mother Earth DVDr, PAL, Promo, Stereo	Sanctuary Visual Entertainment – SANDX307	UK	2004	UK — 2004	New Submission
	Mother Earth CD, Album	GUN – 82876 60029 2	Russia	2005	Russia — 2005
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Club Edition, Reissue	Roadrunner Records – 1686-179662	US	2005	US — 2005	New Submission
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Repress	Hellion Records – HEL 882	Brazil	2006	Brazil — 2006	Recently Edited
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Reissue	GUN – 82876 60029 2	Russia	2006	Russia — 2006
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Reissue	Roadrunner Records – RR 7966-2	UK	2007	UK — 2007
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Reissue	Roadrunner Records – 1686-179662	US	2008	US — 2008
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Unofficial Release	Roadrunner Records (6) – 82876 51935 2	Russia	2013	Russia — 2013	New Submission
	Mother Earth 2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Green Marbled, 180g	Music On Vinyl – MOVLP1925	Europe	2019	Europe — 2019	Recently Edited
	Mother Earth 2×LP, Album, Reissue	Music On Vinyl – MOVLP1925	Europe	2019	Europe — 2019	New Submission
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Expanded Edition	Music On CD – 8718627235270	Netherlands	2022	Netherlands — 2022
	Mother Earth 2×LP, Album, Reissue	Music On Vinyl – MOVLP3665	Europe	2023	Europe — 2023	Recently Edited
	Mother Earth CD, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release, Digipak inside a slipcase	GUN (2) – BR0519	China		China	Recently Edited

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Reviews

coffee.bread.and.jam May 25, 2025
referencing Mother Earth (2×LP, Album, Reissue) MOVLP3665

Arguably my introduction to metal, this album and pressing sounds a lot better than what I knew it to be, that and I'm finally listening with better speakers. It's quiet and the dynamic range is great, nothing is amiss.
garastard Feb 14, 2025
referencing Mother Earth (2×LP, Album, Reissue) MOVLP3665

The cover is great - sturdy matte gatefold with hi-res printing. The pressing quality is good, and the sound is more than decent. I own the first 4 WT albums reissues on MOV, and sound wise this one is probably the best.
rikiheck Dec 15, 2022
referencing Mother Earth (CD, Album, CD, Enhanced, All Media, Limited Edition) DSFA1022

I've been working my way chronologically through the catalog. This one is something of a surprise after "Enter". It's a lost less metal-ish, with many of the songs being primarily orchestral, or that with just piano or acoustic guitar, and fairly mellow drums. Still, I found it a very interesting album overall and look forward to hearing it again and getting a better sense for exactly what they're doing.
rikiheck Dec 15, 2022
referencing Mother Earth (2×LP, Album, Reissue) MOVLP1925

This is a pretty good pressing. As always, MOV does a great job with the cover, which is on thick stock and feels very sturdy. The lyric insert is gorgeous, too. The vinyl is reasonably quiet, if not perfectly so. I'm less sure of the mastering, though who knows what they had to work with. It has decent dynamic range, though it could be a bit better in that respect. But it's not totally compressed the way so many CDs are.
Spookypumpkin Apr 22, 2022
referencing Mother Earth (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Green Marbled, 180g) MOVLP1925

Really pretty color and nice packaging, sound quality is nice but a little compressed. Sounds good but to call it audiophile would be a stretch. Also disappointed by the bonus tracks.
12inchrules Jan 26, 2020
Edited 4 years ago

referencing Mother Earth (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Green Marbled, 180g) MOVLP1925

Not sure about the quality. Sounds compressed and flat to me. And why those live versions?!! Nobody wants live versions, it doesn't make sense.
Vinyl_Beatle98 Aug 28, 2019
referencing Mother Earth (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Green Marbled, 180g) MOVLP1925

MOV did it again. Well done pressing, sounds so good and much better than the cd with little loudness war enabled.
The coloured vinyl, poster and booklet is a great bonus.
Only thing is I rather have the bonus tracks instead of the four live songs.
Looking forward to getting the other albums
Hudba-Brno May 1, 2019
referencing Mother Earth (CD, Album, Copy Protected, Enhanced, Reissue) SUPERSONIC 116

My copy is variant 2 but IFPI RV01
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): [Sonopress logo] 50700141/82876519352 03
Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI LB 45
Mould SID Code: IFPI RV01
Also there is a different sticker on front:
INCL. THE HIT SINGLES
ICE QUEEN
MOTHER EARTH
+ 4 BONUSTRACKS
82876 51935 2

poorijan: I am using magnificent lens but no Special Edition.
william_hogan Dec 18, 2018
referencing Mother Earth (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Green Marbled, 180g) MOVLP1925

I'm confused about the coloring. Is it green, or three different pressings, blue, yellow and red, or one pressing of those three colors mixed?
Alex_3.14 Dec 17, 2018
referencing Mother Earth (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Green Marbled, 180g) MOVLP1925

So sad they didn't include "Bittersweet" to this long awaited release :'-(