Mother Earth (Within Temptation album)

For the American blues music album of the same name, see Mother Earth (blues album).

Mother Earth
Studio album by
Within Temptation
Released24 December 2000
RecordedJune–August 2000
StudioStudio RS29, Waalwijk, Netherlands
Genre
Length53:49
LabelDSFA
Producer
  • Oscar Holleman
  • Anthony van den Berg
Within Temptation chronology
Enter
(1997) 		Mother Earth
(2000) 		The Silent Force
(2004)
Singles from Mother Earth
  1. "Our Farewell"
    Released: 22 January 2001
  2. "Ice Queen"
    Released: June 2001
  3. "Mother Earth"
    Released: 2003
Reissue cover
UK 2007 and US 2008 releases

Mother Earth is the second studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. Originally released on 24 December 2000 in the Netherlands, and 21 August 2001 in other parts of Europe. The album was licensed to be released in Germany and neighboring countries through GUN Records in January 2003 as a special extended edition with four bonus tracks. The same edition reached the United Kingdom through Sanctuary Records with a release in September 2004. The album was re-released by Roadrunner Records on 28 September 2007, with bonus live tracks. On 5 August 2008, Mother Earth along with The Silent Force was released in the United States on Roadrunner Records.[3] On 17 December 2018, it was announced that the album would be rereleased on vinyl in January 2019.[4]

The album features mainly fantasy and nature themes and was a sleeper hit in the band's heartland, entering the Dutch charts at number eighty-two, by the end of 2000, and only managing to reach its peak third position two years later with the second release of the single Ice Queen. The album later reached double platinum status in the Netherlands, platinum in Germany, and gold in Belgium. As of 2011, the album had reportedly sold 800,000 copies.[5]

  1. ^ Rose, Rustyn (14 August 2014). "Within Temptation continue to evolve with new album, Hydra". axs.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Hydra review by Within Temptation". Ultimate Guitar. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Within Temptation: 'Mother Earth', 'The Silent Force' To Receive U.S. Release in August". Blabbermouth.net. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  4. ^ "WITHIN TEMPTATION - MOTHER EARTH - Music on Vinyl".
  5. ^ "Within Temptation" (in Dutch). Roadrunner Records. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2015.