Tarja Turunen - Colours in the Dark (2013)

Tarja Turunen - Colours in the Dark (2013)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Victim of Ritual"   5:54

2. "500 Letters"   4:22

3. "Lucid Dreamer"   7:28

4. "Never Enough"   5:20

5. "Mystique Voyage"   7:14

6. "Darkness"   5:38

7. "Deliverance"   7:27

8. "Neverlight"   4:33

9. "Until Silence"   5:03

10. "Medusa" (featuring Justin Furstenfeld)   8:12

iTunes Bonus Tracks

11. "Neverlight" (Full Orchestral Version)   4:29

12. "Until Silence" (Orchestral Version)   4:32

Special Edition Bonus Download

11. "Into the Sun" (Studio Version)   6:10

Limited Box Set Edition Bonus Download

11. "Into the Sun" (Studio Version)   6:10

12. "Medusa" (Tarja Solo Version)   8:12

13. "Deliverance" (Instrumental Version)   7:41

Notes

Special edition includes a 40-page picture booklet and download code for bonus track.

Limited box set edition includes the special edition of the album, exclusive "Colours in the Dark" T-shirt, 60-page photo book (150g paper), double sided poster (A2 size), photo collage poster (A2 size) and download code for 3 bonus tracks.

Tarja Turunen Band Members / Musicians

Tarja Turunen - Lead vocals and piano

Alex Scholpp, Julian Barrett - Guitar

Kevin Chown, Doug Wimbish - Bass

Christian Kretschmar - Keyboards

Mike Terrana - Drums

Max Lilja - Cello

Thomas Bloch - Glass harmonica, Cristal Baschet

Saro Danielian - Duduk, Oboe

Doug Wimbish - Cinemasonics

Mamu - Seagull

Justin Furstenfeld - Vocals ("Medusa")

Caroline Lavelle - Cello

Naomi Cabuli Turunen (Tarja's daughter) ("Lucid Dreamer")

James Dooley - Orchestral & Choir Arrangements, tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9

Bart Hendrickson - Orchestral & Choir Arrangements, track 10

Max Lilja - Orchestral Arrangement for multiple cello

Mel Wesson - Ambient music design, track 3, 4, 7

Tim Palmer - Programming, track 3, 4, 5

Mel Wesson - Programming, track 7

Bart Hendrickson - Programming, track 10

Mic - Shells recorded with iPhone in Antigua, track 5

Jetro Vainio, Mario Altamirano, Torsten Stenzel, Daniel Willy - Recording engineers

Martin Muscatello, José Maradei - Assistant engineers

Tim Palmer - Additional production & mixes

Alex Scholpp, Julian Barrett, Jim Dooley - Executive producers

Colours in the Dark is the 4th studio album released by Finnish vocalist Tarja Turunen. The record was released on 30 August 2013, in Austria, Brazil, Finland, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland; 2 September in Norway, Poland, and the Czech Republic; 3 September in the United States and Canada; and 4 September in Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK. Mixing was done by Tim Palmer in Austin, Texas in the United States. Tarja started the Colours in the Dark World Tour on 17 October 2013, to promote the album. The name of the album, as the cover image, came as a metaphor from the idea that life has a large range of colors and the dark absorbs all of them, containing every color.

An official lyric video of the song "Never Enough" was released 31 May. The video was shot in Zlin, Czech Republic. The song was also released as a single on iTunes. The first music video for "Victim of Ritual" was shot in Berlin, Germany, and was released on 10 July. A promo teaser was released on 26 June. On 12 September 2013, earMUSIC, Tarja's label, announced that the second single taken from the album is going to be "500 Letters". It would be released as a strictly limited CD single and download at the end of October. A promo teaser of the videoclip was released on 25 October and they announced that the premiere was going to be on 31 October. "500 Letters" was released on 1 November 2013 as a digital download only. On 20 February it was revealed on the blog that a new version of the album called Left in the Dark would be released later this year and will feature different versions of the songs on the original Colours in the Dark including acoustic versions of 500 Letters & Until Silence. A competition was held, with special prizes for the 5 best artworks.