Tarja Turunen - My Winter Storm (2007)

Tarja Turunen - My Winter Storm (2007)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Ite, Missa Est"   0:27

2. "I Walk Alone"   3:53

3. "Lost Northern Star"   4:22

4. "Seeking for the Reign"   0:58

5. "The Reign"   4:07

6. "The Escape of the Doll"   0:32

7. "My Little Phoenix"   4:02

8. "Boy and the Ghost"   4:36

9. "Sing for Me"   4:16

10. "Oasis"   5:10

11. "Poison"   4:01

12. "Our Great Divide"   5:05

13. "Sunset"   0:36

14. "Damned and Divine"   4:29

15. "Die Alive"   4:04

16. "Minor Heaven"   3:53

17. "Ciarán's Well"   3:39

18. "Calling Grace"   3:06

Deleted Scene (as bonus on some releases)

16. "The Seer"   4:16

Japanese Bonus Tracks

19. "Ciarán's Well" (live)   3:48

20. "Our Great Divide" (live)   5:16

Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

19. "Damned Vampire & Gothic Divine" (heavy version of 'Damned and Divine')   5:01

20. "I Walk Alone" (Artist Version)   4:23

21. "I Walk Alone" (In Extremo Remix)   4:31

US Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

19. "I Walk Alone" (In Extremo Remix)   4:41

20. "You Would Have Loved This" (live, Cori Connors cover)   4:08

21. "Damned and Divine" (live)   5:45

Deluxe Edition DVD

1. "Photo Gallery"

2. "I Walk Alone (Single Version Video)"

3. "I Walk Alone (Artist Version Video)"

4. "I Walk Alone (Making of the Video)"

5. "My Winter Storm (Making of the Album)"

Extended Special Edition

My Winter Storm - Extended Special Edition was released on January 2, 2009, as a double CD, bringing The Seer EP with additional new songs "Enough"and "Wisdom of Wind" , new cover art, some mixes and live tracks.

Feature Disc ("My Winter Storm" album)

1. "Ite, Missa Est"   0:27

2. "I Walk Alone"   3:53

3. "Lost Northern Star"   4:22

4. "Seeking for the Reign"   0:58

5. "The Reign"   4:07

6. "The Escape of the Doll"   0:32

7. "My Little Phoenix"   4:02

8. "Boy and the Ghost"   4:36

9. "Sing for Me"   4:16

10. "Oasis"   5:10

11. "Poison"   4:01

12. "Our Great Divide"   5:05

13. "Sunset"   0:36

14. "Damned and Divine"   4:29

15. "Die Alive"   4:04

16. "The Seer (deleted scene)"   4:16

17. "Minor Heaven"   3:53

18. "Ciarán's Well"   3:39

19. "Calling Grace"   3:06

Bonus Disc ("The Seer" EP with new songs)

1. "Enough"

2. "The Seer (featuring Doro Pesch)"

3. "Lost Northern Star (Tägtgren Remix)"

4. "Wisdom of Wind"

5. "The Reign (Score Mix)"

6. "Die Alive (Alternative Version)"

7. "Boy and the Ghost" (Izumix)"

8. "Calling Grace (Full version)"

9. "Lost Northern Star (Ambience Sublow Mix)" 

10. "Damned and Divine" (live in Kuusankoski)" 

11. "You Would Have Loved This" (live in Kuusankoski)"

12. "Our Great Divide (live in Kuusankoski)"

13. "Ciarán's Well (live in Kuusankoski)"

Tarja Turunen Band Members / Musicians

Tarja Turunen - lead and backing vocals

Alex Scholpp - electric guitars

Doug Wimbish - bass

Earl Harvin - drums

Torsten Stenzel - keyboards and programming

Martin Tillman - cello and electric cello

Izumi Kawakatsu - piano

Lili Haydin - violin

Kiko Loureiro - acoustic guitars

Czech Film Orchestra and Choir conducted by Jiří Kubík and Jan Brych

Dana Niu - lead orchestrator

Tea Tähtinen, Toni Turunen, Daniel Presley - backing vocals on "Poison"

Kid Crazy - additional keyboards on "Sing for Me"

Peter Tägtgren - lead guitar on "Lost Northern Star" (Tägtgren Remix)

Daniel Presley - producer

James Dooley - orchestral and choir arrangements, co-producer on "Our Great Divide"

Mel Wesson - ambient music design and electronic arrangements

Doug Cook - recording engineer

Dani Castelar, Noel Zancanella, Thiago Bianchi, Helge Van Dyk, Felix Gauder - additional engineers

Milan Jilek, Cenda Kottzmann - orchestra and choir recording engineers

Slamm Andrews - mixing

Louie Teran - mastering

Dirk Rudolph - cover art

Jens Bold - photos

My Winter Storm is the 2nd solo album by Finnish singer Tarja Turunen, and the first to consist mainly of new and original songs specifically written by or for Turunen. The album was released by Universal Music on 19 November 2007 in Finland, on 2 January 2008 in South America and on February 26 in North America and in the United Kingdom was also released a special version limited in 300 copies.

The album was recorded with the collaboration of various artists, including cellist Martin Tillman, guitarist Kiko Loureiro and composer James Dooley, with Turunen also playing additional keyboards. The album contains several music styles including alternative rock and classical music, and it was recorded in different studios in Finland, Brazil, Ireland, USA, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and the Czech Republic.

My Winter Storm has sold Platinum in Finland and Double Platinum in Russia, and also reached Tarja's first gold disc in her entire career in the Czech Republic; the album spent two and a half months on the Official Finnish Albums Chart, reaching the highest position right during the first week, also spending four months on German Top 100, two months on Swiss Top 100 and also a full month on the Austrian Top 40, ending 2007 at 11th position on Billboard's Top 100 European albums with more than 500,000 copies sold. To promote the album, Tarja played the Storm World Tour, that took place from Berlin on November 25, 2007, to London on October 19, 2009.