My Winter Storm

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My Winter Storm
Studio album by Tarja
Released 19 November 2007
Genre Symphonic metal, classical music
Length 60:58 (Standard edition)
Label Vertigo / Universal
Producer Daniel Presley
Tarja chronology
Henkäys Ikuisuudesta
(2006)		 My Winter Storm
(2007)		 What Lies Beneath (2010)
Alternative cover
Fan Edition CD cover

My Winter Storm is the second 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 in 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 famous artists, including the cellist Martin Tillman, the guitarist Kiko Loureiro and the composer James Dooley, with Turunen also playing additional keyboards, but even being the lead artist she did not get much involved on the composing process, only making a few developments on some tracks, and writing the Finnish lyrics for "Oasis".[1] The album contains several music styles including alternative rock and classical music, and it was recorded in different studios in Finland, Brazil, Republic of Ireland, USA, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and the Czech Republic.[1]

"My Winter Storm" has sold Platinum in Finland and 2x Platinum in Russia, and also reached Tarja's first gold disc in her entire career in the Czech Republic; the album spent a total of two and a half months on the Official Finnish Albums Chart, reaching the highest position right during the first week,[2] also spendind four months on German Top 100, two months on Swiss Top 100 and also a full month on the Austrian Top 40,[2] ending 2007 at 11th position on Billboard's Top 100 European albums.[3]

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.[4]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Standard Edition

# Title Composer Length
1 Ite, Missa Est Anders Wollbeck/Mattias Lindblom/Harry Sommerdahl 0:27
2 I Walk Alone Anders Wollbeck/Mattias Lindblom/Harry Sommerdahl 3:53
3 Lost Northern Star Kiko Masbaum/Michelle Leonard/Tarja Turunen 4:22
4 Seeking for the Reign Adrian Dimitri/Andrew Zagoritis/Thorsten Stenzel/Angela Heldmann/Tarja Turunen 0:58
5 The Reign Adrian Dimitri/Andrew Zagoritis/Thorsten Stenzel/Angela Heldmann/Tarja Turunen 4:07
6 The Escape of the Doll Ruud Houweling/Michiel Van Zundert 0:32
7 My Little Phoenix Ruud Houweling/Michiel Van Zundert 4:02
8 Boy and the Ghost Jessika Lundstrom/Anine Stang/Alexander Jonsson/Mattias Lindblom/Anders Wollbeck/Tarja Turunen 4:36
9 Sing for Me Kid Crazy/Christel Sundberg/Tracy Lipp 4:16
10 Oasis Tarja Turunen 5:10
11 Poison Alice Cooper/Desmond Child/John McCurry 4:01
12 Our Great Divide Anders Wollbeck/Hanne Sørvaag/Mattias Lindblom/Tarja Turunen 5:05
13 Sunset Adrian Dimitri Andrew Zagoritis/Thorsten Stenzel/Angela Heldmann/Tarja Turunen 0:36
14 Damned and Divine Adrian Dimitri Andrew Zagoritis/Thorsten Stenzel/Angela Heldmann/Tarja Turunen 4:29
15 Die Alive Anders Wollbeck/Hanne Sørvaag/Mattias Lindblom/Tarja Turunen 4:04
16 Minor Heaven Anders Wollbeck/Mattias Lindblom 3:53
17 Ciarán's Well Alex Scholpp/Michelle Leonard/Doug Wimbish/Tarja Turunen 3:39
18 Calling Grace Kiko Masbaum/Michelle Leonard/Tarja Turunen 3:06

[edit] Bonus Tracks

  • "Damned Vampire & Gothic Divine" (Heavy version of "Damned And Divine")
  • "I Walk Alone" (Artist Version)
  • "I Walk Alone" (In Extremo Remix)
  • "The Seer" - UK bonus
  • "You Would Have Loved This" (Live) - USA bonus
  • "Damned and Divine" (Live) - USA bonus
  • "Ciaran's Well" (Live) - Japanese bonus
  • "Our Great Divide" (Live) - Japanese bonus

[edit] My Winter Storm Fan Edition

My Winter Storm Fan Edition was released on January 2, 2009, as a double CD, bringing a new cover art, some live and remixed tracks and also the new songs "Enough", "Wisdom of Wind" and "The Seer", earlier released as the The Seer EP.[5]

Disc 01

  1. Ite Missa Est
  2. I Walk Alone
  3. Lost Northern Star
  4. Seeking for the Reign
  5. The Reign
  6. The Escape of the Doll
  7. My Little Phoenix
  8. Boy and the Ghost
  9. Sing for me
  10. Oasis
  11. Poison
  12. Our Great Divide
  13. Sunset
  14. Damned and Divine
  15. Die Alive
  16. The Seer
  17. Minor Heaven
  18. Ciarans Well
  19. Calling Grace

Disc 02

  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)

[edit] Charts performance

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Austrian Top 40 Albums[6] 11
Belgian Ultratop (Flanders)[7] 78
Belgian Ultratop (Wallonia)[8] 94
Czech Albums Chart[8] 33
European Top 100 Albums[3] 11
Finnish Albums Chart[9] 1
French Albums Chart[10] 88
German Albums Chart[11] 3
Hungarian Albums Chart[12] 18
Norwegian Albums Chart[13] 36
Spanish Albums Chart[14] 77
Swedish Albums Chart[15] 41
Swiss Top 100 Albums[16] 15
US Top Heatseekers[3] 46

[edit] Sales certifications

Region Certification
Czech Republic Gold[17]
Finland Platinum[18]
Germany Gold[19]
Russia 2x Platinum[20]

[edit] Personnel

Credits for My Winter Storm adapted from liner notes.[21]

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Main crew

  • Dana Niu - Orchestral arrangements
  • James Dooley - Choir conducting
  • Mel Wesson - Sound engineer
  • Slamm Andrews - Mixing
  • Louie Teran - Mastering engineer
  • Dirk Rudolph - Cover art
  • Jens Bold - Photos

[edit] References

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  2. ^ a b "Tarja- My Winter Storm". αCharts.us. http://acharts.us/album/29938. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  3. ^ a b c "My Winter Storm on Billboard Charts". Billboard & Rovi Corporation. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/tarja/my-winter-storm/1107227. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  4. ^ "Tarja Turunen: Past events". Turunen's Official Website. http://www.tarjaturunen.com/?cat=11. Retrieved 2008-09-14. 
  5. ^ "TARJA TURUNEN To Release 'My Winter Storm Special Extended Edition' In January". Roadrunner Records. 2007-10-03. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=109393. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
  6. ^ "Tarja- My Winter Storm on Austrian charts". Hung Medien. http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Tarja&titel=My+Winter+Storm&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  7. ^ "Tarja- My Winter Storm on Belgian Flanders charts". Hung Medien & hitparade.ch. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Tarja&titel=My+Winter+Storm&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  8. ^ a b "Tarja- My Winter Storm on Belgian Wallonia charts". Hung Medien & hitparade.ch. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Tarja&titel=My+Winter+Storm&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  9. ^ "Tarja- My Winter Storm on Finnish charts". Hung Medien & eMedia Jungen. http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tarja&titel=My+Winter+Storm&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  10. ^ "Tarja- My Winter Storm on French charts". Hung Medien & eMedia Jungen. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tarja&titel=My+Winter+Storm&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  11. ^ "Chartverfolgung/TARJA/Longplay". PHONONET GmbH. http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/TARJA/longplay. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  12. ^ "Mahasz- International Albums Chart Archive". Lightmedia. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum. Retrieved 2010-06-01. 
  13. ^ "Tarja- My Winter Storm on Norwegian charts". Hung Medien & eMedia Jungen. http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tarja&titel=My+Winter+Storm&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  14. ^ "Tarja- My Winter Storm on Spanish charts". Hung Medien & eMedia Jungen. http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tarja&titel=My+Winter+Storm&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  15. ^ "Tarja- My Winter Storm on Swedish charts". Hung Medien & eMedia Jungen. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tarja&titel=My+Winter+Storm&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  16. ^ "Tarja- My Winter Storm on Swiss charts". Hung Medien. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Tarja&titel=My+Winter+Storm&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  17. ^ "Tarja News Archive" (in Russian). Russian Winter Storm. 2009-10-17. http://www.winterstorm.ru/eng/. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  18. ^ "Statistics: Tarja Turunen" (in Finnish). IFPI Finland. http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/tarja+turunen. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  19. ^ "Gold and Platinum Date Bank" (in German). GmbH & BVMI. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  20. ^ "Gold and Platinum: International 2007" (in Russian). NFPF. http://2m-online.ru/gold_n_platinum/detail.php?COUNTRY=5077. Retrieved 2011-06-17. 
  21. ^ "TARJA TURUNEN: It's Very Hard For Me To Think About Reuniting With NIGHTWISH". Roadrunner Records. 2007-10-03. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=82028. Retrieved 2010-06-01. 

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