Henkäys ikuisuudesta
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Henkäys Ikuisuudesta (Breath From Eternity) is Tarja's Christmas album. It was released November 8, 2006. The first single of the album, "You Would Have Loved This", was released in Finland on October 25. The album reached Gold and Platinum status in Finland with more than 30 000 copies sold, and peaked at #2 on the same country. Henkäys Ikuisuudesta's release was followed by a tour that ended the Christmas project Tarja started in 2004. Tarja doesn't plan to do any more Christmas material after this.[1]
Track listing
- "Kuin Henkäys Ikuisuutta"
- "You Would Have Loved This"
- "Happy New Year"
- "En Etsi Valtaa, Loistoa"
- "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)"
- "Varpunen Jouluaamuna"
- "Ave Maria"
- "The Eyes Of A Child"
- "Mökit Nukkuu Lumiset"
- "Jo Joutuu Ilta"
- "Marian Poika" (Mary's Boy Child)
- "Magnificat: Quia Respexit"
- "Walking in the Air (Cover)"
- "Jouluyö, Juhlayö" (Silent Night)
Song background
- All of the songs are covers, except for "Kuin Henkäys Ikuisuutta" which is written by Tarja and Esa Nieminen.
- The ABBA cover "Happy New Year" consists of both English and Spanish lyrics.
- "En Etsi Valtaa, Loistoa" was released on Tarja's "Yhden Enkelin Unelma" single in 2004, but the vocals have been re-recorded for this album. The music is composed by Jean Sibelius and the lyrics by Zacharias Topelius.
- Tarja also released "Walking in the Air" when she was a member of Nightwish, on their 1998 album Oceanborn.
- "Marian Poika" is the Finnish version of "Mary's Boy Child", and "Jouluyö, Juhlayö" is "Silent Night".