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Tarja - Colours In The Dark



7.4 | 130 votes |
Release date: 30 August 2013
Style: Symphonic metal

Owners:

126 have it
23 want it


01. Victim Of Ritual
02. 500 Letters
03. Lucid Dreamer
04. Never Enough
05. Mystique Voyage
06. Darkness [Peter Gabriel cover]
07. Deliverance
08. Neverlight
09. Until Silence
10. Medusa [f: Justin Furstenfeld]
11. Into The Sun [Japanese bonus]
12. Neverlight [live] [full orchestral version] [iTunes edition bonus]
13. Until Silence [orchestral version] [iTunes edition bonus]

Additional info
- Release details:
August 30th in Germany, Austria, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland
September 2nd in Norway, Poland and Czech Republic
September 3rd USA and Canada
September 4th in Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden and the UK

- Mixing was done by Tim Palmer

Staff review by
R Lewis
Rating:
7.5
How weird. Googling in "rich Finnish wine", the results are mainly concerning Vodka. I'm absolutely sure that there should be "Tarja Turunen" as the first link: the years pass, and that woman becomes more beautiful and interesting day by day. Colours In The Dark, in fact, follows the trend of showing her creator's talent outside of the scene that made her world famous.

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published 13.08.2013 | Comments (17)

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Comments: 13   Visited by: 400 users
01.08.2013 - 03:50
Zhazhael
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Weak album but sound normal, not aweosme but nice, i put 6/10 of rating
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02.08.2013 - 15:47
Ap46

Best album from her solo carreer to date. A bit experimental and eclectic, establishes herself in Rock, with Symphonic and ambient touches. I really like it.
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03.08.2013 - 05:07
Rating: 9
Ismarmlp

Great, epic, amazing album. But the cover of Peter Gabriel is the song I like least. Blame it on Peter Gabriel, not Tarja ...
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03.09.2013 - 20:49
Rating: 5
Unhealer
Eclecticist
Two or three decent songs and that's it
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08.09.2013 - 02:27
Zhazhael
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Written by Unhealer on 03.09.2013 at 20:49

Two or three decent songs and that's it



I agree with u ...
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24.09.2013 - 11:42
SoUnDs LiKe PoP

Trying to get into this album, but I just can't. There just aren't that many memorable tracks, unfortunately. I still absolutely adore "My Winter Storm," though, could never understand why it wasn't very popular...
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I lift weights and listen to metal
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03.11.2013 - 17:56
Zhazhael
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Bah this is pure shit :/ , i don't know why i am a fan :/
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16.11.2013 - 23:09
Susan
Smeghead
Still deciding if I like it or not but: MAJOR points to her for doing something so weird. She could have just released another blah samey symphonic metal album that was pretty and forgettable but instead she had the balls to experiment.

I like it more the more I listen; hopefully it continues to grow on me but either way, respect to her.
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"A life all mine
Is what I choose
At the end of my days"
--The Gathering "A Life All Mine" from Souvenirs
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20.11.2013 - 00:03
Rating: 6
CyberSymphony
Ollie
Disappointing album and again another un-interesting release just like the previous one. Though I liked the first track but everything else was just a massive bore.
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21.11.2013 - 22:47
Rating: 8
The Melting Snow

Her voice is magical.

The compositions and lyrics aren't very special, but her vocals have a lot of emotion throughout the songs.
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21.03.2014 - 05:14
Rating: 7
bmcguitar

Good album, performance, song writing and composition was great but mix/production left it sounding flat and lacked punch and dynamics were too narrow. Never the less a good album to listen to.
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11.04.2014 - 18:00
Rating: 8
Creativinity

I didn't think I would like it this much. I'm not the biggest Tarja fan, although I do respect her talent, I doubt very much she is "The Best Opera Singer Evar!" as many claim and her band is okay. IMO her debut album was good, and her second album was a little less good, but Colours in the Dark is pretty.
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18.06.2019 - 13:59
JoHn Doe

Written by Ismarmlp on 03.08.2013 at 05:07

But the cover of Peter Gabriel is the song I like least. Blame it on Peter Gabriel, not Tarja ...


Blame it on Peter Gabriel?! Really? One of the most interesting and original artists since the 70s?
Tarja does not do justice to the original song, possibly because she should not have tried doing the song in the first place. Gabriel song is dark and moody, Tarja with her sweet voice cannot do that.
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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