Left in the Dark (Tarja EP)

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Left in the Dark
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ReleasedJuly 4, 2014
Recorded2012–2013
Length55:15
Label Edel
Producer Tarja, Mic
Tarja chronology
Colours in the Dark
(2013)
Left in the Dark
(2014)
Luna Park Ride
(2015)

Left in the Dark is the second EP by Finnish rock and metal soprano vocalist Tarja Turunen. [1] The record features different versions of songs included in the chart-topping album Colours in the Dark , plus a studio version of "Into the Sun", previously only available as a live track (originally on Act I).

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Victim of Ritual" (First Demo)4:45
2."500 Letters" (Live At Vorterix Radio)
  • Johnny Lee Andrews
  • Turunen
3:36
3."Lucid Dreamer" (Demo)
  • Lindblom
  • Wollbeck
  • Turunen
5:23
4."Never Enough" (Demo Progression)
  • Andrews
  • Turunen
4:04
5."Mystique Voyage" (Demo)Turunen6:36
6."Into The Sun" (Studio Version)
  • Lindblom
  • Wollbeck
  • Turunen
  • Steve van Velvet
6:11
7."Deliverance" (Instrumental)
7:41
8."Neverlight" (Full Orchestra Version)
4:29
9."Until Silence" (Live At Vorterix Radio)4:18
10."Medusa" (Tarja’s Solo Version)
  • Bart Hendrickson
  • Angela Heldmann
  • Turunen
8:12

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References

  1. "Tarja – Left In The Dark". Discogs . discogs.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.