My Winter Storm (U.S Version) [Extra tracks]

Tarja Turunen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: Fontana Universal
• ASIN: B00133KDM8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (81 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,007 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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  • #47 in Music > Rock > Power Pop

Track Listings

1. I Walk Alone

2. Lost Northern Star

3. Seeking for the Reign

4. The Reign

5. The Escape of the Doll

6. My Little Phoenix

7. Boy and the Ghost

8. Sing for Me

9. Oasis

10. Poison

11. Our Great Divide

12. Sunset

13. Damned and Divine

14. Die Alive

15. Minor Heaven

16. Ciaran Swell

17. Calling Grace

18. You Would Have Loved This [Live][*]

19. Damned and Divine [Live][*]

Editorial Reviews

2007 debut solo album from the former vocalist with Nightwish, released hot on the heels of Nightwish's 2007 album, their first without her! 14 tracks including 'Last Northern Star', 'IWalkAlone', 'Poison' and more. Spinefarm. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My winter storm, December 5, 2007

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E. Anderson - See all my reviews

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This review is from: My Winter Storm (Audio CD)

Everyone who is familiar with the heavy metal band Nightwish, last year the band had an acrimonious split with their former lead singer Tarja Turunen. It came to a shock for every fan of the band as well as Tarja. After a year since her dismissal fromt he band, Tarja returns to the music scene with a new album. MY WINTER STORM is Tarja's second solo album. The album is a concept album, split into three parts: ITE MISSA EST, THE ESCAPE OF THE DOLL, and SUNSET, complete with eighteen tracks.

I have to admit I have enjoy the new Nightwish album and their new singer Anette but alas I had missed hearing Tarja's operatic vocals. Thankfully I recently got a hold of her new solo album. Initially MY WINTER STORM did not impress me that much. Some of the songs left a flat taste in my mouth. Now that I am listening to the album again, the songs are starting to grow on me.

Tarja sounds as good as she ever did when she was with Nightwish. Her classically trained vocals takes a front seat on the album. I have noticed that there is a distinct classical sound. There still is a hard rock edge but it is more subtle and it takes a back seat to Tarja's classical roots.

I'm not really sure what to make of Tarja's cover of the Alice Cooper song "Poison". It is an interesting cover to say the very least. I wouldn't say that the song is all that hot but I don't think it is terrible either. I am more of a fan of songs like "I Walk Alone", "The Reign", and "Oasis".

At the moment MY WINTER STORM is only available as an import. An official US release won't happen until early 2008. For people have missed Tarja Turunen, MY WINTER STORM is certainly worth checking out.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wow.... Absolutely beautiful! A musical journey!, March 2, 2008

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David Falzano (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Winter Storm (U.S Version) (Audio CD)

I'll be up front & say that I'm not not a huge operatic metal/rock fan, but I am pleasantly surprised by this CD. Back when I first listened to Nightwish years ago, I didn't get into them as much at that time, but years later after hearing Tarja Turunen was going solo I was actually curious to see what direction she would go into musically. Well here we are & it seems that she went a little more into the operatic side of rock but I surprisingly really dig this sound. Normally I would want more metallic sounding songs & less operatic vocals, but here Tarja actually delivers less metallic songs but her vocals aren't as intense like when she was in Nightwish so I think the music is more pleasing to the ear. This is definitely one of those CDs to listen to if you just want to float away from the craziness in your mind & let the music sooth you. Give it a listen, you might actually like it.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Way better than I thought it would be, January 19, 2008

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K. Monroe "LowSoundMaster" (Bay Village, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Winter Storm (Audio CD)

I bought this CD because I have listened to Nightwish since 2000. I did not expect this solo CD from Tarja to be as good as any of the Nightwish material. But I was wrong. I have listened to it many times and find something new every time. The writing is very different than Nightwish, and Tarja's voice is better than ever. The writing is more mature than Nightwish in my opinion. It is difficult to try to categorize this album into one genre.

At this time, Amazon does not have any sound clips from the CD available. I suggest visiting the CD s site mywinterstorm.com and click the album link for samples.

I suggest to anyone that this is a great CD and worth getting. It will see a lot of play time in my player.