Coinciding with the release of her first-ever “Best Of: Living The Dream” two week ago, Tarja is being presented with six Impala awards commemorating more than 250,000 sales in Europe for her albums “Beauty And The Beat,” “Act II,” “Luna Park Ride,” “The Shadow Self,” “In The Raw,” and “From Spirits And Ghosts (Score For A Dark Christmas).”
To celebrate, Tarja and earMUSIC shared the live video for her song “Innocence.” First released on Tarja’s fifth studio album “The Shadow Self,” the fan-favorite expresses Tarja’s gratitude towards classical music. Watch the video below.
The live version, recorded on January 23, 2020, at the Circul Metropolitan in Bucharest, is part of Tarja’s brand new live release “Circus Life,” which is exclusively available on the Limited Mediabook and Box Set of her “Best Of: Living The Dream”. The concert shows Tarja playing with an expanded band of 17 musicians and performing many of her most well-known tracks in new arrangements.
Looking back on 15 extremely successful years of the Finnish singer’s solo career, the “Best Of: Living The Dream” contains not only Tarja‘s most well-known tracks, many of them newly remastered at Sterling Sound, and personal favorites from all six studio albums — “My Winter Storm,” “What Lies Beneath,” “Colours in the Dark,” “The Brightest Void,” “The Shadow Self,” and “In the Raw” — but also the never-before-heard song “Eye of the Storm.”
“After all these years, I still really can’t believe it’s time for me to release a proper ‘Best Of’ album,” Tarja says. “So many beautiful moments, unbelievable. It has been a dream to put together this collection. And I really hope that you will enjoy this as much as I did while making it.”
The compilation was hand-picked by Tarja herself and will be released on December 2 in a wide variety of formats. Each featuring exclusive rarities and/or the previously unreleased two-hour Circus Life concert, which is eagerly awaited by fans — as well as upgraded versions of Tarja‘s music videos. Rounded out by high-quality artwork, deluxe liner notes, and many formats to choose from, this collection is a delight for casual fans, as well as super-fans.
The standard version of the CD and vinyl contains 16 tracks (including the brand new single) as well as deluxe liner notes. The strictly limited Mediabook holds 13 further tracks and the previously unreleased, two-hour live show Circus Life. The strictly limited box set contains an additional 19 tracks selection of Tarja‘s projects including Outlanders, 4 Picture Disc, 6 art prints, 2 posters, and a fine art print signed by Tarja.
