Tarja Turunen - In the Raw (2019)

Tarja Turunen - In the Raw (2019)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Dead Promises" (featuring Björn Strid)   5:50

2. "Goodbye Stranger" (featuring Cristina Scabbia)   5:12

3. "Tears in Rain"   4:28

4. "Rail Roads"   4:00

5. "You and I"   4:07

6. "The Golden Chamber (Awaken - Loputon Yo - Alchemy)"   7:05

7. "Spirits of the Sea"   6:56

8. "Silent Masquerade" (featuring Tommy Karevik)   7:32

9. "Serene"   4:42

10. "Shadow Play"   7:22

Total length:   57:18

Extra Raw (Box Set Edition Bonus CD)

1. "Dead Promises" (Single Version)   5:52

2. "Spirits of the Sea" (Carlinhos Percussion Mix)   7:00

3. "Railroads" (Demo)   3:55

4. "Goodbye Stranger" (Solo Version)   5:11

5. "You and I" (Band Version)   4:09

6. "Spirits of the Sea" (Bartly's Water Remix)   7:01

7. "Silent Masquerade" (Solo Version)   7:32

Total length:   40:40

Tarja Turunen Band Members / Musicians

Tarja Turunen – lead vocals, piano, art director

Alex Scholpp – guitars, bass, keyboards, vocals, drum programming

Christian Kretschmar – keyboards

Kevin Chown – bass

Björn Strid – additional vocals

Cristina Scabbia – additional vocals

Tommy Karevik – additional vocals

Tim Palmer – guitars, keyboards, percussion, narration, mixing

Timm Schreiner – drums

Julián Barrett – guitars, drum programming, co-producer (tracks 8 and 10), recording

Bart Hendrickson – keyboards, programming, drum programming, ambient design

Doug Wimbish – bass

Peter Barrett – bass

Anders Wollbeck – keyboards, programming

Johnny Andrews – keyboards, co-producer (track 3)

Erik Nyholm – keyboards

James Dooley – keyboards, programming

Carlinhos Brown – percussion

Thiago Pugas – percussion

Marcelo Cabuli – art direction, recording

Travis Kennedy – mixing assistant

Justin Shturtz – mastering

Max Vaccaro – executive producer

Anja Obersteller – executive producer

Isabelle Albrecht – executive producer

Bernhard Hahn – recording

Jim Dooley – ambient design

In the Raw is the 8th solo studio album by Finnish soprano vocalist and composer Tarja Turunen. The record was released on 30 August 2019.

On In the Raw, released on August 30, 2019, composer and vocalist Tarja Turunen joined forces with other Heavy Metal vocalists such as Soilwork vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid, Tommy Karevik of Kamelot, and Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia, thus including in the album vocal collaborations with them. Strid is featured in "Dead Promises", Scabbia's vocals can be heard in "Goodbye Stranger", and Karevik is featured in "Silent Masquerade".

On 12 September 2019, Turunen started the "Raw Tour" to promote the "In the Raw" album. However, many of its shows were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.