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''What Lies Beneath'' is the third album by the Finnish singer Tarja Turunen, which was released on 1 September 2010 in Finland, on 3 September in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and on 14 September in Latin and North America. It is the first of Tarja's albums in which she is credited for composition on every track.〔 In 2008, after the first leg of the ''Storm World Tour'', Turunen took time to compose new songs. She announced in her blog two songs that she had composed in her time off, "Wisdom of Wind" and "Enough", both later released on the ''My Winter Storm'' extended edition]]. On January 25, Turunen announced on her blog the name of her follow up to ''My Winter Storm'' and talked about the album, revealing titles and lyrics.〔 ''What Lies Beneath'', which sold around 1,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release, landed at position 24 on the Billboard's Top Heatseekers, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists. In Finland, it was at 6th position after two months on the official Finnish charts, also spending two months on the German Top 100, one and a half months on the Austrian Top 40, and a full month on the charts in Switzerland, Belgium and Greece,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tarja- What Lies Beneath )〕 ending 2010 at 13th position on Billboard's Top 100 of best-selling albums in Europe.〔 To promote the album, Turunen started the ''What Lies Beneath World Tour'' on 12 June 2010, which ended on 8 April 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It included a special concert in Rio de Janeiro], during the big international festival Rock in Rio, on 15 September 2011. Tarja's first live DVD, ''Act I'', was filmed during two nights in Rosario, Argentina, on 30 and 31 March 2012. ==Background and composition== In 2008, after the first leg of the ''Storm World Tour'', Turunen took time to compose new songs. She revealed in her blog two songs that she composed in her time off, "Wisdom Of Wind" and "Enough", both later released on the ''My Winter Storm'' Extended edition. On 25 January, Turunen posted on her blog announcing the name of her follow up to ''My Winter Storm'' and talking about the album: After the break in her tour Tarja returned with the second leg, called "Summer Storm", which started on 5 June, in which she played a new song called "If You Believe", which is meant to be released on ''What Lies Beneath''. In a video interview with ''Metalhead'' magazine, on 21 June, Tarja said that it "() will be a continuation of the method that I used on my first album, ''My Winter Storm''.〔 It is a very experimental album and has been or is ''My Winter Storm''. But some elements are more worked, for example the guitars in some songs. It's an album (is ) more mature and more personal than the first". In another interview in a Romanian magazine, she stated that the album "is an album more mature, the songs are more "film" and have strong lyrics.〔 People around me affect me, the books of Paulo Coelho, the nature and the mysteries of life. Musically the album is a mixture of metal, soundtrack and classical music. It will be a continuation of the previous one. It will be very experimental."〔 In an interview with a Venezuelan radio on 19 May 2009, Tarja said that she has twenty songs ready to record, and she announced via her official blog that the recording process was finished on 14 April 2010.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「What Lies Beneath (Tarja album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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