Dark Tranquillity "Exposures - In Retrospect and Denial (Russia, Fono Ltd., FO392CD)"

Exposures – In Retrospect and Denial is the first compilation album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity, that was released in 2004.

Disc 1 Tracks 1 and 2 were recorded during the Damage Done sessions in 2002. Track 1 had been unreleased, and track 2 had been only available on the Japanese version of the album.

Disc 1 Tracks 3-5 were recorded during the Haven sessions in 2000. Tracks 3 and 4 had been unreleased, and track 5 had been only available on the Japanese version of the album.

Disc 1 Tracks 6 and 7 were recorded during the Projector sessions in 1998. Track 6 had been available on the limited digipak edition of the album, and track 7 was on a Limited Edition of this album.

Disc 1 Tracks 8 and 9 were taken from the A Moonclad Reflection EP (1992).

Disc 1 Tracks 10-12 were taken from the Trail of Life Decayed demo (1991).

Some early versions of the release for Disc 1, have the tracks 3 & 4 and 6 & 7 flipped or misprinted.

Track listing

Disc 1

All lyrics are written by Mikael Stanne, except tracks 10-11 by Niklas Sundin and track 12 by Sundin, Stanne.

1. "Static" Martin Henriksson, Anders Jivarp, Martin Brändström 4:40
2. "The Poison Well" Jivarp, Sundin, Henriksson 4:08
3. "In Sight" Stanne, Jivarp, Henriksson 4:11
4. "Misery in Me" Stanne, Jivarp, Sundin, Henriksson 4:40
5. "Cornered" Henriksson, Brändström 3:59
6. "No One" Henriksson, Sundin 4:41
7. "Exposure" Henriksson, Johansson, Sundin 3:52
8. "Yesterworld" Sundin, Henriksson, Stanne 7:29
9. "Unfurled by Dawn" Sundin, Henriksson, Stanne 7:31
10. "Midwinter/Beyond Enlightenment" Sundin, Stanne 5:43
11. "Vernal Awakening" Sundin, Henriksson 5:21
12. "Void of Tranquillity" Sundin, Henriksson, Jivarp 7:26

Time:  01:03:41

Disc 2

All lyrics are written by Mikael Stanne, except where noted.

1. "The Wonders at Your Feet" Brändström, Jivarp, Henriksson 3:52
2. "The Treason Wall" Jivarp, Henriksson 3:35
3. "Hedon" Niklas Sundin Henriksson, Sundin 4:39
4. "White Noise/Black Silence" Henriksson, Jivarp 4:14
5. "Haven" Jivarp, Henriksson 4:02
6. "Punish My Heaven" Johansson, Sundin, Jivarp 5:00
7. "Monochromatic Stains" Jivarp, Brändström 3:43
8. "Indifferent Suns" Michael Nicklasson, Henriksson 3:40
9. "Format C: For Cortex" Jivarp, Henriksson, Sundin 4:32
10. "Insanity's Crescendo" Henriksson, Johansson, Sundin 5:16
11. "Hours Passed in Exile" Henriksson, Jivarp, Nicklasson, Brändström 4:58
12. "The Sun Fired Blanks" Henriksson, Sundin, Johansson 4:33
13. "Damage Done" Henriksson, Jivarp 3:23
14. "Lethe" Sundin Henriksson 3:59
15. "Not Built to Last" Jivarp, Henriksson, Brändström 3:49
16. "ThereIn" Henriksson, Sundin 5:34
17. "Zodijackyl Light" Sundin, Johansson 3:59
18. "Final Resistance" Henriksson 3:08
19. "Ex Nihilo" (instrumental) Sundin, Henriksson, Nicklasson 2:05

Time:  01:18:01

The first disc features rare and unreleased material.

Recording information:

Live recordings done in Krakow, Poland on the 7th of October 2002.