Exposures – In Retrospect and Denial

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

Exposures - In Retrospect and Denial
Compilation album by Dark Tranquillity
Released	24 May 2004
Recorded	Kraków, Poland on 7 October 2002 (Disc 2)
Genre	Melodic death metal, progressive metal
Length	141:43
Language	English
Label	Century Media
Producer	Fredrik Nordström (Disc 2)
Dark Tranquillity chronology
Live Damage (2003) Exposures - In Retrospect and Denial (2004) Lost to Apathy (2004)

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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.

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

Disc 2

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

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
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

Credits

Dark Tranquillity

• Mikael Stanne - vocals (disc 1, 1-7), (disc 2, 1-18), backing vocals, guitar (disc 1, 8-12)
• Martin Henriksson - guitar (disc 1, 1-5), (disc 2), bass (disc 1, 6-12)
• Michael Nicklasson - bass (disc 1, 1-5), (disc 2)
• Martin Brändström - keyboards and electronics (disc 1, 1-5), (disc 2)
• Niklas Sundin - guitar
• Anders Jivarp - drum kit

Additional personnel

• Fredrik Johansson − guitar (disc 1, 5 & 6)
• Anders Fridén - vocals (disc 1, 8-12)

Other personnel

• Göran Finnberg - mastering (disc 2)
• Cabin Fever Media - art direction and design

References

1. Allmusic review

External links

• Album info at official site
• Century Media Records