''Shine'' is the debut solo album by
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singer
Anette Olzon, released on 26 March (Sweden), 28 March (Germany, Finland, Russia, Spain), 31 March (France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Czech Republic, Norway, Denmark, the UK), 1 April (Italy), and 8 April 2014 (USA) by earMUSIC.
The first teaser track from the album, "Falling" was released for digital download on 17 December 2013, accompanied by a lyric video on
YouTube
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. A teaser for the album's first official single, "Lies", was posted on Anette Olzon's official Facebook page on 7 February 2014; followed by the single's eventual release on 14 February 2014.
Background, composing, concept, song information
The writing process for the album began in 2009, during the ''
Dark Passion Play World Tour
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'' of Olzon's then current band
Nightwish
Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neva ...
, and lasted until shortly before the album's release. In 2011, Olzon posted the demo recordings of two songs, "Invincible" and "Floating", on her
Myspace profile, claiming those were rough versions of the songs without mixing or producing.
Olzon considers ''Shine'' a "personal" album and has once stated that the lyrics reflect her views of life, which "has always been divided into black and white - dark and light" for her.
The song "Moving Away" was written after her mother was diagnosed with cancer.
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The cover art shows Anette among some trees doing what was called her "shine pose".][
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Track listing
Chart performance
References
External links
Anette Olzon's Official Facebook Page
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2014 debut albums
Anette Olzon albums