Exposures – In Retrospect and Denial
album by Dark Tranquillity
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.
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