Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights

Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights
Studio album by HIM
Released	August 27, 2001 (see release history)
Genre	Rock
Length	40:52
Label	Terrier RCA Hand Power
Producer	T.T. Oksala Kevin Shirley
HIM chronology
Razorblade Romance (1999) Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights (2001) The Single Collection (2002)
Limited edition
European Promo
Singles from Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights
"Pretending" Released: July 2, 2001 "In Joy and Sorrow" Released: October 12, 2001 "Heartache Every Moment" / "Close to the Flame" Released: January 14, 2002

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
helsinki-hs.net	[2]
Sputnikmusic	[3]

Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights is the third studio album by Finnish band HIM, released on 27 August 2001. This is the first album that keyboardist Janne Puurtinen took part in, thus making it the first album with HIM's longest-lasting lineup, which lasted until 2015. Deep Shadows remains the last studio album to feature Ville Valo on the cover art. A two disc remastered edition was released on December 15, 2014 via The End Records.

Overview

Janne Puurtinen joined the band on keyboards for the recording of the album; the resulting lineup existed for longer than any other that HIM ever used, and remained intact until 2015, when drummer Mika Karppinen left the band.^[4]

The album showed steady and continued success in their native Finland, topping both the Finnish and German charts. In 2004, the album peaked at number 190 on the Billboard 200 and number 10 on the Top Heatseekers chart.^[5][6]

Sounds and themes

The album has been described as "...take[ing] their dark, brooding, hard rock sound into more pop-friendly territory[...]even then, the group has not lost its guitar-driven bite or tragic/romantic edge, as frontman Ville Valo waxes melancholic about love and lust on these hook-laden tunes"^[7]

Track list

All tracks written by Ville Valo. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Salt in Our Wounds"	3:58
2.	"Heartache Every Moment"	3:56
3.	"Lose You Tonight"	3:42
4.	"In Joy and Sorrow"	4:00
5.	"Pretending"	3:55
6.	"Close to the Flame"	3:46
7.	"Please Don't Let It Go"	4:29
8.	"Beautiful"	4:33
9.	"Don't Close Your Heart"	4:39
10.	"Love You Like I Do"	5:14
11.	"Pretending" (Video)	3:42
Total length:		40:52

Limited edition
No.	Title	Length
7.	"You Are the One"	3:26
8.	"Please Don't Let It Go"	4:29
9.	"Beautiful"	4:33
10.	"In Love and Lonely"	3:47
11.	"Don't Close Your Heart"	4:39
12.	"Love You Like I Do"	5:14
13.	"Pretending" (Video)	3:42
Total length:		51:47

Special limited edition
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Again"	3:41
12.	"In Joy and Sorrow" (String version)	5:04
13.	"Pretending"	8:00
14.	"Pretending" (Video)	3:42
15.	"In Joy and Sorrow" (Video)	3:34
Total length:		1:04:53

Remastered deluxe reissue – disc 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Again" (Hollola Tapes)	3:21
2.	"Pretending" (TRNSFRMTN version)	3:54
3.	"Lose You Tonight" (Hollola Tapes)	4:17
4.	"Salt in Our Wounds" (John Fryer Mix)	4:05
5.	"Close to the Flame" (Hollola Tapes)	4:31
6.	"Please Don't Let It Go" (Hollola Tapes)	3:40
7.	"Pretending" (Kevin Shirley Mix)	4:04
8.	"Love You Like I Do" (Hollola Tapes)	5:29

Promo sampler
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Heartache Every Moment"	4:01
2.	"Lose You Tonight"	3:41
3.	"In Joy and Sorrow"	4:01
4.	"Pretending"	3:56
5.	"Close to the Flame"	3:58
6.	"Salt in Our Wounds"	4:02
7.	"Please Don't Let It Go" (First Mix)	4:38
8.	"Love You Like I Do" (First Mix)	5:39

B-sides

1. ”You Are the One” – 3:26 (limited digipack edition)
2. ”In Love and Lonely” – 3:46 (limited digipack edition)
3. ”Again” – 3:28 (In Joy and Sorrow limited edition Finnish/German maxi single)
4. ”In Joy and Sorrow (string version)” – 5:01 (In Joy and Sorrow limited edition Finnish/German maxi single)
5. ”Pretending (Cosmic Pope Jam)” – 8:00 (Pretending international Finnish/German maxi single)
6. ”Lose You Tonight (caravan version)” – 6:08 (Pretending international Finnish/German maxi single)
7. ”Salt in Our Wounds (Thulsa Doom version)” – 7:02 (In Joy and Sorrow limited edition Finnish/German maxi single)
8. ”Beautiful (Third Seal)” – 4:46 (In Joy and Sorrow limited edition Finnish/German maxi single)
9. ”Pretending (acoustic version)” – 4:02
10. ”Salt in Our Wounds (acoustic version)” – 3:57
11. ”In Joy and Sorrow (acoustic version)” – 4:02
12. ”Heartache Every Moment (acoustic version)” – 3:34
13. ”Close to the Flame (acoustic version)” – 3:22

Personnel

HIM

• Ville Hermanni Valo – lead vocals
• Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindström – lead guitar, kantele on "Salt in Our Wounds"
• Mikko Henrik Julius "Migé" Paananen – bass guitar
• Janne Johannes "Emerson Burton" Puurtinen – keyboards
• Mika Kristian "Gas Lipstick" Karppinen – drums, percussion on "Don't Close Your Heart"

Session members

• Eino Matti "Eicca" Toppinen – cello on "In Joy and Sorrow"
• Tuomas Kantelinen – strings on "In Joy and Sorrow"

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 11

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/Sales Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[10] 1× platinum 58,009[10]

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Edition(s)	Label	Catalogue
Finland	August 27, 2001	Enhanced CD	Limited	Terrier RCA Hand Power	74321 877502
Europe			Standard		74321 877492
		Cassette			74321 881444
Finland	December 3, 2001	Enhanced CD	Special limited	Terrier RCA	74321 911062
United States	October 27, 2004	CD	Standard	Jimmy Franks Universal	B0003431-02
Australia	October 21, 2002	Enhanced CD		Sony BMG RCA Terrier	74321 877492 74321 87749 2
Japan	December 18, 2002	CD		BMG RCA Terrier Hand Power	BVCM-37676 82876-81007-2
United States	December 15, 2014	2×LP 2×CDs	Deluxe	The End	TE353-1 TE353-2

References

1. Allmusic review
2. http://www.musicfolio.com/modernrock/him.html
3. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/6690/HIM-Deep-Shadows-and-Brilliant-Highlights/
4. "H.I.M. Drummer Gas Lipstick Leaves Band After 16 Years - "It's Time For Me To Move On As A Musician"". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. January 27, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
5. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/h-i-m-his-infernal-majesty/deep-shadows-and-brilliant-highlights/529560
6. http://www.allmusic.com/album/deep-shadows-and-brilliant-highlights-mw0000168245/awards
7. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6770503&style=music
8. "HIM: Deep Shadows & Brilliant Highlights" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
9. The first is the list of the best-selling domestic albums of 2001 in Finland, the second is that of the foreign albums:
   • "Myydyimmät kotimaiset albumit vuonna 2001" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
   • "Myydyimmät ulkomaiset albumit vuonna 2001" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
10. "HIM" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2013-08-31.