Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights is the third album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by HIM, which was released on 27 August 2001. This is the first album that new keyboardist Janne Puurtinen

Janne Puurtinen

Janne Johannes Puurtinen, better known as Emerson Burton, is the current keyboard-player in the Finnish rock band, HIM. He was born 17 October 1974, in Helsinki. Burton made his second debut as a temporary member of the band at the concert arranged at the Semifinal Club on 12 January 2001...

 took part in, thus making it the first album with HIM's current line-up. The cover of Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights remains the last HIM album cover to feature Ville Valo on the front.

Standard Edition track listing

All songs are composed by Ville Valo.

1. "Salt in Our Wounds" – 3:57
2. "Heartache Every Moment
   Heartache Every Moment & Close to the Flame
   Heartache Every Moment & Close to the Flame is a Single by Finnish band HIM, released in 2002 as a double single from their album Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights. This was HIM's first and only double single ever released...
   
   " – 3:56
3. "Lose You Tonight" – 3:42
4. "In Joy and Sorrow
   In Joy and Sorrow
   "In Joy and Sorrow" is a song by Finnish band HIM, released in 2001 as the fourth track and second single from their album Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights....
   
   " – 4:00
5. "Pretending
   Pretending (HIM song)
   "Pretending" is a song by Finnish band HIM, released in 2001 as the fifth track from their album Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights.In 2006, "Pretending" was released as a double-single along with "In Joy and Sorrow" on the album Uneasy Listening Vol. 1. "In Joy and Sorrow" is the fifth track...
   
   " – 3:54
6. "Close to the Flame
   Heartache Every Moment & Close to the Flame
   Heartache Every Moment & Close to the Flame is a Single by Finnish band HIM, released in 2002 as a double single from their album Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights. This was HIM's first and only double single ever released...
   
   " – 3:47
7. "Please Don't Let It Go" – 4:28
8. "Beautiful" – 4:33
9. "Don't Close Your Heart" – 4:33
10. "Love You Like I Do/Outro" – 5:14
11. "Pretending" (Video)

Digipack

1. "Salt in Our Wounds" – 3:57
2. "Heartache Every Moment" – 3:56
3. "Lose You Tonight" – 3:40
4. "In Joy and Sorrow" – 3:59
5. "Pretending" – 3:55
6. "Close to the Flame" – 3:46
7. "You Are the One" (bonus track) – 3:26
8. "Please Don't Let It Go" – 4:29
9. "Beautiful" – 4:33
10. "In Love and Lonely" (bonus track) – 3:46
11. "Don't Close Your Heart" – 4:14
12. "Love You Like I Do/Outro" – 5:14
13. "Pretending" (Video) – 3:41

Limited Edition Christmas version

1. "Salt in Our Wounds" – 3:57
2. "Heartache Every Moment" – 3:56
3. "Lose You Tonight" – 3:40
4. "In Joy and Sorrow" – 3:59
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" – 4:14
10. "Love You Like I Do" – 5:14
11. "Again"
12. "In Joy and Sorrow" (String Version)
13. "Pretending" (Cosmic Pope Jam)
14. "Pretending" (Video)
15. "In Joy and Sorrow" (Video)

+ The Christmas edition has an extended outro to Love You Like I Do.

CD Multimedia Promotional

In this multimedia CD videos are not complete, each 3 minutes of video at best.

1. Short Discography
2. Description of DS&BH
3. Photo Gallery
4. Screensavers
5. Making the Video - "Pretending"
6. "Gone With the Sin" (Video)
7. "Poison Girl" (Video)
8. "Right Here in My Arms" (Video)
9. "Wicked Game" (Video)
10. "Join Me" (Video)
11. "Join Me - Ice" (Video)

Live From Berlin:

1. "Your Sweet Six Six Six"
2. "Poison Girl"
3. "Resurrection"
4. "Right Here in My Arms"
5. "It's All Tears"
6. "When Love and Death Embrace"

Finland Promo Edition

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

Uncover - EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 UK Promo

Was given as a promo, the interview includes Deep Shadows disk extracts. The song "I Love You "does not begin with the typical entry in the Razorblade Romance discs.

1. "I Love You" - 2:59
2. "It's All Tears" - 3:42
3. "Interview" - 9:13
   • Includes Excerpts from the album Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights

Pretending Especial Edition Promo CD Single

Promotional CD of Spanish radio Cadena 100, acoustic versions were recorded in the radio, but the music tracks are from the single "Heartache Every Moment/Close To The Flame".

1. "Saludo HIM
2. "Pretending" (Acoustic Version)
3. "Salt In Your Wounds (Acoustic Version)

Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights GUN Promo

The GUN Records promotional CD has the same list of songs the album does not DSABH Limited edition.
The tracks of the promo are very similar to the album versions, except for the songs "Close To The Flame" and "Please Don't Let It Go," which both were mixed differently.

1. "Salt In Our Wounds"
2. "Heartache Every Moment"
3. "Lose You Tonight"
4. "In Joy And Sorrow"
5. "Pretending"
6. "Close To The Flame"
7. "Please Don't Let It Go"
8. "Beautiful"
9. "Don't Close Your Heart"
10. "Love You Like I Do"

Amazon Digital Remastered Bonus Tracks

Includes songs from the EP "Poison Girl

Poison Girl

"Poison Girl" is a song by Finnish band HIM, released in 2000 as the second track from their album Razorblade Romance. In Finland, it reached #3 on the singles charts and in Germany it reached #34.-Tracklisting:International release...

" as the bonus tracks

1. "Poison Girl"
2. "Right Here in My Arms" (live)
3. "It's All Tears" (live)
4. "Poison Girl" (live)*

B-Sides

1. "Pretending" (Alternative Mix) - 3:56
2. "Pretending" (Cosmic Pope Jam Version) - 8:00
3. "Please Don't Let it Go" (Acoustic Version) - 4:39
4. "Lose You Tonight" (Caravan Version) - 6:08
5. "In Joy and Sorrow" (Radio edit) – 3:33
6. "Again" – 3:29
7. "In Joy and Sorrow" (String version) – 5:02
8. "Salt in Our Wounds" (Thulsa Doom version) – 7:02
9. "Beautiful" (Third Seal) – 4:46
10. "Pretending" (Acoustic version) – 4:02
11. "Heartache Every Moment" - 3:56
12. "Close to the Flame" - 3:46
13. "Salt in Our Wounds" (Acoustic Version) - 3:57
14. "In Joy and Sorrow" (Acoustic Version) - 4:02
15. "Pretending" (Acoustic Version) - 4:01
16. "Heartache Every Moment" (Acoustic Version) - 3:34
17. "Close to the Flame" (Acoustic Version) - 3:22

HIM

• Ville Hermanni Valo
  Ville Valo
  Ville Hermanni Valo is a Finnish singer, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. He has received the "Golden God" award in 2004 by the heavy metal magazine Metal Hammer. Valo has a baritone vocal range. Valo was ranked number 80 in Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time...
  
   — lead vocals
• Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindström — lead guitar
  Lead guitar
  Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
  
  , kantele on "Salt in Our Wounds"
• Mikko Henrik Julius "Migé" Paananen
  Mikko Paananen
  Mikko Henrik Julius Paananen , better known as Migé or Migé Amour, is the current and founding bassist of the rock band HIM.-History:...
  
   — bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Janne Johannes "Emerson Burton" Puurtinen
  Janne Puurtinen
  Janne Johannes Puurtinen, better known as Emerson Burton, is the current keyboard-player in the Finnish rock band, HIM. He was born 17 October 1974, in Helsinki. Burton made his second debut as a temporary member of the band at the concert arranged at the Semifinal Club on 12 January 2001...
  
   — keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  
• Mika Kristian "Gas Lipstick" Karppinen
  Mika Karppinen
  Mika Kristian Karppinen, better known as Gas Lipstick , is currently the drummer for the rock band HIM. He is also the drummer of Finnish deathgrind band To Separate the Flesh from the Bones, punk band Ääritila and metal band Bendover. He also was a drum tech for Stratovarius at one point and was...
  
   — drums, percussion on "Don't Close Your Heart"

Session Members

• Eino Matti "Eicca" Toppinen
  Eicca Toppinen
  Eino Matti "Eicca" Toppinen is a Finnish cellist, songwriter, producer, arranger, and drummer. In 1993 he formed the quartet Apocalyptica.- Biography :...
  
   — cello on "In Joy and Sorrow"
• Tuomas Kantelinen
  Tuomas Kantelinen
  Tuomas Kantelinen is a Finnish composer. He studied composition at the Sibelius Academy with Eero Hämeenniemi. He is best known for his scores for films such as Rukajärven tie, Äideistä parhain, Mindhunters and Mongol...
  
   — strings on "In Joy and Sorrow"

Miscellaneous

There is a dance-pop

Dance-pop

Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...

 cover of 'Please Don't Let it Go', recorded by Benjo James.