Irti

{{Infobox album

| name = Irti

| type = studio

| artist = Ismo Alanko

| cover = Irti_cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1996

| recorded =

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| studio =

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 49:13

| label = Poko

| producer = Riku Mattila

| prev_title = Taiteilijaelämää

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title =

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}}

Irti (Finnish for "Off" or "Loose") is the fourth solo album of Ismo Alanko, released in 1996. According to Alanko, he and his band gave themselves two weeks time to compose and record the album from scratch.{{cite web |url=http://www.elvisry.fi/032003/alanko.html |title=SELVIS 3/2003: Ismo Alanko |publisher=Elvisry.fi |accessdate=2012-05-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211074630/http://www.elvisry.fi/032003/alanko.html |archivedate=2012-02-11 }} The result is an improvisation-based, more freely-played album than the preceding Taiteilijaelämää.{{cite web|url=http://pomus.net/001786 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511211130/http://pomus.net/001786 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 11, 2008 |title=Pomus - Pomus.net - Ismo Alanko |publisher=Pomus.net |date= |accessdate=2012-05-20}} Albums cover art is by Stefan Lindfors.

Track listing

Music and lyrics by Ismo Alanko.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/release/835472 |title=Ismo Alanko - Irti (CD, album) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date=1996-04-29 |accessdate=2012-05-20}}

  1. "Piste"—5:04
  2. "Kriisistä kriisiin"—5:28
  3. "Elämä on hauras"—5:18
  4. "Häpeä ja kateus"—2:57
  5. "Aika kuolla"—6:33
  6. "Mitä se mulle kuuluu mitä mä teen"—5:12
  7. "Rakkauden tila"—3:47
  8. "Rokin kreivi"—3:19
  9. "Miespaholainen"—3:50
  10. "Lokki"—3:57
  11. "Lasten laulu"—3:50

Personnel

References

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Category:1996 albums

Category:Ismo Alanko albums