Seleniko
{{Infobox album
| name = Seleniko
| type = Album
| artist = Värttinä
| cover = Varttina - Seleniko.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1992
| recorded = 1992
| venue =
| studio = Finnvox-Studio, Helsinki
| genre = Finnish folk music
| length = 47:22
| label = Polygram Finland, Spirit, Music & Words, Xenophile, NorthSide
| producer = Hijaz Mustapha
| prev_title = Oi Dai
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Aitara
| next_year = 1994
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =Green Man Review
| rev1Score = favorable [http://www.greenmanreview.com/seleniko.html Late 1999]|}}
Seleniko is the fourth album by Finnish folk group Värttinä, and second after they re-formed in 1990, released in Finland by Spirit and Polygram Finland in 1992. It immediately reached the top of the European World Music radio charts, and remained there for 3 months. In 1993, it was released by Music & Words in Benelux and Xenophile Records in the United States. NorthSide re-released the album in 1998 in the United States.
The song "Matalii ja mustii" was featured on the episode "Binky Rules/Meet Binky" of the children's show Arthur in the United States, and also appears on the first Arthur soundtrack.
Track listing
- "Seelinnikoi" (music: tradition, lyrics: Sari Kaasinen, arrangement: Janne Lappalainen, Tom Nyman, Riitta Potnoja, Kari Reiman) – 3:40
- "Lemmennosto" / "Awakening of Love" (music & lyrics: S. Kaasinen, arr.: Nyman, Reiman, Tommi Viksten) – 2:53
- "Kylä vuotti uutta kuuta" / "The Village Awaits the New Moon" (music & lyrics: trad., arr.: S. Kassinen, Lappalainen, Nyman, Reiman) – 5:08
- "Sulhassii" / "Bride Grooms" (music: trad., lyrics & arr.: S. Kaasinen) – 2:55
- "Matalii ja mustii" / "Sad and Mournful" or "Short and Black" (music & lyrics: trad. arr.: Nyman, Reiman, Viksten) – 2:57
- "Hoptsoi" (music: Reiman, arr.: Reijo Heiskanen, Laapaleinen, Nyman, Reiman) – 3:21
- "Suuret ja soriat" / "Tall and Handsome" (music: Reiman, lyrics: Reiman/trad., arr.: Nyman, Reiman) – 3:42
- "Leppiäinen" / "Gentle as Alder" (music: Reiman/trad., lyrics: S. Kaasinen/trad., arr.: S. Kaasinen, Lappalainen, Reiman) – 2:45
- "Pihi neito" / "Stingy Girl" (music: trad., lyrics: S. Kaasinen, arr.: Lappalainen, Nyman, Reiman) – 2:41
- "Mika miulla mielessa" / "What's on my mind?" (music: trad., lyrics: S. Kaasinen, arr.: S. Kaasinen, Lappalainen, Nyman, Reiman) – 3:38
- "Kiirama" (music: Reiman, arr.: Heiskanen, Lappalainen, Nyman, Potinoja, Reiman) – 3:36
- "Hyvä tyttönä hypätä" / "Good to Stay a Single Girl" (music: trad., lyrics: S. Kaasinen, arr.: Heiskanen, S. Kaasinen, Lappalainen, Nyman, Potinoja, Reiman) – 3:45
- "Fanfaari" / "Fanfare" (music: trad., lyrics & arr.: S. Kaasinen) – 2:16
- "Paukkuvat pasuunat" / "Thundering Trumpets" (music: trad., lyrics: S. Kaasinen, arr.: S. Kaasinen, Lappalainen, Nyman, Reiman) – 4:02
Personnel
=Värttinä=
- Mari Kaasinen - vocals
- Sari Kaasinen - vocals
- Kirsi Kähkönen - vocals
- Sirpa Reiman - vocals
- Reijo Heiskanen - guitar, bouzouki (track 7), percussion (1,3)
- Janne Lappalainen - bouzouki, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, kaval, tin whistle
- Tom Nyman - string bass, keyboard (3, 14), domra
- Riitta Potinoja - 5-row accordion, keyboard (11)
- Kari Reiman - fiddle, kantele, tenor banjo
=Guests=
- Janne Haavisto - percussion (8)
- Anu Laakkonen - trumpet
- Tom Nekljudow - percussion
Singles
=Kylä Vuotti Uutta Kuuta, Seelinnikoi=
A single containing "Kylä Vuotti Uutta Kuuta" and "Seelinnikoi" from this album was released in 1992 in Finland by Polygram.
=Pihi Neito, Matalii ja Mustii=
In 1993, a second single from this album, containing "Pihi Neito" and "Matalii ja Mustii", was released by PolyGram in Finland.
External links
- [http://www.varttina.com/recordings/seleniko/ Värttinä's page on album, with lyrics and samples]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051105151055/http://www.noside.com/catalog/CatalogAlbum_01.asp?Action=GetOne&Album_ID=99 NorthSide page on album]
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