Harsoinen teräs

Harsoinen teräs
Studio album by Hassisen Kone
Released	March 1982
Recorded	January 1982
Genre	New wave, post-punk, progressive rock, art rock
Length	38:36
Label	Poko Records
Producer	Hassisen Kone
Hassisen Kone chronology
Rumat sävelet (1981) Harsoinen teräs (1982)

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Soundi	[1]

Harsoinen teräs is the third and final album of Hassisen Kone, released in 1982. Musically, the album has a progressive twist to it. The songs are more complicated than on the group's two previous albums, and the band's lineup was expanded to seven people for this album, featuring a new guitarist Jukka Orma (who later continued with Ismo Alanko in Sielun Veljet), saxophonist Antti Seppo, keyboardist Safka Pekkonen and percussionist Hannu Porkka.

Track listing

All songs by Alanko.[2]

1. "Harsoinen teräs"—4:40
2. "Kupla kimaltaa"—3:30
3. "Levottomat jalat"—3:04
4. "Totuus"—5:35
5. "Eksyneet lampaat"—2:37
6. "Julkinen eläin"—3:50
7. "Kuollut eläköön"—4:44
8. "Olen toki, vain sen tiedän"—4:15
9. "Pelko"—6:21

English edition

The track list of an English language edition (which has only vocal tracks redubbed) is slightly different, replacing some tracks with songs from previous releases.

1. High Tension Wire (Harsoinen teräs) —04:51
2. Gold Bricks (Muoviruusuja omenapuissa) —04:00
3. Bubbles in the Stream (Kupla kimaltaa) —03:42
4. Truth (Totuus) —05:33
5. Blood Runs Slow (Hiljaa virtaa veri) —05:19
6. Walking Fever (Levottomat jalat) —03:05
7. Beast in the Window (Julkinen eläin) —03:52
8. Panic (Pelko) —06:57

Personnel

• Ismo Alanko -- vocals
• Jukka Orma -- guitar
• Jussi Kinnunen -- bass, backing vocals
• Safka Pekkonen -- organ, electric piano, piano, backing vocals
• Hannu Porkka -- xylophone, percussion
• Antti Seppo -- saxophone
• Harri Kinnunen -- drums

References

1. Soundi review
2. Harsoinen teräs Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine on aanitearkisto,fi database - Retrieved on March 6, 2008