Akun tehdas explained

Italic Title:no
Type:studio
Cover:Akun tehdas.jpg
Genre:New wave
Prev Year:1979
Next Year:1980

is the third studio album by Finnish rock band . It was released on 19 February 1980. On the album, the band switched from their punk rock style, seen in previous albums, to new wave. was not 's bassist on the album, but he still wrote lyrics for it. was the first album to include on bass.

The name in refers to the band's drummer, and the title was inspired by the 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) album Cosmo's Factory, which in turn was named after CCR's drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford and the warehouse where CCR used to play, "The Factory". The album's cover is also similar to the cover of Cosmo's Factory. The band's 1983 album was also named after a CCR album, Willy and the Poor Boys.

has sold over 56,909 copies, and it went gold in 1980 and platinum in 1997.

"" is also the name of 's versatile audiovisual facility located in, and 's Factory Ltd is a company founded by in 2008.

Track listing

  1. ""
  2. "" ('My sunglasses')
  3. "" ('The Finland syndrome')
  4. "" ('I finish my cigarette')
  5. "" ('My clean suburbia')
  6. "" ('Aku's factory')
  7. "" ('Our clean waters')
  8. "" ('Old boy')
  9. "Bob Dylan"
  10. "" ('The goodbyes to rock'n'roll')
  11. "" ('The last funk')