Irti Explained

Irti
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ismo Alanko
Cover:	Irti_cover.jpg
Released:	1996
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	49:13
Label:	Poko
Producer:	Riku Mattila
Prev Title:	Taiteilijaelämää
Prev Year:	1995

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.^[1] The result is an improvisation-based, more freely-played album than the preceding Taiteilijaelämää.^[2]

Track listing

Music and lyrics by Ismo Alanko.^[3]

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

• Ismo Alanko -- vocals, guitar, cello
• Jouko Hohko -- bass, vocals
• Ismo "Ippe" Kätkä -- drums, percussion
• Riku Mattila—guitar
• Teho Majamäki -- marimba, vibraphone, keyboards, percussion
• Ismo "Izmo" Heikkilä -- synthesizer

Notes and References

1. Web site: SELVIS 3/2003: Ismo Alanko . Elvisry.fi . 2012-05-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120211074630/http://www.elvisry.fi/032003/alanko.html . 2012-02-11 .
2. Web site: Pomus - Pomus.net - Ismo Alanko . https://web.archive.org/web/20080511211130/http://pomus.net/001786 . usurped . May 11, 2008 . Pomus.net . 2012-05-20.
3. Web site: Ismo Alanko - Irti (CD, album) at Discogs . Discogs.com . 1996-04-29 . 2012-05-20.