Toiseen maailmaan

Funny how all of their Finnish album were so astronomically themed (Tähtikaaren taa, Toiseen maailmaan & Maa).

#1 Intro

#2 Toiseen maailmaan 9

Not bad, though the chorus is a bit of a let-down. I always expect something aggressive in minors, like in Sator's Senga (Uzbekistan from World Song Festival 2002, so no wonder if it doesn't ring a bell), but it's dreamy in majors instead.

#3 Nti Groove 10

Oh Miss Moo, how we love you. One of the best Finnish wrong-hearing songs there is. Why haven't I put this onto any of the famous Dance Cow compilations?

#4 Ensisuudelma 8½

Now that I've got some more perspective, this album seems more of a logical follow-up to the first one than it used to. This is one of those Alex tracks with inserted foreign words, French this time.

#5 Opettelen salaa 8

One thing that's definitely changed from the first album are the arrangements that now sound less plastic. There's also less power.

#6 Keltainen 9

The first sound is so attached to our evergreenish assembly back in high school. But which one was it? The one with Haluan vessaan!, Ö-Mappi and Ugly Girl? Probably the other one, with Kypso and... and what? Something from Savage Garden? I so don't remember.

#7 Jos tahdot aikaa 7

"Jos tahdot aikaa, jos tahdot matkaa", then you probably need one of them, speed and the formula speed = distance/time. Musically quite hollow, reminiscent of their old silly plastic creations but worse.

#8 Teimme tarinaa 7½

These unintelligible titles (to say nothing about the other parts of the lyrics...) were really an Aikakone trademark.

#9 Kristallipallo 6½

I guess I must've only listened to this post-Keltainen part of the album only maybe once or twice because I have next to no memories of these tracks... that are getting weaker and weaker...

#10 Aarresaari 9

Then a quick rescue with classic style.

#11 Maapallon tie 5½

Going down.

#12 Kuutamotanssi 7

This with a dance remix could be pretty good but the way it is now, it's quite sleep-inducing.