''Auri'' is the debut album by the Finnish/English

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band of the same name. It was released on March 23, 2018 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Track listing

Personnel

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Johanna Kurkela Johanna Kurkela (born 25 April 1985) is a Finnish singer. Her first published work was a duet ''Tahdon tanssia kanssasi'' with Tomi Metsäketo in 2004. Kurkela released her first album ''Hetki hiljaa'' in 2005. She got a lot of publicity in the ...

– lead and backing vocals, strings, engineering *

Troy Donockley Troy Donockley (born 30 May 1964) is an English composer and multi-instrumentalist most known for his playing of Uilleann pipes. Having performed with many artists as a session player, he is most notable as a member of Finnish symphonic metal ba ...

–

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, flutes, guitars, bodhrán, keyboards, lead and backing vocals, engineering *

Tuomas Holopainen Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen (born 25 December 1976) is a Finnish songwriter, record producer and musician, best known as one of the founders and the leader, keyboardist and songwriter of symphonic metal band Nightwish. He has stated that hi ...

– piano, backing vocals, engineering Additional musicians * Jyrki Tulilahti – vocals * Frank Van Essen –

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, violin, drums, percussion * Phil Barker – bass * Jonas Pap – cello * Michael Gill – fiddle * Lord Paddington – mandolin * Joomba – equestrian atmospheres Production * Tero Kinnunen – engineering * Tim Oliver – mixing * Denis Blackman – mastering

Reception

The '' Sonic Seducer'' magazine called the album "a blend of ethereous ethno pop, celtic folk, symphonic orchestration, melodic acoustics and a deeply impressive atmospheric frame", and noted how singer Johanna Kurkela's voice complemented the overall album. ''Auri'' reached number 1 in the Finnish albums chart and entered the top 30 in the charts of Switzerland and Germany.

Charts

References

2018 debut albums Auri (band) albums Nuclear Blast albums {{2010s-folk-album-stub