''Out of Bounds'' is the sixth album of

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a cappella ensemble

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, released in 2006. Like their 2001 album ''

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'', this album is almost entirely in English, and was originally intended to be export only in order to reach out to foreign listeners.CD description at official website
/ref> The CD contains two re-releases, four new versions of previously recorded songs (including a collaboration with The Real Group), English versions of three Kevät songs and three new tracks.

Tracks

Title ''(Composer / Lyricist)'' *1. Dobbin's Flowery Vale (2006 Version) ''(Irish folk melody, arr. Matti Kallio)'' *2. Un-Wishing Well (2006 version) ''(Heikki Sarmanto / Kim Rich / arr.

Jussi Chydenius Jussi Chydenius (born 30 December 1972) is a Finnish musician and composer. He is best known for singing bass in the vocal ensemble Rajaton. He is the son of composer Kaj Chydenius and director Kaisa Korhonen. His brother is music producer Ka ...

)'' *3. ''Butterfly'' (

Mia Makaroff Mia Kristina Makaroff (born 12 April 1970) is a Finnish composer, best known for her work for the Finnish a cappella ensemble Rajaton. References

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) *4. We Walk in a Fog (2006 version, featuring

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) ''(Jussi Chydenius /

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, English translation by

Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (born 1963) is a Finnish composer of classical music, and a professional translator. Early life Mäntyjärvi was born in Turku. He studied musicology, English philology and linguistics at the University of Helsinki, graduating ...

)'' *5. Vanishing Act ''(

Soila Sariola Rajaton is a Finnish a cappella ensemble, founded in Helsinki in 1997. The Finnish word ''rajaton'' means "boundless", to indicate the breadth of their repertoire, from sacred classical to near Europop. Rajaton performs primarily in Finland but ...

Stephen Hatfield Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; h ...

/ arr. Soila Sariola, Jyri Sariola, and Leri Leskinen)'' *6. The Wild Song ''(

Michael McGlynn Michael McGlynn (born 11 May 1964) is an Irish composer, producer, director, and founder of the vocal ensemble Anúna. Career McGlynn was born in Dublin and attended Coláiste na Rinne and Blackrock College. He was a student of Music and Eng ...

)'' *7. I Was Brought To My Senses ''(

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, arr.

Hannu Lepola Rajaton is a Finnish a cappella ensemble, founded in Helsinki in 1997. The Finnish word ''rajaton'' means "boundless", to indicate the breadth of their repertoire, from sacred classical to near Europop. Rajaton performs primarily in Finland but ...

)'' *8. Lady Madonna ''(

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, arr. Jussi Chydenius)'' *9. Salty Water ''(Markku Reinikainen / Stephen Hatfield / arr. Soila Sariola and Leri Leskinen)'' *10. Snow ''(

Teemu Brunila Teemu William Brunila (born 24 November 1976, in Turku) is a Finnish singer, songwriter, musician and producer. Brunila became known as the lead vocalist and songwriter for the pop group The Crash. During their career, the band released four stud ...

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/ arr. Jussi Chydenius and Leri Leskinen)'' *11. How Little ''(Mia Makaroff)'' *12. Mitä kaikatat, kivonen? (2006 version) ''(Mia Makaroff / trad.)''

Notes

*The original versions of "Dobbin's Flowery Vale", and "Un-Wishing Well" appeared in ''Boundless''. *"Butterfly" and "Lady Madonna" remain the same as in ''Boundless''. *"We Walk in a Fog" was first released in Finnish in ''Nova'', then in English in ''Boundless''. *"Vanishing Act" and "Salty Water" are Finnish to English

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s of the original tracks "Kivinen Tie" and "Venelaulu", based on their vowel sounds.
"Snow" is a more direct translation of the original track "Lunta". All three originally appeared in ''

Kevät Kevät is an album by Finnish a cappella ensemble Rajaton, released in 2005. The word ''kevät'' means "spring" in Finnish. This Finnish pop album is decidedly different from the previous, more traditional albums. In each of the songs, one mem ...

''. *"Mitä kaikatat, kivonen?" first appeared in ''Nova''.

Reference list

External links

Official Rajaton website

Rajaton - Out of Bounds
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