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. It was first released by Catskills Records in January 2010. A special edition of the album was released in April 2011 with a box set designed by Kustaa Saksi including five new bonus tracks and a DVD of live footage and music videos. Three songs were mixed in Sweden with Niklas Flyckt, whose previous work include

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’ song Toxic. The music video for the single ''They are Coming'' directed by

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won a Muuvi Award in 2009 by

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, and director Antony Bentley received an honorary mention for the music video of ''Fast Lane'' at

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in 2011.

Inspiration and recording

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, an unsolved murder site in the early sixties in Finland. The band wandered in the fields in the night and during the day recorded the tracks with Reeta-Leena singing lying down on an old iron bed in a cottage of a hippie friend of theirs. Featuring Jari Salo, one half of the duo

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and a long-time friend of Marko's, the album was met with positive reviews in the media, such as ''

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'' giving it four out of five stars and comparing the sound to "the kind of adult pop that

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were promising us with their first album", or ''

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'' naming the album CD of the week and rating it four stars.

Track listing

# "First Call" – 0:57 # "Sound of Love" – 4:14 # "Fast Lane" – 4:43 # "Wolf Trap Motel" – 6:03 # "Man of Stone" – 5:04 # "When Time Was On Their Side" – 3:58 # "Grey Pastures, Still Waters" – 3:47 # "We Shall Burn Bright" – 5:03 # "They Are Coming" – 4:38 # "Beautiful My Monster" – 4:18

Special Edition

# "First Call" # "Sound of Love" # "Fast Lane" # "Wolf Trap Motel" # "Man of Stone" # "When Time Was On Their Side" # "Grey Pastures, Still Waters" # "We Shall Burn Bright" # "They Are Coming" # "Beautiful My Monster" # "Hurricane (Don’t Come Knocking) – Lake Bodom Recordings" # "City Lights – Lake Bodom Recordings" # "Sound of Love– Lake Bodom Recordings" # "Man of Stone – Lake Bodom Recordings" # "Snowfall" # "First Call (Instrumental)" # "Sound of Love (Instrumental)" # "Fast Lane (Instrumental)" # "Wolf Trap Motel (Instrumental)" # "Man of Stone (Instrumental)" # "When Time Was On Their Side (Instrumental)" # "Grey Pastures, Still Waters (Instrumental)" # "We Shall Burn Bright (Instrumental)" # "They Are Coming (Instrumental)" # "Beautiful My Monster (Instrumental)" # "City Lights – (Live in Hotel Arthur)" # "When Time Was On Their Side (Live in Hotel Arthur)" # "We Shall Burn Bright (Live in Hotel Arthur)" # "Beautiful My Monster (Live in Hotel Arthur)" # "Sound of Love (Live at the Wilmington Arms)" # "Fast Lane usic Video # "They Are Coming usic Video # "Sound of Love usic Video

Singles

* "They Are Coming" (2010) * "Sound Of Love" (2010) * "We Shall Burn Bright" (2010) * "Fast Lane" (2011)

References

External links

Husky Rescue Official Site

Husky Rescue Official SoundCloud profile

Husky Rescue Official Facebook profile
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