''II'' is the second studio album from the Finnish group

Kingston Wall Kingston Wall was a psychedelic/ progressive rock group from Helsinki, Finland, originally formed in 1987. Influenced by such artists as Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, the group combined eastern themes, mysticism and vivid psy ...

. This album was originally released under the band's own record label, Trinity, in February 1993. It was also licensed and released in Japan by Japanese Zero record label. Both of these prints have been sold-out in the 1990s and are considered somewhat collector's items. The Japanese print included English

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in the jewel case insert booklet as well as Japanese translations of the lyrics. In 1998, Finnish record label Zen Garden (later SonyBMG Finland) re-released the whole Kingston Wall discography as remastered versions along with a 2-disc limited print-version of each album which included a Bonus CD featuring rare/unreleased studio and live material. These 2-disc versions have also been sold-out and are considered collectibles. The album is still available as a remastered 1-disc version from Zen Garden (2006).

Track listing

#"We Cannot Move" – 4:39 (

) #"Istwan" – 4:02 (

) #"Could It Be So?" – 5:52 (

) #"And It's All Happening" – 6:07 (

) #"Love Tonight" – 6:40 (

) #"Two Of a Kind" – 6:23 (

) #" I Feel Love" – 6:39 (

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) #"Shine On Me" – 7:05 (

) #"You" – 10:11 (

) #"Palékastro" – 4:54 (

)

1998 re-issue limited edition bonus CD

#"Between The Trees" – 3:36 (

) #"She's so Fine" – 3:34 ( N. Redding) #"Can't Get Thru" (live) – 11:15 ( S. Kuoppamäki / P. Walli /

) Tracks 1 & 2 have been originally released on the "We Cannot Move" single.
Track 3 is a live recording from Henry's Pub on Kuopio on September 30, 1993 by Robert Palomäki.

Personnel

Petri Walli Petri Ilari Walli (February 25, 1969 – June 28, 1995) was the founder, vocalist, guitar-player, songwriter and producer of the Finnish psychedelic rock-band Kingston Wall. Petri was born in Finland, his brother is Aki Walli. He also have ha ...

- guitars, vocals, mixing *

Jukka Jylli Jukka Kalevi Jylli is a Finnish bass-player who played in the psychedelic/progressive rock group Kingston Wall Kingston Wall was a psychedelic/progressive rock group from Helsinki, Finland, originally formed in 1987. Influenced by such artist ...

- bass, backing vocals *

Sami Kuoppamäki Sami Kuoppamäki (born 1971) is a Finnish drummer who has been a very prolific jazz and popular music session musician after the break-up of his early-90s band, Kingston Wall. He played on the Von Hertzen Brothers album ''Approach'' in 2006 bef ...

- drums, percussion *

Sakari Kukko Sakari Kukko, (full Name: Jyrki Sakari Kukko, born 8 July 1953, Kajaani, Finland) is a Finnish musician. Career Kukko started his career in the early 1960s as a singer participating in several singing contests and performing in radio stations, ...

- saxophone ("Shine On Me") *

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- violins ("Istwan") *Tom Vuori - mixing *Pauli Saastamoinen, Robert Palomäki - remastering (1998 reissue) *Eppu Walli and Kie Von Hertzen - cover design, illustrations *Petteri Vilkki - technical support, colors *Joni Vihervä - photography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:II (Kingston Wall album) 1993 albums Kingston Wall albums