Tales Along This Road

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Tales Along This Road
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Studio album by
Released21 April 2006 (2006-04-21)
RecordedNovember–December 2005
Genre Folk metal
Length42:29
Language English, Finnish
Label Napalm
Producer Samu Oittinen, Jonne Järvelä
Korpiklaani chronology
Voice of Wilderness
(2005)
Tales Along This Road
(2006)
Tervaskanto
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Tales Along This Road is the third studio album by the Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani. It was released on 21 April 2006 by Napalm Records.

Contents

Track listing

All music composed by Jonne Järvelä. All lyrics written by Jonne Järvelä, except tracks 2, 4, 7 & 9 lyrics by Virva Holtiton, track 3 lyrics by Jarkko Aaltonen and track 8 lyrics by Jonne Järvelä, Virva Holtiton & Jarkko Aaltonen.

No.TitleLength
1."Happy Little Boozer"3:35
2."Väkirauta" (Strong Sword)3:44
3."Midsummer Night"3:27
4."Tuli kokko" (The Eagle Came)5:25
5."Spring Dance"3:05
6."Under the Sun"4:12
7."Korpiklaani" (Forest Clan)4:39
8."Rise"5:20
9."Kirki" (Lust)4:23
10."Hide Your Richess"4:39
11."Free Like an Eagle" (limited edition bonus track)3:26
Total length:45:55

Personnel

Guest musicians

Production

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References

  1. "Allmusic review".