Roadrunner (Hurriganes album) - Composition

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Roadrunner is an album released by the Finnish rock band Hurriganes in 1974. It is considered one of the most influential albums in Finnish rock music history. It was the best-selling Finnish album from 1974 to 1985 and has sold over 170,000 copies in Finland. The album was recorded in Stockholm, Sweden at Marcus Music studios. The album cover features the band members sitting on a backseat of a Cadillac in Ruskeasuo, Helsinki. The cover has been chosen many times as the best album cover in Finland.

Roadrunner

Studio album by

Hurriganes

Released

November 1974

Recorded

September 1974, Marcus Music -studios, Stockholm, Sweden

Genre

Rock and roll
Rhythm and blues
Blues rock

Label

Love Records (FIN)

Producer

Richard Stanley

Hurriganes chronology

Rock and Roll All Night Long
(1973)

Roadrunner
(1974)

Crazy Days
(1975)

Singles from Roadrunner

""Get On" / "Mister X"
Released: December 1974
"I Will Stay" / "Roadrunner"
Released: Spring 1975
"Tallahassee Lassie" / "It Ain’t What You Do"
Released: August 1975

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Hurriganes, except where noted.

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"It Ain't What You Do"	2:57
2.	"Hey Groupie"	2:31
3.	"Tallahassee Lassie" (Bob Crewe, Frank Slay, Frederick Picariello)	2:17
4.	"The Phone Rang" (Mister X)	1:37
5.	"I Will Stay" (Lundgren)	2:40
6.	"Get On"	3:43

Side B
No.	Title	Length
7.	"In the Nude" (Garland)	2:35
8.	"Mister X" (Mister X, Hurriganes)	4:01
9.	"Slippin' and Slidin'" (Little Richard)	2:37
10.	"Oowee-Oohla"	2:29
11.	"Roadrunner" (Bo Diddley)	4:16

Chart positions

Country	Peak position	Starting date
Finland	1	December 1974

Personnel

Remu Aaltonen – Lead vocals, drums
Albert Järvinen – Guitar
Cisse Häkkinen – Bass guitar, Backing vocals, Lead vocals in tracks 4, 5. Acoustic guitar in the song "I will stay"
Richard Stanley (”Mister X”) – vocals in ”Mister X”, producer
Leif Måses – Recorder

References

Aaltonen, Honey (2011). Cisse Häkkinen. Johnny Kniga. ISBN 978-951-0-38138-0.
Aaltonen, Honey; Kontianen, Vesa & Starck, Kjell (2007). Hurriganes. Loisto. ISBN 978-952-459-765-4.
Fagerholm John; Riihimaa Jaakko (2011). Albert Järvinen. Johnny Kniga. ISBN 978-951-0-35182-6.
Hurriganes collection site
Rantanen, Miska (2005). Love Records 1966-1979. Schildts Kustannus Oy. ISBN 951-50-1528-6.

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Roadrunner — альбом, выпущенный финской рок-группой Hurriganes в 1974 году.

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