Miero

Miero
Studio album by Värttinä
Released	January 30, 2006
Recorded	August 2005
Studio	Finnvox and Hitsville Studios, Helsinki
Genre	Finnish folk music
Length	47:48
Label	Real World Records
Producer	Aija Puurtinen
Värttinä chronology
Snow Angel (2005) Miero (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
BBC	(extremely favourable)
The Guardian	(favourable)
Daily Telegraph	(favourable)

Miero ("Outcast") is Värttinä's 13th album (10th studio album).

Track listing

1. "Riena / Anathema" (music: Antto Varilo, lyrics: Maari Kaasinen, Johanna Virtanen) – 3:30
2. "Valhe / The Lie" (music: Lassi Logrén, lyrics: Susan Aho) – 4:47
3. "Mataleena" (music: Janne Lappalainen, lyrics: Kaasinen, traditional) – 3:54
4. "Synti / The Sin" (music: Varilo, lyrics: Kaasinen, trad) – 4:04
5. "Maaria" (music: Aho, lyrics: Timo Kiiskinen) – 4:49
6. "Miero / The Outcast" (music: Markku Lepistö, lyrics: Kaasinen, Lepistö, Logrén, trad) – 4:46
7. "Mierontie / Path of the Outcast" (music: Varilo, lyrics: Kaasinen, Aho) – 2:48
8. "Mustat kengät / Black Shoes" (music: Virtanen, lyrics: Kiiskinen) – 3:54
9. "Lupaus / The Promise" (music: Lappalainen, lyrics: Kaasinen, trad) – 5:39
10. "Lumotar / The Enchantress" (music: Virtanen, Logrén, lyrics: Kaasinen) – 2:23
11. "9 lukkoa / 9 Locks" (music: Varilo) – 2:46
12. "Eerama" (music: Aho, Kaasinen, Virtanen, lyrics: Kaasinen, Virtanen) – 1:59
13. "Vaiten valvoin / I Lay Awake" (music: Virtanen, lyrics: Virtanen) – 4:29

Personnel

• Susan Aho – vocals
• Mari Kaasinen – vocals
• Johanna Virtanen – vocals
• Janne Lappalainen – bouzouki, soprano saxophone, kaval, low whistle
• Markku Lepistö – 2- and 5-row accordions, 10-string kantele
• Lassi Logrén – fiddles, jouhikko, nyckelharpa, harmonium, vocal
• Jaska Lukkarinen – drums, percussion, voices
• Hannu Rantanen – double bass
• Antto Varilo – acoustic guitars, electric guitar, guitalele, fodo guitar, saz

External links

• Värttinä page with lyrics, English translations, sample mp3s and links to reviews