Roadrunner (Hurriganes album)

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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 in years 1974-1985 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.

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" (Slay, crewe)	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	Weeks	Starting date
Finland	1.	64	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

See also

• List of best-selling albums in Finland

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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• 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.