L'amourha is the third album of Sielun Veljet

Sielun Veljet

Sielun Veljet was a Finnish rock band of the 1980s. They were formed soon after the disbanding of Hassisen Kone by its former frontman Ismo Alanko. Sielun Veljet never achieved the fame or the record sales figures of Hassisen Kone, but they became famous for their powerful stage presence and...

. It was their breakthrough album, gaining much of its success from the hit single "Peltirumpu". It is the only Sielun Veljet album to come close to the sales figures of Ismo Alanko

Ismo Alanko

Ismo Kullervo Alanko is a Finnish musician. He is known as the frontman of several bands, most famously Hassisen Kone, Sielun Veljet and Ismo Alanko Säätiö, as well as a successful solo artist....

's previous group, Hassisen Kone

Hassisen Kone

Hassisen Kone was a Finnish rock band, founded in 1979 in Joensuu. The young musicians rose to popularity in 1980 after winning the Finnish rock championship in the New Wave category. They recorded three highly successful albums before disbanding in 1982...

, and remains one of Alanko's most popular works. The album was named the fourth greatest Finnish rock album by Soundi magazine in 2005.

"Peltirumpu" has been covered by Maija Vilkkumaa

Maija Vilkkumaa

Maija Johanna Vilkkumaa a Finnish pop rock singer-songwriter. Beginning her musical hobbies playing piano at an age before school, Vilkkumaa studied in high school where she and her friends set up the band Tarharyhmä in 1990, which broke up in 1995...

 (on the 2000 re-release of Pitkä ihana leikki

Pitkä ihana leikki

Pitkä ihana leikki is the debut album by Finnish pop rock singer-songwriter Maija Vilkkumaa, released by Warner Music in Finland in August 23, 1999...

) and SubUrban Tribe

Suburban Tribe (band)

Suburban Tribe was a rock band from Finland. The band is notable for containing the members of two of Finland's greatest thrash metal bands, Stone and Airdash. Bassist Janne Joutsenniemi played in the band Stone and guitarist Roope Siren played in Airdash. In the beginning, the bands name was...

 (on Säkenöivää voimaa - tribuutti Sielun Veljille, 2002).

The name of the album is a portmanteau

Portmanteau word

A portmanteau or portmanteau word is a blend of two words or morphemes into one new word. A portmanteau word typically combines both sounds and meanings, as in smog, coined by blending smoke and fog. More generally, it may refer to any term or phrase that combines two or more meanings...

 of the French word "l'amour" (love) and the Finnish word "murha" (murder). The band began later using the name L'amourder as their alias in English language projects.

Track listing

1. "Peltirumpu" (Alanko) -- 3:49
2. "L'Amour" (Alanko, Orma) -- 3:59
3. "Tiskirätti" (Alanko, Orma) -- 3:57
4. "Ikävä" (Alanko, Orma) -- 2:53
5. "Talvi" (Alanko) -- 5:21
6. "Toiset on luotuja kulkemaan" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
   Alan Jay Lerner
   Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre for both the stage and on film...
   
   ) -- 4:38
7. "Kanoottilaulu" (traditional) -- 3:15
8. "On mulla unelma" (Alanko) -- 4:14
9. "Josef, Josef" (Sammy Cahn
   Sammy Cahn
   Sammy Cahn was an American lyricist, songwriter and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premiered by recording companies in the Greater Los Angeles Area...
   
   , Nellie Casman, Saul Chaplin
   Saul Chaplin
   Saul Chaplin was an American composer and musical director.He was born Saul Kaplan in Brooklyn, New York.He had worked on stage, screen and television since the days of Tin Pan Alley...
   
   , Samuel Steinberg) -- 3:13
10. "Satujen julma taikayö" (Alanko) -- 4:51
11. "Rakkaus raatelee" (Alanko) -- 4:39
12. "Laulu" (Alanko) -- 4:12

• "Toiset on luotuja kulkemaan", originally titled "Wand'rin' Star
  Wand'rin' Star
  "Wand'rin' Star" was a UK number one single for Lee Marvin for three weeks in March 1970.It was originally written by Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Loewe for the stage musical Paint Your Wagon in 1951. When the film of the musical was made in 1969, Lee Marvin took the role of prospector Ben Rumson...
  
  ", has Finnish lyrics by Juha Vainio
  Juha Vainio
  Juha Harri "Junnu" Vainio, also known as Juha "Watt" Vainio was a Finnish lyricist, singer, composer and teacher. With the lyrics or music to over 2,400 songs to his name, Vainio is as one of Finland's most prolific lyricists along with Reino Helismaa and Vexi Salmi...
  
  .
• "Josef, Josef", originally titled "Joseph, Joseph", has Finnish lyrics by Kauko Käyhkö.

Personnel

• Ismo Alanko
  Ismo Alanko
  Ismo Kullervo Alanko is a Finnish musician. He is known as the frontman of several bands, most famously Hassisen Kone, Sielun Veljet and Ismo Alanko Säätiö, as well as a successful solo artist....
  
   -- vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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  , bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Jukka Orma—guitar, vocals
• Jouko Hohko—bass, guitar, vocals
• Alf Forsman -- drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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