Length 47:01 Release date 12 February 2007 | ||
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Recorded October - December 2006 Lovers(2007) Love In A Million Shades(2009) Label Sony BMG Music Entertainment Producers Lasse Kurki, Rauli Eskolin Hanna Pakarinen albums Stronger, Love in a Million Shades, When I Become Me, Paperimiehen Tytär, Olipa kerran elämä |
Lovers is the third studio album by Finnish singer Hanna Pakarinen, released in Finland by RCA on February 14, 2007. It was preceded by the lead single "Go Go" and also includes the singles "Leave Me Alone" and "Hard Luck Woman". "Leave Me Alone" served as Pakarinen's entry song in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest finals, in which she placed 17th. Following Eurovision, the album was released throughout the rest of Europe on May 23, 2007, becoming Pakarinen's first album to receive a launch outside Finland.
Contents
The album peaked at number three on the Finnish albums chart, lower than her previous two albums. However, it spent over twice as long on the chart as her second album Lovers and after selling 15,000 copies across Finland, received gold certification.
Commercial performance
Lovers debuted at number three in its first week of release, a position it held for a second consecutive week. It spent fifteen weeks on the Finnish albums chart and was accredited gold, with sales to date of 16,163. At its release, the album was Pakarinen's greatest critical success, with this being attributed to several factors, those most notable being Pakarinen's move into a much rockier image, her highly praised appearance in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, and her emergence as a songwriter, co-writing six of the eleven tracks on the album.
Singles
Track listing
- "It Ain't Me" (Magnusson/Rämström/Vuorinen) - 3:35
- "Go Go" (Lofts/Wermerling) - 3:03
- "Leave Me Alone" (Vuorinen/Huttunen/Pakarinen) - 3:34
- "Tell Me What To Do" (Kurki/Pakarinen) - 3:53
- "You Don't Even Know My Name" (Laine/Vuorinen) - 3:43
- "Heart Beating Steady" (Kurki/Pakarinen) - 3:24
- "Tears You Cry" (Korkeamäki/Kettunen) - 3:05
- "Free" (Kurki/Pakarinen) - 3:33
- "It Ain't Gonna Happen" (Korkeamäki/Pakarinen/Kettunen) - 3:09
- "Lovers" (Laiho/Kurki/Pakarinen) - 3:48
- "Hard Luck Woman" (Rake) - 4:18
- "Stronger Without You" [European bonus track] (Landin/Larsson/Junior) - 3:27
- "Love Is Like A Song" [European bonus track] (Elofson/Kolehmainen/Lipp) - 4:02
Songs
1It Ain't Me3:35
2Go Go3:04
3Leave Me Alone3:34