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{{Infobox album
| name       = Seleniko
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Värttinä]]
| cover      = Varttina - Seleniko.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1992
| recorded   = 1992
| venue      =
| studio     = Finnvox-Studio, [[Helsinki]]
| genre      = [[Finnish people|Finnish]] [[folk music]]
| length     = 47:22
| label      = [[Polygram|Polygram Finland]], Spirit, Music & Words, [[Xenophile Records|Xenophile]], [[NorthSide]]
| producer   = [[Hijaz Mustapha]]
| prev_title = [[Oi Dai]]
| prev_year  = 1991
| next_title = [[Aitara]]
| next_year  = 1994
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      =''Green Man Review''
| rev1Score = favorable [http://www.greenmanreview.com/seleniko.html Late 1999]|}}
'''''Seleniko''''' is the fourth album by Finnish [[folk music|folk]] group [[Värttinä]], and second after they re-formed in 1990, released in [[Finland]] by Spirit and [[Polygram|Polygram Finland]] in 1992. It immediately reached the top of the European World Music radio charts, and remained there for 3 months. In 1993, it was released by Music & Words in [[Benelux]] and [[Xenophile Records]] in the [[United States]]. [[NorthSide]] re-released the album in 1998 in the [[United States]].
The song "Matalii ja mustii" was featured on the episode "Binky Rules/Meet Binky" of the children's show ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'' in the [[United States]], and also appears on the [[Arthur TV soundtracks|first ''Arthur'' soundtrack]].
==Track listing==
#"Seelinnikoi" (music: tradition, lyrics: [[Sari Kaasinen]], arrangement: Janne Lappalainen, Tom Nyman, Riitta Potnoja, Kari Reiman) – 3:40
#"Lemmennosto" / "Awakening of Love" (music & lyrics: S. Kaasinen, arr.: Nyman, Reiman, Tommi Viksten) – 2:53
#"Kylä vuotti uutta kuuta" / "The Village Awaits the New Moon" (music & lyrics: trad., arr.: S. Kassinen, Lappalainen, Nyman, Reiman) – 5:08
#"Sulhassii" / "Bride Grooms" (music: trad., lyrics & arr.: S. Kaasinen) – 2:55
#"Matalii ja mustii" / "Sad and Mournful" or "Short and Black" (music & lyrics: trad. arr.: Nyman, Reiman, Viksten) – 2:57
#"Hoptsoi" (music: Reiman, arr.: Reijo Heiskanen, Laapaleinen, Nyman, Reiman) – 3:21
#"Suuret ja soriat" / "Tall and Handsome" (music: Reiman, lyrics: Reiman/trad., arr.: Nyman, Reiman) – 3:42
#"Leppiäinen" / "Gentle as Alder" (music: Reiman/trad., lyrics: S. Kaasinen/trad., arr.: S. Kaasinen, Lappalainen, Reiman) – 2:45
#"Pihi neito" / "Stingy Girl" (music: trad., lyrics: S. Kaasinen, arr.: Lappalainen, Nyman, Reiman) – 2:41
#"Mika miulla mielessa" / "What's on my mind?" (music: trad., lyrics: S. Kaasinen, arr.: S. Kaasinen, Lappalainen, Nyman, Reiman) – 3:38
#"Kiirama" (music: Reiman, arr.: Heiskanen, Lappalainen, Nyman, Potinoja, Reiman) – 3:36
#"Hyvä tyttönä hypätä" / "Good to Stay a Single Girl" (music: trad., lyrics: S. Kaasinen, arr.: Heiskanen, S. Kaasinen, Lappalainen, Nyman, Potinoja, Reiman) – 3:45
#"Fanfaari" / "Fanfare" (music: trad., lyrics & arr.: S. Kaasinen) – 2:16
#"Paukkuvat pasuunat" / "Thundering Trumpets" (music: trad., lyrics: S. Kaasinen, arr.: S. Kaasinen, Lappalainen, Nyman, Reiman)  – 4:02
==Personnel==
===Värttinä===
*Mari Kaasinen - [[vocals]]
*[[Sari Kaasinen]] - vocals
*Kirsi Kähkönen - vocals
*Sirpa Reiman - vocals
*Reijo Heiskanen - [[guitar]], [[bouzouki]] (track 7), [[percussion instrument|percussion]] (1,3)
*Janne Lappalainen - bouzouki, [[soprano saxophone]], [[tenor saxophone]], [[kaval]], [[tin whistle]]
*Tom Nyman - [[string bass]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]] (3, 14), [[domra]]
*Riitta Potinoja - 5-row [[accordion]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]] (11)
*Kari Reiman - [[fiddle]], [[kantele]], [[tenor banjo]]
===Guests===
*[[Janne Haavisto]] - percussion (8)
*Anu Laakkonen - [[trumpet]]
*Tom Nekljudow - percussion
==Singles==
===Kylä Vuotti Uutta Kuuta, Seelinnikoi===
A single containing "Kylä Vuotti Uutta Kuuta" and "Seelinnikoi" from this album was released in 1992 in Finland by [[Polygram]].
===Pihi Neito, Matalii ja Mustii===
In 1993, a second single from this album, containing "Pihi Neito" and "Matalii ja Mustii", was released by [[PolyGram]] in Finland.
==External links==
*[http://www.varttina.com/recordings/seleniko/ Värttinä's page on album, with lyrics and samples]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051105151055/http://www.noside.com/catalog/CatalogAlbum_01.asp?Action=GetOne&Album_ID=99 NorthSide page on album]
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[[Category:1992 albums]]
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