Hysterica is the fourth studio album by guitarist Jukka Tolonen, released in 1975 through Love Records; a remastered edition was reissued in 2004.[1]

Hysterica
Studio album by
Released1975 (1975)
RecordedMarcus Music AB in Stockholm
GenreJazz fusion
Length37:43
LabelLove
ProducerOtto Donner
Jukka Tolonen chronology
The Hook
(1974)
Hysterica
(1975)
Crossection
(1976)

Overview

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Hysterica is more rock-oriented than its jazz fusion predecessor, The Hook. "Jimi" and "Django" are tributes to guitarists Jimi Hendrix and Django Reinhardt, respectively. "Silva the Cat" features synthesisers emulating the mewling of a cat, whereas the flutes evoke graceful feline movements. "Tiger" displays muscular, hard rock guitar improvisation. Closing the album is "Windermere Avenue", a mid-tempo pop song with tinges of country blues in Tolonen's lead guitar. It became a minor hit on Finnish radio in 1976, whereupon it was reissued on the compilation LP Crossection. The song is a paean to the idyllic quietude of the street, which is some ten kilometres north of central London, in the borough of Barnet.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Jukka Tolonen

No.TitleLength
1."Jimi"9:30
2."Django"2:34
3."Hysterica"6:33
4."Tiger"7:02
5."Silva the Cat"4:49
6."Windermere Avenue"7:15
Total length:37:43

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Jukka Tolonen – Hysterica". Discogs. Retrieved 2013-01-19.