Pitkä ihana leikki
| Pitkä ihana leikki | ||||
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| Released | 23 August 1999 22 May 2000 (Peltipainos) | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 44:27 | |||
| Label | Warner Music Finland | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
Cover for the 2000 edition Pitkä ihana leikki – peltipainos | ||||
| Singles from Pitkä ihana leikki | ||||
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Pitkä ihana leikki (in English: Long Sweet Game) is the debut album by Finnish pop rock singer-songwriter Maija Vilkkumaa, released by Warner Music in Finland on 23 August 1999. The songs are written and composed by Vilkkumaa.
Considered as a fresh new release on the Finnish pop rock scene by music critics, Pitkä ihana leikki was favorably critiqued for its imaginative lyrical content for which Vilkkumaa, according to her, partially got the inspiration from the 1980s Finnish rock band Dingo. The album debuted at number 12 on the Finnish Albums Chart, peaking third the next week, then going variably down spending there 29 weeks. Pitkä ihana leikki has sold over 38,000 copies to date in Finland, which has granted it a gold certification. In 2000, Vilkkumaa re-released the album under the title Pitkä ihana leikki – peltipainos ("Sheet Metal Edition"), with one extra song, "Peltirumpu".