Reviews

• Levyhyllyt – Album review
• desibeli.net – Album review
• Kulttuuritoimitus – Album review
  Soundi – Album announce/They Need You If They Think You Love Them video 
• Japyh.com – Album announce/They Need You If They Think You Love Them video
• V2.fi – Album announce/They Need You If They Think You Love Them video
• Nordic Music Central – Album announce/They Need You If They Think You Love Them video
• Radio Helsinki – Interview
• Aipate – “Special Ones”
• Rumba – Album announce & “Special Ones”
• Voxwave Magazine – “Special Ones”
• Zillions – “Special Ones”
• Nordic Music Central – “Special Ones”
• Music For All – “Special ones”
• Ilta-Sanomat – Interview
• Tamperelainen – Show preview
• Radio Helsinki – Interview
• Metso library – Live interview

Tracklist

1. They Need You If They Think You Love Them (Watch)
2. Poverina
3. Rock’n’Roll Blonde
4. Ten Degrees / To the North
5. Good Girl
6. Life In a Container
7. Old-Fashioned Couple
8. War
9. Dad Said
10. The Kinda Tea You Like to Cry In
11. Second Chance
12. Daddies
13. The Day I Got My Pony
14. Special Ones (Original Version)

All songs by Astrid Swan.
Produced by Astrid Swan and Nick Triani.
Recorded by Jyrki Tuovinen and Nick Triani.

Mixed by Jyrki Tuovinen.
Original Master by Svante Forsbäck.
20th Anniversary Remaster by Tuomas Salmela @Phonogenic Audio.
Artwork by Varpu Eronen.
Original promo photography by Riitta Supperi.

Vocals, Keyboards, Piano, Guitar, Clarinet, synths, Hammond by Astrid Swan.
Strings & Brass Arranged by Jimi Tenor.
Flute, Saxophone by Jimi Tenor.
Drums by Hannu Risku and Heikki Tikka.
Bass by Janne Lehtinen.
Double Bass by Tapani Varis.
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo by Mikael Hakkarainen.
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar by Michael McDonald.
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Tambourine – Nick Triani.
Baritone guitar – Artu Tolonen.
Drum Programming, Electronic Drums and ambient sounds by Tuomas Toivonen.
Percussion by Abdis Assefa and Mongo Aaltonen.
Cello by Riikka Lampinen.
Viola by Jussi Tuhkanen and Juulia Niiniranta.
Violin by Ninni Poijärvi.
French Horn by Tero Toivonen.
Trombone by Jay Kortehisto and Markku Veijonsuo.
Trumpet, Flugelhorn by Jukka Eskola.

Poverina 20th Anniversary Edition is out on September 5th 2025, with a reinterpretation of the original US album release artwork by Varpu Eronen. The remaster features one unreleased track from the original sessions – “Special Ones”. The reissue features a new master by Tuomas Salmela.