If you asked me which band had the most impact in the Finnish music scene in the 90’s, I’d answer with two words: Ultra Bra. And despite me often being a non-conformist idiot who tends to disagree with the popular opinion, in this case I wouldn’t be shocked if I was actually correct. It was impossible to avoid the group in the latter half of the 90’s – in the just five years between their debut and their last album, they managed to score countless hit singles and album tracks that garnered enough radioplay to become a part of public consciousness. They were the Finnish soundtrack of the late 90’s and going through their best of album is like browsing through an archive of immensely familiar songs in an amount that most bands would be jealous if they could get even half of them.

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