After the hugely successful Kaksoisolento, Don Huonot changed from Pyramid to the multinational BMG label. However, Pyramid wasn't let down by this loss, because the label got a bunch of hit songs by Don Huonot. So Nämä Päivät, Nämä Yöt, a hits collection containing songs from the first four Don Huonot albums, saw the daylight. However exciting the idea of this Don Huonot collection might have sounded, some second thoughts about it were inevitable. Don Huonot's first two albums aren't the greatest in the discography of recordings by Ahola's group, although they contain good individual songs. Therefore, Nämä Päivät works as a good collection for those who like some of the band's songs but wouldn't dare to buy Don Huonot's albums. The song quality varies a lot given the musical changes during Don Huonot's lifespan, but hearing them on one CD proves that they aren't bad at all. After Nämä Päivät, Don Huonot moved more completely toward adult rock, so this collection works as a fine document of the group's previous youth-oriented and unpolished style.
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