Rautakantele

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Rautakantele
Rautakantele cover
Studio album by CMX
Released March, 1995
Recorded Fall 1994
Genre Progressive Rock
Length 48:48
Label Herodes/EMI
Producer A. W. Yrjänä
Professional reviews
CMX chronology
Aura
(1994)		 Rautakantele
(1995)		 Discopolis
(1996)

Rautakantele is a 1995 album by the Finnish rock group CMX. "Rautakantele" is Finnish and means "The Iron Kantele".

Rautakantele is the most stylistically eclectic of CMX's albums. Despite the uneven quality of production in the album (reputedly, the producer forgot to edit the entire drums track), Rautakantele's lyrics and rugged sound convey the message of an increasing streak of social criticism effectively. Billy Gould of Faith No More named Rautakantele his favourite album of 1995.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by CMX with lyrics by A. W. Yrjänä.

  1. "Rautakantele" – 4:31
  2. "Yöllisiä" – 3:18
  3. "Palvonnan eleitä" – 3:03
  4. "Talviunia" – 3:29
  5. "Kirosäkeet" – 4:10
  6. "Ennustaja" – 3:54
  7. "Päivälintu" – 3:48
  8. "G" – 3:37
  9. "Pelasta maailma" – 4:15
  10. "Linnunhammas" – 3:18
  11. "Veden ääri" – 3:06
  12. "Pirunmaitoa" – 6:09
  13. "Hiljaisuuteen" – 2:04

[edit] Personnel

  • A. W. Yrjänä - Vocals, bass guitar
  • Janne Halmkrona - Guitars
  • Timo Rasio - Guitars
  • Pekka Kanniainen - Drums
  • Ilkka Herkman - Engineer
  • Dan Tigersted - Mixing
  • Tuula Lehtinen - Sleeve art/design
  • Timo Lehtinen - Photography
  • Petri Artturi Asikainen - Photography
  • Tuula Penttinen - Sleeve art/design

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