Talvikuningas

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Talvikuningas
Studio album by CMX
Released	September 5, 2007
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	62:02
Label	Herodes/EMI
Producer	Rake
Professional reviews
Desibeli.net link Nyt link Rumba link Rockmusica.net link Soundi September, 2007
CMX chronology
Pedot (2005) Talvikuningas (2007)

Talvikuningas (2007) is an album by the Finnish rock group CMX. The title is Finnish and translates to "The Winter King".

Talvikuningas is CMX's first concept album. Although the CD is divided into 12 tracks, they flow seamlessly into each other and the record is effectively one long song.

The first limited edition of 8 000 copies of Talvikuningas was released on September 5, 2007. This limited printing features special packaging and a 40-page booklet, which contains extensive artwork and the full libretto to the album. The limited edition was sold out by pre-order only. Digital downloads of Talvikuningas became available the same day. A regular CD version with ordinary jewel case packaging and reduced liner notes was released on 9th of January 2008. ^[1]

Contents 1 Story 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Story

The album tells the same story as A. W. Yrjänä's yet-unfinished book. It's an epic science fiction -story set in the distant future. The albums sections are pieces of the saga of the Winter King.

[edit] Track listing

Music by A. W. Yrjänä except where noted. All lyrics by A. W. Yrjänä. All arrangements by CMX and Rake.

1. "Kaikkivaltias" – 10:26 ("The Almighty")
2. "Resurssikysymys" – 1:54 (Yrjänä/Halmkrona) ("A matter of resources")
3. "Pretoriaanikyborgit" – 5:50 (Yrjänä/Halmkrona/Rasio) ("Praetorian Cyborgs")
4. "Vallan haamut" – 5:31 ("Ghosts of Power")
5. "Tähtilaivan kapteeni" – 4:08 ("Starship captain")
6. "Kosmologisen vakion laulu" – 3:52 ("Song of the Cosmological Constant")
7. "Parvatin tietäjä" – 4:26 ("The Sage of Parvati")
8. "Punainen komentaja" – 4:05 ("The Red Commander")
9. "Langennut valo" – 4:26 ("Fallen Light")
10. "Quanta" – 5:05 (Yrjänä/Rasio)
11. "Rusalkai" – 3:41 (Yrjänä/Halmkrona)
12. "Kaikkivaltiaan peili" – 8:31 ("Mirror of the Almighty")

[edit] Personnel

• A. W. Yrjänä – vocals, bass
• Janne Halmkrona – guitar
• Timo Rasio – guitar
• Tuomas Peippo – drums
• Rake (Rauli Eskolin) – keyboards, recording, production, mixing
• Pauli Saastamoinen – mastering
• Sami Saramäki – artwork and graphical design
• Gabi Hakanen – executive producer

[edit] See also

• CMX discography

[edit] References

1. ^ (Finnish) CMX press release