Vainajala

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Vainajala
Vainajala cover
Studio album by CMX
Released October, 1998
Recorded July - August, 1998 in a cottage in Ylösjärvi
Genre Progressive Rock
Length 48:04
Label Herodes/EMI
Producer Billy Gould
Professional reviews
CMX chronology
Discopolis
(1996)		 Vainajala
(1998)		 Dinosaurus Stereophonicus
(2000)

Vainajala (1998) is an album by the Finnish rock group CMX. Vainaja is Finnish for a dead person, Vainajala meaning a name of a place inhabited by the dead.

The style that Vainajala was produced was highly exceptional: the band went to a small cottage in the middle of Lapland with mobile recording equipment and producer Billy Gould, who had previously shown interest in the band largely unknown outside Finland. Recording Vainajala only took two weeks, much less than the recording time for any of their other recent albums. The album was later finished at the Herodes studio in Helsinki, but the musical style of the album still is very minimalistic. Only a few visiting artists performed on the album.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

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

  1. "Iskusävelmä" – 3:38
  2. "Surunmurhaaja" – 3:47
  3. "Vainajala" – 6:07
  4. "Vierasta viljaa" – 4:14
  5. "Ei yksikään" – 3:26
  6. "Taivaan lapset" – 3:50
  7. "Sillanrakentaja" – 4:14
  8. "Laulu palavasta linnusta" – 4:00
  9. "Eufrat" – 1:29
  10. "Kirjeitä paratiisista" – 3:56
  11. "Arkangeli" – 3:17
  12. "Vanha talvitie" – 5:59

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The band

[edit] Guests

  • Billy Gould - Producer
  • Martti Salminen - Keyboard, Vocals
  • Susanna Eronen - Vocals
  • Teropekka Virtanen - Recording, Mixing
  • Mika Jussila - Mastering
  • Janne Uotila - Sleeve Design

[edit] Singles

  • "Ei yksikään" (October 1998)
    • Exclusive B-side: "Linnunhammas" (live)
  • "Sillanrakentaja" (November 1998)
    • Exclusive B-side: "Punainen nro 6"
  • "Surunmurhaaja" (March 1999)
    • Exclusive B-sides: "π" and "Aivosähköä" (live)

[edit] See also

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