''Rautakantele'' is a 1995 album by the
Finnish rock group
CMX. "Rautakantele" is
Finnish and means "The Iron
Kantele
A kantele () or kannel () is a traditional Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument (chordophone) belonging to the southeast Baltic box zither family known as the Baltic psaltery along with the Estonian kannel, the Latvian kokles, t ...
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Track listing
All songs by CMX with lyrics by
A. W. Yrjänä
Aki Ville Yrjänä (born 30 July 1967 in Kemi), better known by the stage name, A. W. Yrjänä (), is a poet and the singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the Finnish rock band CMX. In addition to his musical work, he has published fiv ...
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# "Rautakantele" – 4:31
("Iron Kantele")
# "Yöllisiä" – 3:18
("Nocturnals")
# "Palvonnan eleitä" – 3:03
("Gestures of Worship")
# "Talviunia" – 3:29
("Winterdreams")
# "Kirosäkeet" – 4:10
("Curse Verses")
# "Ennustaja" – 3:54
("Fortune Teller")
# "Päivälintu" – 3:48
("Daybird")
# "G" – 3:37
# "
Pelasta maailma" – 4:15
("Save the World")
# "Linnunhammas" – 3:18
("Bird's Tooth")
# "Veden ääri" – 3:06
("Water's Edge")
# "Pirunmaitoa" – 6:09
("Devil's Milk")
# "Hiljaisuuteen" – 2:04
("Into Silence")
Personnel
*
A. W. Yrjänä
Aki Ville Yrjänä (born 30 July 1967 in Kemi), better known by the stage name, A. W. Yrjänä (), is a poet and the singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the Finnish rock band CMX. In addition to his musical work, he has published fiv ...
- vocals, bass
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Janne Halmkrona
Janne Halmkrona (born 29 April 1968) is a Finnish musician. He is best known for playing in CMX, a band he joined in 1990, replacing Kimmo Suomalainen. He has also released two albums with Sapattivuosi, a Black Sabbath tribute band. Halmkrona a ...
- guitars
* Timo Rasio - guitars
* Pekka Kanniainen - drums
Guests
* Ilkka Herkman - Engineer
* Dan Tigersted - Mixing
* Tuula Lehtinen - Sleeve art/design
* Timo Lehtinen - Photography
* Petri Artturi Asikainen - Photography
* Tuula Penttinen - Sleeve art/design
* Mara Salminen - keyboards, vocals
* Susanna Eronen - vocals
* Satu Sopanen - kantele
* Risto Salmi - soprano saxophone
* Kikke Heikkinen - vocals
* Kaarina Kilpiö - percussion
* Keijo Puumalainen - percussion
* Ville Leppänen - slide guitar
*
Kampin Laulu - choir
References
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1995 albums
CMX (band) albums