Rautakantele is a 1995 album by the Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 rock group CMX

CMX (band)

CMX, originally Cloaca Maxima, are a Finnish rock band. They originally played hardcore punk, but soon expanded to play a wide variety of rock formats, including progressive rock, heavy metal, and mainstream rock n roll. Throughout their career, they have been influenced by progressive rock bands...

. "Rautakantele" is Finnish

Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

 and means "The Iron Kantele

Kantele

A kantele or kannel is a traditional plucked string instrument of the zither family native to Finland, Estonia, and Karelia. It is related to the Russian gusli, the Latvian kokle and the Lithuanian kanklės. Together these instruments make up the family known as Baltic psalteries...

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Rautakantele is the most stylistically eclectic

Eclecticism in music

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 of CMX's albums. Despite the uneven quality of production in the album (reputedly, the producer forgot to edit the entire drums track), Rautakanteles lyrics and rugged sound convey the message of an increasing streak of social criticism effectively. Billy Gould

Billy Gould

Billy Gould is an American musician and producer. He is noted for playing bass in the band Faith No More.- Faith No More :...

 of Faith No More

Faith No More

Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed originally as Faith No Man in 1981 by bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist Wade Worthington, vocalist Michael Morris and drummer Mike Bordin. A year later when Worthington was replaced by keyboardist Roddy Bottum, and Mike...

 named Rautakantele his favourite album of 1995.

Track listing

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

A. W. Yrjänä

Aki Ville Yrjänä , 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 four collections of poems.- Music :Yrjänä has studied theology and comparative religion,...

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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
   Pelasta maailma
   "Pelasta maailma" is the first single from the CMX album Rautakantele. It also appears on the compilation album Cloaca Maxima. The chorus contains a quote from a poem by L. Onerva. "Pelasta maailma" means "Save the World" in Finnish.- Cover versions :...
   
   " – 4:15
10. "Linnunhammas" – 3:18
11. "Veden ääri" – 3:06
12. "Pirunmaitoa" – 6:09
13. "Hiljaisuuteen" – 2:04

Personnel

• A. W. Yrjänä
  A. W. Yrjänä
  Aki Ville Yrjänä , 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 four collections of poems.- Music :Yrjänä has studied theology and comparative religion,...
  
   - vocals, bass
• Janne Halmkrona
  Janne Halmkrona
  Janne Halmkrona 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 also works as a production manager for Sony BMG Finland.Halmkrona holds 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
  Kampin Laulu
  -Competitions:* International Anton Bruckner Choir Competition and Festival 2007 , winner of the chamber choir series* Harald Andersén Chamber Choir Competition 2003 , III prize* Cork International Choral Festival 1997, 1st place...
  
  - choir