Playboys (1997 album)

Infobox Album
Name = Playboys
Type = Album
Artist = The Rasmus


Released = August 29, 1997
Recorded = 1997 in Helsinki, Finland at Millbrook and H.I.P. Studios
Genre = Funk-rock, Alternative rock
Length = 40:13
Label = Warner Music Finland
Producer = The Rasmus, Illka Herkman
Last album = "3rd"
(1996)
This album = "Playboys"
(1997)
Next album = "Hell of a Tester"
(1998)
Misc = Singles
Name = Playboys
Type = studio
single 1 = Blue
single 1 date = 1997
single 2 = Kola
single 2 date = 1997
single 3 = Playboys
single 3 date = 1997
single 4 = Ice
single 4 date = 1998

:"For the band's song with the same name, see Playboys (song)."

"Playboys" is the second studio album by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus (known as just "Rasmus" back then) which was released on August 29, 1997 on Warner Music Finland.

It went Gold in Finland, and the single "Blue" also went Gold when it was released in May the same year. The album was not as popular outside their homeland Finland.

Besides the band, there were many additional musicians (see below) that appeared on "Playboys". This made the album sound more different than regular rock. With the singer Lauri Ylönen's rap vocals, it became more like rapcore.

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Rasmus.

#"Playboys" – 2:58
#"Blue" – 4:22
#"Ice" – 2:45
#"Sophia" – 2:42
#"Wicked Moments" – 2:56
#"Well Well" – 3:19
#"Sold" – 3:54
#"Carousel" – 1:44
#"Jailer" – 2:51
#"Kola" – 3:42
#"Raggatip" – 3:22
#"Violence" – 2:20
#"Panda" – 2:50

ingles

* The first single from the album was "Blue", released in 1997.
* "Kola" was the second single, released in 1997.
* The third single, "Playboys", was also released in 1997.
* "Ice" (the band's second EP) was the last single from the album, released in 1998.

Trivia

* "Jailer" was recoded live at the guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi's house.
* "Sophia" is dedicated to a dog which singer Lauri Ylönen liked. There is a picture of the dog in the album booklet.

Credits

The Rasmus:
* Lauri Ylönen – vocals
* Pauli Rantasalmi – guitar
* Eero Heinonen – bass
* Janne Heiskanen – drums

Additional musicians:
* Illka Herkman – turntables, saxophones, panda 49, backing vocals
* Axel F. – trumpet
* Aleksi Ahoniemi – saxophone
* Matti Lappalainen – trombone
* Mamba Abdissa Assefa – percussion
* Timo Lavanko – alto saxophone, clarinet on "Panda"
* Tuukka Helminen – cello on "Blue"
* Tuomo Prättälä – wurlitzer electric piano on "Sold"
* Mara Salminen – moog keyboard on "Wicked Moments", "Panda" and "Well Well"
* Hannu Pikkarainen – panda 49 on "Blue"
* Hanna Viitanen – steel pans on "Carousel"
* Essi Grönberg – backing vocals on "Raggatip" and "Wicked Moments"
* Katja Aakkula – backing vocals on "Raggatip"

Additional personnel:
* The Rasmus and Illka Herkman – producers
* Juha Heininen and Illka Herkman – recorders, mixers
* Pauli Saastamoinen – mastering
* Braalot – sleeve
* Rascar – photographs

External links

* [http://www.therasmus.com The Rasmus' official website]
* [http://www.therasmus.org.uk/PlayboysInfo.htm "Playboys" album lyrics]