Rautakantele is a 1995 album by the Finnish rock group CMX. "Rautakantele" is Finnish and means "The Iron Kantele".
Rautakantele is the most stylistically eclectic of CMX's albums. Despite the uneven quality of production in the album (reputedly, the producer forgot to edit the entire drums track), Rautakantele's lyrics and rugged sound convey the message of an increasing streak of social criticism effectively. Billy Gould of Faith No More named Rautakantele his favourite album of 1995.
Track listing
All songs by CMX with lyrics by A. W. Yrjänä.
"Rautakantele" – 4:31 ("Iron Kantele")
"Yöllisiä" – 3:18 ("Nocturnal")
"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 - vocals, bass
Janne Halmkrona - 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
