''Hell of a Collection'' (stylized ''Hellofacollection'', as one word) is the first

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by the Finnish band

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, released in 2001 by

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. The band recorded it when they still were "Rasmus" (later they changed their name from "Rasmus" to "The Rasmus"). It is the first album that they made since

Janne Heiskanen The Rasmus is a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were in upper comprehensive school.Main source of the band's history: The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer-songwriter), Eero Heinonen ...

, the previous

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who left the band, was replaced by

Aki Hakala The Rasmus is a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were in upper comprehensive school.Main source of the band's history: The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer-songwriter), Eero Heinonen ...

in 1998. It is composed of eighteen songs, nearly all of which are revamped versions of songs from their previous three albums. The exceptions are the final track, "Liquid" (Demo), which is a demo tape of their hit song "

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", and the songs "

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" and "

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" which were the first new songs released after Aki replaced Janne. " Rakkauslaulu" (Lovesong) is a B-Side of the single '' 1st'' (1995), and a non-album song. " Life 705" was originally released on the band's debut album ''

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'' in 1996. A new version was made in 1999 and is available on the single " Swimming with the Kids". Except for all the revamped and remixed versions of songs, the album did not contain any new tracks. In 2004 the album was re-released with a different track list excluding the two songs from ''

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''.

New logo

The band changed their logo (which earlier just said "Rasmus") to a new one with flames. This is the first release where their new logo appears on. It also appears on the album ''

'' and all its singles. The logo was not used a long time though; in 2003 they changed it again to a "leaf" logo, which was used until their album, Black Roses.Later, in 2012, they changed it again to a "bars" logo, which was used in their most recent album

and all its singles.

Track listing

2001 version

Tracks 1-2 written by

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and

. Tracks 3-18 written by Lauri Ylönen, Eero Heinonen, Pauli Rantasalmi and

(except for number 12). # "

" (Swedish remix) – 3:52 (later released on ''

'') # "

" – 4:13 (later released on ''

'') # "

" – 4:17 (from the album ''

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'') # " Every Day" – 3:18 (from the album ''

'') # " City of the Dead" – 3:22 (from the album ''

'') # "

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" – 3:24 (from the album ''

'') # " Playboys" – 2:57 (from the album '' Playboys'') # "

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" – 3:14 (from the album '' Playboys'') # "Ice" – 2:45 (from the album '' Playboys'') # "Sophia" – 2:42 (from the album '' Playboys'') # "Wicked Moments" – 2:56 (from the album '' Playboys'') # " Ghostbusters" (

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) – 3:35 (from the album ''

'') # "

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" – 2:11 (from the album ''

'') # "Myself" – 3:53 (from the album ''

'') # "P.S." – 2:56 (from the album ''

'') # " Rakkauslaulu" – 3:35 (from the single '' 1st'') # " Life 705" (version '99) – 5:42 (from the single '' Swimming with the Kids'') # "Liquid" (demo) – 3:11

Producers

*Track 1–2 produced by Mikael Nord and Martin Hansen *Track 3 produced by The Rasmus and The Nose *Track 4–6 produced by The Rasmus and

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*Track 7–11 produced by The Rasmus and Illka Herkman *Track 12–16 produced by The Rasmus and Teja Kotilainen *Track 17 produced by The Rasmus

2004 version

# " City of the Dead" – 3:22 (from the album ''

'') # "

" – 4:17 (from the album ''

'') # " Every Day" – 3:18 (from the album ''

'') # " Swimming with the Kids" – 3:30 (from the album ''

'') # "Wellwell" – 3:21 (from the album '' Playboys'') # "

" – 3:24 (from the album ''

'') # " Playboys" – 2:57 (from the album '' Playboys'') # "

) – 3:35 (from the album ''

'') # "

" – 2:11 (from the album ''

'') # "Myself" – 3:53 (from the album ''

'') # "P.S." – 2:56 (from the album ''

'') # " Rakkauslaulu" – 3:35 (from the single '' 1st'') # " Life 705" (version '99) – 5:42 (from the single '' Swimming with the Kids'') # "Liquid" (demo) – 3:11

Producers

*Track 1 produced by The Rasmus and

*Track 2 produced by The Rasmus and The Nose *Track 3–6 produced by The Rasmus and

*Track 7–11 produced by The Rasmus and Illka Herkman *Track 12–16 produced by The Rasmus and Teja Kotilainen *Track 17 produced by The Rasmus

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

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Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hell Of A Collection 2001 albums The Rasmus albums 2001 greatest hits albums