''Playboys'' is the second studio album by

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rock band

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(formerly known as "Rasmus") which was released on 29 August 1997 on

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. It was certified Gold in Finland, and the single "

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" 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 members, there were many additional musicians (see below) that appeared on ''Playboys''. This made the album sound very different from regular

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. With the singer Lauri Ylönen's rap vocals, it became more like

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Track listing

All tracks are written by The Rasmus. #" Playboys" – 2:45 #"

" – 4:23 #"

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" – 2:47 #"Sophia" – 2:43 #"Wicked Moments" – 2:55 #"Wellwell" – 3:21 #"Sold" – 3:55 #"Carousel" – 1:42 #"Jailer" – 2:29 #"

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" – 3:51 #"Raggatip" – 3:36 #"Violence" – 2:23 #"Panda" – 2:50

Personnel

The Rasmus *

Lauri Ylönen Lauri Johannes Ylönen (born 23 April 1979) is a Finnish singer-songwriter, best known as the co-founder and frontman of the Finland, Finnish alternative rock musical ensemble, band The Rasmus. Biography The Rasmus When he and Heinonen started ...

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– bass *

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Additional musicians * Ilkka Hämäläinen –

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s, panda 49,

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* Axel F. –

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* Aleksi Ahoniemi – saxophone * Matti Lappalainen –

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* Mamba Abdissa Assefa –

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* Timo Lavanko –

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on "Panda" * Tuukka Helminen –

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on "

" * Tuomo Prättälä –

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on "Sold" * Mara Salminen – moog synth on "Wicked Moments", "Panda" and "Well Well" * Hannu Pikkarainen – panda 49 on "Blue" * Hanna Viitanen – steel pans on "Carousel" * Essi Grönberg –

on "Raggatip" and "Wicked Moments" * Katja Aakkula – backing vocals on "Raggatip" Production and design *

and

Illka Herkman 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 ...

– producers * Juha Heininen and Illka Herkman – recorders, mixers * Pauli Saastamoinen – mastering * Braalot – sleeve * Rascar – photographs {{DEFAULTSORT:Playboys (The Rasmus Album) The Rasmus albums 1997 albums