''Peep'' is the debut album by

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band The Rasmus (named just "Rasmus" back then), released on 23 September 1996 on

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. They met their first manager and record producer,

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in 1995 and signed with Warner Music Finland in February 1996. They released their first EP, called ''

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'', on Teja G. Records, in December 1995, which featured the songs "Frog", "Myself", "Funky Jam" and "Rakkauslaulu". The album was first released in

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, where it went Gold, and later in

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, and subsequently worldwide.

Track listing

All songs are written by The Rasmus, unless where stated otherwise. # "

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" ( Ray Parker Jr. cover) – 3:35 # "Postman" – 2:38 # "Fool" – 3:43 # "Shame" – 3:30 # "P.S." – 3:04 # "Julen är här igen" – 3:30 # "Peep" (instrumental) – 0:49 # "Frog" – 2:31 # "Funky Jam" – 2:13 # "Outflow" – 2:51 # "Myself" – 3:50 # "Life 705" – 5:09 # "Small" – 6:26 *Untitled - (After 1 minute and 55 seconds of silence after the song "Small", you will hear a man saying something in Finnish and a child saying "hello" and "bye bye".) (

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Singles

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was made for "Funky Jam" the same year. * The first single from the album was ''

'', released in 1995. * ''

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'' was the second single, released in 1996. * ''

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'' was the last single from the album, released in 1996.

Credits

The Rasmus *

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Additional musicians * Timo Lavanko –

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on "Outflow" * Aleksi Ahoniemi – saxophone on "Postman" and "P.S." * Jukka Tiirikainen –

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on "P.S." Additional personnel * The Rasmus and

– producers * Juha Heininen, Ilkka Herkman, Teja Kotilainen – recorders * Juha Heininen, Jarno Patala – mixers * Pauli Saastamoinen – mastering * Dick Lindberg, Klikki – photography The Rasmus albums 1996 debut albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub