''Playboys'' is the second studio album by

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rock band The Rasmus (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 rock. With the singer Lauri Ylönen's rap vocals, it became more like rapcore.

Track listing

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

" – 4:23 #" Ice" – 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 Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus. Biography The Rasmus When he and Heinonen started at Suutarila high school ...

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

Pauli Rantasalmi 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 ...

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

Eero Heinonen 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 ...

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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 ...

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Additional musicians * Ilkka Hämäläinen – turntables,

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s, panda 49,

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* Axel F. –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

* Aleksi Ahoniemi – saxophone * Matti Lappalainen –

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

* Mamba Abdissa Assefa –

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* Timo Lavanko –

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clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitch ...

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 * The Rasmus and Illka Herkman – 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