Aura is an album by the Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 rock group CMX

CMX (band)

CMX, originally Cloaca Maxima, are a Finnish rock band. They originally played hardcore punk, but soon expanded to play a wide variety of rock formats, including progressive rock, heavy metal, and mainstream rock n roll. Throughout their career, they have been influenced by progressive rock bands...

. The album gained the band its first near-hit single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 and some commercial airplay with "Ruoste". Although many people consider Aura to be the band's seminal record, at this point many older fans were already scoffing at the more streamlined, acoustic

Acoustic music

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 songs and mellow soundscapes as compared to their earlier hardcore

Hardcore punk

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 steamrolling. However, Aura pretty much defines the band's sound up to this day, with a mixture of heavy and light elements and songwriting reminiscent of 1960s and 1970s progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

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Track listing

Songs written by A. W. Yrjänä

A. W. Yrjänä

Aki Ville Yrjänä , better known by the stage name, A. W. Yrjänä , is a poet and the singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the Finnish rock band CMX. In addition to his musical work he has published four collections of poems.- Music :Yrjänä has studied theology and comparative religion,...

, unless where noted. All lyrics by Yrjänä.

1. "Mikään ei vie sitä pois" – 3:18
2. "Sametinpehmeä" – 2:55
3. "Elokuun kruunu" – 4:32
4. "Ruoste" – 4:01
5. "Nainen tanssii tangoa" – 4:34
6. "Turkoosi" (Yrjänä, Halmkrona, Rasio, Kanniainen) – 4:20
7. "Kultanaamio
   Kultanaamio
   "Kultanaamio" is the second single from CMX's 1994 album Aura. It also appears on the group's first compilation album Cloaca Maxima. "Kultanaamio" means "Golden Mask" in Finnish....
   
   " – 4:56
8. "Raskas" – 4:12
9. "Talvipäivänseisaus" – 4:46
10. "Työt ja päivät" – 5:17
11. "Pilvien kuningas" (Yrjänä, Halmkrona, Rasio, Kanniainen) – 9:25
12. "Aura" – 3:31

Credits

• A. W. Yrjänä
  A. W. Yrjänä
  Aki Ville Yrjänä , better known by the stage name, A. W. Yrjänä , is a poet and the singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the Finnish rock band CMX. In addition to his musical work he has published four collections of poems.- Music :Yrjänä has studied theology and comparative religion,...
  
   - Vocals, Bass Guitar, Producer
• Janne Halmkrona
  Janne Halmkrona
  Janne Halmkrona is a Finnish musician. He is best known for playing in CMX, a band he joined in 1990, replacing Kimmo Suomalainen. He has also released two albums with Sapattivuosi, a Black Sabbath tribute band. Halmkrona also works as a production manager for Sony BMG Finland.Halmkrona holds a...
  
  - Guitars
• Timo Rasio - Guitars
• Pekka Kanniainen - Drums
• Gabi Hakanen - Producer, Engineer
• Dan Tigerstedt - Mixing
• Pauli Saastamoinen - Mastering
• Veikko Huuskonen - String Arrangements
• Martti Salminen
• Risto Salmi
• Henna Valvanne
• Frida Segerstråle
• Kaarina Kilpiö
• Kain Ärjyvä - Sleeve Design
• Jouko Lehtola/Flaming Star - Photography
• Inna Aarniala - Photography
• Seppo Renvall - Photography