Cloaca Maxima II
Encyclopedia
Cloaca Maxima II is the second compilation album
by the Finnish
rock group CMX
, released seven years after their first compilation Cloaca Maxima
. The name Cloaca Maxima
means "Great Sewer" in Latin
, and was also the name of the band before it was shortened to CMX. The compilation consists of three CDs named Lyijy, Helium and Uraani respectively. The names of the CDs are all names of chemical element
s in Finnish
: Lead
, Helium
and Uranium
. The compilation is divided between CDs in a similar way to the earlier Cloaca Maxima. Lyijy contains rock songs that CMX would usually play on stage, while Helium focuses on softer material. Uraani is reserved for B-sides of singles and some other CMX rarities. Three new songs were recorded exclusively for the compilation.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
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...
, released seven years after their first compilation Cloaca Maxima
Cloaca Maxima (album)
Cloaca Maxima is the first compilation album by the Finnish rock group CMX. The name Cloaca Maxima means "Great Sewer" in Latin, and was also an early name of the band before it was shortened to CMX. The compilation contains three CDs named Physis, Aetheris and Astralis respectively...
. The name Cloaca Maxima
Cloaca Maxima
The Cloaca Maxima is one of the world's earliest sewage systems. Constructed in Ancient Rome in order to drain local marshes and remove the waste of one of the world's most populous cities, it carried an effluent to the River Tiber, which ran beside the city....
means "Great Sewer" in Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
, and was also the name of the band before it was shortened to CMX. The compilation consists of three CDs named Lyijy, Helium and Uraani respectively. The names of the CDs are all names of chemical element
Chemical element
A chemical element is a pure chemical substance consisting of one type of atom distinguished by its atomic number, which is the number of protons in its nucleus. Familiar examples of elements include carbon, oxygen, aluminum, iron, copper, gold, mercury, and lead.As of November 2011, 118 elements...
s in Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
: Lead
Lead
Lead is a main-group element in the carbon group with the symbol Pb and atomic number 82. Lead is a soft, malleable poor metal. It is also counted as one of the heavy metals. Metallic lead has a bluish-white color after being freshly cut, but it soon tarnishes to a dull grayish color when exposed...
, Helium
Helium
Helium is the chemical element with atomic number 2 and an atomic weight of 4.002602, which is represented by the symbol He. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert, monatomic gas that heads the noble gas group in the periodic table...
and Uranium
Uranium
Uranium is a silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table, with atomic number 92. It is assigned the chemical symbol U. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons...
. The compilation is divided between CDs in a similar way to the earlier Cloaca Maxima. Lyijy contains rock songs that CMX would usually play on stage, while Helium focuses on softer material. Uraani is reserved for B-sides of singles and some other CMX rarities. Three new songs were recorded exclusively for the compilation.
CD 1: Lyijy
- "Olet tässä" – 4:36 (a new song)
- "Surunmurhaaja" – 3:48 (from VainajalaVainajalaVainajala is an album by the Finnish rock group CMX. Vainaja is Finnish for a dead person, Vainajala meaning a name of a place inhabited by the dead....
) - "Jatkuu niinkuin sade" – 4:35 (from Dinosaurus StereophonicusDinosaurus StereophonicusDinosaurus Stereophonicus is the eighth album by the Finnish rock group CMX, released in 2000. It was recorded after the band had decided to stop touring and become a full-time studio band. The decision only lasted till 2002....
) - "Pohjoista leveyttä" – 3:18 (from IsohaaraIsohaaraIsohaara is the ninth studio album by the Finnish rock group CMX. The album is named after Isohaara power plant in Keminmaa. The band spent six months in the studio because of the chosen songwriting method: the songs were written and rehearsed at the studio under constant perfecting and re-arranging...
) - "Taivaan lapset" – 3:50 (from VainajalaVainajalaVainajala is an album by the Finnish rock group CMX. Vainaja is Finnish for a dead person, Vainajala meaning a name of a place inhabited by the dead....
) - "Lepattajat" – 4:12 (released only as a single)
- "Ei yksikään" – 3:27 (from VainajalaVainajalaVainajala is an album by the Finnish rock group CMX. Vainaja is Finnish for a dead person, Vainajala meaning a name of a place inhabited by the dead....
) - "Luuhamara" – 4:20 (from Dinosaurus StereophonicusDinosaurus StereophonicusDinosaurus Stereophonicus is the eighth album by the Finnish rock group CMX, released in 2000. It was recorded after the band had decided to stop touring and become a full-time studio band. The decision only lasted till 2002....
) - "Puuvertaus" – 4:36 (released only as a single included with the CMX DVDCMX DVDCMX DVD is the first DVD by Finnish rock band CMX. It was released in 2001 and contains 15 music videos, three documentaries and four live performances. It covers the band's entire career until 2001, starting with 1985...
) - "Pirunnyrkki" – 3:19 (from AionAion (CMX album)Aion is an album by the Finnish rock group CMX. The word Aion is Ancient Greek for "age, life-force" and also a Finnish verb form meaning "I intend "....
) - "Minne paha haudattiin" – 5:32 (from IsohaaraIsohaaraIsohaara is the ninth studio album by the Finnish rock group CMX. The album is named after Isohaara power plant in Keminmaa. The band spent six months in the studio because of the chosen songwriting method: the songs were written and rehearsed at the studio under constant perfecting and re-arranging...
) - "Palvelemaan konetta" – 3:55 (from AionAion (CMX album)Aion is an album by the Finnish rock group CMX. The word Aion is Ancient Greek for "age, life-force" and also a Finnish verb form meaning "I intend "....
) - "Meidän syntimme" – 4:33 (from Dinosaurus StereophonicusDinosaurus StereophonicusDinosaurus Stereophonicus is the eighth album by the Finnish rock group CMX, released in 2000. It was recorded after the band had decided to stop touring and become a full-time studio band. The decision only lasted till 2002....
) - "Pyörivät sähkökoneet '04" – 4:06 (a new version of a song from KolmikärkiKolmikärkiKolmikärki is CMX's 1990 debut album. Despite the punk roots of the early CMX, the musical style of the album varies greatly. There's hardcore, heavy metal, acid rock, some jazz, ballads and even a waltz. A. W. Yrjänä's lyrics on the album contain a lot of religious imagery the band is still known...
)
CD 2: Helium
- "Kauneus pettää" – 3:54 (a new song)
- "Kuoleman risteyksestä kolme virstaa pohjoiseen" – 5:44 (from AionAion (CMX album)Aion is an album by the Finnish rock group CMX. The word Aion is Ancient Greek for "age, life-force" and also a Finnish verb form meaning "I intend "....
) - "Vainajala '04" – 6:05 (a new version of a song from VainajalaVainajalaVainajala is an album by the Finnish rock group CMX. Vainaja is Finnish for a dead person, Vainajala meaning a name of a place inhabited by the dead....
) - "Minun sydämeni on särkynyt" – 3:59 (from IsohaaraIsohaaraIsohaara is the ninth studio album by the Finnish rock group CMX. The album is named after Isohaara power plant in Keminmaa. The band spent six months in the studio because of the chosen songwriting method: the songs were written and rehearsed at the studio under constant perfecting and re-arranging...
) - "Tuonen lintu" – 5:33 (from Dinosaurus StereophonicusDinosaurus StereophonicusDinosaurus Stereophonicus is the eighth album by the Finnish rock group CMX, released in 2000. It was recorded after the band had decided to stop touring and become a full-time studio band. The decision only lasted till 2002....
) - "Sillanrakentaja" – 4:17 (from VainajalaVainajalaVainajala is an album by the Finnish rock group CMX. Vainaja is Finnish for a dead person, Vainajala meaning a name of a place inhabited by the dead....
) - "Sielunvihollinen" – 4:03 (from AionAion (CMX album)Aion is an album by the Finnish rock group CMX. The word Aion is Ancient Greek for "age, life-force" and also a Finnish verb form meaning "I intend "....
) - "Baikonur" – 7:29 (shortened version of a song from Dinosaurus StereophonicusDinosaurus StereophonicusDinosaurus Stereophonicus is the eighth album by the Finnish rock group CMX, released in 2000. It was recorded after the band had decided to stop touring and become a full-time studio band. The decision only lasted till 2002....
) - "Tähdet sylissään" – 7:49 (from Dinosaurus StereophonicusDinosaurus StereophonicusDinosaurus Stereophonicus is the eighth album by the Finnish rock group CMX, released in 2000. It was recorded after the band had decided to stop touring and become a full-time studio band. The decision only lasted till 2002....
) - "Tuulilukko" – 4:28 (from IsohaaraIsohaaraIsohaara is the ninth studio album by the Finnish rock group CMX. The album is named after Isohaara power plant in Keminmaa. The band spent six months in the studio because of the chosen songwriting method: the songs were written and rehearsed at the studio under constant perfecting and re-arranging...
) - "Myrskyn ratsut" – 6:29 (from Dinosaurus StereophonicusDinosaurus StereophonicusDinosaurus Stereophonicus is the eighth album by the Finnish rock group CMX, released in 2000. It was recorded after the band had decided to stop touring and become a full-time studio band. The decision only lasted till 2002....
) - "Melankolia" – 4:11 (from AionAion (CMX album)Aion is an album by the Finnish rock group CMX. The word Aion is Ancient Greek for "age, life-force" and also a Finnish verb form meaning "I intend "....
) - "Revontulten repijä" – 6:13 (from IsohaaraIsohaaraIsohaara is the ninth studio album by the Finnish rock group CMX. The album is named after Isohaara power plant in Keminmaa. The band spent six months in the studio because of the chosen songwriting method: the songs were written and rehearsed at the studio under constant perfecting and re-arranging...
) - "Vanha talvitie" – 6:01 (from VainajalaVainajalaVainajala is an album by the Finnish rock group CMX. Vainaja is Finnish for a dead person, Vainajala meaning a name of a place inhabited by the dead....
)
CD 3: Uraani
- "Päämäärä" – 4:13 (a new version of a song originally composed by A. W. Yrjänä in the Hotelli Sointu TV show)
- "Ei tästä maailmasta" – 4:29 (B-side of "Meidän syntimme")
- "Väkivallan moottorit" – 3:30 (B-side of "Pohjoista leveyttä")
- "π" – 4:26 (B-side of "Surunmurhaaja")
- "Kvartetto rock-yhtyeelle ja solistille, op. 1" – 4:22 (B-side of "Minne paha haudattiin")
- "Ehdotus ensimmäisen mainoskatkon paikaksi" – 2:48 (B-side of "Myrskyn ratsut")
- "Ruisperkele" – 2:27 (B-side of "Lepattajat")
- "Kolme kimaltavaa neitoa" – 4:24 (B-side of "Pohjoista leveyttä")
- "Kiusaajien kiusaaja" – 2:45 (B-side of "Palvelemaan konetta")
- "Epäluoma" – 3:04 (B-side of "Minun sydämeni on särkynyt")
- "Negatiivinen asenne" – 2:34 (B-side of "Jatkuu niinkuin sade")
- "Ehdota jotain parempaa" – 3:31 (B-side of "Minne paha haudattiin")
- "Punainen nro. 6" – 6:00 (B-side of "Sillanrakentaja")
- "Helevetinkone" – 3:30 (B-side of "Minun sydämeni on särkynyt")
- "10118" – 4:44 (B-side of "Melankolia")
- "Huntu" – 3:40 (B-side of "Palvelemaan konetta")
Personnel
- A. W. YrjänäA. W. YrjänäAki 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 - Janne HalmkronaJanne HalmkronaJanne 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
- Tuomas Peippo - Drums
- Gabi Hakanen - Producer, engineer, mixing
- Illusion Rake - Producer, engineer, mixing
- Billy GouldBilly GouldBilly Gould is an American musician and producer. He is noted for playing bass in the band Faith No More.- Faith No More :...
- Producer - Teropekka Virtanen - Engineer, mixing
- Pauli Saastamoinen - Mastering
- Jouni Leskinen - Sleeve art/design
- Ari Talusén - Photography