Playboys (The Rasmus album)

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Playboys
The Rasmus studio album

Publication
(s)

August 29, 1997

Label (s) Warner Music Finland

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Alternative rock, funk, rap rock

Title (number)

13

running time

40 min 13 sec

occupation
  • Bass : Eero Heinonen

production

  • The Rasmus
  • Illka ​​Herkman

Studio (s)

Millbrook and HIP Studios

chronology
Peep (album)
(1996) 		Playboys Hell of a Tester
(2002)

Playboys is the second album by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus (at the time they were just called "Rasmus"). It was released on August 29, 1997. In Finland the album and the single Blue achieved gold status.

history

The Rasmus released their second studio album Playboys in August 1997. It also went gold in Finland. The sound was similar to Peep, but more instruments such as B. Trumpets and saxophones before. That gave the album a mix of rock, funk and ska. The previous producer Teja Kotilainen was replaced by Illka ​​Herkman. The band released a music video for the single Playboys .

Track list

All songs were written by Lauri Ylönen and The Rasmus

  1. Playboys (2:58)
  2. Blue (4:22)
  3. Ice (2:45)
  4. Sophia (2:42)
  5. Wicked Moments (2:56)
  6. Well Well (3:19)
  7. Pay (3:54)
  8. Carousel (1:44)
  9. Jailer (2:51)
  10. Kola (3:42)
  11. Raggatip (3:22)
  12. Violence (2:20)
  13. Panda (2:50)

Chart placements

year title Chart position
FIN
album
1997 Playboys 1
Singles
1997 Kola 19th
1997 Blue 3
1997 Playboys -
1998 Ice 2

Singles

Kola

Kola is the first single from the Playboys album and was released by Warner Music. The single only contains the track Kola . The song is about Kola ( Finnish. Kola , Cola ). The Rasmus supported Pepsi at this point, which can also be seen on the cover.

Blue

Blue is the second single from the album and was also released by Warner Music Finland. The single was a huge hit in Finland and achieved gold status. He rose to number three in the Finnish single charts.

Playboys

Playboys was published by Warner Music Finland. It is the third single from the album of the same name, and only contains the track Playboys. It's a happy and fast-paced song that shows the whole nature of the album. The lyrics are about a rich singer who doesn't need a job and can do whatever he wants. Playboys is the only song on the album that has a video for it. This shows the band playing in a room with faces of famous people. This song can also be found on the album "Hell of a Collection".

Ice

Ice is the fourth single from the album. The single features the bonus tracks Ufulaulu and the two live songs Well Well and Kola . Ufulaulu landed at number two in the Finnish single charts. Ice is a mix of rock, pop, funk and jazz.

Trivia

  • "Jailer" was recorded at Pauli Rantasalmi's home.
  • "Sophia" is addressed to a dog that singer Lauri Ylönen likes. A photo of him can be seen in the album booklet.