CMX - Aura (1994)

CMX - Aura (1994)

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"Mikään ei vie sitä pois" – 3:18 ("Nothing Takes it Away")

"Sametinpehmeä" – 2:55 ("Soft as Velvet")

"Elokuun kruunu" – 4:32 ("August's Crown")

"Ruoste" – 4:01 ("Rust")

"Nainen tanssii tangoa" – 4:34 ("Woman Dances the Tango")

"Turkoosi" (Yrjänä, Halmkrona, Rasio, Kanniainen) – 4:20 ("Turquoise")

"Kultanaamio" – 4:56 ("Gold Mask")

"Raskas" – 4:12 ("Heavy")

"Talvipäivänseisaus" – 4:46 ("Winter Solstice")

"Työt ja päivät" – 5:17 ("Work and Days")

"Pilvien kuningas" (Yrjänä, Halmkrona, Rasio, Kanniainen) – 9:25 ("King of the Clouds")

"Aura" – 3:31 ("Aura")

CMX Band Members / Musicians / Album Credits

A. W. Yrjänä – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, producer

Janne Halmkrona – guitars

Timo Rasio – guitars

Pekka Kanniainen – drums, percussion

Martti Salminen – keyboards

Risto Salmi – saxophone

Henna Valvanne – recorder

Frida Segerstråle – vocals

Kaarina Kilpiö – vocals

Veikko Huuskonen – string arrangements

Gabi Hakanen – producer, engineer

Dan Tigerstedt – mixing

Pauli Saastamoinen – mastering

Kain Ärjyvä – sleeve design

Jouko Lehtola/Flaming Star – photography

Inna Aarniala – photography

Seppo Renvall – photography

Aura (1994) is an album by the Finnish rock group CMX. The album gained the band its first near-hit single 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 songs and mellow soundscapes as compared to their earlier hardcore 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.