Pedot is the eleventh album of the Finnish rock band CMX. "Pedot" means "Beasts" in Finnish.
The opening track "Eteläisen tähtitaivaan kartoitus" breaks a CMX tradition of starting their albums with powerful rock songs. It is a minimalistic piano-based ballad with no drums. The title track is heavy, progressive and one of the very few tracks where Tuomas Peippo makes use of double bass pedals.Levyarvio: CMX: Pedot "Uusi ihmiskunta" was the first single from the album (the second was "Kain"), and reached #1 on the Finnish singles chart.
Track listing All songs written by CMX with lyrics by A. W. Yrjänä.
"Eteläisen tähtitaivaan kartoitus" – 3:36 ("Mapping of the Southern Star Sky") "Pedot" – 4:34 ("Beasts") "Uusi ihmiskunta" – 3:31 ("New Mankind") "Mustat siivet yli taivaan" – 4:22 ("Black Wings across the Sky") "Kain" – 3:55 ("Cain") "Suojelusperkele" – 4:10 ("Guardian Devil") "Taivaanääreläiset" – 4:17 ("People of Heaven's End") "Näkyvän valon olennot" – 2:44 ("Creatures of Visible Light") "Tuulenkosija" – 6:16 ("Courter of the Wind") "Syysmyrkkylilja" – 3:31 ("Autumn Poison Lily") "Sanansaattaja" – 6:17 ("Messenger") "Valoa nopeammat koneet" – 4:11 ("Superluminal Machines")
Personnel
A. W. Yrjänä - Vocals, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar Janne Halmkrona - Guitars, Acoustic Guitar Timo Rasio - Guitars, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Lap Steel Tuomas Peippo - Drums, Percussions Pentti Lahti - Flute Mikko Mustonen - Trombone Jyrki Sahla - Effects recording Kikke Heikkinen, Riitta Talasniemi - Background vocals Rake - Producer, Engineer, Mixing Rauli Eskolin - Keyboards, Programming Pauli Saastamoinen - Mastering Perttu Saksa - Photography Jussi S. Karjalainen - Sleeve Design Gabi Hakanen - Executive Producer
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