Hell of a Tester is the third studio album by The Rasmus

The Rasmus

The Rasmus are a Finnish rock band that formed in 1995 in Helsinki while the band members were still in upper comprehensive school. The original band members were Lauri Ylönen , Eero Heinonen , Pauli Rantasalmi and Janne Heiskanen...

, then called Rasmus. It was released in 1998 by Warner Music and received Gold status in Finland. The most popular single was Liquid

Liquid (The Rasmus song)

"Liquid" is a power ballad by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, originally released on the bands third album Hell of a Tester on 2 November 1998....

, which was released in September, getting into the Top 40 on MTV

MTV

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 Nordic. It was voted Single of the Year for 1998 by music critics and fans and the video won an award in 1999 at the Finnish Music Video Awards.

The booklet and cover art has braille

Braille

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 dotting of lyrics from the songs inside and "Hellofatester" on the cover.

Track listing

All songs are written by The Rasmus.

1. "Every Day" – 3:17
2. "Dirty Moose" – 3:27
3. "Swimming with the Kids
   Swimming with the Kids
   "Swimming with the Kids" is a song by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, originally released on the band's third album Hell of a Tester on 2 November 1998....
   
   " – 3:30
4. "Man in the Street" – 3:32
5. "Tonight Tonight" – 1:54
6. "City of the Dead" – 3:23
7. "Liquid
   Liquid (The Rasmus song)
   "Liquid" is a power ballad by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, originally released on the bands third album Hell of a Tester on 2 November 1998....
   
   " – 4:18
8. "Pa-Pa" – 2:18
9. "Vibe" – 2:48
10. "Help Me Sing" – 3:26
11. "Tempo" – 4:49

Singles

• The first single from the album was Liquid
  Liquid (The Rasmus song)
  "Liquid" is a power ballad by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, originally released on the bands third album Hell of a Tester on 2 November 1998....
  
  , released the same year as the album.
• The second single, Swimming with the Kids
  Swimming with the Kids
  "Swimming with the Kids" is a song by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, originally released on the band's third album Hell of a Tester on 2 November 1998....
  
  was released in 1999. It was the last single they released under the name "Rasmus", when they changed their name to "The Rasmus".

Credits

The Rasmus

• Lauri Ylönen
  Lauri Ylönen
  Lauri Ylönen is the frontman of the Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus.-Early days:Ylönen was born and grew up in Helsinki. He learned to play the piano when he was five years old, and later learned to play guitar and drums...
  
  : vocals
  Singing
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• Pauli Rantasalmi: Guitar
  Guitar
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• Eero Heinonen: Bass
  Bass guitar
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• Janne Heiskanen: drums
  Drum kit
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Additional musicians

• Saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
   by Aleksi Ahoniemi
• Trumpet
  Trumpet
  The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
  
   by Jukka Tiirikainen
• Trombone
  Trombone
  The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
  
   by Matti Lappalainen
• Saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
   on Dirty Moose, Man in the Street and Vibe by Timo Lavanko and Ilkka Hämäläinen
• Cello
  Cello
  The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
  
  s on Every Day by Tuukka Helminen
• Timpani
  Timpani
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   on Every Day by Mikko Pietinen
• Organ
  Organ (music)
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   on Dirty Moose and Help Me Sing by Pate Kivinen
• Panda 49 on Swimming with the Kids
  Swimming with the Kids
  "Swimming with the Kids" is a song by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, originally released on the band's third album Hell of a Tester on 2 November 1998....
  
  and keyboards on Man in the Street and Tempo by Henri Sorvali
• Strings for Liquid arranged and conducted by Riku Niemi

Additional personnel

• Produced
  Record producer
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   at H.I.P. Studio and mixed at Finnvox Studios by Ilkka Herkman and produced by The Rasmus
  The Rasmus
  The Rasmus are a Finnish rock band that formed in 1995 in Helsinki while the band members were still in upper comprehensive school. The original band members were Lauri Ylönen , Eero Heinonen , Pauli Rantasalmi and Janne Heiskanen...
  
   and Teja Kotilainen
• Liquid
  Liquid (The Rasmus song)
  "Liquid" is a power ballad by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, originally released on the bands third album Hell of a Tester on 2 November 1998....
  
  recorded and mixed by Juha Heininen at Millbrook Studio and produced by Rasmus and The Nose.
• Vibe recorded and mixed by Herkman at Finnvox and produced by Robert Palomäki
• Mastered by Pauli Saastamoinen at Finnvox