Musiikin ystävälliset kasvot is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by 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...

. It was recorded in 1991 to be released as a four song EP, but instead the title track was released as a single. The EP was finally released in 1998 under the name Musiikin ystävälliset kasvot + 5 and included six songs. The originally planned four song EP was released in 2002 as a part of Veljeskunta

Veljeskunta

Veljeskunta is an album by Finnish rock band CMX. Its name means "The Brotherhood" in Finnish.The CD version of Veljeskunta also contains the Tanssitauti EP originally published in 1990. The gold version of the album, released in 2002 also contains CMX's earlier EP, Musiikin ystävälliset...

 Gold.

The title track was re-recorded by the band in 1997 and released on 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...

 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...

as "Musiikin ystävälliset kasvot '97".

"Musiikin ystävälliset kasvot" (single)

1. "Musiikin ystävälliset kasvot" – 4:01
2. "Vieraita avaruudesta (II)" – 3:39

Musiikin ystävälliset kasvot (original EP)

1. "Musiikin ystävälliset kasvot" – 4:01
2. "Vieraita avaruudesta (I)" – 2:54
3. "Polyhymnia" – 2:40
4. "Vieraita avaruudesta (II)" – 3:39

Musiikin ystävälliset kasvot + 5

1. "Polyhymnia" – 2:40
2. "Vieraita avaruudesta (I)" – 2:54
3. "Vieraita avaruudesta (II)" – 3:39
4. "Musiikin ystävälliset kasvot" – 4:01
5. "Venehellä vaskisella" – 3:25
6. "Vuori" – 3:15

Personnel

• A. W. Yrjänä
  A. W. Yrjänä
  Aki 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
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Janne Halmkrona
  Janne Halmkrona
  Janne 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...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Timo Rasio – guitar (except #6)
• Pasi Isometsä – guitar (on #6)
• Pekka Kanniainen – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....