The Rasmus (album)

After Lauri Ylönen finished touring for his debut solo album, the band entered the studio in the summer of 2011 to begin writing and recording their eighth studio album.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110211213511/http://www.laurimusic.com/profile/] On 25 February 2012 the Rasmus debuted the lead single "I'm a Mess" at the finals of UMK in Finland. The song was released on 5 March 2012.{{cite web |url=http://satumaa.yle.fi/umk/2012-01-16/the-rasmuksen-odotetun-uuden-singlen-maailman-ensiesitys-umkn-finaalissa |title=The Rasmuksen odotetun uuden singlen maailman ensiesitys UMK:n finaalissa | Satumaa | Finaali 2012 | yle.fi |access-date=2012-04-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419075726/http://satumaa.yle.fi/umk/2012-01-16/the-rasmuksen-odotetun-uuden-singlen-maailman-ensiesitys-umkn-finaalissa |archive-date=2012-04-19 }} In February the band announced that the upcoming album would be self-titled, and would be released on April 18.{{cite web |url=http://www.therasmus.com/home.html |title=The Rasmus |access-date=2012-04-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422232753/http://www.therasmus.com/home.html |archive-date=2012-04-22 }}

The Rasmus was re-issued in Autumn 2012, featuring the new track "Mysteria", which was also released as a single.{{cite web |url=http://www.therasmus-hellofasite.com/2012/09/mysteria-and-a-new-edition-of-the-rasmus-album/ |title=Mysteria and a new edition of the Rasmus-album | the Rasmus Hellofasite |access-date=2012-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328114313/http://www.therasmus-hellofasite.com/2012/09/mysteria-and-a-new-edition-of-the-rasmus-album/ |archive-date=2014-03-28 }}

Starting on Autumn of 2009, Lauri Ylönen wrote songs with Pauli Rantasalmi in Singapore, with the intention of composing the album, but ended in a more electronical form, songs that were added into the Lauri Ylönen's debut solo album New World, an album with Daft Punk production influences. An electronic sound can be noted in the album. Lauri Ylönen Said that they wanted to go back to the sound from the Into era,{{cite web |url=http://satumaa.yle.fi/umk/2012-01-16/the-rasmuksen-odotetun-uuden-singlen-maailman-ensiesitys-umkn-finaalissa |title=The Rasmuksen odotetun uuden singlen maailman ensiesitys UMK:n finaalissa | Satumaa | Finaali 2012 | yle.fi |access-date=2012-04-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419075726/http://satumaa.yle.fi/umk/2012-01-16/the-rasmuksen-odotetun-uuden-singlen-maailman-ensiesitys-umkn-finaalissa |archive-date=2012-04-19 }} "The Rasmuksen odotetun uuden singlen maailman ensiesitys UMK:n finaalissa" while the bassist Eero Heinonen, said: "Some songs from the next album would be ballads, other songs would have strong realist lyrics, but i'm sure that the fans will love it".{{Cite web|url=http://www.15min.lt/naujiena/zmones/muzika/melancholija-prisijaukine-the-rasmus-ivertino-lietuvaiciu-grozi-28-109765|title = Melancholiją prisijaukinę "The Rasmus" įvertino lietuvaičių grožį|website=15min.lt}}

The first single released from the album, "I'm a Mess", was first heard at the live final of Finland's national selection process for the Eurovision song contest[https://archive.today/20120525094048/http://yle.fi/extrem/artikel/musiknoje/42599-Ny-singel-av-The-Rasmus-pa-UMK] as a guest performance act, and was released as a single on March 5.[http://www.universalmusic.fi/uutiset/uutiset/2012/2/23/the-rasmus-palaa---uusi-albumi-the-rasmus-julkaistaan-184-] {{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} In May, the band released a self-made music video for the song "Somewhere" with clips of them in the studio, in concert, and in a normal day.{{YouTube|eQdUC5Ttpic}} "Stranger" was released as the second single on 15 May 2012 in Finland, this was confirmed by guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi while he was responding to fan's questions in Radio Nova on 15 April. The video for Stranger was filmed in Singapore, and depicts Lauri dressed as a king and finding himself as a stranger in a new time.{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionova.fi/ajankohtaista/uutiset/Pauli-vastaa-The-Rasmuksen-fanien-lahettamiin-kysymyksiin-tassa--24894.html|title = Tomi Putaansuu: Valitettavasti en ole väleissä kaikkien entisten jäsenten kanssa|website=Radionova.fi|date = 24 October 2014}}

A tour edition of the album was released on 9 November, with the 10 previous tracks and five bonus tracks, including the single "Mysteria", released on 24 September.

On 23 February, the band announced a tour that began in May, with 11 shows in Europe, starting in Stockholm on 7 May. Their supporting band was the British band InMe.{{cite web |url=http://www.therasmus.com/news/index.html |title=The Rasmus News |access-date=2014-07-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207131446/http://www.therasmus.com/news/index.html |archive-date=2013-12-07 }} As said by Universal, a total of 7 shows were added for October in Finland. New dates were added for Autumn at the end of the May Tour.

All Music and lyrics composed by The Rasmus

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|title3 = It's Your Night

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|title5 = Someone's Gonna Light You Up

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|title6 = End of the Story

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|title9 = Friends Don't Do Like That

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|title12 = Stranger

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|title11 = Mess-Avalanche

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|title12 = Stranger

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|title13 = Stranger Wanderer

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|title14 = Sky

|note14 = Piano by Aynsley Green

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|title15 = Save Me Once Again

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The Rasmus

• Lauri Ylönen – vocals
• Eero Heinonen – bass guitar
• Pauli Rantasalmi – guitar
• Aki Hakala – drums

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Production

• Martin Hansen – producer, recording, mixing
• Svante Forsbäck – mastering
• Takayuki Nakazawa – installation
• Musuta Ltd. – design
• Hiroshi Manaka – photography

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The Rasmus released two concert DVDs of the tour. Live 2012/Mysteria documented the early tour; it was released on 11 October 2012 and was sold at the later shows.{{cite web |url= http://www.therasmus.com/news/index.html |title= The Rasmus Live 2012 / Mysteria DVD available at the gigs… |author= |date=11 October 2012 |website=Therasmus.com |access-date=2 July 2014 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131207131446/http://www.therasmus.com/news/index.html |archive-date=7 December 2013 }} Live 2012/Volume II contained footage of the later tour and other material; it was released 3 December 2013.{{cite web |url= http://www.therasmus.com/news/index.html |title= Our new Fan DVD "The Rasmus Live 2012 Vol2" is... |author= |date=3 December 2013 |others=(directed by [Eero Heinonen] and edited by [Carl-Johan Häggman]. |website=Therasmus.com |access-date=2 July 2014 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131207131446/http://www.therasmus.com/news/index.html |archive-date=7 December 2013 }}

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