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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

A-ha: Top 50 Songs

A-ha

Top 50 Songs

Synth-pop band from Oslo, Norway. 1982-. Magne Furuholmen (k/g), Morten Harket (v), Pal Waaktaar-Savoy (g).

For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry.

Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists.

Awards:

Top 50 Songs

Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Songs which hit #1 on various charts are noted. (Click for codes to singles charts.)

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Take on Me (1984)

DMDB Top 10%:

2. The Sun Always Shines on TV (1985)
3. Hunting High and Low (1985)

DMDB Top 20%:

4. Cry Wolf (1986)
5. I’ve Been Losing You (1986)
6. Train of Thought (1985)
7. The Living Daylights (1987)
8. Stay on These Roads (1988)
9. Manhattan Skyline (1986)
10. Crying in the Rain (1990)
11. Dark Is the Night for All (1993)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

12. Move to Memphis (1991)
13. You Are the One (1988)
14. The Way We Talk (1990)
15. Maybe Maybe (1986)
16. Touchy! (1988)
17. Analogue (All I Want) (2005)
18. Forever Not Yours (2002)
19. The Blood That Moves the Body (1988)
20. Angel in the Snow (1993)

21. Scoundrel Days (1986)
22. Summer Moved On (2000)
23. Minor Earth Major Sky (2000)
24. I Call Your Name (1990)
25. Barely Hanging On (2000)
26. Celice (2005)
27. The Shapes That Go Together (1994)
28. Cosy Prisons (2005)
29. Early Morning (1990)
30. Lifelines (2002)

31. Butterfly Butterfly (The Last Hurrah) (2010)
32. East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1990)
33. Foot of the Mountain (2009)
34. The Sun Never Shone That Day (2000)
35. The Company Man (2000)
36. We’re Looking for the Whales (1986)
37. Velvet (2000)
38. Did Anyone Approach You? (2002)
39. Love Is Reason (1985)
40. Under the Makeup (2015)

41. Nothing is Keeping You Here (2009)
42. Shadowside (2009)
43. Lie Down in Darkness (1993)
44. The Swing of Things (1986)
45. The Weight of the Wind (1986)
46. Soft Rains of April (1986)
47. October (1986)
48. Waiting for Her (1990)
49. Birthright (2005)
50. Objects in the Mirror (2015)

Resources and Related Links:

DMDB Encyclopedia entry for A-ha
Dave’s Music Database: “Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists”

First posted 8/31/2022.

Friday, March 18, 2016

A-ha: A Career Retrospective 1985-2015

A-ha

Artist Profile, 1985-2015

Overview:

A-ha is a snyth-pop/new wave trio which formed in Oslo, Norway in 1982. They held on to their synth-pop sound throughout their 30+ year career, managing to consistently sound fresh without abandoning their ‘80s roots. They made their biggest mark with 1985’s “Take on Me,” a #1 song throughout the world. They had nineteen top-ten hits in their native Norway; nine of those songs went to #1. They also landed nine top-ten hits in the UK.

They released ten studio albums over their 30-year career. The first eight hit #1 in Norway and the last two peaked at #2. In the UK, A-ha’s first three studio albums peaked at #2 and then they returned to the top ten with their last two studio efforts.

In 2010, they released 25, a double-disc retrospective was released to celebrate their quarter-century career. It turned out the collection was premature. The synth-pop trio returned in 2015 with their tenth studio album. Once again, they followed up the next year with a two-disc sampling of music from throughout their career. As of 2021, it still marks the end of the group’s legacy.

The Players:

Magne Furuholmen (keyboards, guitar)
Morten Harket (vocals)
Pal Waaktaar-Savoy (guitar)

On the Web:

a-ha.com (official site)
Facebook
Wikipedia

Awards:

The Studio Albums:

Hover over an album for the name and year of release. Click to see its DMDB page.

Compilations:

^HD Headlines and Deadlines (1991)
^DS The Definitive Singles Collection (2005)
²⁵ 25 (2010)
^TA Time and Again (2016)

Under each album snapshot, songs featured on the anthologies are noted. If the song charted, the date of the song’s release or first chart appearance and its chart peaks are noted in parentheses. Click for codes to singles charts.

Hunting High and Low (1985):

Unwitting fans of A-ha in America might think this was all the Norwegian trio did. After “Take on Me” became a #1 hit in the U.S., the group followed up with the top-twenty The Sun Always Shines on T.V., but never hit the Billboard top 40 again. In their native Norway, however, all four of the album’s singles were top-ten hits with “Take on Me” and Train of Thought each going to #1. All four of these songs are featured on all four compilations highlighted on this page with the exception of “Train of Thought,” which was omitted from the 2016 Time and Again collection.

Take on Me (9/16/85, 1 US, 4 AC, 2 UK, 1 AU, airplay: 3 million) ^{HD, DS, 25, TA}
The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (12/16/85, 20 US, 1 UK, 19 AU) ^{HD, DS, 25, TA}
Train of Thought (3/24/86, 8 UK, 47 AU) ^{HD, DS, 25}
Hunting High and Low (6/2/86, 5 UK, 33 AU) ^{HD, DS, 25, TA}
The Blue Sky ²⁵

Scoundrel Days (1986):

All three of the album’s singles were top-five hits in Norway with “I’ve Been Losing You” hitting #1. On a personal note, this is my favorite A-ha album.

I’ve Been Losing You (9/22/86, 8 UK, 21 AU) ^{HD, DS, 25, TA}
Cry Wolf (11/24/86, 50 US, 5 UK, 45 AU) ^{HD, DS, 25, TA}
Manhattan Skyline (2/16/87, 13 UK) ^{HD, DS, 25, TA}
Scoundrel Days ²⁵
The Swing of Things ²⁵

Stay on These Roads (1988):

Six singles were released to promote the trio’s third album, but only two songs charted in Norway. Those two, however, went all the way to #1 (The Living Daylights and Stay on These Roads).

The Living Daylights (6/22/87, 5 UK, 29 AU) ^{HD, DS, 25, TA}
Stay on These Roads (3/14/88, 5 UK, 56 UK) ^{HD, DS, 25, TA}
The Blood That Moves the Body (6/6/88, 25 UK) ^{HD, 25, TA}
Touchy! (8/15/88, 11 UK) ^{HD, DS, 25, TA}
You Are the One (11/21/88, 13 UK) ^{HD, DS, 25, TA}
There’s Never a Forever Thing (1989, --) ²⁵

East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1990):

The band’s cover of the Everly Brothers’ Crying in the Rain gave the their sixth #1 hit in Norway. I Call Your Name and Early Morning were minor hits in the UK, understandably left off of the Definitive Singles Collection, despite the name of the collection, and Time and Again.

Crying in the Rain (10/1/90, 13 UK) ^{HD, DS, 25, TA}
I Call Your Name (12/3/90 44 UK) ^{HD, 25}
Early Morning (2/25/91, 78 UK) ^{HD, 25}
Slender Frame ²⁵

Headlines and Deadlines

A-ha

Recorded: 1985-1991

Released: November 4, 1991

Peak: -- US, 12 UK, -- CN, -- AU

Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.3 UK, 0.3 world (includes US and UK)

Genre: synth pop

Tracks: (1) Take on Me (2) Cry Wolf (3) Touchy! (4) You Are the One (5) Manhattan Skyline (6) The Blood That Moves the Body (7) Early Morning (8) Hunting High and Low (9) Move to Memphis (10) I’ve Been Losing You (11) The Living Daylights (12) Crying in the Rain (13) I Call Your Name (14) Stay on These Roads (15) Train of Thought (16) The Sun Always Shines on T.V.

Total Running Time: 68:25

Rating:

3.869 out of 5.00 (average of 9 ratings)

About Headlines and Deadlines:

While the group still had plenty of years left in the tank, this collection offers a nice sampling of their early years, capturing every single the trio released from 1985 to 1991. Had they waited until after their next studio album, 1993’s Memorial Beach, it could have been the perfect time capsule of their first wave, (They took a hiatus from then until 2000) but this comes pretty close. The collection also offered up a new song, Move to Memphis, which would also be featured in a new version on the aforementioned Memorial Beach album.

Move to Memphis (10/14/91, 47 UK) ^{HD, 25, TA}

Memorial Beach (1993):

This was A-ha’s first album to not land a #1 hit in Norway; Dark Is the Night for All peaked at #4.

Dark Is the Night for All (5/24/93, 19 UK) ^{DS, 25, TA}
Angel in the Snow (9/6/93, 41 UK) ²⁵
Cold as Stone ²⁵

Minor Earth, Major Sky (2000):

The band got back to #1 in Norway with Summer Moved On. The title cut and Velvet were also top-40 hits in Norway.

Summer Moved On (5/22/00, 33 UK) ^{DS, 25, TA}
Minor Earth Major Sky (7/10/00, --) ^{DS, 25, TA}
Velvet (9/14/00, --) ^{DS, 25, TA}
The Sun Never Shone That Day (9/21/00, --) ²⁵

Lifelines (2002):

Lead single Forever Not Yours was A-ha’s seventh trip to the top of the charts in Norway. The singles didn’t have much impact anywhere else, but all three are on 25 and Time and Again.

Forever Not Yours (4/2/02, --) ^{DS, 25, TA}
Lifelines (7/8/02, 78 UK) ^{DS, 25, TA}
Did Anyone Approach You? (9/30/02, --) ^{25, TA}

The Definitive Singles Collection

A-ha

Recorded: 1985-2002

Released: April 5, 2005

Peak: -- US, 10 UK, -- CN, -- AU

Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.1 UK, 0.1 world (includes US and UK)

Genre: synth pop

Tracks: (1) Take on Me (2) The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (3) Train of Thought (4) Hunting High and Low (5) I’ve Been Losing You (6) Cry Wolf (7) Manhattan Skyline (8) The Living Daylights (9) Stay on These Roads (10) Touchy! (11) You Are the One (12) Crying in the Rain (13) Dark Is the Night (14) Shapes That Go Together (15) Summer Moved On (16) Lifelines (17) Velvet (18) Take on Me (enhanced video)

Total Running Time: 70:00

Rating:

3.749 out of 5.00 (average of 9 ratings)

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About The Definitive Singles Collection:

Despite the name of the collection, this doesn’t quite capture all of the singles released by A-ha from 1985 to 2005. It was also confusingly released in two versions. The Singles 1984-2004 bumped the enhanced video of “Take on Me” in favor of the songs Minor Earth, Major Sky and Forever Not Yours. The collection does include the single-only release of Shapes That Go Together from a decade earlier.

Shapes That Go Together (3/14/94, 27 UK) ^{DS, 25}

Analogue (2005):

A-ha’s eighth album gave them their ninth and final #1 hit (at least as of 2020) in Norway with Celice. The group also made it back to the UK top-ten for the first time since 1988 with Analogue (All I Want).

Celice (10/7/05, --) ^{25, TA}
Analogue (All I Want) (1/23/06, 10 UK) ^{25, TA}
Cosy Prisons (4/17/06, 39 UK) ^{25, TA}

Foot of the Mountain (2009):

After eight #1 albums in Norway, Foot of the Mountain was A-ha’s first studio effort to stall in the runner-up spot.

Foot of the Mountain (5/5/09, 66 UK) ^{25, TA}
Nothing Is Keeping You Here (9/21/09, --) ²⁵
Shadowside (9/21/09, --) ²⁵

25

A-ha

Recorded: 1985-2010

Released: July 19, 2010

Peak: -- US, 10 UK, -- CN, -- AU

Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US and UK)

Genre: synth pop

Tracks, Disc 1: (1) Take on Me (2) The Blue Sky (3) The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (4) Train of Thought (5) Hunting High and Low (6) I’ve Been Losing You (7) Scoundrel Days (8) The Swing of Things (9) Cry Wolf (10) Manhattan Skyline (11) The Living Daylights (12) Stay on These Roads (13) Touchy! (14) There’s Never a Forever Thing (15) You Are the One (16) The Blood That Moves the Body (17) Crying in the Rain (18) Early Morning (19) Slender Frame (20) I Call Your Name

Tracks, Disc 2: (1) Move to Memphis (2) Dark Is the Night for All (3) Cold As Stone (4) Angel in the Snow (5) Shapes That Go Together (6) Summer Moved On (7) Minor Earth, Major Sky (8) The Sun Never Shone That Day (9) Velvet (10) Forever Not Yours (11) Lifelines (12) Did Anyone Approach You? (13) Celice (14) Analogue (All I Want) (15) Cosy Prisons (16) Foot of the Mountain (17) Nothing Is Keeping You Here (18) Shadowside (19) Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)

Rating:

3.668 out of 5.00 (average of 9 ratings)

About 25:

When it was released, this was supposed to be the cherry on top of the band’s quarter-century career. The exhaustive double-disc set captured every single the band had released and added new song Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah). The song marked A-ha’s last appearance on the Norway charts, peaking at #13.

Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah) (7/5/10, 98 UK) ^{25, TA}

Cast in Steel (2015):

None of the band’s three singles released from their final album scraped the charts, but the album did peak at #2 in Norway. The only song recognized on an A-ha anthology was Under the Makeup, the lead single from the album.

Under the Makeup (7/3/15, --) ^TA

Time and Again

A-ha

Recorded: 1985-2015

Released: March 18, 2016

Peak: -- US, 75 UK, -- CN, -- AU

Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US and UK)

Genre: synth pop

Tracks, Disc 1: (1) Take on Me (2) The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (3) Hunting High and Low (4) I’ve Been Losing You (5) Cry Wolf (6) Manhattan Skyline (7) The Living Daylights (8) Stay on These Roads (9) You Are the One (10) Crying in the Rain (11) Move to Memphis (12) Dark Is the Night for All (13) Summer Moved On (14) Forever Not Yours (15) Lifelines (16) Celice (17) Analogue (All I Want) (18) Foot of the Mountain (19) Under the Makeup

Tracks, Disc 2 (remixes): (1) Take on Me (2) The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (3) Cry Wolf (4) Touchy! (5) You Are the One (6) The Blood That Moves the Body (7) Summer Moved On (8) Minor Earth, Major Sky (9) Velvet (10) Lifelines (11) Did Anyone Approach You? (12) Celice (13) Analogue (14) Cosy Prisons (15) Foot of the Mountain (16) Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)

Rating:

3.473 out of 5.00 (average of 9 ratings)

About Time and Again:

If the first disc of this collection were available on its own, it would be a great way for a casual fan to get a career overview of A-ha. However, the second disc of remixes – most of which are already on the first album – makes this a set only diehards would want. It’s unfortunate the two discs aren’t available separately to appease fans on both ends of the scale.

Resources and Related Links:

DMDB Encyclopedia entry for A-ha
^AZ Amazon
A-ha.com (official website)
Wikipedia: A-ha’s Singles Discography

First posted 9/10/2020; updated 8/9/2021.

Friday, September 4, 2015

A-ha released tenth studio album, Cast in Steel

First posted 9/9/2020.

Cast in Steel

A-ha

Released: September 4, 2015

Peak: -- US, 8 UK, -- CN, -- AU

Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.06 UK, 0.06 world (includes US and UK)

Genre: synth pop

Tracks:

Song Title (Writers) [time] (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts.

Cast in Steel (2/12/16, --)
Under the Makeup (7/3/15, --)
The Wake (8/28/15, --)
Forest Fire (9/15/15, --)
Objects in the Mirror (2/12/16, --)
Door Ajar
Living at the End of the World
Mythomania
She’s Humming a Tune
Shadow Endeavors
Giving Up the Ghost
Goodbye Thompson

Total Running Time: 47:01

The Players:

Morten Harket (vocals, guitar)
Magne Furuholmen (keyboards, guitar, bass)
Pål Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars, drums, percussion)

Rating:

3.050 out of 5.00 (average of 2 ratings)

About the Album:

After 2009’s Foot of the Mountain, a-ha, the Norwegian synth-pop trio who found fame with “Take on Me” in 1985, announced their retirement. Six years later, however, they returned with their tenth studio album and a world tour.

Morten Harket and Pål Waaktaar-Savoy, the band’s singer and guitarist respectively, started work on the album in New York. Pål said he played some new songs at his studio when Morten dropped by occasionally. Morten then recorded some vocals for some of the songs. Magne Furuholmen, the keyboardist, wasn’t initially involved, but said of the reunion, “The other two wanted to do it, and I had to decide: do I block it, let them do it without me, or make a fool of myself, with my statements about this being the end.” ^WK The three of them were never in the studio together which Pål said was common for the band. ^WK

As of 2020, the resulting Cast in Steel album is their last recording. Like their previous effort, Foot of the Mountain, the album hit the top-ten in the UK, their sixth album overall to do so. The album was supported by five singles, although none charted in the UK or US or even their native Norway where they’d taken 19 songs to the top ten. Outside of Norway, the band did have some international success, primarily in other European countries, but were seen as little more than a one-hit wonder in the United States, even though they’d followed up the #1 hit “Take on Me” with the top-20 song “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.”

Notes: A deluxe edition included six bonus tracks.

Resources and Related Links:

Friday, June 19, 2009

Aha’s Foot of the Mountain released

Foot of the Mountain

A-ha

Released: June 19, 2009

Peak: -- US, 5 UK, -- CN, -- AU

Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, 0.25 world (includes US and UK)

Genre: synth pop

Tracks:

Song Title (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts.

The Bandstand
Riding the Crest
What There Is
Foot of the Mountain (5/5/09, 66 UK)
Real Meaning
Shadowside (9/21/09, --)
Nothing Is Keeping You Here (9/21/09, --)
Mother Nature Goes to Heaven
Sunny Mystery
Start the Simulator

Total Running Time: 40:45

The Players:

Morten Harket (vocals, guitar)
Magne Furuholmen (keyboards, guitar, bass)
Pål Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars, drums, percussion)

Rating:

3.233 out of 5.00 (average of 3 ratings)

Quotable: “If this is to be a-ha's final LP, then they've undeniably gone out on a high.” – Jon O’Brien, All Music Guide

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album:

Nearly a quarter century after finding international success with “Take on Me,” the Norwegian synth-pop trio announced that their ninth studio album, Foot of the Mountain, would be their swan song. It turned out the retirement didn’t stick as they returned for a tenth effort, Cast in Steel, in 2015, but no one knew that at the time.

The album was produced by Steve Osborne, who’d worked with New Order, as well as Erik Ljunggren, Roland Spremberg and Mark Saunders. It was recorded in New York, Oslo, Hamburg, Stockholm, and Bath between the autumn of 2008 and the spring of 2009. ^AZ

“Despite some obvious '80s influences, Foot of the Mountain is far from a contrived attempt at trying to restore former glories.” ^AMG The album “eschews the melancholic indie pop sound that dominated its predecessor, Analogue, and instead neatly brings their underrated career full circle by returning to the melodic electronica of their early glory days.” ^AMG

“Opening with the galloping charge of The Bandstand, the album quickly defines itself with the keyboard intro before Morten's instantly recognizable vocals announce their return.” ^AZ The song “recalls the early noir-ish atmospherics of early Depeche Mode with its pulsating new romantic basslines, eerie spacy synths.” ^AMG

“The glorious OMD-esque Riding the Crest,” ^AMG which also shows influences of Arcade Fire, ^AZ is “arguably their most infectious pop song since 1987 James Bond theme ‘The Living Daylights.’” ^AZ It “sounds like a number from a classic Giorgio Moroder movie soundtrack.” ^AZ

From there, “the album flows into the melancholic What There Is before thundering back into the stunning single and title track Foot of the Mountain.” ^AZ The latter is “a reworking of ‘The Longest Night,’ a song from keyboardist Magne Furuholmen's previous solo album, A Dot of Black in the Blue of Your Bliss.” ^AMG It “is a soaring slice of emotive piano-driven pop/rock that would make Keane green with envy.” ^AMG The song was the band’s 19th top-ten hit in Norway.

“Shadowside is a heartbreaking ballad whose string-soaked finale evokes the cinematic choristry of Sigur Rós; and the echoing effects, Chicane-style synth chords.” ^AMG A ”Peter Hook-influenced bassline turns Sunny Mystery into their most clubby effort to date.” ^AMG Both sogs incorporate “the most driving and contagious beats and lyrics of A-HA's career.” ^AZ

“The inventive streak that runs through the album’s ten tracks isn't always quite as successful. Closing number Start the Simulator is a brave but misguided attempt at experimental post-rock, based on a rather clunky space travel metaphor that reduces Harket’s beautifully understated tones to Auto-Tuned anonymity, while Mother Nature Goes to Heaven is a wishy-washy and meandering attempt to highlight the plight of the environment, which suggests the band is much better at tackling more personal themes than heavy-handed issues.” ^AMG

But while many acts bow out of their careers with lackluster and hastily assembled efforts, Foot of the Mountain is the sound of a band you feel has much more to offer. If this is to be a-ha's final LP, then they've undeniably gone out on a high.” ^AMG It “is an album that cements A-HA's position in the world of pop.” ^AZ

Resources and Related Links:

DMDB Encyclopedia entry for A-ha
^AMG All Music Guide review by Jon O’Brien
^AZ Amazon
^WK Wikipedia

Other Related DMDB Pages:

First posted 9/9/2020; updated 8/9/2021.

Friday, November 4, 2005

Aha released Analogue

Analogue

A-ha

Released: November 4, 2005

Peak: -- US, 24 UK, -- CN, -- AU

Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.06 UK, 0.06 world (includes US and UK)

Genre: synth pop

Tracks:

Song Title (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts.

Celice (10/7/05, --)
Don’t Do Me Any Favours
Cosy Prisons (4/17/06, 39 UK)
Analogue (All I Want) (1/23/06, 10 UK)
Birthright (10/28/05, --)
Holy Ground
Over the Treetops
Halfway Through the Tour
A Fine Blue Line
Keeper of the Flame
Make It Soon
White Dwarf
The Summers of Our Youth

Total Running Time: 54:43

The Players:

Morten Harket (vocals, guitar)
Magne Furuholmen (keyboards, guitar, bass)
Pål Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars, drums, percussion)

Rating:

3.033 out of 5.00 (average of 3 ratings)

Quotable: “A return to form.” – Sharon Mawer, All Music Guide

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album:

Thanks to the international success of “Take on Me” in 1985, a-ha became “one of the most popular Norwegian bands of all time.” ^AZ “Lead singer Morten Harket's incredible falsetto has wowed audiences for over two decades, and this new album shows real progression without straying too far from the band's trademark sound.” ^AZ

While the U.S. market largely forgot about a-ha after their debut album, they’ve never really been away so “Analogue was hardly a comeback but a continuation of their 20-plus years of hitmaking. If anything, it was a return to form after the disappointing Lifelines album.” ^AMG

The trio’s eighth studio endeavor kicks off with Celice, which features Harket’s “trademark falsetto vocals over a beat driven song.” ^AMG The song also served as the first single, released only in Europe. It was the band’s ninth, and, to-date, final #1 song in Norway.

The title cut, Analogue (All I Want) was also released as a single and became the band’s first top-ten hit in the UK since 1988’s “Stay on These Roads” ^AMG and the band’s eighteenth top-ten hit in Norway.

“Pål Waaktaar's fuzzy guitar dominates Make It Soon but Analogue is mainly a very laid-back album; only a few of its 13 tracks are up-tempo in the style of their classic era ‘Take on Me,’ and most of the tracks are piano led, melancholy ballads including Cozy Prisons, Birthright, A Fine Blue Line, and The Summers of Your Youth.” ^AMG

Graham Nash guests with backing vocals on “Cozy Prisons” and Over the Teardrops. “The harmonies on the latter song sound almost like one of CSN & Y’s own.” ^AMG

Halfway Through the Tour is one of the album’s more unusual songs. It is “a synth-beat number over seven minutes long. It’s a strange song which appears to finish at the standard three-minute mark but then continues for a further four minutes as a flute instrumental with echoes of ‘Nights in White Satin.’” ^AMG

Notes: An iTunes store version of the album included two remixes of “Celice.”

Resources and Related Links:

DMDB Encyclopedia entry for A-ha
^AMG All Music Guide review by Sharon Mawer
^AZ Amazon
^WK Wikipedia

Other Related DMDB Pages:

First posted 9/9/2020; updated 8/9/2021.