They're at their best at their darkest: the title track is the standout with its...
A-ha burst on the British scene in 1985 with their comic-book video'd "Take On Me", and they're one of the most internationally loved bands in pop, years later.
Analogue is a mature collection of songs, carefully produced and arranged. They're at their best at their darkest: the title track is the standout with its steady guitar-piano riff breaking out into uplifting choruses. Strings feature across the board: "A Fine Blue Line" blends them with electronics and "Over the Treetops" with vocal harmonies, incorporating fuzz guitar... The trick they have mastered is balancing all synthetic and acoustic elements within dramatic structures.
Bonus track "The Summers of Our Youth" begins with Magne Furuholmen almost cocking a snook to Chris Martin by taking on a rather similar singing style, before returning to Morten's familiar falsetto. A-ha must realise they're the original, and the finest. Keane and Coldplay, get your coats.
BBC (Lucy Davies) Analogue Review
SONGS:
1. Celice 2. Don’t Do Me Any Favours 3. Cosy Prisons 4. Analogue 5. Birthright 6. Holyground 7. Over The Treetops 8. Halfway Through The Tour 9. Keeper Of The Flame 10. A Fine Blue Line 11. Make It Soon 12. White Dwarf 13. The Summers Of Our Youth
PRODUCED BY MARTIN TEREFE WITH KJETIL BJERKESTRAND, MICHAEL ILBERT, MAX MARTIN.
MIXED BY FLOOD.
Additional Musicians:
Per Lindvall - Drums, Alex Toff - Drums, Frode Unneland - Drums, Sven Lindvall - Bass, Martin Terefe - Bass, Guitars, Piano, Jorun Bogeberg - Bass, Claes Bjorklund - Guitars, Piano, Geir Sundstol - Guitars, Andreas Olsson - Guitars, Christer Karlsson - Piano
Read more at The Official Site
PICTURES ANALOGUE ERA:
SINGLES RELEASED FROM ANALOGUE:
1//CELICE 2//BIRTHRIGHT(PROMO) 3//ANALOGUE(ALL I WANT) 4//COSY PRISONS
From Wikipedia
CHART POSITIONS:
#1 in Norway
#6 in Germany
#18 in Austria
#21 in Swiss Album Charts
#24 in UK
#27 in Poland
#50 in Holland
#60 in France
Source: Acharts
CERTIFICATIONS:
DESPITE BEING CERTIFIED SILVER IN THE UK, ANALOGUE IS A-HA'S LOWEST SELLING ALBUM. IT HAS SOLD JUST OVER 300 000 COPIES.
Source: Wikipedia/The Swing Of Things 1985-2010
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