Produced by Alan Tarney
ALLMUSIC REVIEW: a-ha's recording career hit the skids in America with its third release. But in the U.K., the album became the group's third straight to peak at number two, though it charted for a shorter period than the first two albums, and there were four Top 25 hits -- the title track, "The Blood That Moves the Body," "Touchy!," and "You Are the One." (Also included was a-ha's 1987 theme from the James Bond movie The Living Daylights, a U.K. number five that missed the U.S. charts.) Even in a country with a demonstrated affection for Scandinavians, however (remember ABBA?), that was a fall-off, if the decline was more gradual, and three albums in, a-ha wasn't demonstrating any development from its first hit, just more of the same and a little less distinctive.
ALLMUSIC GAVE THE AKBUM 2 OUT OF 5 STARS
SINGLES RELEASED FROM 'STAY ON THESE ROADS':
1//STAY ON THESE ROADS
2//THE BLOOD THAT MOVES THE BODY
3//THERE'S NEVER A FOREVER THING(BRAZIL ONLY)
4//TOUCHY!
5//YOU ARE THE ONE
The title track is hitting at #3 on Magne's top 10 A-ha songs. Magne says: An unexpected and unusual but great collaboration between Morten and me, in which Paul came in toward the end. Paul on the other hand picks out 'You'll end up crying' from the album at #3 on his top 10 songs that should have received more attention. Paul comments: Morten and I used to sing this in the beginning to get a reaction from the ladies.
PICTURES FROM THE TIME WHEN 'STAY ON THESE ROADS' WERE RELEASED:
CHART POSITIONS:
NUMBER 1 IN NORWAY
NUMBER 2 IN UK
NUMBER 2 IN ITALY
NUMBER 6 SWISS ALBUM CHARTS
NUMBER 148 US
NUMBER 10 SWEDEN
NUMBER 9 AUSTRIA
NUMBER 4 GERMANY
NUMBER 55 CANADA
Source: Wikipedia/The Swing of Things by Jan Omdahl
CERTIFICATIONS:
UK: GOLD
GER: GOLD
BRA: PLATINUM
NLD: GOLD
SWI: GOLD
FRA: 2XPLATINUM
Source: Wikipedia
SALES FIGURE:
'STAY ON THESE ROADS' HAS SOLD MORE THAN 4 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE.
Source: The Swing Of Things By Jan Omdahl
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