Foot of the Mountain

Occupation

  • Vocals: Morten Harket
  • Guitar: Pål Waaktaar Savoy
  • Keyboard: Magne Furuholmen

Studios

  • Water Music; Beat 360; The Alabaster Room, New York City (USA)
  • Yoga Studios; Alabaster Cottage; Malabar Studios; Rainbow Studios (Norway )
  • Real World Studios ( UK )
  • Gaga Studios; Boogie Park Studios ( Germany )

Foot of the Mountain (English for "Foot of the Mountain" ) is the ninth and final studio album by the Norwegian pop-rock band a-ha. It was released on 12 June 2009 and went straight to number 1 on the German album charts. It also debuted at number five in Britain, the highest ranking in the UK album charts in 1988 with Stay On These Roads. After the band was able to achieve success 25 years after their hit single Take On Me, decided Harket, Savoy and Furuholmen Waaktaar to dissolve the band with the completion of their farewell tour in December 2010 with a concert at the Spectrum Arena in Oslo.

Background

The production of the album began in 2006, shortly after the release of Analogue. In between the band members were also working on their own projects, which increased the production of A- ha album. The actual filming took five months for a-ha a relatively small period of time. The cover was designed by Martin Kvamme, who was involved in both previous releases of the band and also partly due to their solo releases. Keyboardist Magne Furuholmen describes the album as " an album that the key elements that have been defined at the beginning of the band combined. Ascending vocals, synthesizer hooks, yearning lyrics and melodic melancholia "

Title list

Reception

The reviews were mostly positive. The Times Magazine rated the album with four out of five stars. The Guardian and The Observer awarded three out of five. Florian Schade from laut.de assessed the singles as " instant - catchy tunes with feel-good guarantee". Fabio de Feo of cdstarts.de described the album as " excellent 5-track EP, but only slightly average full album, which fans of the band have yet to be their joy. " The sound of the album was often with Coldplay, but also bands like Depeche Mode and Keane compared.

Chart positions

Album

Singles

Awards

  • Germany: Platinum
Record label Genre Singing Electronic keyboard Analogue (album) Media-Control-Charts Hunting High and Low Scoundrel Days East of the Sun, West of the Moon Memorial Beach Minor Earth, Major Sky Lifelines A-ha discography
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