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Posted: February 01 2012 at 16:11
^ Good choice, it's the best from the Scoundrel Days album I think.
But my pick would be something from the Hunting High and Low album. I had a period were I was crazy about A-Ha, around 1990, and I played that album hundreds of times. It's a solid album.
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Posted: February 01 2012 at 16:58
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I only know one of their tracks, so it wins by default; Take On Me.
No one anywhere in the United States has ever heard any a-ha song other than "Take On Me". (This is true, even taking into account the fact that "The Sun Always Shines On TV" made it into the top 20.)
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Posted: February 01 2012 at 20:40
I heard their version of the Everly Brothers' "Crying In The Rain" before I heard the original. Still think it's the better of the two. I've also heard their lead singer do a very good version of The Four Seasons' "I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You."
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Posted: February 02 2012 at 10:13
They are all too frequently dismissed by those who think they know Aha's music because they've heard "Take on me (and seen the video), presumably because of their "boy band" image.
In fact, they have made some fine albums. "Hunting high and low" has some great songs on it, including the title track, "Living a boys adventure tale" and "Train of thought". For me though, the "Minor earth, major sky" album stands head and shoulders above the others. Every track on that album is superb, the diversity and quality of the music sadly being something the naysayers will never discover.
Their recent single "Foot of the mountain" was great too.
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Posted: February 02 2012 at 14:49
I was working at a record store when the "Hunting High and Low" record came out, and it got a lot of play at the store. Very solid album. I still have the LP, though I haven't played it in 20 years. If I had to pick a favorite tune, I'd probably go with "Sun Always Shines on TV", but if I played it again I'd probably remember a different one I like even better.
I might try out another album when I get the chance. This isn't the first time I've serious music fans sing their praises.
Edited by HolyMoly - February 02 2012 at 14:51
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Posted: February 02 2012 at 15:43
Easy Livin wrote:
They are all too frequently dismissed by those who think they know Aha's music because they've heard "Take on me (and seen the video), presumably because of their "boy band" image.
In fact, they have made some fine albums. "Hunting high and low" has some great songs on it, including the title track, "Living a boys adventure tale" and "Train of thought". For me though, the "Minor earth, major sky" album stands head and shoulders above the others. Every track on that album is superb, the diversity and quality of the music sadly being something the naysayers will never discover.
Their recent single "Foot of the mountain" was great too.
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Posted: February 02 2012 at 19:12
I loved their debut album but nothing much after that. "Hunting High and Low", the title track, is probably my favourite, but "Living a BOy's Adventure Tale", "Train of Thought", and "Blue Sky" are also great.
Side One of the debut album (Hunting High and Low) is one of the greatest sequences of pop music I have heard. Side Two, a bit less so, but still a solid album.
Haven't heard much beyond Scoundrel Days, but I do like the title track to Lifelines.
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