Just love the Album,and all the older music,FANTASTIC LIVE ,just seen A HA at MEN Manchester nov 20th my one lifetime wish,and not disappointed BRILLIANT ,thanks for posting....
amo d+ essa banda, é uma pena o a-ha está se acabando bicho..espero que voltem atrás nessa decisão, a turnê no Brasil foi espetacularrr, fui pro show aqui em Recife, iradoooooo
I haven't seen it. I got my copy on line from Argentina. The U.S. has shunned them for years. Lifelines a great song. I'm not sure how good thier Manager is. I certainly would have promoted them differently. Certainly if bands like AC/DC or others that haven't made a record in years can be promoted on VH1 Classic than why couldn't a-ha. Its really stupid.
Well..I've interacted with their manager a little. He seems like a good guy that's more open to ideas than the average record label exec. a-Ha should have been promoted as a LIVE act. They could have easily got slots in festivals such as Music Midtown etc. Playing at festivals was what got Depeche Mode into the limelight - and their chart performance, in general, was never as good as a-Ha's. Yet, they play venues like Madison Square Garden. I've heard the band is amazing LIVE.
A-HA simply awesome. The first four songs on the new album are great after that they tone it down a bit and it gets a bit dreary, i love upbeat 80s anthems like this from a-ha. Awesome band and you can see where coldplay (who dont have shit on a-ha) get their music from. Always been a fan, they make unique, nice music oh and Michael Jackson was a big fan!
I've always hated how the media bigs up Coldplay all the time and hardly ever gives a-ha any credit. I don't hate Coldplay i think they have some good songs but when it comes to pure talent a-ha kicks Coldplay's ass. Magne and Paul are much better songwritters than all of the guys from Coldplay and Morten is definatly a better vocalist than Chris Martin.
wow! great song! A strong HIT with a Strong melody. Some songs in this abum Sound like depeche mode but it's OK because a-ha and DM are my favourite bands!
This is my favorite track on this release! These guys are still going and I love it! This band speaks to me. They keep me going. Nothing like them! Come and tour in the U.S. please!!!!
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People like emmaandjo78 should accept that not all a-ha fans like this album. In fact, many think it is crap.
Maybe you should check out some reviews of this album on the web to see how poorly it is being received. I suppose you think all music critics are wrong as well.
I feel sorry for a-ha when they have some fans who go bonkers over anything they release. It's pathetic. No band or artist makes great albums all the time...and this is a-ha's career nadir.
No way. "Shadowside" is one of the best songs they've written. I am always skeptical with A-ha...because one should have high standards with a band with such potential...but I think their nadir was Memorial Beach. Duran Duran, for example, is presently in a sort of nadir.
I've been thinking all day, here and there, about Memorial Beach. It has an amazing mood to it...and it has the rawness of East of the Sun, the album.
I think, upon further reflection, Minor Earth and Analogue have some pretty cheesy material, lyric-wise and these corny Major Chord chorus love-songs..so my question: if Memorial Beach was their zenith, why did they break up? Also, you really don't like the song Shadowside? thanks for your time.
I've got to give Shadowside a proper listen, NewYorkviolets. Then I can be 100% it's not my thing.
I too love the rawness of Memorial Beach...it is an album where a-ha dodnt give a damn and that really played to their strengths...they made the album they perhaps were longing to since the beginning, and maybe they were at their peak then? (as others on here have suggested?)
EOTSWOTM album is a goody...I love I Call your Name..now there was a smash hit that never happened...perhaps like Velvet.
The thing about all their other albums, is that they were a progression. I don't see how Foot of The Mountain is....its seems a massive backwards step - it is so bereft of any quality or any oomph, dammit! And on what other album has a-ha lacked any spark to such a degree?
Did you ever notice that "Minor Earth, Major Sky" is basically the same song as "Move to Memphis," only, IMHO, better lyric-wise. I think Memorial Beach is the darkest album and EOTSWOTM and MB both shine for the guitar and piano work. On this album it's all electronica. Which is what they wanted to get away from with the two above-mentioned albums...so in a way they are going back to that. Did you like Analogue, Minor Earth, or Lifelines, the albums?
I think MOMS album is very good - though I agree with some critics that it is a few tracks too long. You'll Never Get over Me - now THERE is a tune!!!
So, NewYorkViolets, is the music of your band just like a-ha then?
Do you look like Morten? (phwooar) One peep on your profile said you look like Billy Idol....interesting!
This is an awesome track and a great album. People like Get Zippy shouldn't waste there time listening to a-ha when they quite clearly don't like them as this is one in a long line of negative comments on anything related to a-ha.
This track is so addictive. You want to hear it again and again. Great melody. I am really curious about the images in the videoclip, if they choose it as a single.
I hope that Warner will rerelease the first three albums in remastered editions. These albums deserve better sounds and a-ha fans deserve additional tracks, b sides, booklets.
In my opinion the one of the best songs on the album, thank you royk09 for sharing.I've bought the cd, and it's great!Not that I'd expected anything else from the best band ever:-)Can't wait to see them in Oslo friday, it's the highlight of my week!
AMERICAN A-ha FANS: The only way A-ha will get played, sold & tour here is if their label gives them an American representative. The rep markets, communicates and pushes American radio to play their music. The product & tours follow once they get played again and see a market. A-ha's label is Universal Music Deutschland
Stralauer Allee 1, 10245 Berlin. Youtube won't allow a link so go look up the webpage and write them! A-ha's single is currently #2 over there. We have to pressure their label!
Full sound. It gives me such a great feeling. Love the chorus and bridge.
I wish that I was in Norway right now. They are having store meet and greets, signing cds and taking pictures. The rest of the world has it so good! Love the buys for me here in America.
DITTO! DITTO! Would love to be in Norway right now!
This has to be one of the BEST songs they have ever recorded.. this is on the level of "Take On Me" only better!! Catchy melody, great lyrics and Morten sounds amazing, brilliant!!! If Universal releases it as a single & promotes the hell out of it... it could be a #1 HIT around the world! However, I am worried with all the songs now posted on YouTube! PLEASE BUY THE ALBUM, DO NOT DOWNLOAD FREE MUSIC! This is like stealing from the band!!
I was able to get some great pictures untouched by logos or wording from the band's label. They are super large and my contact actually sent them straight to my email address. I can forward them to you if you email me, o.k..
I agree with you, hellvik, 1000%!!! They should release this song next, then Shadowside and them Sunny Mystery!!!! They could have 4 or 5 huge hits off this album if they release the right songs! Fantastic album and Morten sounds amazing!
I still enjoy East of the sun, west of the moon and Memorial beach albums. Both albums deserve mega success. But deep down i am glad that they are not obsessed about success.
Concering pop standards they were always individual and weird. Shy on stage and generously sentimental on their records were loved by individuals too!
I agree 100%... these two albums are also my favorites and were A-HA at their best! However, having said that, I think this album (with songs like this one, Sunny Mystery & Shadowside) will put them on top again where they have always belonged! A-HA has always been unique... but that is their charm, their music and their success!
Just love the Album,and all the older music,FANTASTIC LIVE ,just seen A HA at MEN Manchester nov 20th my one lifetime wish,and not disappointed BRILLIANT ,thanks for posting....
carollaish 1 year ago
in really lovwe this song alot !!
mrheavenstar 1 year ago
Fantastic. I will miss a-ha.
They will carry on in their solo careers after 2010.
johnson121able 1 year ago
@johnson121able
What are their plans after the tour ends?
frogbrothers1 1 year ago
amo d+ essa banda, é uma pena o a-ha está se acabando bicho..espero que voltem atrás nessa decisão, a turnê no Brasil foi espetacularrr, fui pro show aqui em Recife, iradoooooo
Pedro41694 1 year ago
this is a VERY good song
LuckyAntenna 1 year ago
is the album available in the US?
trizack 2 years ago
I haven't seen it. I got my copy on line from Argentina. The U.S. has shunned them for years. Lifelines a great song. I'm not sure how good thier Manager is. I certainly would have promoted them differently. Certainly if bands like AC/DC or others that haven't made a record in years can be promoted on VH1 Classic than why couldn't a-ha. Its really stupid.
ahafan64 2 years ago 3
Well..I've interacted with their manager a little. He seems like a good guy that's more open to ideas than the average record label exec. a-Ha should have been promoted as a LIVE act. They could have easily got slots in festivals such as Music Midtown etc. Playing at festivals was what got Depeche Mode into the limelight - and their chart performance, in general, was never as good as a-Ha's. Yet, they play venues like Madison Square Garden. I've heard the band is amazing LIVE.
pranavc 2 years ago
super song!!
apostolis1968 2 years ago 4
i just love the band. got this one stuck in my head its amazing. going to see them live in november :D
clotmeisterstudios 2 years ago 4
I love the band too, can't wait for November
lfclotr 2 years ago
A-HA simply awesome. The first four songs on the new album are great after that they tone it down a bit and it gets a bit dreary, i love upbeat 80s anthems like this from a-ha. Awesome band and you can see where coldplay (who dont have shit on a-ha) get their music from. Always been a fan, they make unique, nice music oh and Michael Jackson was a big fan!
spanglehoff 2 years ago
What a shame, I wanted it to go to Number One.
:-(
This is fast becoming a favourite album or a tie with East Of The Sun.
MelissaJayne1973 2 years ago
a-ha enters the UK album chart at # 5
Cta2006 2 years ago
My fav song from the new album.... Totally A-ha,makes me think back to 1985 when i first clocked the guys....
harket73 2 years ago
This is my fave song from the new album! :)
I wanted to go see them live but nobody would go with me :( bcos not many people my age know them, the media should promote their music more.
lilmisswisebrown 2 years ago
This album hasn't left my cd player.
MelissaJayne1973 2 years ago
Amazing album and I to have been playing since it landed on my hall carpet on monday last week..........
harket73 2 years ago
I've always hated how the media bigs up Coldplay all the time and hardly ever gives a-ha any credit. I don't hate Coldplay i think they have some good songs but when it comes to pure talent a-ha kicks Coldplay's ass. Magne and Paul are much better songwritters than all of the guys from Coldplay and Morten is definatly a better vocalist than Chris Martin.
PhillT1988 2 years ago 21
Man, i totally agree! Coldplay is a good band but i think that media should make justice to a-ha.
gefx 2 years ago 4
@PhillT1988 Just out of curiosity - why did you give especially Coldplay as an example?
saryes 1 year ago
wow! great song! A strong HIT with a Strong melody. Some songs in this abum Sound like depeche mode but it's OK because a-ha and DM are my favourite bands!
gefx 2 years ago 4
I'm with you. :)
slava03 2 years ago
this is brilliant, its sure to be a big hit single,,,
theBESTelvis 2 years ago
And they are like "sister" bands. They are from the same time, so it is fear enough that they have the same influences.
jotenko 2 years ago
muy buen albun , esta cancion es muy buena
exelente el grupo .....
xapulin7 2 years ago
very nice song :))
KOBALT606 2 years ago
This is my favorite track on this release! These guys are still going and I love it! This band speaks to me. They keep me going. Nothing like them! Come and tour in the U.S. please!!!!
discojet 2 years ago 3
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People like emmaandjo78 should accept that not all a-ha fans like this album. In fact, many think it is crap.
Maybe you should check out some reviews of this album on the web to see how poorly it is being received. I suppose you think all music critics are wrong as well.
I feel sorry for a-ha when they have some fans who go bonkers over anything they release. It's pathetic. No band or artist makes great albums all the time...and this is a-ha's career nadir.
Zip
getzippy 2 years ago
I think aha newest album is as great as their older albums but hey thats my opinion...
kalsikum 2 years ago
No way. "Shadowside" is one of the best songs they've written. I am always skeptical with A-ha...because one should have high standards with a band with such potential...but I think their nadir was Memorial Beach. Duran Duran, for example, is presently in a sort of nadir.
NewYorkViolets 2 years ago
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Well, it is a matter of taste. Personally, I think Memorial Beach is their best album by a long way.
Foot and Mouth Mountain is forgettable and without any real musical craft or heart.
It's lazy rubbish for me.
Still, each to their own!
I was shocked to hear they may release another single from the album in the UK.
Zip
getzippy 2 years ago
Hey there,
I've been thinking all day, here and there, about Memorial Beach. It has an amazing mood to it...and it has the rawness of East of the Sun, the album.
I think, upon further reflection, Minor Earth and Analogue have some pretty cheesy material, lyric-wise and these corny Major Chord chorus love-songs..so my question: if Memorial Beach was their zenith, why did they break up? Also, you really don't like the song Shadowside? thanks for your time.
NewYorkViolets 2 years ago
I've got to give Shadowside a proper listen, NewYorkviolets. Then I can be 100% it's not my thing.
I too love the rawness of Memorial Beach...it is an album where a-ha dodnt give a damn and that really played to their strengths...they made the album they perhaps were longing to since the beginning, and maybe they were at their peak then? (as others on here have suggested?)
getzippy 2 years ago
EOTSWOTM album is a goody...I love I Call your Name..now there was a smash hit that never happened...perhaps like Velvet.
The thing about all their other albums, is that they were a progression. I don't see how Foot of The Mountain is....its seems a massive backwards step - it is so bereft of any quality or any oomph, dammit! And on what other album has a-ha lacked any spark to such a degree?
Thanks for your time!
getzippy 2 years ago
Did you ever notice that "Minor Earth, Major Sky" is basically the same song as "Move to Memphis," only, IMHO, better lyric-wise. I think Memorial Beach is the darkest album and EOTSWOTM and MB both shine for the guitar and piano work. On this album it's all electronica. Which is what they wanted to get away from with the two above-mentioned albums...so in a way they are going back to that. Did you like Analogue, Minor Earth, or Lifelines, the albums?
NewYorkViolets 2 years ago
Not sure about MEMS sounding like MTM - I can see some similarity - yeppers.
I know a-ha may claim that FOTM is going back to their roots...but their 1st three albums were vastly superior to FOTM IMHO.
There is far more passion and depth and....well, talent going on in those earlier albums. FOTM is such a lazy, damp effort.
I liked all of the 1st 5 songs on Analogue and Keeper of the Flame - I give the rest a miss.
I call Lifelines the track "deathlines" though it is better than FOTM.
getzippy 2 years ago
I think MOMS album is very good - though I agree with some critics that it is a few tracks too long. You'll Never Get over Me - now THERE is a tune!!!
So, NewYorkViolets, is the music of your band just like a-ha then?
Do you look like Morten? (phwooar) One peep on your profile said you look like Billy Idol....interesting!
Zip
getzippy 2 years ago
my favourite song!! =) love yah dad
Minecoo 2 years ago
It's taken me lots of listens but i'm starting to really like the new a-ha album...it's a grower..!!!
stealthrimmer 2 years ago 2
This is an awesome track and a great album. People like Get Zippy shouldn't waste there time listening to a-ha when they quite clearly don't like them as this is one in a long line of negative comments on anything related to a-ha.
Long Live a-ha!
emmaandjo78 2 years ago 3
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If this song is meant to be the best song on the album that is very worrying. A-ha are too interested in trying to be Coldplay now.
Poor show, and their worst album to date.
Zip
getzippy 2 years ago
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shit !!!!
cafetplayaha 2 years ago
what?! you're this shit you're are talking about. the best of a-ha.
pftw84 2 years ago 5
The new album is absolutely brilliant! Hopefully there will be a lot of promotion outside of Germany as well, every song on the album deserves it.
If you want to find out about the "bridge" between early A-ha and The Doors, do check out my account.
Fakkeltog 2 years ago 2
Fantastic - the hole new album is brilliant.
Parthoris 2 years ago 2
Great great song and album ! I am Belgian and I don't understand why the band is so ignored here and in France....
CruxDM 2 years ago 4
The album has gotten to number 1 in Germany - lets hope they do the same in UK in July when they will realesed the singel and album there
uujdjhdjeudhjjshjeh 2 years ago 4
This track is so addictive. You want to hear it again and again. Great melody. I am really curious about the images in the videoclip, if they choose it as a single.
cosetilo5 2 years ago 3
take these off youtube you scumbag
elpcmaster 2 years ago
Brilliant opener to a brilliant album. Hopefully get them a uk top 5 hit. It would certainly be deserved.
dennismilne4810 2 years ago 3
I can feel it in my bones, this will be their massive hit in years.
if it isn't , then I don't understand why.
This is the most perfect pop track ever.
MelissaJayne1973 2 years ago 2
the song is perfect.
thank you norway for a-ha.
filipeharket 2 years ago 2
Buy this album, it`s an awesome one, a perfect a-ha album...
Marcus1050 2 years ago 4
I hope that Warner will rerelease the first three albums in remastered editions. These albums deserve better sounds and a-ha fans deserve additional tracks, b sides, booklets.
cosetilo5 2 years ago
Ditto on all of the above!!!!
norskygirl 2 years ago
my # 1 / 2009
I love this song so much,
i wanna marry it <3
retsiembrU 2 years ago
I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!
nataliagmiranda 2 years ago 4
I love this BAND !!!
The New Album is wonderful !!!!
gudas88 2 years ago 5
wonderfull, its like the a-ha of old
baldnotbold 2 years ago 8
In my opinion the one of the best songs on the album, thank you royk09 for sharing.I've bought the cd, and it's great!Not that I'd expected anything else from the best band ever:-)Can't wait to see them in Oslo friday, it's the highlight of my week!
MultiBellaDonna 2 years ago 7
This song is great and the album too... thanks royk9 anyway having the songs up here doesn't stop me to get the CD... A ha rules... Mexico What's you
ROGERBELTRAN 2 years ago 5
Thats the spirit!
kalsikum 2 years ago 5
BUY THE ALBUM!!!
A-HA needs your support.
P.S loving this song to bits, what a chorus!
MelissaJayne1973 2 years ago 10
AMERICAN A-ha FANS: The only way A-ha will get played, sold & tour here is if their label gives them an American representative. The rep markets, communicates and pushes American radio to play their music. The product & tours follow once they get played again and see a market. A-ha's label is Universal Music Deutschland
Stralauer Allee 1, 10245 Berlin. Youtube won't allow a link so go look up the webpage and write them! A-ha's single is currently #2 over there. We have to pressure their label!
rushfan14 2 years ago 4
Holy crap this album is good. Don't let the free listens stop you - this needs to be properly purchased.
PorcupineJuice 2 years ago 21
@PorcupineJuice What did you expect? This is A-HA! The greatest band in universe! :-)
009firefox 1 year ago
Full sound. It gives me such a great feeling. Love the chorus and bridge.
I wish that I was in Norway right now. They are having store meet and greets, signing cds and taking pictures. The rest of the world has it so good! Love the buys for me here in America.
rushfan14 2 years ago 7
DITTO! DITTO! Would love to be in Norway right now!
This has to be one of the BEST songs they have ever recorded.. this is on the level of "Take On Me" only better!! Catchy melody, great lyrics and Morten sounds amazing, brilliant!!! If Universal releases it as a single & promotes the hell out of it... it could be a #1 HIT around the world! However, I am worried with all the songs now posted on YouTube! PLEASE BUY THE ALBUM, DO NOT DOWNLOAD FREE MUSIC! This is like stealing from the band!!
norskygirl 2 years ago 5
Hey,
I was able to get some great pictures untouched by logos or wording from the band's label. They are super large and my contact actually sent them straight to my email address. I can forward them to you if you email me, o.k..
rushfan14 2 years ago 2
They have outdone themselves....this song is right upthere among the very very best of all they have ever done. Same goes for Sunny Mystery
hellvik 2 years ago 4
I agree with you, hellvik, 1000%!!! They should release this song next, then Shadowside and them Sunny Mystery!!!! They could have 4 or 5 huge hits off this album if they release the right songs! Fantastic album and Morten sounds amazing!
norskygirl 2 years ago 6
einfach nur geil...
ladyhh007 2 years ago 2
the return of the band #1 in Norway... i m very proud of this band!!!
einsturzende3 2 years ago 4
oszalałam przy tej piosence!!! wróciło dawne świetne A_HA!!!!!!!
1608ala 2 years ago
Really great song! Like the electronic sound.
Please come too Denmark soon! ! !
fcsonny 2 years ago 2
Totally top song. Like the electronic sound.
Please come too Denmark soon! ! !
fcsonny 2 years ago 3
I have to say, that it is the best I ever heard from A-Ha and yes the whole album is great with more fantastic songs.
erwinlammers 2 years ago 3
This is such a fucking cool song!!! The whole album sounds so promising....and I normally like a-ha's rocking guitar side...
schjolin 2 years ago 3
I still enjoy East of the sun, west of the moon and Memorial beach albums. Both albums deserve mega success. But deep down i am glad that they are not obsessed about success.
cosetilo5 2 years ago
I agree. Those two albums are by far the best a-ha albums in my opinion. Oh, they could have been the best indie band in the world...
schjolin 2 years ago 4
Concering pop standards they were always individual and weird. Shy on stage and generously sentimental on their records were loved by individuals too!
cosetilo5 2 years ago 3
I agree 100%... these two albums are also my favorites and were A-HA at their best! However, having said that, I think this album (with songs like this one, Sunny Mystery & Shadowside) will put them on top again where they have always belonged! A-HA has always been unique... but that is their charm, their music and their success!
norskygirl 2 years ago 6