MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice
2017 live album by A-ha
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MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice is a live album by the Norwegian synth-pop band a-ha, released on 6 October 2017 as part of the MTV Unplugged series. It was recorded live at the Harbour Hall at Ocean Sound Recordings in Giske Municipality, Norway, on 22 and 23 June 2017.[2]
Released6 October 2017
Recorded22–23 June 2017
StudiosOcean Sound Recordings, Giske, Norway
Labels
- Polydor
- We Love Music
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| Released | 6 October 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 22–23 June 2017 | |||
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Commercial performance
The album debuted at number six on the UK Albums Chart with 6,982 units sold in its first week, becoming A-ha's seventh top-10 album in the United Kingdom.[3]
Track listing
All tracks are produced by Lars Horntveth, except "Take On Me" produced by A-ha and Martin Terefe.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "This Is Our Home" (previously unreleased) | Magne Furuholmen | 5:05 |
| 2. | "Lifelines" | Furuholmen | 5:18 |
| 3. | "I've Been Losing You" (featuring Lissie) | Paul Waaktaar-Savoy | 5:05 |
| 4. | "Analogue (All I Want)" | Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Max Martin | 4:44 |
| 5. | "The Sun Always Shines on TV" (featuring Ingrid Helene Håvik) | Waaktaar-Savoy | 4:28 |
| 6. | "A Break in the Clouds" (previously unreleased) | Waaktaar-Savoy | 4:54 |
| 7. | "Foot of the Mountain" | Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Martin Terefe | 5:27 |
| 8. | "Stay on These Roads" | Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Morten Harket | 6:18 |
| 9. | "This Alone Is Love" | Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen | 6:07 |
| 10. | "Over the Treetops" | Waaktaar-Savoy | 6:43 |
| 11. | "Forever Not Yours" | Furuholmen, Harket, Ole Sverre-Olsen | 4:07 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sox of the Fox" | Waaktaar-Savoy | 7:18 |
| 2. | "Scoundrel Days" (featuring Ian McCulloch) | Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen | 4:56 |
| 3. | "The Killing Moon" (featuring Ian McCulloch) | Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas | 5:55 |
| 4. | "Summer Moved On" (featuring Alison Moyet) | Waaktaar-Savoy | 5:30 |
| 5. | "Memorial Beach" | Waaktaar-Savoy | 4:32 |
| 6. | "Living a Boy's Adventure Tale" | Waaktaar-Savoy, Harket | 5:36 |
| 7. | "Manhattan Skyline" | Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen | 5:48 |
| 8. | "The Living Daylights" | Waaktaar-Savoy, John Barry | 5:49 |
| 9. | "Hunting High and Low" | Waaktaar-Savoy | 5:57 |
| 10. | "Take On Me" | Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Harket | 4:14 |
Notes
- "Sox of the Fox" was originally recorded as "The Vacant" on the 1980 album Fakkeltog[4] by the band Bridges (previous band of Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and Magne Furuholmen and for whom the former was its lead singer at the time).
- "Killing Moon" is originally from Echo & the Bunnymen's album Ocean Rain (1984).
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice.[5]
a-ha
- Morten Harket – vocals
- Magne Furuholmen – upright piano, harpsichord, celesta, acoustic guitar, flute, backing vocals
- Paul Waaktaar-Savoy – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Alison Moyet – vocals on "Summer Moved On"
- Ian McCulloch – vocals on "Scoundrel Days" and "The Killing Moon"
- Lissie – vocals on "I've Been Losing You"
- Ingrid Helene Håvik – vocals on "The Sun Always Shines on TV"
- Lars Horntveth – acoustic guitars, resonator, lap steel guitar, vibraphone, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
- Morten Qvenild – upright piano, harpsichord, harmonium, dulcitone, Fischers mandolinette, autoharp, kokles
- Even Enersen Ormestad – bass
- Karl Oluf Wenneberg – drums, percussion, bells, bass xylophone
- Madeleine Ossum – violin, backing vocals
- Emilie Heldal Lidsheim – viola, backing vocals
- Tove Margrethe Erikstad – cello, backing vocals
- Lars Horntveth – arrangement on all tracks except "Take On Me"
- Martin Terefe – arrangement on "Take On Me"
- Anders Tjore – co-arrangement on "I've Been Losing You", "The Sun Always Shines on TV", "This Alone Is Love", "Summer Moved On" and "Manhattan Skyline"
Technical
- Lars Horntveth – production on all tracks except "Take On Me"
- A-ha – production on "Take On Me"
- Martin Terefe – production on "Take On Me"
- John O'Mahony – recording, mixing
- Henning Svoren – recording
- Marcus Forsgren – recording (demo sessions)
- Greg Calbi – mastering
Artwork
- Max Dax – liner notes
- Justin Loomis – photography
- Matthias Löwenstein – artwork, cover
- Season Zero – artwork, cover
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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