Out of My Hands (Morten Harket album)
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(Ljunggren Studio, Snowdrop Studios)
England
(Real World Studios)
Sweden
(Studio Brun, Quant Studios)
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| Released | April 13, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | Norway (Ljunggren Studio, Snowdrop Studios) England (Real World Studios) Sweden (Studio Brun, Quant Studios) | |||
| Genre | Synthpop, pop rock | |||
| Length | 37:44 | |||
| Label | Universal, Island, We Love Music | |||
| Producer | Morten Harket, Lars Hustoft, Peter Kvint, Erik Ljunggren, Steve Osborne, Jonas Quant | |||
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Out of My Hands is the fifth studio album and third English-language album by Norwegian pop singer Morten Harket. It was released on April 13, 2012 through Island Records.[1] The album was mainly produced by British record producer Steve Osborne, who worked with a-ha on their ninth studio album, Foot of the Mountain (2009). The album charted at number one in Norway, becoming the singer's third number-one album there.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Adresseavisen |   [2] |
| Aftenposten | [3] |
| Dagbladet | [4] |
| Dagsavisen | [5] |
| Drammens Tidende | [6] |
| Fædrelandsvennen | [7] |
| Hamar Arbeiderblad | [8] |
| Nordlys | negative[9] |
| Verdens Gang | [10] |
Nick Levine of the BBC gave the album a favourable review, and wrote: "There's a similar dignity to Morten Harket's first solo album since the split. It's a grown-up synth-pop affair featuring songs that vary in pace all the way from a fairly slow mid-tempo to, ooh, a fairly fast mid-tempo. Actually, Out of My Hands doesn't sound too different from the last few a-ha albums, but it's also fresh enough to recall Echoes, Will Young's stellar electro-pop LP from last year."[11]
In his review for Daily Express, Simon Gage gave the album three out of five stars writing, "The famous falsetto is still very much in evidence and the songs strong if a little on the dated side with driving guitars and lush orchestrations making it sound remarkably a-ha-esque."[12]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Scared of Heights" | Espen Lind | Lind | Erik Ljunggren | 3:22 |
| 2. | "Keep the Sun Away" | David Sneddon, James Bauer-Mein, Julian Peake | Sneddon, Bauer-Mein, Peake | Steve Osborne, Ljunggren | 3:19 |
| 3. | "Lightning" | Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld, Morten Harket | Berg, Sköld, Harket | Osborne, Erik Ljunggren | 3:52 |
| 4. | "I'm the One" | Ole Sverre Olsen, Harket | Harket, Peter Kvint | Ljunggren, Kvint | 3:22 |
| 5. | "Quiet" | Olsen, Harket | Harket, Kvint | Kvint, Harket | 4:19 |
| 6. | "Burn Money Burn" | Berg, Harket[a] | Berg | Ljunggren, Osborne | 3:52 |
| 7. | "When I Reached the Moon" | Håvard Rem | Harket, Kvint | Osborne | 3:50 |
| 8. | "Listening" | Neil Tennant | Tennant, Chris Lowe | Osborne | 4:53 |
| 9. | "Just Believe It" | Olsen, Berg, Harket | Berg, Jonas Quant | Jonas Quant | 3:28 |
| 10. | "Out of My Hands" | Harket, Olsen | Harket, Lars K. Hustoft | Hustoft, Harket, Kvint | 3:37 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Undecided" | Hågen Rørmark, Christian Engebretsen, Tor Einar Krogtoft-Jensen | 3:33 |
- Notes
- ^[a] Original Swedish lyrics by Joakim Berg, English lyrics by Morten Harket.