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[dsquared]

Anyone else been following the new album? New samples have been going up all last week, and will resume today Aug. 24th. I am a HUGE, HUGE fan of their first three albums (Hunting High and Low, Scoundrel Days, Stay On These Roads) but I never cared for anything from 1990-2009.
Cast in Steel, however, sounds amazing from the samples they have released thus far! In my head I will just think of it as the 5th a-ha album (with the 4th being Morten's excellent solo album "Out of My Hands") & forget about everything else in-between. Pretty similar as to how I feel about Duran from Big Thing through Astronaut. (edit: and now Paper Gods)



Edit: Link edited to version of player with Shadow Endeavors added.

[derekduran]

Yes I'm looking forward to it "The Wake" is an amazing song.

You've missed out on the post 80's output- there are some great tracks such as Lifelines, Minor Earth Major Sky, Bandstand, Summer Moved On, Butterfly plus too many others to name from that prriod- they pretty much have the classic A-ha sound

[dsquared]

Aug 24, 2015 15:51:36 GMT -5 derekduran said:

Yes I'm looking forward to it "The Wake" is an amazing song.

You've missed out on the post 80's output- there are some great tracks such as Lifelines, Minor Earth Major Sky, Bandstand, Summer Moved On, Butterfly plus too many others to name from that prriod- they pretty much have the classic A-ha sound

Yes, there are tracks here and there I certainly do enjoy. Just not the post 80's albums as a whole, or even as halves, lol. Same with Duran. There are songs on EVERY album that I enjoy, but I don't enjoy the albums themselves. I can't put on any of those post 80's albums and listen all the way through without skipping at LEAST half of the entire thing. Hope that clarifies a bit better.

[dsquared]

My favorites on Cast in Steel are Under the Makeup, The Wake, Forest Fire, Mythomania, and She's Humming a Tune.

I think I'll be passing on the HH&L Super Deluxe edition as most of the stuff is all previously released & I will just buy the tracks I like that haven't been. I would have much more preferred a deluxe of Stay On These Roads or another album that hasn't already received ANY expanded version.

[rossi]

Stay On These Roads, East Of The Sun and Memorial Beach will be re-released this november.
Save your money.

[rtm]

I actually feel kind of ripped of by Aha reforming again so soon after I attendend their supposedly 'last' show I saw in Amsterdam a few years ago. But hey...I love most of their 80's singles and albumtracks of their first few albums and loved some trax on their former 'final' album.....Good to them. Will maybe listen to their latest effort anytime soon... Cry Wolf Ohhooo

[rossi]

Sept 7, 2015 11:30:30 GMT -5 dsquared said:

My favorites on Cast in Steel are Under the Makeup, The Wake, Forest Fire, Mythomania, and She's Humming a Tune.

I think I'll be passing on the HH&L Super Deluxe edition as most of the stuff is all previously released & I will just buy the tracks I like that haven't been. I would have much more preferred a deluxe of Stay On These Roads or another album that hasn't already received ANY expanded version.

Tracklist revealed today:

Stay On These Roads



Disc: 1

1. Stay On These Roads (2015 Remastered)

2. The Blood That Moves The Body (2015 Remastered)

3. Touchy! (2015 Remastered)

4. This Alone Is Love (2015 Remastered)

5. Hurry Home (2015 Remastered)

6. The Living Daylights (2015 Remastered)

7. There's Never A Forever Thing (2015 Remastered)

8. Out Of The Blue Comes Green (2015 Remastered)

9. You Are The One (2015 Remastered)

10. You'll End Up Crying (2015 Remastered)

11. Stay On These Roads (Extended Remix)

12. You Are The One (12" Remix)

13. The Living Daylights (Extended Version)

14. The Blood That Moves The Body (Extended Remix)

15. Touchy! (Go-Go Mix)



Disc: 2

1. Stay On These Roads (Early Version)

2. The Blood That Moves The Body (Demo)

3. Touchy! (Original Mix)

4. This Alone Is Love (Demo)

5. You Are The One (Early Version)

6. Cold River (1987 Demo)

7. Hurry Home (Demo)

8. I'll Never Find Streetful City (Demo)

9. The Living Daylights (Demo)

10. Thus Ended Our Love Affair (Demo)

11. There's Never A Forever Thing (Demo)

12. Touchy! (Demo)

13. Umbrella (Rendezvous Demo)

14. You'll End Up Crying (Demo)

15. Evitar (Demo)

16. You Are The One (Demo)

17. Sail On My Love (Writing Session)





East of the Sun, West of the Moon



Disc: 1

1. Crying In The Rain (2015 Remastered)

2. Early Morning (2015 Remastered)

3. I Call Your Name (2015 Remastered)

4. Slender Frame (2015 Remastered)

5. East Of The Sun (2015 Remastered)

6. Sycamore Leaves (2015 Remastered)

7. Waiting For Her (2015 Remastered)

8. Cold River (2015 Remastered)

9. The Way We Talk (2015 Remastered)

10. Rolling Thunder (2015 Remastered)

11. (Seemingly) Nonstop July [2015 Remastered]



Disc: 2

1. Early Morning (Early Version)

2. East Of The Sun (Early Version)

3. I Call Your Name (Instrumental Demo)

4. Slender Frame (Demo)

5. Waiting For Her (Demo)

6. Cold River (Demo)

7. Trees Will Not Grow On The Sand (Demo)

8. Rolling Thunder (Demo)

9. I Call Your Name (NRK Live)

10. Manhattan Skyline (NRK Live)

11. Early Morning (NRK Live)

12. Slender Frame (NRK Live)

13. Rolling Thunder (NRK Live)

14. Sycamore Leaves (NRK Live)

15. Crying In The Rain (NRK Live)

16. East Of The Sun (NRK Live)

17. (Seemingly) Nonstop July (NRK Live)

18. I've Been Losing You (NRK Live)



Disc: 3

1. The Sun Always Shines On TV (Live Video Version)

2. Cry Wolf (Live Video Version)

3. I Call Your Name (Live Video Version)

4. Slender Flame (Live Video Version)

5. Touchy (Live Video Version)

6. Scoundrel Days (Live Video Version)

7. Rolling Thunder (Live Video Version)

8. I've Been Losing You (Live Video Version)

9. Early Morning (Live Video Version)

10. Take On Me (Live Video Version)





Memorial Beach



Disc: 1

1. Dark Is The Night For All (2015 Remastered)

2. Move To Memphis (2015 Remastered)

3. Cold As Stone (2015 Remastered)

4. Angel In The Snow (2015 Remastered)

5. Locust (2015 Remastered)

6. Lie Down In Darkness (2015 Remastered)

7. How Sweet It Was (2015 Remastered)

8. Lamb To The Slaughter (2015 Remastered)

9. Between Your Mama And Yourself (2015 Remastered)

10. Memorial Beach (2015 Remastered)

11. Move To Memphis (Extended Mix)

12. Angel In The Snow (Acoustic Instrumental)



Disc: 2

1. Dark Is The Night For All (Demo)

2. Cold As Stone (Demo)

3. Angel In The Snow (Demo)

4. Locust (Demo)

5. Lie Down In Darkness (Demo)

6. Lamb To The Slaughter (Demo)

7. Between Your Mama And Yourself (Demo)

8. Memorial Beach (Demo)

9. Dark Is The Night For All (Alternative Version)

10. Swing Of Things (Live March 17, 1994 at The Sentrum Scene/ Oslo,Norway)

11. Dark Is The Night For All (Live March 17, 1994 at The Sentrum Scene/ Oslo,Norway)

12. Move To Memphis (Live March 17, 1994 at The Sentrum Scene/ Oslo,Norway)

13. Cold As Stone/Sycamore Leaves (Live March 17, 1994 at The Sentrum Scene/ Oslo,Norway)

14. Shapes That Go Together (Live March 17, 1994 at The Sentrum Scene/ Oslo,Norway)

[dsquared]

Nice! Thanks for the update. I'll grab SOTR & MB for sure. Skipping EoTS as I could never get into that album at all.

[don64]

Their new album wont be released here in Australia, so I've ordered it from Amazon UK. It should be here in a week or two.