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| | Hunting High and Low | | | Music Artist : | | a-ha | | Music Style : | | New Wave | | Record Label : | | Warner Bros / Wea | | Release Date : | | 1990-10-25 | | Store Price : | | $11.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $10.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Take on Me
2. Train of Thought
3. Hunting High and Low
4. Blue Sky
5. Living a Boy's Adventure Tale
6. Sun Always Shines on T.V.
7. And You Tell Me
8. Love Is Reason
9. I Dream Myself Alive
10. Here I Stand and Face the Rain
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Green Andy Reviews: A-Ha - Hunting High and Low
Submitted on: 2009-10-04 |
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I wonder how much a-ha gives a damn that the U.S.A. only knows (or cares) about one song from their entire 25-year career? "Take On Me" cast a long shadow for them in this country, and they've never really gotten out from under it. Of course in the rest of the world they've been pretty consistent hitmakers, so maybe it's not that big a deal to them. This album contains that monstrous song, and it pretty much sets the template for the rest of the record: well-enunciated, pleading vocals, and romantic, dramatic, operatic synthesizers.
The band puts those strengths to good use throughout this album. "Living a Boy's Adventure Tale" should have been a prom night standard for the decade, and "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." almost pitches the band in Depeche Mode territory, with its multipart structure and the percolating drums that kick in partway through. The latter song was a hit for the group in the U.K., who always had a bit more patience for dance pop than us surly Americans, at least as far as the singles charts are concerned. The album's ballads are particularly well done also, such as the slow-burning title track and the winsome "And You Tell Me".
Really there aren't many dead spots on the record overall, and each song is sufficiently different from the next that they never really repeat themselves. The problem is that no song really flies into the stratosphere except for "Take On Me", so if you're not paying attention tracks 2 through 10 can fade into the background. I'm not sure if that's because they're actually not as gripping as the first song, or if I've been programmed like everyone else to dismiss the rest of the group's output. Either way, if you're paying attention there's a lot to enjoy on this album, so I recommend giving it an hour of your time. |
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 The Sun Always Shines In 1985!!---A Techno-Pop Masterpiece!!
Submitted on: 2009-09-01 |
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Man, Man, Man!!--I was clubbin' and giggin' strong when this album dropped back in 1985!
This is one of my favorite albums of the 80's techno-pop genre that was strong at the time.
For a techno project, it proved that it was possible to be soulful while embracing the
technology of the time, and it also had some great songs to sustain that theory!
I'm sure all of you 40-50 yr old Gen-Xers remember when it's lead single,
the eternally perky "Take On Me", with it's innovative video, was getting major play
on MTV and Friday Night Videos, as well as in the clubs all over the U.S. and Europe!
I was 21 yrs old when this album came out and playing keys & synths for a band who
played top 40 hits in clubs and private functions up and down the eastcoast, so it
was essential for me to learn how to program in order to achieve the sound textures
on this album. A-HA's "Hunting High & Low", DP's "Black Celebration" and Kraftwerk's
"Electric Cafe" definitely put me through my paces as a keyboardist! (-:
Of course, some of these sounds are cheesy & dated by today's standards, but the vibe
of these classic techo-pop albums are eternal!
But much more than "Take On Me", my favorite song from this album was
the epic "The Sun Always Shines On TV"!!--Which had drama to burn!
When I first heard this song, on a monster club system, in a slighty altered state,
I felt as though I had left my body! (-: In fact, that song made me buy this album
on both vinyl (for the house) as well as on cassette for my car!
Every now and then, when waxing nostalgic for the 80's, I'll put this album on (now I have the CD)
and I still find that "Take On Me", "Train Of Thought", "Hunting High & Low", "Blue Sky",
"The Sun Always Shines On TV", "And You Tell Me", "I Dream Myself Alive" and the highly
underrated "Here I Stand & Face The Rain" still make my head bob and a smile comes over
my face some 24 yrs later. This is defintely a classic and a techno-pop masterpiece! |
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Exquisite!
Submitted on: 2009-07-14 |
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| This album defined the mid-80's for me. For Christmas 1985, my sister and I both received our own copies of this album--no sharing this one! Even my aunt, who was in her 30's at the time, owned a copy. It truly appealed to both teenagers and older generations alike--therein lies its brilliance. What particularly impresses me, is lead singer Morten Harket's romantic distinct accent that stands out song after song and is never lost in the music-music so beautifully crafted and mature, listening to it now as an adult, I feel honored that it was the "soundtrack" to my junior high school years! Sad indeed that this style of music is gone. Bring it back! |
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Hidden 80's Gem
Submitted on: 2009-06-04 |
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| I love the 80's and most people only know "Take on me" but this whole CD is great. I had it a long time ago and it was so scratched from me playing it all the time I had to replace it. A MUST HAVE! |
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80S POP A-HA
Submitted on: 2008-07-17 |
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| THE FIRST TIME I HEARD [TAKE ON ME] #1 , I KNEW I HAD TO BUT IT.ONE OF THE BIGGEST SONGS OF THE DECADE AND THE TRUE DEFINITION OF A POP SONG.THEN CAME [THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV]#20 WHICH WAS ANOTHER GREAT SONG OF THAT ERA. THESE TWO SONGS ALONE ARE WORTH HAVING THIS ALBUM FOR. IT'S TOO BAD THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT FOR THIS GROUP IN THE U.S.A. BUT THEY ARE HUGE OVER SEAS AND HAVE SOME OTHER PRETTY GOOD ALBUMS. |
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