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| | Scoundrel Days | | | Music Artist : | | a-ha | | Music Style : | | New Wave | | Record Label : | | Warner Bros UK | | Release Date : | | 1995-05-26 | | Store Price : | | $14.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $17.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Scoundrel Days
2. Swing of Things
3. I've Been Losing You
4. October
5. Manhattan Skyline
6. Cry Wolf
7. We're Looking for the Whales
8. Weight of the Wind
9. Maybe, Maybe
10. Soft Rains of April
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 overlooked but amazing
Submitted on: 2009-05-25 |
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| this cd kicks serious butt. the first 5 songs are the true keepers but the last songs still have a-ha quality. In my opinion, the one cd other than Hunting High and Low that is a must have. |
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perfect
Submitted on: 2009-02-22 |
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| a-ha is one of the 80's underestimated bands. listen to this record and enjoy. |
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 Classic synth pop with amazing depth and heart
Submitted on: 2008-09-23 |
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| I picked this album up when it was fresh and new. By then, A-ha's star was somewhat already on the fade in rural Texas. Take on Me had never been especially well loved by my country music appreciating neighbors, but Hunting High and Low practically didn't leave my tape deck (!) for a year. So when Scoundrel Days came out, I saved my money and bought it as soon as I could. I was enchanted. Morten's voice, which was my main attraction to A-ha, had never sounded better. Manhattan Skyline was an immediate standout to me, and I still love its passionate chorus of "I don't want to cry again...". But now, some 20 years later, I still love this album. The music shows surprising depth of focus for a synth driven boy band, and proves what the musical world now knows--that these guys were never just a boy band. The music ranges from pop gems (Maybe Maybe)to passionate numbers like Scoundrel Days. I'd love to let them rework "Cry Wolf" into something less bubble-gummy, but I guess they were under pressure from their label to have another poppy hit. It is good, but not as great as some of their other less commercial stuff. All in all, this is the go-to A-ha album for me, although I own all the rest and regularly listen to them as well. In the end, Morten's voice is simply not to be believed, and both Pal and Mags are unsung heroes of pop-music. This is a seminal record for the era, and I highly recommend it to anyone who appreciated 80's music as one of the great underappreciated discs. |
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Excellent! Best a-ha lbum by a mile!!
Submitted on: 2008-02-13 |
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Some people say that "Hunting High and Low" is better or in the same league as this masterpiece. While I agree that tunes such as Take on me, The sun always shines on TV and Love is Reason are wonderful, life-lasting songs, not everything is above great, unlike Scoundrel Days. Every single song on this album is something to be reckon with. Lately I have been discovered the nitty, gritty lyrics of I've losing you (which I thought was a love song..) and I can't help but listening to it 20-30 times a day, every day. The same with Scoundrel days, Cry Wolf, Maybe, Maybe and so on.
Along with Roxette, a-ha is one of the most underrated European bands of history. Nuff'said. |
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MY FAVORITE ALBUM
Submitted on: 2007-12-09 |
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Hi fellow music lovers,
If you guys are thinking of starting out with a-ha, this is the album to buy first or second what ever. This album IS my personal favorite album, although all albums are awesome! |
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