MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice

MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice
Live album by
A-ha
Released6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)
Recorded22–23 June 2017
StudioOcean Sound Recordings, Giske, Norway
Label
Producer
A-ha chronology
Time and Again: The Ultimate A-ha
(2016) 		MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice
(2017) 		True North
(2022)
Singles from MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice
  1. "This Is Our Home"
    Released: 8 September 2017
  2. "The Sun Always Shines on TV"
    Released: 15 September 2017
  3. "The Living Daylights"
    Released: 22 September 2017
  4. "Take On Me"
    Released: 29 September 2017
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice is a live album by the Norwegian 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, Norway, on 22 and 23 June 2017.[2]

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.

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Is Our Home" (previously unreleased)Magne Furuholmen5:05
2."Lifelines"Furuholmen5:18
3."I've Been Losing You" (featuring Lissie)Paul Waaktaar-Savoy5:05
4."Analogue (All I Want)"Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Max Martin4:44
5."The Sun Always Shines on TV" (featuring Ingrid Helene Håvik)Waaktaar-Savoy4:28
6."A Break in the Clouds" (previously unreleased)Waaktaar-Savoy4:54
7."Foot of the Mountain"Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Martin Terefe5:27
8."Stay on These Roads"Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Morten Harket6:18
9."This Alone Is Love"Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen6:07
10."Over the Treetops"Waaktaar-Savoy6:43
11."Forever Not Yours"Furuholmen, Harket, Ole Sverre-Olsen4:07
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sox of the Fox"Waaktaar-Savoy7:18
2."Scoundrel Days" (featuring Ian McCulloch)Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen4:56
3."The Killing Moon" (featuring Ian McCulloch)Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas5:55
4."Summer Moved On" (featuring Alison Moyet)Waaktaar-Savoy5:30
5."Memorial Beach"Waaktaar-Savoy4:32
6."Living a Boy's Adventure Tale"Waaktaar-Savoy, Harket5:36
7."Manhattan Skyline"Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen5:48
8."The Living Daylights"Waaktaar-Savoy, John Barry5:49
9."Hunting High and Low"Waaktaar-Savoy5:57
10."Take On Me"Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Harket4:14

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

Additional musicians

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

References

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  3. ^ Jones, Alan (13 October 2017). "Official Charts Analysis: Liam Gallagher debuts at No.1 with more than 100,000 album sales". Music Week. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  4. ^ Lyrics FAKKELTOG by Bridges
  5. ^ MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice (liner notes). A-ha. Polydor Records. 2017. 00602557929508.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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