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MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice
2017 live album by A-ha
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]
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| Released | 6 October 2017 (2017-10-06) | |||
| Recorded | 22–23 June 2017 | |||
| Studio | Ocean Sound Recordings, Giske, Norway | |||
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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]
All tracks are produced by Lars Horntveth, except "Take On Me" produced by A-ha and Martin Terefe.
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "This Is Our Home" (previously unreleased) | Magne Furuholmen | 5:05 |
| 2. | "Lifelines" | Furuholmen | 5:18 |
| 3. | "I've Been Losing You" (featuring Lissie) | Paul Waaktaar-Savoy | 5:05 |
| 4. | "Analogue (All I Want)" | Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Max Martin | 4:44 |
| 5. | "The Sun Always Shines on TV" (featuring Ingrid Helene Håvik) | Waaktaar-Savoy | 4:28 |
| 6. | "A Break in the Clouds" (previously unreleased) | Waaktaar-Savoy | 4:54 |
| 7. | "Foot of the Mountain" | Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Martin Terefe | 5:27 |
| 8. | "Stay on These Roads" | Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Morten Harket | 6:18 |
| 9. | "This Alone Is Love" | Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen | 6:07 |
| 10. | "Over the Treetops" | Waaktaar-Savoy | 6:43 |
| 11. | "Forever Not Yours" | Furuholmen, Harket, Ole Sverre-Olsen | 4:07 |
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| 1. | "Sox of the Fox" | Waaktaar-Savoy | 7:18 |
| 2. | "Scoundrel Days" (featuring Ian McCulloch) | Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen | 4:56 |
| 3. | "The Killing Moon" (featuring Ian McCulloch) | Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas | 5:55 |
| 4. | "Summer Moved On" (featuring Alison Moyet) | Waaktaar-Savoy | 5:30 |
| 5. | "Memorial Beach" | Waaktaar-Savoy | 4:32 |
| 6. | "Living a Boy's Adventure Tale" | Waaktaar-Savoy, Harket | 5:36 |
| 7. | "Manhattan Skyline" | Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen | 5:48 |
| 8. | "The Living Daylights" | Waaktaar-Savoy, John Barry | 5:49 |
| 9. | "Hunting High and Low" | Waaktaar-Savoy | 5:57 |
| 10. | "Take On Me" | Waaktaar-Savoy, Furuholmen, Harket | 4:14 |
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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).
Credits adapted from the liner notes of MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice.[5]
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- Morten Harket – vocals
- Magne Furuholmen – upright piano, harpsichord, celesta, acoustic guitar, flute, backing vocals
- Paul Waaktaar-Savoy – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Alison Moyet – vocals on "Summer Moved On"
- Ian McCulloch – vocals on "Scoundrel Days" and "The Killing Moon"
- Lissie – vocals on "I've Been Losing You"
- Ingrid Helene Håvik – vocals on "The Sun Always Shines on TV"
- Lars Horntveth – acoustic guitars, resonator, lap steel guitar, vibraphone, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
- Morten Qvenild – upright piano, harpsichord, harmonium, dulcitone, Fischers mandolinette, autoharp, kokles
- Even Enersen Ormestad – bass
- Karl Oluf Wenneberg – drums, percussion, bells, bass xylophone
- Madeleine Ossum – violin, backing vocals
- Emilie Heldal Lidsheim – viola, backing vocals
- Tove Margrethe Erikstad – cello, backing vocals
- Lars Horntveth – arrangement on all tracks except "Take On Me"
- Martin Terefe – arrangement on "Take On Me"
- Anders Tjore – co-arrangement on "I've Been Losing You", "The Sun Always Shines on TV", "This Alone Is Love", "Summer Moved On" and "Manhattan Skyline"
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
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- MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice (liner notes). A-ha. Polydor Records. 2017. 00602557929508.
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