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A-ha - Scoundrel Days (CD)

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Product Info

Artists
  1. A-Ha
Barcode
0075992550123
Category
  1. Performer
  2. Rock & Pop
  3. New Wave
Copy Control
No
Country
South Africa
Country of Origin
USA / Canada
Distributor
WEA (Distributor)
Duration
39m 8s
Format
Audio CD
Label
Warner Brothers
Media
CD
Mono / Stereo
Stereo
Notes
While not quite as strong as the band's debut, Scoundrel Days is still a-ha succeeding as a marketed "pretty boy" band which can connect musically and lyrically as much as any musical sacred cow. The opening two songs alone make for one of the best one-two opening punches around: the tense edge of the title track, featuring one of Morten Harket's soaring vocals during the chorus and a crisp, pristine punch in the music, and "The Swing of Things," a moody, elegant number with a beautiful synth/guitar arrangement (plus some fine drumming courtesy of studio pro Michael Sturgis) and utterly lovelorn lyrical sentiments that balance on the edge of being overheated without quite going over. Although the rest of the disc never quite hits as high as the opening, it comes close more often than not. A definite downturn is the band's occasional attempts to try and prove themselves as a "real" band by rocking out, as on "I've Been Losing You" -- there's really no need for it, and as a result they sound much more "fake," ironically enough. Other songs can perhaps only be explained by the need to translate lyrics -- "We're Looking for the Whales" isn't an environmental anthem, and neither is "Cry Wolf," but both also don't really succeed in using nature as romantic metaphor. When a-ha are on, though, they're on -- "October" snakes along on a cool bass/keyboard arrangement and a whispery vocal from Harket; "Maybe Maybe" is a quirky little pop number that's engagingly goofy; while "Soft Rains of April" captures the band at its most dramatic, with the string synths giving Harket a perfect bed to launch into a lovely vocal, concluding with a sudden, hushed whisper. The '80s may be long gone, but Scoundrel Days makes clear that not everything was bad back then. ~ Ned Raggett
Number of Discs
1
Number of Items
1
Performer
a-ha
Previews
Record Collector (magazine) (p.78) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Second album SCOUNDREL DAYS shows what high standards a-ha maintained..."
Producer
Alan Tarney; Mags; Pal Waaktaar
Release Date
1 December 1986
Songs / Tracks
  1. [ Disc 01 Track 01 ] Cry Wolf
  2. [ Disc 01 Track 02 ] Weight of the Wind, The
  3. [ Disc 01 Track 03 ] Swing of Things, The
  4. [ Disc 01 Track 04 ] Manhattan Skyline
  5. [ Disc 01 Track 05 ] I've Been Losing You
  6. [ Disc 01 Track 06 ] Scoundrel Days
  7. [ Disc 01 Track 07 ] Maybe, Maybe
  8. [ Disc 01 Track 08 ] Soft Rains of April
  9. [ Disc 01 Track 09 ] October
  10. [ Disc 01 Track 10 ] We're Looking For the Whales
Studio
Gallo Record Company
Studio / Live
Studio
Title
Scoundrel Days
Tracks

Scoundrel Days
Swing of Things
I've Been Losing You
October
Manhattan Skyline
Cry Wolf
We're Looking for the Whales
Weight of the Wind
Maybe, Maybe
Soft Rains of April

Year
1986

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