A-HA: HUNTING HIGH AND LOW Debut Studio Album (1985)

A-HA: HUNTING HIGH AND LOW Album cover

Hunting High and Low is the debut studio album by Norwegian new wave band a-ha, released on June 1, 1985 in the United States and 28 October 1985 in the United Kingdom by Warner Bros. Records. The album was a huge commercial success, reaching high positions on charts worldwide and peaking at number 15 on the US Billboard 200. The album was recorded at Eel Pie Studios in Twickenham, London, and produced by Tony Mansfield, John Ratcliff and Alan Tarney.

In all, five singles from the album were released, though not all were released internationally: Take On Me, Love Is Reason, The Sun Always Shines on T.V., Train of Thought and Hunting High and Low. The group was nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards in 1986, making A-ha the first Norwegian band to be nominated for a Grammy. As part of a re release of their first two albums, Hunting High and Low was expanded and remastered in 2010.

A-HA: HUNTING HIGH AND LOW Album CD

Tracklist:

  1. Take On Me
  2. Train Of Thought
  3. Hunting High And Low
  4. The Blue Sky
  5. Living A Boy’s Adventure Tale
  6. The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
  7. And You Tell Me
  8. Love Is Reason
  9. Dream Myself Alive
  10. Here I Stand And Face The Rain

A-HA: HUNTING HIGH AND LOW Album back cover

A-ha
Morten Harket: lead and backing vocals
Magne Furuholmen: keyboards, bass programming, backing vocals
Pål Waaktaar: guitars, drum programming, backing vocals

with:
Claire Jarvis: oboe (track 5)

Technical
Bobby Hata: mastering
John Ratcliff: production, remixing, keyboards, backing vocals (track 8)
Alan Tarney: production (tracks 1, 6)
Tony Mansfield: production (tracks 2–5, 7, 9, 10)
Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff: art direction, design
Neill King: engineering
Jeri McManus: art direction, cover design, design
Bob Ludwig: mastering
Just Loomis: photography

https://a-ha.com/

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