Hunting High And Low - A-Ha

...a mystery. The Hunting High And Low album followed an identical trajectory, shaking off a slow start by moving 50-14-2 during The Sun Always Shines On TV's reign at #1. A perfectly-formed collection of tuneful, atmospheric songs with the distinctive vocals of Morten Harkett taking even the most workaday lyric to a higher plane. Blue Sky, Living A Boy's Adventure Tale and Here I Stand And Face The Rain presented a range to the band's abilities and ...

EnglishPatient 02.08.2000 · Read full review
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A real flashback to the Eighties, rehearing this album! Synthesier rock at its very best. There are the instantly recognisable tracks "Take On Me", a bouncy number, completely impossible to dance to (I dare you to try!) currently on re-release by A1. The bizarrely titled" The Sun Always Shines On TV", well this one rocks! There is also a sweetie of a ditty called "And You Tell Me..", short but very catchy. The 'worst' tracks must be "Living A Boys ...
...which stretch the English translation to its limit!! All in all, a cracking album, with Morten's fabulous vocal abilities (far better than Simon Le Bon!), being well show cased. The new album "Minor Earth,Major Sky", shows how Aha have moved on and developed their sound, and lost the plinky-plonk of the Eighties!! ...

JoannaC 30.09.2000 · Read full review
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