A-Ha - Lifelines

Deluxe edition 2LP 2019 remaster!

Deluxe edition of the Norwegian Pop trio's 2002 album, their second album to be released after their eight-year sabbatical, which saw the band members dabble in their own side projects.

Produced by Stephen Hague, Clive Langer, and Alan Winstanley, Lifelines — the follow-up to A-Ha's successful European comeback, Minor Earth, Major Sky — represents a further maturing of style. The instant synth-pop formula songs of their 1980s golden years have been replaced by a style that's more serious and solid. The sweeping title track that opens the album establishes from the get-go a philosophical, self-questioning theme that is continued on "There's a Reason for It" and "Less Than Pure."

Though most people outside of Europe remember the band best for their bubbly hit single "Take on Me," a-ha were (and are) a band much more sophisticated and eclectic than that hit would lead you to believe. With Lifelines, the band's songs managed to blend the dark beauty of their 1988 album Stay on These Roads with the mature assuredness that age brings. Morten Harkett's voice still soars while the melodies grab hold of your senses and pull you in further with each listen.

 

Side 1

Lifelines

You Wanted More

Forever Not Yours

There's a Reason for It

Side 2

Time and Again

Did Anyone Approach You

Afternoon High

Side 3

Oranges on Appletrees

A Little Bit

Less Than Pure

Turn The Lights Down

Side 4

Cannot Hide

White Canvas

Dragonfly

Solace

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