a-ha: any fans?

Screen13 · 09-25-2012, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

wasn't "The Living Daylights" a hit in the US as well, because it was a Bond theme?

Sadly, it was not. It only "Bubbled Under" as they say. #113 was the BB peak, Still, In Canada, it did peep in the Top 40 at #35.

The last US Top 100 appearance was for "Cry Wolf," with a very good video to promote it with. With that single, I saw it on CBC's Good Rockin' Tonight, which makes me think that it did a little better in Canada.

Vladcasm1 · 10-07-2012, 07:01 PM

Well, I've only listened to their debut album and I have to say that the singer is very good (good enough to make me overlook their cheesy keyboard playing and that's saying something

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Which album of theirs should I check out next?

PS, For anyone interested, there is a very good, unsigned progressive rock band called Gazpacho, also from Norway. Their singer sounds a lot like Morten Harket and the band had been compared to A-ha in general (though I think they're more Radiohead-ish tbh.)

Sorry I'm still new here so I can't post a link to Youtube but check out the song "Chequered Light Buildings" to see what I'm talking about.

Trollheart · 10-08-2012, 08:54 AM

I'd go for "Scoundrel days", then "Analogue", two of their best in my opinion.

As for Gazpacho, love them! Have you got the new album (soon to be reviewed in my journal)? I loved "Missa Atropos", and have the rest of their discog to get through, but I'll be giving "The march of ghosts" a spin first!
But unsigned? Aren't they with KScope now?

Vladcasm1 · 10-08-2012, 02:59 PM

Oops you're right they're on Kscope. My bad.

Anyway, I listened to everything except the last two albums ("Missa Atropos" and "The March of Ghosts") and I think you might wanna listen to their first two albums only after listening to the other stuff. The first two are great but aren't quite as polished as the other ones IMHO.

I'll definitely need to check out the last two albums though, should be awesome

10-08-2012, 08:54 AM	#23 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	I'd go for "Scoundrel days", then "Analogue", two of their best in my opinion. As for Gazpacho, love them! Have you got the new album (soon to be reviewed in my journal)? I loved "Missa Atropos", and have the rest of their discog to get through, but I'll be giving "The march of ghosts" a spin first! But unsigned? Aren't they with KScope now? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

10-07-2012, 07:01 PM	#22 (permalink)
Vladcasm1 Groupie Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 17	Well, I've only listened to their debut album and I have to say that the singer is very good (good enough to make me overlook their cheesy keyboard playing and that's saying something ) Which album of theirs should I check out next? PS, For anyone interested, there is a very good, unsigned progressive rock band called Gazpacho, also from Norway. Their singer sounds a lot like Morten Harket and the band had been compared to A-ha in general (though I think they're more Radiohead-ish tbh.) Sorry I'm still new here so I can't post a link to Youtube but check out the song "Chequered Light Buildings" to see what I'm talking about.

10-08-2012, 02:59 PM	#24 (permalink)
Vladcasm1 Groupie Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 17	Oops you're right they're on Kscope. My bad. Anyway, I listened to everything except the last two albums ("Missa Atropos" and "The March of Ghosts") and I think you might wanna listen to their first two albums only after listening to the other stuff. The first two are great but aren't quite as polished as the other ones IMHO. I'll definitely need to check out the last two albums though, should be awesome