A-ha in general

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Firstly I should say that this is an op of an a-ha album called 'Memorial Beach' and so not really a general op about the band. I wrote it before I realised that Memorial Beach wasn't on here in its own right and I didn't want to lose it while I waited it for it to be posted!!! Memorial Beach (1993, Warner Brothers) is one of the later and less well-known albums from a-ha. It demonstrates a move away from the popular pop classics such as 'Take on me' and 'The sun always shines on tv' but still displays a distinctive a-ha sound. The fantastic vocals of Morten Harket remain the focus of most tracks but there is also a great ...

Well A-ha may not be the most fashionable group to admit to being a fan of, but way back in the mid-late '80s I was a massive fan of the Norwegian crooners. They were brought together in rather strange circumstances, Warner Brothers were looking for talent (I know the feeling!) from Scandinavia at the trio formed a group in the hope of winning a talent contest to get a recording deal. They won the contest and became one of the most succesful groups around at the time. Morten Harket, vocals, is the driving force behind the group and he has the voice of an angel. Unfortunatley some of the lyrics he writes are not of this Earth either, for example, ...