Minor hit, Major significance (Minor Earth Major Sky - A-Ha)

Member Name: Andwynn

Product:	Minor Earth Major Sky - A-Ha
Date:	06/10/01 (87 review reads)
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Advantages: haunting tracks, Harket's singing

Disadvantages: lyrics could be better

As a sad 80s-child music fan, my memories of A-ha are of the
'famous' hits. When I discovered the "best of" album, I
played it constantly, with short breaks for the Duran Duran
"best of" album, for about a month. And so when I found that
Morten was bringing out a new album I was ecstatic.

Minor Earth, Major Sky is beautiful. It's lost none of the
magic of the 80s, but intensified the haunting element found
in the old classics such as "Stay on these Roads" (one of my
all-time favourites).

There isn't a single bad track on the album, although if there
is one track that seems a bit weak, it would be "The Company
Man" - although I suspect that that is just in comparison to
the company it keeps. One of the most moving is Velvet, which
Harket sings perfectly, as ever. The build-up to "I wish I
Cared" is a work of genius. But my favourite track has turned
out to be the melancholy "You'll Never get Over Me"

I would definitely recommend this album to anyone that ever
enjoyed the same kind of music as me, namely the haunting tracks
by A-ha, Black, Mailylion, etc over the years.

Why this album hasn't been a bigger hit, I have no idea. It
certainly deserves a wider audience than I suspect it is
currently getting

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