It's back to 1990 today for A-HA's album East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon.A-HA is a Grammy Award-nominated band from Norway. They are the best selling Norwegian band around the world with a total of 75 million albums and singles sold (approximately sixteen times the entire Norwegian population). They rose to fame during the 1980s, but continued to be globally successful in the 1990s and 2000s. The trio, composed of lead vocalist Morten Harket, guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (Pål Waaktaar until his marriage in 1994) and keyboardist Magne Furuholmen, formed in 1982 and left Norway for London in order to make a career in the music business. They chose the studios of musician, producer and soon-to-be-manager John Ratcliff, because it had a Space Invaders machine. The origin of the name "a-ha" comes from the lyrics of an early song ("Nothing To It"). After checking dictionaries in several languages, they found out that "a-ha" was an international way of expressing recognition, with positive connotations. It was short, easy to say and unusual.In my opinion Morten Harket has one of the most distinctive voices in rock music.The cover version of CRYING IN THE RAIN is one of the best 'cevers' I have ever heard, check it out.If you like this album have a listen to thier other albums such as Scroundrel Days.Track list01. Crying In The Rain02. I Call Your Name03. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)04. Waiting For Her05. Way We Talk06. Seemingly Non Stop July07. Early Morning08. Slender Frame09. Sycamore Leaves10. Cold River11. Rolling ThunderAvailable at Amazon or download-- Posted By tigris69 to YP Blog at 11/20/2007 05:33:00 AM
