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Foot of the Mountain

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Foot of the Mountain
Studio album by
A-ha
Released12 June 2009[1]
RecordedJanuary – May 2009
Studio
  • United States
  • (Water Music, Beat 360, The Alabaster Room)
  • Norway
  • (Yoga Studio, Alabaster Cottage, Malabar Studio, Rainbow Studio)
  • Germany
  • (Gaga Studios, Bookie Park Studios)
  • United Kingdom
  • (Real World Studios)
GenreSynth-pop[2]
Length40:45
LabelWe Love Music, Polydor, Universal
ProducerA-ha, Steve Osborne, Mark Saunders, Roland Spremberg, Erik Ljunggren
A-ha chronology
Analogue
(2005) 		Foot of the Mountain
(2009) 		25
(2010)
Singles from Foot of the Mountain
  1. "Foot of the Mountain"
    Released: 5 May 2009
  2. "Nothing Is Keeping You Here"
    Released: 21 September 2009
  3. "Shadowside"
    Released: 21 September 2009

Foot of the Mountain is the ninth studio album by the Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha. It was released on 19 June 2009 and reached No. 1 on the German Albums Chart[3] and No. 2 on the Norwegian Albums Chart.[4] In its first week in the UK, the album debuted at No. 5, the group's highest chart placing in that country since Stay on These Roads in 1988.[5]

The overall sound of the record marks a return to the synth-pop style the band became famous for in the mid-1980s.[2] Keyboardist Magne Furuholmen describes the album thus: "It's an album that incorporates the key elements that first defined the band: soaring vocals, synth hooks, yearning lyrics and melodic melancholia."[2]

Foot of the Mountain was A-ha's last full-length album before their split in 2010 and the last to use the new A-ha logo before they reunited and reverted to their old logo. However, they did release a further compilation album 25 with their new single "Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)" before reuniting in 2015.

  1. ^ "Foot of the Mountain". Amazon Germany. 2009.
  2. ^ a b c [1] Archived 8 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "A-ha til topps i Tyskland – kultur". Dagbladet.no. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  4. ^ "A-ha – VG-lista. Offisielle hitlister fra og med 1958". Lista.vg.no. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  5. ^ "A-ha rett inn på 5. plass – kultur". Dagbladet.no. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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